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by facts , This , however , he has nt ) t done , and I believe never can do . I deem the * ' Review of my Missionary Life and Labours' * to contain a statement of facts Which prove the fallacy of Mr . I . W / s assertions : still I wish to be heard m reply through the same medium as he has communicated his
declaration against our Missionary proceedings . I perfectly agree with Mr . I . W ., as far as he goes , as to the importance of forming regular Missionary circuits ,
something like those formed by the Wesleiaii Methodists , ia which a Missionary ni 5 ght go his round at stated times , and ita this way , with the assistance of local or occasional preachers * supply a iimimber , of small societies , none of which cottld singly support a minister . At the same time , the Missionary should extend his labours to other places within hife reach , where
societies might gradually be formed , or from which persons might be induedci to go on Sundays to wdrship with some of the societies already formed . TMa plan 1 have long recommended ; those with whom I have had
the honbur of acting have been anxious to see it carried into effect ; and it is beginning to be realized in some few districts ; but it must necessarily be a considerable time before it
becomes generally practicable , and can be brought fully into action : other plans must precede and prepare the way for it . During my last mission in Cornwall , all rny proceedings were regulated with a view to preparing the way for forming such a circuit in that county ; and in my vtfay back I stated to several ministers in the Western
counties the probability of success if such a plan was attempted , and had pecuniary aid frofri different congregations . Mr . Worsley was the only minister to whom I stated the matter who told tne that he and his
congregation would have nothing to do with it . Now , \ % seeins , this is the only pl&ft which he thinks would answer . Whew the Unitarian Fund was first instituted , We had to consider , not
what We wished to do merely , but what we wer 6 capable of doing ; how the very limited resources we had , could be best applied * how , at the leaat pecuni&ry expense , we could do most to servfe the cause . From the first , the pl&ns adopted were tb < e best
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Remarks on Mr . I . JVorsley ' s Letter on Missionary Preaching * * . Trowbridge , Sir , December 10 , 1824 .
I ^ HE communication of Mr * I . ^ Wo rsley on Missicntary Preaching , ( pp . 652 *—655 , ) appears to me to be calculated to make a false impression respecting the plans and labours of the Unitarian Fund
Committees , and those of our other Missionary Societies , and the proceedings of our Missionaries , and so to operate inju * riously to the Unitarian cause : hence , thinking myself well acquainted with these matters , I feel it to be my duty to make a reply to such of his remarks as appear to me to be unfounded or
unjust . If what Mr . Worsley asserts be correct , " the Societies formed among us with a view to spread the knowledge of the Unitarian doctrine , have been sadly misapplying their money ;"
and the Missionaries they have employed , so misdirected or Injudicious in their plans , f * that their labour has been for the most part thrown away , and with it the money they have
carried in their pockets . " Surely he ought not to have hazarded sueh as * sertions as these , which impJy that not only individuals , but respectable societlefs , are deserving of censure * vrithout bqing < iblfe to support them
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746 Remarks on Mr . f . WM % deqiis Letter on Missionary Preaching .
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an apostle had been at Rome when Paul wrote his fetter to the Christians in that city . As none ever received those gifts bat by an apostle , ( thfe day of Pentecost and the house of
Cornelius exempted , ) and as it does not appear that any apostle had Visited Rome , it is reasonable to conclude that the Christians in Rome were in the same circumstances as those of Samaria before Peter and John were sent from Jerusalem . Permit me also
to ask what it was that made Paul long to see the Christians who were in Rome , but that he might impart unt 6 them spiritual gifts , to the end they might be established ? ( Romans i » 11 . ) It is strange indeed if the
converts to Christianity in Rome wanted establishing in their faith , wlven , according to Mr , Jevans , they were in full possession of the miraculous gifts of the Spirit . A . S .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 746, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2531/page/42/
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