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    rage , and went away . "However , we got a few tracts into circulation amonsf the people , who heard with attention . Mitor Bridge is about a mile and half froin Flushing . Thursday , July 10 . Preached at Flushing- to a good company of hearers ; who tvere serious and attentive . There being several strangers , we distributed tracts .

    Monday , July 14 . Preached at Perran-Well , a small village between Truro and Jalmouth , to about 120 hearers , who heard with great seriousness . When we arrived here , ; we applied at the inn for the use b £ a room in their possession , and which was frequently granted for the use of the Bryamtes . It was then asked Hs > " What creed are you of V Understanding wfc Were Unitarians , it was denied us . I then had to preach in the opdn air , though the weather was not very favourable . The people seemed much pleased , and wished me to come again ., * "

    Friday , July 18 . Preached again at Milor Bridge , but was not able to collect many people , in consequence of the Methodists having been round and warned them against corning to hear us . One old lady called out from an upper window , as we came down the street , "We waat no Unitarians here . Get home with you all . Go to your own parishes , and stay there . " Monday , July 21 . Preached at Penryn , a borough town , 2 miles from Falmouth , on the bowling-green , to about 300 hearers . The people heard with very great seriousness and attention , and wished to hear me again . Our

    orthodox brethren had given Unitarians a very bad name in this place , as deniers of Christ and the Lord who bought them . But , after some of them heard me , they formed a more favourable opinion . —Something ought certainly to be done in this place to promote the cause . Unitarianisin is but little known here , and what little is known , is represented in very false colours . There are plenty of rooms to be obtained ; and I make no doubt but there are friends who would promote the work , if something was set on foot . O may the good Lord send more labourers into his vineyard !

    Tuesday , July 22 . Left Falmouth for the south . Arrived at a small village called Mawnan-Smith , where I preached , in the middle of the day , to about 40 people , who listened with great attention , and wished me to stay till evening , and preach to them again , when those who were out at work in the fields would be returned home . We distributed a few tracts , and the people begged me to pay them another visit . —In the evening of this day , arrived at JVIanaccan , and preached to a small company of persons . There is neither Methodist nor Oalvinist chapel in this place . The people attend the church . They heard wkh seriousness , and we distributed some tracts .

    Wednesday , July 23 . Passed through St . Keverne to Coverack , a small fishing town on the southern coast , where I preached in the middle of the day . Mr . Odgers was with me , and we sent a boy round to inform the people . As I stood in the street , a Calvinist minister came to me , when the following conversation took place : — "Are you the person who is going to preach in this place to-day ? " " Yes , Sir . " " Of what persuasion are you ? ' * " An Unitarian Baptist . " " Oh ! you had better not preach here / ' " Why ,

    Sir ? " " Because the people are better informed than to listen to such a doctrine as yours . " " If my opinions are wrong , Sir , f should feel glad if you would point out wherein I err . " " Oh ! you have not a single text to bear you through . " " Well Sir , here is my Bible ; will you have the goodness to shew me my errors ? " ( I had previously quoted some passages of scripture to him in support of the Unitarian faith . ) " Oh ! I have Bibles plenty of my own . What do you make of this , * I and my Father are one' ?"

    I then answered him from John xvii . Upon this he seemed a little confused , and said , " Well , but you must not preach here . " I told him , I fully intended and should do so , as I had given notice . He then got ill-tempered , and said , " I am determined , then , you shall have nobody to hear you . I will go to every house in the place , and warn them against you . And as to your saying that you are a Baptist , it is false : you are hypocrites and dereivers . " I then said to him , " Friend , I perceive thou knowest not what » purit thou art of / 1 « c No /* said he , in & great rage , " I can ' t keep either

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 31, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1715/page/7/