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place; which occasioned a Protestant and a Roman or two, to come first to words and then to blows; and then one of the Romans who held the Protestant whilst the other beat him was obliged to run into his house and not show his head in the market all day lest the orangemen should give him a beating: He was one of the richest merchants of his profession in town: I spoke that day in the street to near fifteen hundred people, generally well behaved: Here I was offered half a guinea, and the offer of a return carriage to carry me sixteen miles; which I refused, knowing that example goes before precept; and that the eyes of many are upon me. I walked nineteen miles to Birr, but here met with a cool reception: likewise at Cree, to which I had a letter from their friend; nevertheless was cool enough received. Well, said I, I have come about twenty-two miles out of my way to see you; and if it were convenient, should be glad to hold a meeting, but if you call not the people together, I shall be pure; and leaving them immediately, after giving them two pamphlets, I reached Eyrecourt that night.

The next day I walked twenty two miles, and got benighted; I called at a farm house and got liberty, for money, to tarry all night, but found no freedom to eat in the house, except two or three roasted potatoes.

Next morning walked on and a car overtook me, and I hired a driver to carry me into Tuam, at which town upon my arrival felt a sudden halt in my mind: enquired for methodists, and after getting some refreshment found one, who treated me kindly and got me the preaching-house and about ten score of hearers that night.

For several days past, feeling the necessity of a preacher's being assisted by the supernatural grace of God, or else his labours to be of but little use, and feeling my own weakness, trials began to arise and discouragements to desist, but here God revived my spirits by granting the quickening influence of his grace to assist me to go thro' the meetings both at night and morning.

At Hollymount, we had two solemn meetings, though the class leader had treated me with some neglect.

At Castlebar, where Mr. Russel and his wife were kind and friendly more than I expected, I held a number of meetings which were refreshing and powerful:

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here one woman said she had seen me in a dream two weeks before.

At Newport good was done; here I was met by Sir Neal, who observing me to have a bundle of papers under my arm, which I had got printed a few days before as a warning to the people of the country, being more and more convinced there is an awful cloud gathering Over the land. He questioned me very harsh and sharply what those were, and who and what I was; and after taking me to his house and examining different papers, said he believed I was an honest man, and gave me a pass.

At Nappogh the people were cold and hard: at Westport in the day of eternity, I expect the fruit of two meetings will appear.

At Tullagh, a country place, about two hundred came out at night, and as many the next morning, though the ground was white with frost.

At Cappavico, the Lord's power was to be felt, and at Menalo we had memorable times. About this time, F fell in with the Rev. Mr. Averill, who intreated me to tarry longer on the circuit; saying, the cries of the people are after you, which I look upon to be the voice of God in their hearts, for it is evident God is acknowledging you amongst them, and if you will tarry another year, I'll give you a guinea a month, to bear your expenses, and provided the next conference set their faces against you as they did the last, I'll pay your passage home to America. I told him, I believed the time was near, that it was the will of God, I should return home; therefore durst not engage to tarry.

At Foxford, we had good times-at Ballina, we had three powerful meetings. About this time, I had some articles of clothing and money offered to me; but a small part I felt free to accept, though I would have to live by faith about my passage.

I walked about thirty Irish miles in a day, and coming to Sligo, I met Mr. Averill again. He preached and administered the sacrament, the latter of which was refreshing.

In the evening, I spoke at the court-house to about a thousand people, and intreated them to prepare for tri

als which I expected were coming on the land. The next morning, after speaking to about two hundred, went to Manor-hamilton, where was a great ado about religion, and some good doing.

I attempted to speak at night, and about two-thirds through my discourse, I was suddenly stopped, like one confounded, and other preachers carried on the meeting, and concluded it.

The next morning, feeling greatly depressed in mind, I wrote a letter for Mr. Averill, leaving it on the table, and quit the house before the family was up, and walked twenty-one miles to Enniskillen, where I spoke to a few at night, not in vain. The next morning, speaking to a number more, I went to Tempo, and at a tavern: where I took some refreshment I missed my pocketbook, in which were a number of letters to people's friends in America. At night, I called in a market town, and after distributing a number of hand-bills, called at a house, and for the sum of thirteen shillings English, could have supper, and lodging, and breakfast, and liberty of holding two meetings. The man was a methodist, the woman a presbyterian.

