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have had to > o many to h $ v £ satisfied Ae , urgent call of the mal&tude for tfif £ » . " ' I ftt ^ mqw , durinjg my stay iii - ^| c ^^ YI did nd { prc ^ ii to Ifel ' ' ^ T tl lH ^ r t ^ d ^ diftereiit '" ' persons . ^ ^ ^| D yifii ^ j ^ w has made tomi * t ^ U ) 1 e prpgres . s iu Cor n wall during ilje , feft foiir years . I had the hoiipur i > f b&ttg the first Unitarian missionary * Tio Vetted that county . It was | a ^ i ^ ri ! % of 181 i . I then foun d ^ ojtfe determined and avowed Unfta
fW * t » ^ nd ievieral other persons who ^ 1 ^ 6 fevourable to the doctrine j now I found a respectable congregation , and friends to the cause in manyotTier places . The controversy lias become public through the medium of the press , and a great many tracts on the
subject are got into circulation . Even tfie conduct of our opponents tends to keep the spirit of inquiry alive . * $ , Ffom the preceding remarks it nmy be concluded , that the prospect of success to the Unitarian cause in Cornwall is not a little promising : properly to estimate this , several things should be cohsidered :- —as > 1 . The state of society in that county .
The people possess a Considerable degree of intelligence for persons of their rknfc ^ nd condiHoti . The Methodists have done a gneat deal cf good to the Cornish people , hotwith-Handiri ^ all the religious
extravalances vrhieh have at times appeared Itioag them ; they have brought the jtkass if f them to serioueness , diffused j % general Keu ^ e of the iuifiprt ^ rice of jpi ^ y abd Viriu « , and eflfected a great
anoral i-hange . Sucji orderly con-Uiict , mpral correctness and serious attention to re ! igfon wilt be found fioa g fhe lo ^ nek * orders bfthe p « oplef jfpW , if any , other 'diitrlcia in ! Etigiairf . Ihe Melriotmt * have , in a conaP ^ tUe deg ^ , " piepAred the vv ^ y Wt tffa trnifairfeih * . * . Ainong tiie ite
M ^ tbodijttl tjfere ^ Umv ^ rsalfejl ^ and perfii ) ri « yrtione inquiries go ISe-Vprro me ^ y ^ eni oiFtliei ^ party . 3 . ' A iisposrtion ^ lo befcr » eHou « 4 i « courses ^ >^ itibn , > n * re ^ d t ^ iolo ^ ckl public ^ tionJi , sjt ^ m » eM ^ ively to prevail k& * fc& ^ Cbriifeh peopJe , ailt' ho mftrftegr t * of curiosity to Sttend to wh ^ t f ^ ppen ) r « novel . 4 . An tJnitanua irhay ^ pr ^ cii Any wWre
witli-< M mn&f tif Mitereu ^ iott , mid need ^ ldora feir * 6 W&ikitlg a contadenible and a ^ tf ^* iiEuai ^ . 5 . Vmfrf&u pmmwk ** y ^ ^ x ttu ^ v ^ y c ^
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^^ r w ^^ j ^ m $ J * m to thiipk ^ fip Be ^ 4 yi ?| t ^ j ^ rirfji » n ^ pa . the wfiqfe , 1 ^ r ^ w Ip ^^ countj in Englaud that otfers a more prc ^ misin ^ field fin- ite propagation qf the Unitarian doctrine ihmjcorwriafc or to which I tliink the attention of Unitarians ought to be more carefully directed , or wiicli is more deserving of their assistance and steady exertion .
9 . It is a higlily important inquiry , what are the best stepi to be taken for the effectual promotion of the great and good work begun in Comwall . In answer to this inquiry , I take the liberty of suggesting : —i . That every thing possible should be done to strengthen the hands ,, encburage the exertions and aid the
labours of the brethren at Falmouth and Flushing . S . l ^ hat they should be , as far as practicable , from time to time , furnished with books to distribute , and send to different towns , wh ^ re they may be lent out or given
away . Any gentleman who has it in bis power to contribute his allotments of tracts from any of the book societies for this purpose , will servfe the cause . 3 . That as soon as it can
be made practicable , a minister should be . employed five or six months regularly cmt . of the twelve , a » a missiouary in Corii > vall : the rest of his tithe he might be employed as the minister at Moretbn Marnpstead ; where one is wanted . This plan would be
agreeable to the congregation at Moreton , the leading members of Which have been consulted on the subject . 4 . That till some such plan Can J > £ adopted , it is desirable a missfiorrary ibould visit and labour at
least for a month in every sumrner , among our Corrfish friends- It i > hoped , the importance of these matter will be . felt by the Unitarian public , and that nothing practicable will be neglected in so good a cause .
I conclude these observations with expressing tiiy fervent wish and prayer , that ( 5 m in his infinite meref iwty guide $ H ^ our efforts to promote Kii gloty and <; r& * fn them with * uo cfess : , ' ' ¦ 1 - ¦ ' l ' ""
PostcrijJt . On ^ thttig I biri ^ ted in it « j 3 n > rier ptace . It relates t 6 the eXcefitency of the pla ^ n of the Unitarian Ftintf , to etiabling ifai itr ^ akmaries to act wruV ottt receiving uiiy thiog of the j ^ e ^ p ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1815, page 770, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1767/page/42/
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