Richard Jones believed in the Sunday school and the open Bible rather than in any man-made dogma, and composed two catechisms on the Bible, one elementary and one advanced. Several of his articles are to be found in Seren Gomer, Goleuad Cymru, and Y Drysorfa, under the pseudonym ‘Cymro Gwyllt.’ About 1815, when the painful controversy about Redemption and Atonement was at its height, and when his old friend, John Elias (q.v.), was walking very near the edge of the precipice, Richard Jones manfully held his ground — a fairly full account of this controversy will be found in Cofiant John Jones, Tal-y-sarn, by Owen Thomas, vol. ii, 560-77. Although he was not an eloquent preacher, he always found a ready hearing, for his message was satisfying and fresh. In 1829 his Drych y Dadleuwr was published. In the introduction he writes: ‘My intention… is not to argue… but to demonstrate the folly into which (dialectic) bigotry can lead men.’ In 1835 a collection of his hymns was published under the title Hymnau a Chaneuon Ysbrydol a Duwiol under the editorship of John Elias. He d. 26 Feb. 1833. [In politics, Richard Jones was regarded as progressive; he withstood John Elias when Elias opposed the Reform Bill.]