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t % r AVffcs $ my uixfo ^ oi ^ eble , I pp ^ ljed . 4 w the importance of klH ^ Jilig iW trutK $ nd the tea * cfency of ratiotial religion to en , l ^ rge . the jiaifld ; &nd liberalize tlie hggigt ., After preaching , several persons came to Mr . Philips , to request that Unitarian preachers Height vjsit . them , and piomising
tha [ t , they \ ypuld pro \ ide a place fp ^^ reftchiiig . Jjiq iiirday i the 29 th , we rode tq XJwigettd&yrn ^ whfcie I intend * ed to preach , but in consequence of the miscarriage of a ^ letter , they h& 4 no notice of my corvringy and
I tjficrefore ccatfinued my Journey to 0 arw $ rth&h whej * e I arrived in the .- ^ evening .. Mr . Johw Dai is ^ in th ^ s pla , ce received me with great kiadnegs , and did . qsrery tbifig in iug f ow ^? \ o p rjomotia the obj ects of m $ r » issipn in his neigkbx > ur ~
hood * / Ojx&undq ^ y ^ * hie 30 th ,, I preached in fbe Fppf ^ ing in Vrm ry-Jitreet Cfiqpeh & > a large congregation , exposed , & $ Ljafterwards uiidjer ^ st ^ Qdj of Arwnian and Calvin istic 13 t } pti * ts , and b , few Arians aaid Unitarians Here I endeavour ad
to prove , tha . fe Qud the Father is tfy © ot > ly proper object / of religiotis worship , and consequently ttat they , a ^ e t \\ Q only true Ayorfrbipp ea ^ wU ^ a ^ tiip him iu spirit and i ^ < teuth . The peopte ; in . gei ^ e nal #
hi ^ td je -: wHh seriousness and attentiop , nnA raa « y of them aU terwarils sjK > ke to me respecting ix ^ f ^ s « rmon , wiU * candour ; but some p ^ i ts of it had given su ^ ch oflfencti tp jfebe mini& ^ r * aad some
of the leading orthodox people , th ^ t ttiiSy t < jjrf Mr , $ pvu * they would ttot knd me their place to prcach in ^ ny moto . Jovtbe ^ tvrouoin I pr ^ aehed at iiv . PtfcrV chapel , in Lammas
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* street . Mr . P ^^ er iS th e ^ prinei pal / tutor ; of fctae academy ai-Cfl ^ wor * / Ae ^ , and ft -vze&ioto Calviiiist * i His congEegatiori h l&tge and r ^ spectacle . They heard eie with : much seriousness and attenrion while \ j endeavoyred to prove that C > hristijanity was not intemWd
to confound , but to fe « i ! ighten the human mind , thaf it can only effect this where there is a spirit of inquiry , and cop 3 ^ q « cntly ^ candour and liberality are at once th ^ < Juty and interest of evrry Christian community * 1 $ the
evening 9 I went to Ijiangendeym * which i& about % njiles from Car * marthen ^ accompanied by s < v (^ persons who had heard nae ' m ' t ^ i former parts of the day . Here I
pr ^ actied ^ to a large congregation on the tendency of Dnitarian prig cipJ ^ & to emancipate tfa « mind from prejudice , iiiibeFality smd vice . Mr . W . ThoMm ^ Who is the minister here , was formerly a Gftlwkktic Baptist , and ba « lad
the happiness of §« eing bis c&u . gregation proceeding With ^ him from 9 ^ e # iage ± to another in the path &iinquiry , until tiKjey became confirmed and zealous Unitariaoi
He is a yoiin ^ mat ) , of good preaching abilities , and his piety and eeal ha ^ vreprocured him the estegm oif ; hislneighb our ^ in general * I spent some time with the
principal' people of . his congregation , arid was highJy gratified--to find them so intelligent , $ 9- hearty ia the cause of truth , and so cordially united to thejr minister and to each other . Mr . Thomas ' ^ QW 1 m
peels of usefulness in this neigbboaphood are certainl y very gre ^ t # It was near 12 c / cloc ^ ** ** $ * when I roturoed , greatly fe ^ g u ^ t to Carmarthen ; ^ it mcee $ i 0 happy , ih the fiirm jS ^ Ps ^ '
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6 [^ $ Ifctelligetices—Mr . Ly ( m& Mmioiitoy ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 688, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/46/
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