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    place was crowded . We had meetings on Tuesday evenings which several of our friends engaged , _aiifl _regular service on ings . Our congregations in the week consisted of _upwards _i for prayer , in Thursday evcnof 100 persons ;

    and on Sunday evenings of about 200 , among whom were many : young persons . The greatest attention _^ was always _manifested .., We celebrated the Lord ' s Supper once . Mr . Odgers and Mr . Stuart , of Flushing , will endeavour to keep up the _meeting by _trading _sfefnaoiiS , & c . To these individuals much praise is due for their active and zealous exertions to promote the cause , and it is with pleasure I reflect uj > 6 n the benefit which I derived from their _'

    religious conversation . Mr . Odgers , as well as Mr * Johns , of Falmouth , accompanied me in several of my journeys , and I found their society very useful . Mr . Odgets _frequently concluded the devotional seryices . To the people at large , I found myself much attached : whilst I endeavowed to teach them ; they helped to improve _ijie ; and the communion which we had together , proved , I trust _, a blessing to us all .

    The following places I preached at on my return to Trowbridge : Sunday , November 16 . Preached three times this day at Plymouth-Dock , [ Devonport , ] to large congregations . I was informed that they usually amount to between 200 and 300 . At present , they assemble in a large room ,

    built for the use of a Philosophical Society . They have a Fellowship Fund and Chapel Library , to which , I believe , there are more than fifty subscribers * As they know not how soon they maybe deprived of their present _£ lace of meeting , it is their intention , as soon as they can meet vvitk an eligible spot of ground , to erect a chapel .

    Tuesday , November 18 . Preached again at Plymouth-Dock to large and attentive congregation . The congregation in this place indebted to our worthy and excellent friend Mr . Gibbs , for bis exertions in the cause . With many of the people 1 had some a pretty are much laborious pleasant

    intercourse . Sunday , November 23 . Preached three times this day at Moretonhamp _^ stead , to large congregations . From the society and friendship of Mr . Smethurst , I derived much instruction and pleasure . Wednesday , November 26 . Being _particularly requested , preached at Exeter , to a numerous and attentive congregation . Our Exeter friends kindly offered to contribute what lay in their power towards the support of a constant Missionary in Cornwall , and ardently wished that such a measure might be carried into effect .

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    The above 3 Sir _> Is a summary of my proceedings , extracted from the journal which I kept , and in which I put down whatever occurred to my mind at the thue the observations were made . The county of Cornwall presents a wide j & nd important field for the promulgation of Unitarianism . The _people _ahvays shewed great seriousness , and a disposition to hear ; and in _several place 3 which I visited _^ societies might very soon be formed . Sometimes , at the conclusion of the services , the exclamations \ vere > ' * Is this _Unitarianism ? Why , how different to what we have heard it " Tracts wore every where eagerly received , ami 5 n Borne places we were offered mohcv for _them . Often , _aftoi' the _service has been concluded , I have been represented !

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1824, page 35, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_01061824/page/11/