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place was crowded . We had meetings on Tuesday evenings for prayer , in which several of our friends engaged , aiifl regular service on Thursday evenings . Our coBgregationsf iti the week consisted of upwards of 100 persons ; 1
and on Sunday evenings of about 200 , among whom were many : youngpersons . 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 fading 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 up 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 endeavou ?* ed 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 tlieir present place 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 a pretty large and attentive congregation . The congregation in this place are much indebted to our worthy and excellent friend Mr . Gibbs , for bis laborious exertions in the cause . With many of the people 1 had some 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 : placea which I visited ^ societies might very soon be formed . Sometimes , at the conclusion of the services , the exclamations \ vere > ' * Is this Unitarianism ? Why , bow different to what we have heard it represented !" Tracts wore every where eagerly received , ami 5 n Borne places we were offered moiacv for them . Often , aftoi ' the service has been concluded , I have been
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 35, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1715/page/11/
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