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intelligent , well-informed on religious subjects , and , so far as I could discover or learn , exemplary as Christians . Several of them have suffered loss in their trade , as well as reproach , by becoming Unitarians , which they have borne with Christian firmness . Mr . Philp , their minister , was
formerly a preacher among- the Methodists , is in trade , and is respectable both as to character-and talents . There are several promising * young" people in this society . The religious intercourse I had with the brethren in Falmouth and its vicinity , greatly
refreshed my spirit . I am the more particular in my account of them , because I judge , it will be interesting to the Friends of the cause at large , to be particularly informed of the state of an infant society in so remote a corner of the island , and because I wish to direct their attention to what I
think a most important part of the Unitarian Vineyard . In Falmouth I preached ten times , nine of them in the usual place of meeting , and oace in the market-square . I also administered the Lord ' s Supper , and delivered a
farewell address . My fellow-traveler , Mr . Cooper , preached three times in this town . Strangers came at different times to hear ; among the rest two Jews , who are said to be men of considerable learning , especially one of them , who is from Morocco , and was in a Moorish dress . The audiences 'were
always respectable , and closely attentive . That in the market-square was estimated at five hundred persons . Every thing possible should be done to cherish and promote the Unitarian cause at Falmouth , as on its progress in that important town , will depend its success in several other places . The society should
as soon as . practicable have a meeting-house , in a better » situation ^ this is under every Tiew a matter of much consequence ; the more so on account of Falmouth being * visited by strangers from various parts of the world , who either come hither with the packets , or resort thither to sail with them .
2 . Flushing . This is a pleasant village on the eastern ide of Falmouth harbour . There are several well-informed Unitarians in this place , « specially my worthy friend Mr . Prout , vvho was the only decided and avowed Unitarian I found in Cornwall , when I viaited it in the year 1811 : and who has ably
and judiciously answered Mr . Drew ' s * pamphlets against the Unitarians . The Flushing friends meet with those at Falmoutli - I 7 but it is desirable , and earnestly recommend it to them , to hold a meeting in their own village , once on the Lord ' s day , * ay in the afternoon , as the public meetings t Falmouth are in the morning and
even-* Mr . Drew is a Methodist preacher , ^ d wricks at St . AusteL
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ing * . Mr . Philp could preach at Flushing occasionally , and there aa * e other friend * capable of taking a part in conducting th # meetings . I preached at Flushiug six times , tvv ic * in the open air , four times in a large room . We had always good and attentive audiences ; the largest was estimated at four hundred persons .
3 . Penryn ^ A populous town , two or three miles from Falmouth . Here I preached three times , in the open air , the last time on a public green , when it was estimated we had five hundred hearers . There are several persons , in this town favourable to Unitarianistn ; they came to hear me at Falmouth and
Flushing , have begun to read Unitarian books , and I hope will attend regularly with , and become a part of the society at the former place : this I understood them to propose doing . They expressed a wish to have meetings occasonally at Penry n ; it is hoped the friends who are capable of conducting ' public meetings , will assist them to carry their wishes in this respect into effect .
4 . St . Mcivjs , A few miles across the water to the southeast from Falmouth . I preached here in the middle of the day , on the public Quay , to about five hundred people , many of them , fishermen . The middle of the day is th * best time to get a congregation in many places on the Cornish coast , as the fishermen are then most at liberty .
5 . Heist on y Twelve miles from Falmouth , to the west * ward . Here I preached in the public street , to , it was estimated , four hundred people . Some came to us afterwards , at our inn , and offered to receive books to distribute . The accounts we received from this town of the effects of our exertions , before wm left Cornwall , were pleasing ^ , and led us to hope we had not laboured in vain .
6 . Maraziony Ten miles further west , near St . Michael ' s Mount , at the head of Mounts Bay . Two friends went round the town to call the inhabitants together . Within half an hour a large company came together , and I preacKed to them , in the marketplace .
7 . Penzancey Three miles from Marazion , to the westward . Here I preached in the green-market , large assembly . It was . estimated that at the two last places we had one thousand hearers . After the service two gentlemen
came to solicit me to preach the next morning at two fishing villages , further to the south-west , and undertook to circulate notices . With this request I of course complied . They also engaged to receive book * and circulate them .
8 . Newly n . * A fishing village on the western side of * On my arrival in this village an © 14
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Intelligence *—Wright and Cooper ' s Missionary Tour in Cornwall 71 $
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1815, page 719, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1766/page/55/
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