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    congregation . Well assured of hi * zeal and of his fitness for the office , the Committee did not hesitate to apply to him on the subject * His answer was marked by his accustomed frankness , and at the same time by prudence , and displayed both his regard to his own congregation , and his supreme affection for the interests of truth . He professed himself willing to take upon him a permanent missionary character , if it could be done with the approbation of the Wisbeach

    congregation . They were immediately consulted by the Committee , and expressed themselves prepared , though with reluctance , to surrender up their minister for a wider and more important service . Terms were arranged between Mr . IV . and the Committee , and it

    \ vas finally agreed , that he should still be considered as the pastor of the Wisbeach Church , but that he would relinquish his salary in favour of a colleague ; That he should travel in distant places at the discretion of the Committee

    during six months of the year , that three months should be devoted to the counties adjacent to Wisbeach , and the remaining three months reserved for the congregation at Wisbeach ; and that , for the reimbursement of all his expences and the remuneration of his labours ^ the Fund should al-

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    low 100 Guineas per annum The Committee congratulate the meeting upon an arrangement *> auspicious to the reputation and usefulness of the society , and so

    promising with regard to the Uni - tarian cause- Mr . Wright vvi |] now be able to go over the United Kingdom , carrying the glad ti . dings of pure Christianity . Should his valuable life be spared and his

    ability preserved , not a county in England but will in a few years have been traversed by him . Scotland may again and again be benefitted by his labours ; Walts may become familiar with

    his teaching ; and even Ireland may be roused by his arguments and persuasions to religious inquL ry . Having so valuable an instrument under providence , there is only wanting the liberality of the members of the Fund and of the

    public at large , and wisdom and zeal in the successive Committees , to make Unitarian missions a bless , sing to the whole kingdom . Under hrs new character , Mr .

    W . has made an entirely new and most important journey to the West of England ; but before the Committee lay before the meeting an account of this interesting mis sion , they beg leave to submit an abstract of his ordinary labours which they are happy to do in his own language .

    Miles Days D&coursas 1810 , June . A Journey in the South of Lincolnshire 36 4 * July . Journey to Chester and several other places in that district . . „ ... 450 $ Z * 4 August . —In South of Lincolnshire , as far as Boston . 60 5 4 September . —In Norfolk . . . . . IT 7 6 _ * October . —Into Yorkshire • . * . a 8 o 19 *^ November . —In Lincolnshire to the North Marshes , o * cc . 160 13 * December—In Cambridgeshire and Suffolk . „ 13 © 11 7 x 8 r i » January . First Journey , in South of Lincolnshire and to Boston . « 60 S 3

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    5 b 2 Intelligence . —Unitarian Fund Report , 1 S 11 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1811, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2420/page/50/