LORENZO See also:

• LORENZO DOW (1777-1834)
• DOW, NEAL (1804-1897)

DOW (1777-1834)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American preacher, noted for his eccentricities of See also:

• DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)

dress and manner, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• COVENTRY, SIR JOHN (d. 1682)
• COVENTRY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1628-1686)
• COVENTRY, THOMAS COVENTRY, 1ST BARON (2578–1640)

Coventry, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 16th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1777 . He was much troubled in his youth by religious perplexities, but ultimately joined the Methodists, and in 1998 was appointed a preacher " on trial " in a New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year, however, he crossed the See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic and preached as a missionary to the Catholics of See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, and thereafter was never connected officially with the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of the Methodist See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, though he remained essentially a Methodist in See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine . Everywhere, in See also:

• AMERICA

America and See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, he attracted great crowds to hear and see him, and he was often persecuted as well as admired . In 18o5 he visited See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, introduced the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• CAMP (from Lat. campus, field)

camp meetings, and thus led the way to the formation of the See also:

• PRIMITIVE

Primitive Methodist Society . See also:

• DOW, LORENZO (1777-1834)
• DOW, NEAL (1804-1897)

Dow's See also:

• ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm sustained him through the incessant labours of more than See also:

• THIRTY

thirty years, during which he preached in almost all parts of the See also:

• UNITED

United States . His later efforts were directed chiefly against the See also:

• JESUITS

Jesuits; indeed he was in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general a vigorous opponent of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Catholicism . He died in See also:

• GEORGETOWN

Georgetown, See also:

• DISTRICT

District of See also:

• COLUMBIA

Columbia, on the 2nd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1834 . Among his publications are: Polemical See also:

• WORKS

Works (1814); The Stranger in See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston, or the Trial and See also:

• CONFESSION (Lat. confessio, from confiteor, acknowledge, confess)

Confession of Lorenzo Dow (1822); A,See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

Short See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long Travel; with Beauties of See also:

• WESLEY (FAMILY)
• WESLEY, JOHN (1703-1791)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL (1766-1837)
• WESLEY, SAMUEL SEBASTIAN (1810–1876)

Wesley (1823); and the See also:

• HISTORY

History of a Cosmopolite; or the Four Volumes of the Rev . Lorenzo Dow's See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal, concentrated in One, containing his Experience and Travels from Childhood to 1814 (1814; many later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions); this See also:

• VOLUME

volume also contains " All the Polemical Works of Lorenzo." The edition of 1854 was entitled The Dealings of See also:

• GOD

God, See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man, and the See also:

• DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)

Devil as exemplified in the See also:

• LIFE

Life, Experience and Travels of Lorenzo Dow .