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my spirit 6 r my temper to talk with such fellows . And thus he went away ; affording a striking example of " bigotry having no ears , " and the paltry methods employed by the orthodox to prevent the spread of truth in the world .
However , I preached to about 40 people at the time appointed ; but they were all Nicodemuses , for they hid themselves in the nooks and corners , yet so that they could hear without being seen . There happening to be a furze rick on the ground where I was preaching , many hid themselves behind it , seemingly afraid lest Mr . James should see them . It was with difficulty , indeed , that I got any to hear me ; but as the Calvinist went round to the
houses , I followed him , and requested an audience . As we were coming out of the town , a woman invited Mr . Odgers to cross over to her house , as she wished to ask him & few questions . It _seeins that Mr * James was there waiting for us 5 so he and Mr . O . Eaci a long controversy together ; and , at the same time , I was fully engaged with a miller , another Calvinist preacher .
My opponent granted that what I said was very reasonable , but he could not quite fall in with me . We parted in a friendly manner . In the evening of this day , I preached at St . Keverne _, of which notice had been given in the morning as I passed through . Some of the people from Coverack were there ; and one woman said , she had heard that we did not preach Christ crucified , in consequence of which , her husband , who was a
Methodist * would not let her come to hear me ; who had heard my sermon , that we did , she was St . Kevern _** to hear for herself . The people from ' are very much pleased with your having visited should have met with such treatment as you did * But if you should and take care that ; what little we can . who listened with our town _, preach in , people , but ever you do , the St . Keverne , who liste _part upon themselves people ! ThursdayJuly 24 . Oh , what Arrived again come 9 be interrupted , We had about shallnot we will m greatest attention , and took good might be done among the Lizard Town , near the lighthouses at but having heard from one determined to follow me to Coverack said to me , * We us , but are sorry that you We think it a _disgrace to we will findyou a place to We are poor 300 people at the singing these poor
I , middleof the day , to an attentive Here preached , in 100 people , among the middle of whom was the eluded the devotional service . We got to Mullian , a village 6 miles from Lizard Point , the same evening , where I preached to about 300 people , who heard with the greatest attention , and took the singing upon themselves . Some of the persons had walked 5 miles to hear the sermon . Friday , July 25 . In the evening of this day , we reached Constantine _, a small town , 7 miles from Falmouth . Here I preached in the Bryanite chapel ; and , although a very short notice was given * and it was early in the evening , minister of the _tentive assembly of about parish . Mr . Odgers
conwe had a crowded congregation , who heard with seriousness and attention , and offered us refreshment afterwards , thanking us for the visit . At this place , we saw a man from Mawnan , who begged , in the name of the people , that we would pay them another visit . —I was much pleased with the simplicity and good-nature of the people in this part of Cornwall . Some of them could scarcely believe that we were Unitarians , because they had heard Unitarianisrn represented in such dreadful colours ; but , when they heard for themselves , they were convinced that false reports had been spread .
Wednesday , August 6 . Left Falmouth for Redruth , where I preached in the market-house , which was lighted with candles and fitted up for the occasion . We had a very numerous and attentive audience . I was afterwards informed there were some preachers there , and though the Baptists and the Bryanites had frequently borrowed the place , yet there had never been manifested , at any previous meeting * , such attention as there was then . I was desired to visit them again , and informed that the market-house should be
open for my use at any time . Thursday , August 7- Preached house , where accommodations for in the evening at the people w _$ re St . Day , in the * _marked _placed , to an attentive
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1824, page 32, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_01061824/page/8/
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