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    priest . The congregation was very attentive . The Methodists , who were so liberal as to lend us the place , were previously informed that I was an Unitarian missionary , that they might not be surprised at hearing me preach a plain

    Unitanan sormon . 5 , Hartley . This town is situated in the midst of the potteries , a very populous district ; there are several Unitarians in Hanley ; and a people I heard of at Lane-end , who arc likely to become such . I

    preached in a Baptist meetinghouse , which is at present unoccupied , and had about 160 very attentive hearers ; among whom was a Methodist preacher and two Calviaistic preachers . Cheshire .

    This county was one of the principal objects of my mission ; of course I devoted as much time as I could consistently spare to it . The following are the places where I preached , viz *

    1 , Chester . Here I preached twice , and had the pleasure of enjoying the edifying society of my esteemed friend and brother missionary , Mr . Lyons , and sever / al of his people *

    2 , Kingsley . The congregation here consists , chiefly , of poor people ; they heard me with deep attention . They furnish one amoBg many modern proofs , that Unitarianism is capable of becoming the religion of the lower classes in

    society . 4 , KehalL In a farm bouse , on a Tuesday in the afternoon , I delivered a discourse to a small

    assembly of attentive hearers . 4 , Tarvin . On the evening of the same day * in a detached part of this parish , consisting of humble aottages , situated on the ed ge of

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    Delemere forest , I preached to a Crowded assembly of poof people , who seemed to drink in the word as the thirsty earth does the rain that descendeth upon it .

    5 , Stockton - heath . Here I preached in a bam , fitted up as a meeting-house , by a people called Quaker Methodists . There was a person present , a wild enthusiast , called a Revivalist , who stood before me to resist me . Just after

    I had commenced my sermon , he began to speak , but was stopped and I went on . As soon as I had concluded the discourse , he began , but was desired to be silent till I

    had finished the service . When I had finished it he began in prayer ^ but one of the leading Methodists who belong to the place , rose and said , that man belonged not to them , and had no aiithoritv there i themand had no authority there

    , ; made a liberal remark , respecting the sermon they had heard , and desired that there might be nothing disorderly , and that the congregation would immediately depart . The people in general , I suppose we

    had 150 hearers , departed ; a few , however , remained behind , and I was informed he , the Revivalist , endeavoured to pray down my strmon , intreating the Almighty the people might believe nothing I had said .

    6 , Partington . The congregation here was small ; 1 had some Calvinists to hear me * 7 , Knutsford . The preaching here was on a Thursday morning . I had the pleasure of meeting at Knutsford { several of our brethren

    in the ministry ^ from different places , and several gentlemen , zealous friends of the Unitariai > cause , from Warrington , Manchester , 3 rc . After the service w # dined together , and spent the at-

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    $ 6 Intelligence . —Mr . Wright ' s Tour in the Norih-west .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1813, page 56, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2424/page/56/