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Our opponents were a Minister of the Relief , a Cameraman , a Burgher student , and a , Berean . About 10 o ' clock , the meeting was adjourned to the next Friday evening . JOn the Friday evening-, 4 or 500 people came together 5 our pp . * ponenls came . forward arid proposed for discussion , the Trinity and the Deity of Christ . The debate was continued till
after 10 o ' clock , when the meeting was adjourned to ihe next Tuesday evening . Against the Tuesday evening , a larger building , Anderson's Institution , was procured , and before the discussion commenced , it was so crowded that- no more could enter : it was estimated that 700 persons were in the building and the
passage leading to it ; and some friends , who could not g ; et in . themselves , in ~ formed me that they believed 1000 people went away who Wished to obtain admittance but could not . My principal opponent this evening was the Burgher student , the subject the divinity of Christ * At the close of the debate , which continued till near 11 o ' clock ,
my opponent , who had sometimes lost the command of his temper during the evening , came forward and told the company that , however much we differed , he believed my motives were good ,- that he should ever venerate me for my candour ,, and would grye me his hand wherever we mi ^ ht meet ; he then came , to me , and took an affectionate leave of me . Thus , what we intended
as conferences became public disputations , and we could not prevent it without giving our opponents an advantage over us . " * ' Besides tne above , we had several more private conferences among the brethren , and those who usually attend with them . $ Ay friend , Mr . Purdoii , albo held a conference with about 50 persons , who
requested it of him , in a school room . *• The congregation at Glasgow has increased in numbers , a ' nd made considerable improvement since Mr . JLyons was with them . They possess much intelligence , information , steal , candour , and Chribtian affection , and ara well capable of giving a j eason for their views of Christianity . '
Pojllockshaws . To this place Mr . "W . was ' accompanied twice , by ? cyeral of the brethren front Glasgow , and preached each evening , to a large assembly , in the town hall . Three conferencemcetittgs were also held at Pollock- *
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shaws , which were numerousl y $£ * tended , and various important ... sub jects were discussed . At the above tjlace , the elders of the Glasgow ~ congregati on
have conducted a conference -meetW once in a fortnight ever since Mr . \ j ^ left them , Which they inform him , is attended by £ 00 or 400 people , who are many o £ them diligent in their inquiries after truth .
Carluke . At this place , Mr . W . found several well-informed Unitarians . He says , * ' I went from Glasgow to Carluke , accompanied by a friend . Qn our arrival we soon found some Unitarians . It was determined for trie id " preach in the evening ; a school-room was obtained for the purpose , which I
suppose would hold more than 1 . 00 persons . When the time came , it was almost instantly filled . After prayeF , the pecple without , invited me to come forth and preach abroad , as many who wished tb hear could not get inta-the roam . I complied with their request , and preached in the open air to a' large and iiirist attentive audkflrfe . After the service
was ended , 1 returned into the , school- ' room , and it was soon filled With people . I invited them to propose" any question , of objection , or to thake my remark they might think pioper ; bNflf rlone of them had any thing to propose ; yet they seemed not at all inclined to depart : so I delivered them a secendf discourse , and then dismissed theni . After which several persons accompanied us to our inn , and we had some ? very agreeable conversation . *' Paisley . Here Mr . W . found i
respectable congregation , bath as td numbers , information , pifcty and Chris ? tian zeal , and preached to theni eleven ' times : many of the congregations werd extremely crowded , und must ha \^ e contained , Mr . W . supposes , more than % Q& people . ** Besides attending conferences at Paisley , ° he says , " t was several times caljed vpon , after the regular sfcr * \ ite was ended , to explain various Jpas--sages of scripture . One evening after the service I had to explain the proem to JoHn ' s gospel . Another evening after pleaching on the resurrection , I was called upon to explain several passages , which are commonly supposed to teach the doctrine of a sepa-iate sjflte ; and afterwards , several which are supposed to teach the Deity of Christ . — Another evening , 1 had to explain ? after
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514 Intelligence *—Mr . Wrights Jmirjtey in Scotland *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1809, page 514, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1740/page/40/
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