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Mfemoir of the late Rev * Jf r . Vidler . ¦ [ Continued from fr . 72 . ] MS . VIDLER set out on this journey , which was important to htm in many respects , in . the month oF May , 17 Q 1 . Passi ng t h rough i-o 1 iclou , he . went to Ahingclon , where he ito ^ t with a cordial reception fr orr * Mr . B | ' ^ i * 6 er , the Baptist minister , ami J $¥ ,. ' * W . Tomkins , by whom he was ^^ ocfttCec ! tp tfcie Iti cjependent coti c ;
cejgptSn 6 f the same town , and tq the W $$ i £ d congregation at OxforS 5 all of wndS | tijnted b y their liberality fo make t ifa yetfer ' s journey , appear hopeful . $ | kU went , again by way of London , ^ . N ^ rth ana pto n , where Mr . Ryiand (* he-present Dr . R . of Bristol ) , ^ ave teh& tfee rtfeht hand of fellowship , ami i ^ # o 8 aet : d him to the venerable Mr . -I « R . of Arosbv . father of Mr . Robert Of
^ WB ; L et ^ ester * though irv both ffi $$ ' e $ he tfras uhsuccessful in the j Sf&t object of his visit , th-e harvest ^^ ixA- ^ mi ^ p josi reaped by anbther * s fil ^ Ierif ^ K ^ tham pton he wiilked wl | ft 'M fc B ^^ ^ t ° lney » lo attenfl tfteiB ^^^ ^ ssbcia . tion , in t ^ o rej igipus sef * ic 6 pCwfi&h h ^ was called to tat ^ je a ; j $£ tt . | 4 ere fie sa , w for the first tit » e Mr * :: A $ i jfr&it Fuller and heart ! bini
preach . ^ Ohthe ^ httrsday eveitijba , aiB | r % ^ ja ^ fe # ^ * tie S ^ s ' in his Journal , * ' ^*^ W 8 ted *^ 'c ^ - -t 6 ^ ^^ ritessc rt-^^ a W # ® plS *» r $ . Mr . ^ land read it , at ^ M ^^ . ^ il tedia ^ St ^ f me to rfrli ™ * a | to # ^ 0 ^ ; Battle , «» if # ^; - # li . lch l- did , ^^^^^ x ^ MM U < U ^^ tWmm ^ r ^ Emm ^ & & ± sipilasA : : ' ¦ ¦;; . / r , ; 1 ^^ fe ^ i ^ # Ik > : * i ^ in fe
gi « ck ^ IgMftigRI ^ ^| > & ^^ dar ^^ s itito i ^» t , W ^ r sat df > xvi > in g 6 * j ^ % ^ er d « the ^^ of March , iTfibj ^ CTiig then oirtly tftirtfeen \ ft nurwbet , butli ^ tile blessing of God in his word ito inc conversion of sinners , we
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afe now about one hundred and fifty in communion . We have for several years past met in a small old niecti n ^; - house , which was not our own property , but by reason of our increase we could no longer ' meet in it without ; manifest damage to our health and hindrance to the success of the gospel among us . We have therefore ; bnHt a ne ^ v house of a convenient size , which has cost us upward of J ^ tiQ : we have raised am on a ourselves = ^ i ( 5 b .
which though it may seem little to our number , ytt is really great for our circumstances ; the greater number of the members being either servant ^ or day-labourers vyjth great families . Dated May 1 , 1791 " To this ' case the ministers present cheerfully affixed tbeir signatures by way of recommendation . Mr . Vidler was now introduced to
the leading ministers of his deriomin&lion , of whose character and talettts he formed an accurate jiulgmcnt . Me Was a penetrating observer , and \ $ a fevv glances caught the prom \\ icntf 0-tures of men ' s minds . Of the persons whose acquaintance he now gaiped | je considered Mr . Andrew F ^ itie r . tJibe most distinguished , on account both of his strong intellectual powers ^ ajatl .
of his stirring , resolute dispogifejOfi . Fuller , also , whose : cast of miud was in some respects similar to Vidjler ' a , marked the stranger with curiosity and discovered that he was no ordinary man . The two brethren approached eac ; h other with respect , whfdh before they parted grew into attaehtnen \; , neither 6 f them suspecting fctjat tfey should in a lew years appear btejfofe
the public as theological opponents on one , pT f ] ie hiost un portent controver $ i «^ wh ( ich div ide tjfeie CJt > riBtia « world . B ^ fo ns they st ^ p ra Ujt ^ th $ y pledged liji ^^ selves to a fiterary $ 0 t $$ - spo $ ideac ^ ^ w « gather from tfae fel ~ lowing memorandum in Mr . Vrdler ' s '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1817, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2462/page/1/
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