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y , f .. ( > i Religious . ! An Account ' ty f * 'Mr . If " right-s ^ Mh ^ on in Jf \ iles . ' JZktracfcdjroM his Journals . £ lp a Letter to the Secretary oft \ i » linktnriau Fund . 3 Dear Sir .
HAVIN G never been in Wales before , the ground was to pie en ti reji y new . This occasioned soine < J itfi&ulty m the outset , as to the arsangement of my plan ' s , and occasioned ine much more travelling than would have beeili necessary , had 1 possessed ag nuack information respecting the cowotiyv an ^ the ~ state of the Unitarian cause in it , at the coirimcncetirent as I
did # t the close of the journey . T ! ie grouBfl being new , I shall be the more particular in my account of what I did , tbe information I collected , and my views of what may be done in that interesting part ot the kingdom . I spent seventy-four days in Wales , travelled about eight hundred miles , pTeaelred sixty-nine titnes , and in
Fortytliree , places ; . aebmnistcred the Lord ' s supper twice , delivered an address at a public baptism , aud had much theological couversatioa with friends in different places . The conjugations were generally large , in > mauy places
crowded , and the hearers , with very fewr exceptions , always deeply attentive . I have the higher opinion of the Wir fah people for having travelled ^ iDOig til em , and of the success of Uattarianisihn in that part-of the island , frcfim whati saw and heard during rny
journey . "' During paft of this mission , vizi the fW ^ t lk * iity-eicht day s in Wales / i was favoured with the company acid assistance of Mr . Meek , one of the
stud $ u&s m tibc Unitarian Academy , who urfraehed seven times , adnnnistered baptism , and participated in many interesting coriveraationa . Mt- Meek also preached several times as we were on . our way to > Wales .
I was happily disappointed in thc € Je d ^ ngsw 1 . In the ftumbei of places wtben ^ an English preacher can bennilcF ^ icod by me heiifers in general , ^ nd tl ^ to ia mast iplaces in Sout h Wales tr ? ere ^ afe nran ^ w 4 o can understand h \ wil 81 ' itifrhie number of people m mojrt of the towns and even viHaires ,
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who ate disposed to hear an Urriforiaa preacher . , 11 is pro ) babfe tfee novelty of a missionary from England of that description xcited their artentioit tik uiore . 3 . At the progress UuitariaJL ism lias already ma 4 « in Wales , whicti is fur greater than I had anticipated
tQux brethiren ^ had kindly appointed Mr . Bi Phillips to be oui » conductor from place to place ; and as in many places there , were « ome hearers wha could not understated English , Mr . Phillips acted also as interpreter ^ on such occasions he repeated the substance of the sermon rw'Welsh , and I
was told , did it with - ' much accuracy : I am sure he did it with in neb energy , arid apparent eloquence . It was-gratify ing to see a number of persons unacquainted wi th ¦' "EngiisJh , sit with the greatest composure ihtxKigh a fong service , that they might afterwards hear tjie -discourse repeated to them In a
laoguage they eouid utiderstand . In most instances a large proportion of the hearers understood JEngM ^ h , iti many ' nearl y aU of tkex »^< iand '> in & nuoriper \ he whole eorigrega ^ on j f ' f / According t 6 the l p fen propbs&i , it was my intention ' to have p ; one from Wales to ' CovtivraLWi-thfflti when I hat !
been three weeks in Wales , i'fdund it w < yuld be absolutely iiede ^ ary ^ inbrder to the p roper execution of riiy ntfesion in that cwintry , . th&I tihbtilb dhpote niy tiroe to it until the season Fo ^ tfaily traivelling ^ during the present year , wouldt be over : atod thai if I a ^ ttetiii ^ ed to embrace botli Cornnall and Wales
ir * iSlej present jouriief , 1 0 ould pot liave .. sufficient tinie in either . This led me to alter my ^>? an . W e eittered the princi j ^ lity on the 22 nd of July . After passing through Wrexhaiw , Where there are friends to the catwe , having imi itotwduction toany person or place , not having been able to gain any inibrinatioh resneenng any Unitarians , or persons fa % ouraoJp
to Unitariaiiism , in North Wales , *«» fiading-ltbe Ert ^ b language verjr Jittjc uiuic ^ tood there , ; we trc ^ oiled w that uart of tho wintry witli a ^ , m ^ expedition as possible , Ulirectipg otor ste |>» tow * Edfe <^ fdigwefeute # w W ^ tJf ? began o » r mission . In South x Jc « rn € d that thW » ai ^ i ^^ wM m © ne places , than oncf in tW Nlw *"
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1816, page 680, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2458/page/52/
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