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assembly of about 800 people . They were much pleased , and _wished me to come again . Friday , _August 8 . Preached in the evening at Chasewaten Here we bad the market-house lent us $ but , as it was a fine evening , and the market being the following day , for whic h * some _preparation was required , we _agreed to have
the service in the open air . The people requested us , in the most earnest manner , to pay them another visit . J had between 400 and 500 persons to hear we , who paid great _attention : some of them were n _* _uch affected . My subject was the Second Coming of the Man _Christ Jesus , Their piety and simplicity charmed vtn _^ , and I was much pleas ed * May our heavenly Father water the seed _whidh I sowed among them with his blessing J ,
Monday _,-August 11 . Preached at _Pegryq . The mayor refused to let the crier go round to give notice of the meeting 3 in _consequence of vyhicj > , I called at his house , but he was gone put . I did not preach on the green , as before , but removed to an open space which was in the adjoining parish of Budoek and , although no notice had been giveja of the service , there was a numerous and attentive audience . We distributed tracts . the
_Friday , August 15 . Preached this evening at Penryn . i _^ _s ** i _$ y (> r & ad prohibited the cjrier from giving _nptiqe , we had not so _maqy hearers _ajs _be-v fore * The people seem very _anxious _tp have % rooij _* ppened for Unitariau worship . _.,,.,.. _« Sunday , August 17 . Preached _ajt Stythians , a _populous village in the mining district _^ to a company of 800 persons , who heard with the _greatest
_attention and _seriousness . This place I was requested to visit by a person _vyho is _aa Unitarian , though not joined to any congregation . He offered to give me a piece of ground for the erection of a chapel , if a congregation could be collected and one built . This might be done at a small expense , as materials for building lie near at hand . The people wished to hear me again , and I gave notice for preaching in the evening , but _vya § disappointed by the rain .
Wednesday , August 20 . _Preached _^ at Tr uro , \ 2 miles fr 6 m Falmouth On my arrival at this town , I sought for some place to preach in . J _applied for the use of the Bryanite _Chapel , which was _graiitedjj and I sent th _$ crier to give notice of the service . At the time appointed , I went to the place , but found all closed , _^ nd , shortly afterw _^ rd 3 , a man , who I h _^ ve since learned
was one of the preachers , came to tell me I could not h _^ ve the places , as they had changed their minds , _understanding I was an Unitarian . We had a _little argument together , _duriqg which time the people began tp _assembly in the street . la the course of the _conversation , which was in the hearipg of the people , the preacher s _^ _id , _< f Who can tell where God came from ? , Cap
you ? _" and _several oilier such questions ; but , as the street now began to be crowded with people , I left him .. to himself , _borrqwed a chair , and _addressed them _" on the Love of _Qpd manifested to the World by his dear $ pn _/* They listened with the greatest attention , called me brother , an 4 would have rerir dered me every good office in their power . I afterw ? _fcrd _^ learned that several of the _Bryanites _had expressed their disapprobation of the _maft _' s _conduct who had refused the chapeL
Thursday , August 21 . Preached at Probus , / a small town , 6 miles fron _^ _Truro , to about 80 people , in the middle of the day , whp heard with _seriU ousness . ;; The same day _^ _arrived at Orampound , a _small town midway between Truro and St . Aiistle , where I preached in the Bryanite Chapel to a very _crowded
congregation , who heard with great attention , and wished me to _vistf them _^ gain . I intended to have proceeded on tp St . Austfe and some other places , but was driven back by the wet weather _. _Tuesday , Sept . 9 _» _EN ; ache < J _^ t JVJarazion , under cover of the J _& _arket-r hou _^ _e , to about 400 people . The _sajtoe day , preached at St . MichaePa Mount to a very attentive coin * _J > _any of fishermen , who _sesaie 4 _aett _^ iWy attected _. The sce ne was truly grand ,
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1824, page 33, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_01061824/page/9/
