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Wted the people , brought them to seriousness , impressed them with some sense of religion , and habituated them to hear preaching , even in the open air , with
solemnity . Among the Methodists , I learned , liberality of sentiment is making some progress ; to which the u Sketch of Different Denominations" seems to have contributed . Individuals among thern .
in different places , have become Uni verbalists , and some have begun Ao enquire about Unitarianism . I had bat a fe \ fr days in Cornwall , and it rained hard most of the
time , or I should have visited , and probably preached , at rhore places ; as it was , I could only preach at the following . 26 . Liskeard . Her 6 are some
persons favourable to Unitarianism . I preached in a large foorn , had about 200 hearers ^ who were very attentive . The notice of the
preaching was given by hiring a person to go round the town , and inform the inhabitants , by calling at their houses . After the
service we distributed many tracts , which were received with ^ vidt-27 . Fhshing . Here 1 preached twice
; first on the Thursday evenln in an assembly . room , to about 300 bearers , who were very attentive ; then ion the following horning , at eleven o ' clock ; and though it rained hard , and the people were all either labourers
° ' persons in trade , we had a Pwty good congregation , 28 . la lmoutte * Here notice **» given of my intention to P * ach in the open air , and I was wired it might be > done there J * * greatest . solemnity , and **[" yW &q , I should be likely 10 have 3000 hearers 5 however
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the rain prevented , and we were under the necessity of holding the meeting in & granary , in which I preached to an attentive audience . At Flushing and FaU mouth there are some
Universalists , and a few Unitarians . We left a number of tracts in the hands of suitable persons to lend or distribute in such a way as
may best suit the cause . The Monthly Repository goes to Flushing and Faimouth , and the Im * proved Version has found its way thither . Frorri what I saw and
heard the short time I was ih Cornwall , it appeared to me , that there also the fit Ids are already white for harvest , many persons are athirst for information , and have already liberated themselves
from the bondage of reputed" orthodoxy : there is reason to hope that county will open anew and productive field for Unitarianism . I cannot help thinking , could another missionary visit Cornwall
in- a short time , and spend a few weeks there , it might be productive of important effects , 2 J ) . Wellington , Somersetshire . I spent a few hours with one Unitarian family here .
30 . Taunt on . There are two Unitarian congregations in this place . One Presbyterian ^ the other Baptist . I preached twice in the meeting-house belonging to the latter . We had respectable
congregations . Some ministers from neighbouring towns , showed their friendship to me and the cause , by coming to meet me at Tauitfon , and our social intercourse there , was attended with much Christian pleasure
31 . Ilminster . Here I preached to a large audience , many strangers attending j there is H
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1811, page 569, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2420/page/57/
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