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4 ariO £ tlftepre »« utt < fcmmer . He is to he qccempaoKd at hi $ ref&est by one of tbe junior ^ tu 4 ent& of the IT ai&arian Academy . This pU » jo £ s « adic ^ out a companion wit h a , missionary w of great advantage , esgectaily to the young men Mho are thus eat , whW acquire habits of religious exertion and are educating for public service .
Since hi * return from Cornwall , Mr . Cooper-has been supplying the k > Bg destitute congregation of Moreton Haiupstead , in Devonshire , of which he has undertaken the charge for the next twelve months . The congregation hare submitted to the
Committee a plan by which a preacher may settle -with them and employ the summer months in missionary excursions , gfrarttcuJ&rhf' into Cornwall .. This plan suggested by Mr . Wright , may , it is hoped > be hereafter carried into effect .
\ With this luis&ioa into Cornwall , Mr , Wright will connect one into Wales , whitUeir he has never yet gone , bat where there i& a great desire to see him . There &ui be no doubt that iu those towns , in tthicii the -. English language is spoken or understood * his labours will be exceedingly u * efi * L
It was in contemplation at the : last Anniversary to authorize Messrs . Wright m $ d Cooper to devote the spring and summer of the present year to a , mfusion into Ireland , recommended by ^ a respectable abscriber at Dubliu . Upon mature cen * iiderat ^ ta however an 4 : fa rther
correspondefuse with the gentleman re teamed to , it ^ rits deemed expedient to drop the design for t ^ e present . As the Com mittee never 4 oobt of the sanctions of the Society to any scheme wbich requires or indicates ZVa \ 9 neither do they question * their concurrence in any measure of prudence .
. In XXws conucx-iou the Committee j&dge \ t proper to state Ukat a proposal wa « ^ ohm ' tU ^ d to then * by Mr . Wright , of a K * is « iou tjp Ihj ? Vtuted > States of America , # * f which he entertained the desire and % WbfmU ) &k { ib * Han . This proposal was tajfcen in ^ r . cofi ^ MkfuatWn % t a meeting » pe ~? ** 4 Ui ^ ppoiuted Itbr th « r occasion , when the firfloiYiBg JEUsoUittou m-affip ^ 3 Md » That
4 ?* JJ ^ wlvod uaauimouslyT ^ tfe ^ ^ npWiVt * 4 r i > ave deUberaied on Mr-W « gtjf « uxo |> osal wiUha seriousntHs pro-( 4 Mrlicmc 4 . . ta it » imp ^ rtancv ; that they ttfg&QWtmiiThem aoi ) k 44 K » sive proof of hU » V ^^^» e «^ u ^ ot , tBu ^ and viftu ^ a but Uk 4 ^^;| JU ^ , ; 9 aiiie ) tiDic they etmsiter a « ir im 9 ion
^ imt u ^^ ^ eatofelf !! within the iwpp ^ e ^ a ^ itU ^ couy ) wt » ni a £ the ^ rtiat 8 * rVH *** i ill » w ) h ^ l ^ i ^ ine , l ^ oviiJcpce ; jias c « ai « 4 Mr . Wright ,. V . tfelftj »»« Atry » that ihvf Utii ^ % UiSf sb « olj ( i be 4 iB 4 » aiSing fppm t * w ^ * pl 4 iy p ^ th af dut » wete rthryja be
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instrumental in . removing biia Urn 1 » & present sphere of willfulness . " ***»»•»» Mr . Wright ' s candid interprefad Mm tf of this resolution , ou ^ Ut to be coosiderfd ?? an additional sacrifice and service to tfc , ^ Society . His reply to the letter of the Se . ? cret
ary communicating > t , is so gratefol to b their feelings , that the Committee carnm > l refrain from breaking through the rule le which . tlley ha 4 laid do , wu of not lengtbea-,-lay ; their Report ifc'ith extracts of corns I spondence ^ and laying , a part of it befbn e the Meeting * The extract which they me .. ditate is as follows :
« Accept n * y tbanjfs for your fa ? oUf ^ f the 2 t > th inst .- containing the decision off the Coranuittee on my projected mission to \ the United States oi America . Though it is contrary to the decision I had anticipated t I neither question the superior visdom » or : the truly Christian zeal of the
Gentlemen of tb $ Committee , in negativing a plan vylikh I took the liberty of submiUbg to them v , ajn 4 am ; Jruiy thankful to thtw for the expression of esteem contained ift their re ^ oluM o ^^ I bad fully ma < k up my mind to the undertaking which I eopt < m ^
plated > a « a difficult and arduous o ^ ef and did not think my unin ^ ei * rupted contin p ^ nce in this country of the importance which the Committee seem to suppose , but god * etyved 1 might- ^ e very well spared for tw © i" three yseaiA , Without any injury to tbe
fpreat cause in which we are engaged : how * ever , as it seems to be scurcety withio the objects of the Fund , and the decision showi that in the Opinion of thos £ for wtkose judgment I have a very tiigh respect , I wight not to leave England foe so long a time , I
acquiesce ; and , if God be pleased to gire me strength , wxH endeavoiai ! to reader my services worthy of the opinion th # y farm of them . I wish to state distinctly , that ! most sincertsiy thank >^) u , my dear Sir , anil the whole of the Committee , for the . kioit
attention paid and the serious conaiderawft given to the plan which , from , a deliberate sense of duty , I submitted to them : tfa »* the approbation of juy labours which the have so kindly ex | iresBed 9 will * I trust ) t ^ a motive to fourth er exertion . ; that I est < 6 » it a blesmn ^^ for ™ hft * fa thank the Afc
* » igjbty * . tiiafci caahave the jndgpwnt »* advice . of such «< j « idicioti 9 ptsrsons ^^ P **^ pbuis which suggest themselves tojn ** *¦• tbat 1 am d ^ epVy sensible my 8 ervice » iiw beet of cattses , of whatever value tfccjr aap
be > , derive no , sjnall part of it from tom ** F poet , and coisuttmaatte , wittout which & ** % irf them could not have been ^^* S ^^ A The Cimunittee have ^ reat ¦«*¦*• in reporting thnt ^ one measure of "JJ * fcitod , ^ vhiv h thay pursued during P ^ " ^ past year ^ liA » hecii ofltended witb i »» P » J aoccess . It ocoorreU <^ tfcwsfa that »» i
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1816, page 492, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2455/page/56/
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