The methodists then besought me to tarry a day or two, in vain.

Partly in the rain, I walked twenty-one miles to Dungannon, and whilst distributing hand-bills through the town, a soldier Imet, who knew me, though it was night, and took me to a sergeant's house, who said, "when we lay at Chapel-izod last year, when you came there and formed the covenant, a corporal who agreed thereto, afterwards became serious, and died in peace."

Here I had an ulcer broke in my lungs whilst I was asleep, which had like to have strangled me at first. I felt cold chills after this, running through my body, and feverish, and my bodily strength greatly reduced. The sergeant, who a few days previous, was wishing that he knew where I was, that he might send for me to come to that place, asked the circuit-preacher if I might have the meeting house, who said, "by no means;" however, the serjeant knowing my desire to hold a meeting, after the * preacher had dismissed the people, spoke out, and said, Take notice, there is an American in town, who will

hold a meeting to-morrow evening, but the place is not determined on; then walking and whispering to the preacher, said, will you forbid its being here? Who replied, I will neither approve nor oppose it. The serjeant turned to the people and said, It will be here.

I had four meetings in the house, and two in the street, which were solemn and attentive.

I held several in the neighbourhoods of this place, which seemed to be attended with some degree of pow er; at one of which, a seceder's school-house would not contain the people, and church service just being over, I got the liberty of its pulpit, which I looked upon as singular and providential. I spoke to near seven hun-' dred people, and mentioned, I believed trials were near. Thence I proceeded to Lisburn, and put up with one who had been a quaker, but had withdrawn. He ap peared to be a conscientious man, but the scriptures bear but little weight with him, and the divinity of Christ he seems to stumble at. Thence to Belfast; on my way I called at Lambeg to inquire concerning a singular circumstance, respecting one's losing their hair, which was thought to be supernatural; it has produced a great effect upon the man of the house.

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CHAP. VII.

RETURN TO AMERICA.

LL the vessels in Belfast were full of passengers, except two; one of which was so dear, and her provisions not such as I required, she declined. But a quaker said, Lorenzo! I would not wish to transport thee; but if thy mind is clear to go home, we will make thee out a passage; thee speak to thy friends, and I to mine; which I did, but no notice was taken of it: then the quaker with a friend gave me two guineas to engage my passage on board the other; but the captain who was bending towards quakerism, observing I had the Small pox some months before, refused to take me; saying, I know not but the infection may still be in your clothes, and five of my hands have not had it, and if

they should be taken unwell, I shall be knocked up on my voyage.

About this time, I received three letters from Dr. Johnson, giving some account of my last visit in Dublin, and with an anxious desire for my return; but if I did not see my way clear to come, might draw on him for as much as should be needful for my voyage, and receive it either as a gift or loan, whichever might be most agreeable to me--but I in a letter replied, “I cannot see my way clear to ask the methodist for much help, Jest they should lay claim to me and seek to tie my hands and to ask too much of the quakers, I must look all round; and for you to pay it out of your own pocket, I cannot consent, no not in my mind: But if people are willing to do the same, shall look upon it as providential.”

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In one of his letters, he expressed a desire, if consist ent with the Divine will, he with his dear Letitia might see me once more, to take leave of me, and see me properly equipped under their own inspection. Accordingly as my way now seemed hedged up in the north, and feeling my mission to be nearly ended, unless it were a desire to visit two or three neighbourhoods, and feeling that I could go without condemnation, I took the mail coach to Lisburn, where I held a meeting in what is called the new connexion, which was solemn and tender.

Thence, being an outside passenger, I came to Dublin the next day, chilled and tired, and if it had not been for the kindness of the guard accommodating me with his seat, I must have given out on my way.

About six o'clock in the morning, I arrived at my friend Dr. Johnson's, to their agreeable surprise. Here follows one thing of the Doctor's singular conduct, in sending some notices to persons of different persuasions, that "if any person of ability had a desire, and would consider it a privilege to assist in sending Lorenzo Dow comfortably home to his own country, such assistance would be accepted by Letitia Johnson, 102 New-street." In consequence of this, they received somewhat more than the voyage required.

I held two meetings in Bride-street, the latter of which was solemn and tender, and the two Dublin preachers were present.

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