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    ing , they will-not find one who has the cause : more at he _* M _* t , ¥ _^ v ifill _serw them with more _faithfulness and zeal , or who will _jfixore completely identify his feelings and interest'with the objects of the Fund . _^ ** I wish distinctly and most respectfully to state , the deep ' sense I h _^ VerOf the obligations I am under to the Committee and Officers of the Fund , _anJTto , a )) the preceding Committees , and all who have acted in ita concerns . Itiaeve Pi ; er received the most candid , considerate , and kind treatment from them .

    Their attention to any plans which I nave had occasion to submit to them , has been most friendly and respectful- The manner in which from time to time they have been pleased to express their approbation of rny labours antf proceedings , has been truly affectionate and encouraging ; and the _countenance and support they have given me , and the confidence which they have throughout reposed in me , have been liberal and gratifying . In consequence

    of my connexion with them , and my being supported and countenanced by them , I have been able to do what I could not otherwise have attempted , and conceive that I owe to those things much of the consideration and respect I have obtained in different parts of the kingdom . The intercourse I _have had with them has been most pleasing and edifying , and their advice and

    suggestions , from time to time , I have found to be salutary and of great advantage . For all their candour , kindness , attention , support , and countenance , I desire now most explicitly to offer them my sincere and _warmest thanks . My fervent prayer to God , on whom all our success depends , is , that they maybe guided by him in all their deliberations , and that he may crown their labours and plans with abundant success . "

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    Mr . W . gives the following account of his proceedings since Ins settlement at Trowbridge . . , "Bradford . . " The old chapel in this town may now be considered as secured to u _$ 5 though the Caivinists still have the loan of it on the latter part of the Sunday *

    In my settlement with the congregation at Trowbridge , I reserved the Sunday morning to myself , with a view to trying what could be done at BradiFord-} have _preached regularly ait the latter town on a Sunday morning ever sitice I was fixed here : we have but a small congregation there * but a small one we have , and we may look forward to much ultimate good . This chapel is 34 miles from my , residence .

    _JFitlp _& rton Mar $ h . " Here I opened a jliouse , occupied by & poor man , for a Tuesday _evetantag Lecture , in the early part of _) t \ ie winter , and have kept up the service _rfciijularly . At first we had few hearers ; latterly the room in which I preach _Ssts been well filled , sometimes crowded .

    " Have made inquiries at Frome ; there are a very few Unitarians in that town ; \ mt no place can be got for preaching ; nothing at present seems practicable there . € t

    _fvestbury , " A _bdrougli town , six miles from Trowbridge . In this place there fa a society , C & lfed by their neighbours , New _Lights They have given up the Trinity , but retain most of the other parts of _reputed _orthodoxy £ howevfer _, ' they adirfit that reason ought to be used upon all _religious subjects , f _tofcve begun an acquaintance with them _, and JUave . made them one visit , _fittid _hfcve also distributed a number of Uhitarian tracts among thena . They ar _£ very serious , _trioiiri _. and of _srood character . eat of in

    < c r _liuve _"disttibuted a _^ r number tracts _Trowbridge , ctod the nei _ghboring , _tovvna and villages , since I came here . _They-atff , I _^ find _, read * much' _tiidre tlmn I had previously _expected . The Methodists c | b * y tracts round to people ' s houses every Stmday , and 1 have thought it right to _furtdsh my friends _wph _-twctg _, to \ _s _® _A t _& _eijpi _ia taxvk _/ _^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1823, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/smrp_02061823/page/7/