Examine this doc from Internet Archive: https://archive.org/stream/histmethodi05hurs/histmethodi05hurs_djvu.txt American Methodism people, and many a presiding elder rejoiced when Dow came to hold camp meetings in his district. His chief delight was in heaping ridicule upon the Calvinistic doctrine of election LNUiAVING IN PEHAMBULATIONS OF COSMOPOLITE. PEGGY DOW. Wife of Lorenzo I >OW, and often the Companion Ol liis travels and reprobation, which had been the torment of his boyhood. His whimsical name for its advocates was "the *A-double-L part' people;" for, he said, the Bible says that all may be Perambulations of Cosmopolite 611 saved, and their theory cannot be true unless "A-double-L " spells " part." Dow took pride in his notoriety, called himself " Cosmopo- lite," published his journals and other pamphlets, and sold them on his travels. He was a thorn in the side of bishops and lovers of order, though the fruits of his labors, so far as they were permanent, often fell to the Methodist Episcopal Church. They feared that ' ' out of his nest fifty Dows might spring up," and the itinerant plan might be ruined by these rovers. But no such consequence followed. Dow had his strange day, and passed from the stage, leaving not his like. In one of Lorenzo Dow's Western excursions he met the widow of "the wild man of the West" and endeavored to obtain a copy of his journal. This was doubtless John Adam Grenade, "wild man, poet, and preacher;" one of the pecul- iar characters that came to the surface on the frontier in the great upheaval on the Cumberland. Grenade was of North Carolina birth and French blood. His early life was gay and profligate, until the sorrowful death of his pious mother steadied him somewhat and he became a schoolmaster. Under deep conviction he burned his cards, stripped the ruf- fles from his shirt, clipped the hair which had been his pride, gave up his school, and emigrated to Tennessee. For two years he strove in vain for an assurance of pardon, vexed by awful visions, and going forth into the woods "howling, praying, and roaring in such a manner that he was reputed to be crazy." As such he gained wide notoriety. At one of the first great union camp meetings, in 1799, " heaven, that I thought was forever sealed against me, was suddenly opened. . . . Streams of glory divine poured in upon me, and I went all over the encampment until midnight praising Him who had brought me such deliverance." The Westminster Confession of Faith (1643) states: Double predestination Calvinistic predestination is sometimes referred to as "double predestination."[2] This is the view that God chose who would go to heaven, and who to hell, and that his decision will infallibly come to pass. The difference between elect and reprobate is not in themselves, all being equally unworthy, but in God's sovereign decision to show mercy to some, to save some and not others. However, an important note is made that human free will is still in effect, therefore the reprobate is still rightly responsible for any sins committed. It is called double predestination because it holds that God chose both whom to save and whom to damn, as opposed to single predestination which contends that though he chose whom to save, he did not choose whom to damn. Maybe the above will help. ________________________________________ From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Jon Kukla [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 9:39 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VA-HIST] "A-double-L-part people" In the several antebellum editions of the journal of Lorenzo Dow, an early-19th-century Methodist itinerant preacher active in Virginia, N.C. and elsewhere, Dow frequently refers to "A-double-L-part people" as adversaries who sometimes disrupted his preaching, etc. Anyone know what "A-double-L-part people" refers to? Jon Kukla ________________ www.JonKukla.com <http://www.jonkukla.com/> ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html