Before the end of 1852 he moved to Menai Bridge, without, however, receiving a regular call as pastor. He remained there for five years at a salary of £20 a year. In addition he had his Sunday emoluments which, on an average, amounted to nine shillings and sixpence a week. In Nov. 1857 he received a call from the Liverpool churches but, after three years, confined his activities to Rose Place, afterwards Fitzclarence Street. In 1874 he visited the U.S.A., sailing on the 18th April and returning the 25th July.

His denomination showered honours upon him; he was moderator of the North Wales Association, 1871, and of the General Assembly, 1880. He was a temporary tutor at Bala College, 1886-7. In 1888 he received a call to Engedi, Caernarvon, where he remained nearly five years. On 22 Oct. 1893 he preached three sermons at Amlwch; and on the following day he d. at his home at Caernarvon.

He was an indefatigable writer and contributed more than almost any one else to the periodicals published by his denomination. He wrote the greater part of Testament yr Ysgol Sabothol. He translated Butler's Analogy into Welsh, 1859, prefacing it with a lengthy introduction of his own. Apart from editing a number of books, he himself wrote three: Unoliaeth y Beibl, 1866; Y Weinidogaeth, 1879; Hanes yr Athrawiaeth Gristionogol, 1883. His outstanding characteristic was the unruffled serenity of a thinker.