The Eccentric Preacher; Or, a Sketch of the Life of the Celebrated Lorenzo Dow, Abridged from His Journal; And Containing the Most Interesting Facts in His Experience
The Eccentric Preacher; Or, a Sketch of the Life of the Celebrated Lorenzo Dow, Abridged from His Journal; And Containing the Most Interesting Facts in His Experience
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ... of the wicked, and too strict to rules not to be hated by disappointed aspirants after power and patronage, Mr. Dow wished the patronage of the church without submitting to its order, and he was disappointed: and so will all others be who are mad enough to plunge into such a gulf of erroneous ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1841 edition. Excerpt: ... of the wicked, and too strict to rules not to be hated by disappointed aspirants after power and patronage, Mr. Dow wished the patronage of the church without submitting to its order, and he was disappointed: and so will all others be who are mad enough to plunge into such a gulf of erroneous expectations. Mr. Dow's end was sudden. He was at Washington in the District of Columbia, preparing his papers for a continuation of his journal, when he sickened and died. Of the manner of his death little is known, but it is to be hoped, he lived to repent of his loss of piety, and obtain the precious faith, he so evidently enjoyed in the early part of his career. He was probably about fiftyseven years of age at the time of his death. His wife Peggy is still living in the vicinity of New London, (Conn.) and is said to be smart and active for her age. Having stated the leading facts in the life of this eccentric genius, we leave the reader to draw his own conclusions. He will find faults to condemn and avoid; and zeal and perseverance to admire and imitate: and should this sketch please, while it instructs the reader, the writer will be satisfied. / % 1 finis. election, universalism and deism, or. the chain'of the preacher abridged. After I had found religion, I began to reflect on my experience, and perceiving that I felt a love to All, though I had been taught that God only loved a Few, which he had given to his son: I could not reconcile the two ideas together, how my love should exceed the love of God;--and feeling within myself, that I stood in danger of falling into sin, and consequently into condemnation: I could not reconcile it with the common idea, that if a m
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