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my spirit Or my temper to talk with such felk > W 9 . 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 , jet 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 . Ead 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 ; but having heard from one who had heard my sermon , that we did , she was determined to follow me to St . Keverno to hear for herself . The people from Coverack said to me , We are very much pleased with your having visited us , but are sorry that you should have met with such treatment as you did . We think it a disgrace to our town . But if you should ever come again , we will find you a place to preach in , and take care that you shall not be interrupted . We are poor people , but what little we can do , we will . " We had about 300 people at St . Keverne , who listened with the greatest attention , and took the singing part upon themselves . Oh , what good might be done among these poor people ! ThursdayJuly 24 . Arrived at the Lizard Town , near the lighthouses .
, Here I preached , in the middle of the day , to an attentive assembly of about 100 people , among whom was the minister of the parish . Mr . Odgers concluded 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 ,
we 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 111 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 in the evening at St . Day , in th £ markets house , where accommodations for the people w $ re placed , to an attentive
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 32, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1715/page/8/
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