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    the Christian sera it was , the rclioioo <> £ the poor ; and as our reso urces and strength increase , I have no doubt , this will be proveJ on . a mueh larger scale . The common people heard Jesus glad - ly and why should not the common people in England , as well as J udea , hear the pure and simple doctrines of divine , truth gladly ? They have too long been misled

    and abused by the clamours of b ( tfotry the rant of enthusiasm , the jargon of mystery , and the misapp lied terms—orthodoxy and evangelical . It is high time for the enlightened friends of truth ,

    lovers of mankind , to disabuse and set them right , by using all possible means that they may hear the gentle accents of charity , the sober voice of truth , the plain doctrines of revelation , and such au explanation of scripture terms as they can comprehend . God

    grant that every measure calculated to enlighten and improve mankind may be adopted and crowned with success . "The Committee regret that they cannot present the meeting with

    more than am epitome of the labours of this faithful servant of Christ ; but they cannot refrain from obtruding upon the patience of the subscribers two short

    extracts from his journals . One is fro his account of his vis ^ it to Chester , dated August 17 , 1810 . fcC I made two preaching excur-^ aonsin Cheshire , and preached during each exc ursion at Kelsall , and ht King $ lcy . Kelsailis seven miles from Chester ; I preached in a ia . i ; m-house there ; we had pretty good and attentive audiences

    wany of the hearers werp Calvioists and Methodists . My first € 'isQourse there was on the doctrine

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    of reconciliation , the last on the unity of God and the mediation of Christ . It is proposed that in future Mr . Astbury ^ who is the Unitarian minister at Kingsley ? should preach once a fortnight at K els all . Kings ley is fifteen miles from Chester . At this place there is a small meeting-house , in which I preached twice ; it was very well filled each time . The

    congregation consists chiefly of poor people . Mr . Astbury , their minister , is an unlearned man , but possesses good sense , steady piety , has acquired a considerable knowledge of the scriptures , has much liberality , and is zealous in the Unitarian cause . He informed me of

    a congregation of Unitarian Baptists at Rosendaje 5 in Lancashire ? near the borders of Yorkshire . He says they are numerous , dili - gent in their enquiries after truth , and zealous in its cause . ''

    The other is from a Lincolnshire and . Yorkshire tour > in October . cc Barnbydoon . Here 1 preached once to a room full of hearers , who shewed close attention . Our

    leading friend here has had his sincerity as an Unitarian put to the test . He is a poor man , a mechanic . The clerk of the village died lately , and the office was offered him , which he firmly declined , saying , * I believe in but one God and how can I . in conscience say Amen to three ! ' "—

    If these extracts give pleasure to the meeting much more will the account of the mission before referred tp in the West of . England , which theCommittee think it their duty to present to the meeting , as a debt of justice to Mr . Wright , as their own justification in the serious arrange-

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    Int € lligence .-+-Unitarian Fund Reporty 1811 . 56 &

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1811, page 565, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2420/page/53/