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wall . It was here that our truly upright and zealous missionaries , the Rev . Messrs . Wright and Gisburne , met with a few Unitarians , who were the only persons in this part of the
kingdom , that hailed their arnva with joy , and hospitably entertained these messengers of the Unitarian Fund . Soon after the Methodistical
excommunication took place at Flushing , our highly respected friend Mr . PfiiJp and several of his religious associates were suspected of holding heterodox sentiments , and though at their trial , there was no positive proof of heresy , they fell under the ecclesiastical censure , and were unmercifully excluded from the Methodist
connexion . Immediately a house was licensed at Flushing for the worship of the one true God the Father , and Mr . Philp voluntarily offered his services to the little flock . Mr , Treleaven also , who had been one of our most gigantic adversaries , going about like a roaring lion seeking whom he
might devour , like Saul of Tarsus , appeared to be visited suddenly by the light of truth , and from our violent antagonist , to the astonishment of the Christian world , almost instantaneously became one of our warmest friends , and earnestly strove to establish that faith which he had been
solicitous to destroy . What great events from little causes spring ! At this period , 1813 , we were possessed of a place of worship , a good congregation , and two preachers . This state
of things continued until we met with a more commodious room , though rathfer inconveniently situated in Falmouth . Thither we repaired , and it is there we have since held our
religious conferences , similar to those at Hackney , and have uniformly n > et far religious services * By Dr . Carpenter s correct representation of our case last month , it appeared that we were
on the eve of purchasing the theatre inFalmouth , in order to convert it into a chapel . This , by the pecuniary aid of the Unitarian Fund , the liberality of some distant brethren , and our own
personal exertions , . yve have accomplUhetL Still a considerable sum will be required ; and we do most siueefely hope , that those who wish for the permanent etftablifchment of Uuitariahiam hv Corft Vrall will tfom £ forward , and . by their pecuniary aid ,
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cheerfully assist us to finish the house , ( which is privileged with a right of perpetual renewal , ) and thus enable us to worship th £ God of the universe in spirit and in truth .
T . PROUT . P . S . The smallest donation will be thankfully received , on behalf of the congregation , by the Rev . R . Aspland , Hackney ; the Rev , Dr . Carpenter , Bristol 5 ( who are to be two of the trustees for the chape } , ) Mr , R . K . Philp , Falmouth ; and T . Prout .
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452 Gleanings *—Dr . Watson .
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GLEANINGS ; OR , SELECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS MADE IN A COVRSE OF GENERAL READING . No . CCCX XXIII . Dr . Watson a $ Regius Professor . A recent interesting medley of
biography and scandal , ( The Sexagenarian , in 2 vols . Svo , ) in which the author speaks of himself in the third person , contains the fallowing account of the celebrated bishop , whose Life of himself is now undea * our Review :
H During hisr residence in the University , our friend appears to have constantly frequented the divinity schools whenever Dr , Watson presided as Regius Professor . He expresses with great warmth bow much he was charmed with the grace of his
manner , the dignity of his deportment , the elegance of his latiuity , and the fluency of his diction , He seems to have regarded him with awe and reverence , yet he certainly had a cer- > tain solemn pompousness of demea ^ nour , which rendered him less acceptable to many- He was not , at the
time of which we are speaking , elevated to the Episcopacy , but he was soon afterwards An honest publican , who v ? as his neighbour , in order to testify his great respect for Dn Watson , took down his long established sign of Bishop Blaize ^ and substituted for it the head of Dr . Wateoa : a wicked wag ; of the Umvewrity , saving his presence , we believe he in now a bishop , wrote an epigram on the occasion .
Two of a , trade c ^ n ge ' er agree ^ No proverb e'er was jiwter . The ' re ta en down Bishop Blaize do you see , And put up Bishop Bluster . I " * 6 % 60 . ^ " ^^ WP i ^^ MPiWWW 1 *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1818, page 452, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2478/page/44/
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