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6 #% i w&ieh has * for one of its objects , to co-operate with the London Society 2 ? defraying theexpdnces of such preachers as may visit Scotland . The friends about Glasgow and Paisley iook leave ^ f Mr . Wright with much regret , after a friendly meeting at Glasgo > y , on the last Sunday evening of his being there , when nothing could reconcile them to his departure , but the
prospect of his . doing good in other places , and his speedy return to the West
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This journey kept Mr . W . from home 72 days , i . eVfroni July 3 d to " Sept . 13 th . during which time he preached sixty discourses , and attended many meetings for conference , and travelled about 1160 miles . ' " , . ' ... ' .- ' , On his way £ 0 Scotland , Mr . W . preached at Peterborough ; visited Melbqurn , in Derbyshire : preached twice to Mr . Icons' congregation at Chester , and once to the Unitarian Baptists at King ' s ley , 13 miles from Chester . His visit among Mr . JL . ' s
people , he says , " was very pleasant and edifying ; * though not numerous " , they are respectable ; ' the short time I spent among them led me to form a high opinion oiF their intelligence , piety and Christian affection . It is to be hoped
that the labours of my worthy friend , supported by the efforts of the . members of his congregation , will in time Turing many nevv hearers to attend jri their spacious rrieeting-tiouse . ' Of Kingsley Mr , W . says , ?« here I preached to a crowded audience , consisting chiefly of
people of the lower class , who were rernarkably attentive . Their preacher , though not learned , seems a person of good sense , steady piety and liberal ? cal ; he has lately been brought from Calvinism to Unitariariism , our vis . it seemed to give him . great joy , I was attended to Kingsley by Mr . Lyons and two other Gentlemen from Chester . " In Scotland ,. Mr , W . spent 50 days . 50
curing wh id ( i I ^ q preached Mroeg , and conducted rna , ny . conference * rneetings . ^ e su ys , X tfe ^ riV tjftfs , fch fn ' ost important journey 1 ! liave . ever ^ undertaken ^ toy ;» in , 4 was n $ iich exeVcJseci in * the outfitt . 'rf it witfi a . fleftp W ^ irpf i < at I shfouW
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of Scotland . He is now gone to the North , whence we hope to hear good accounts of his success . Respecting the ultimate effects of the labours of the missionaries in Scotland , it is impossible at present to form an estimate . The
seeds are sown , we hope , which , * f duly cherished , will produce an abundant harvest of knowledge and virtue to generations yet unborn . , I am , Sir , your * s , &c Neil Walker .
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fail in the execution of a mission whicf * appeared to me of high importance . I have , however , to bless my God who hath enabled me to go through it more to my own satisfaction than I expected * Never in my life did I labour with more pleasure , or feel myself more at home in the work than among oar Northern
Brethren . " Glasgow was the first town Mr . W % visited in Scotland . ** On my arrival ' here , ** he says , " by the coach , about six o * clock in the morning , I was met by several of the brethren , who receiv * ed me -with much affection , and I quiefcly felt myself at home among them . ' * At Glasgow , he preached \ % sermon ' s ; the hearers Were numerous ; it is supposed some of the congregations consisted ojf 560 or . 600 people ; and the greatest attention was paidjto what wasdeliVered . Of the public conferences at Glasgow-Mr . W . says , cc The friends wished to
have a conference ; this was appointed for the Monday evening ; we expected it would have been attended merely by our own friends , though it was onento > strangers . When the time arrived , about 150 people came together , among whom were persons of various religious parties . We began , after prayer , with some of the brethren- calling for my
thoughts on several -passages of scripture , which I gave them . This brpugnt forward our opponents , who it appears had come for tne purpose of disputing ' -with us . We immediately saw the propriety of appointing a chairman , and adopting certain rules for the-preservation of order : this wivs ^ done , arid the debase ' , proceeded . The spbject * tihat evehtffe was tic 4 octrtncof at 9 nini 6 nr ;
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tiitcuigence .- —Mr . WrighPs Journey in Scotland * 513
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\ y ACCOUNT OF MR . WRIGHTS MISSIONARY JOURNEY IX SCQTV k . JLANJU ; T . AKEX 1 IIOM HIS JOUliNAl-.
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1809, page 513, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1740/page/39/
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