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    would attend . I shall never forget three evenings I spent in Manchester ; the first we spent at an inn , for the sake t ) f accommodating n large party . The other two evenings , Mr . Johns , ( a gentleman to whom the friends of the Unitarian cause are under great ob . linations for his various exertions

    to promote it , ) had the goodness to accommodate us with a large school-room . At these social meetings , a large display of intelligence , of Christian affection , and ardent zeal in the cause of

    Unita-Tjanism , of genuine Christianity , which has the illumination , virtue , peace and happiness of the whole ^ tvorld fur its object , gladdened our hearts , and the growing prospect of its success caused us to rejoice together . 17 > Dob Lane . Here I preached four times ; the place was generally filled with very attentive

    licavers . . The congregation is in n very good state . They have a library for the use of children and youth , and have been in thehabit of holding conferences , and there are several young men in the congre - gation of considerable promise .

    18 , Oldham . There are several Unitarians in this town ; but there had been no Unitarian nreachin ^ The first time I preached at Oldham , I had a room croudcuJ with attentive hearers . The second

    time , my friends had hired the theatre for me to preach in ; but some persons had threatened the proprietor with I know not what painful consequences if he suffered me to occupy it ; so he begged to be freed from his bargain , and he was freed . I preached in a room , as before , which was filled . The Methodists were so ahrmed that they sent to a distance fur

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    one of their more popular minisers , to preach the same evening I should be there . I advised our friends to hold a meeting regularly among themselves , and do what they can ; this 1 hope they will do . The Unitarians at Oldham

    left the Methodists a few yearp ago and became Universalists . They then corresponded with our friend , Mr . Vidler . He sent them some Unitarian books , which were imprisoned for a season , no one daring to read them ; they were , however , at length liberated , and have produced important effects .

    19 » Blackley . Here I preached one evening ; the meeting-house was well filled with very attentive hearers . 20 , Mont on . On the fifth of

    November , in the morning , I preachetl here ; we had a very good congregation . Being a day of leisure , friends from

    Manchester and other places met us ; we had a public dinner and a large company ; the afternoon was spent with Christian affection , in an edit f ) ing manner . 21 , Stand * At this place , as well as in the other villages where

    I preached , I was gratified with the number and close attention of the hearers * 22 , C / iowbc * it * This congregation , like that at Bolton , was one of the first that openly avowed strict Unitarianism in Lancashire .

    I preached here four times ; all the congregations were numerous : the largest was estimated at 1 O 0 O persons . We had very pleasant parties of friends together at the house of our worthy friend , Mr * Sanderson , and the evenings were spent in a manner highly satisfac * lory to me .

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    6 © Intelligence . —Mr . Wright ' s Tour in the North West .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1813, page 60, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2424/page/60/