WATERCOLOUR #16

A CAMP MEETING: TRUMPETS AT SUNRISE

 


In 1805, Asbury received a report about the success of evangelical camp meetings.
"At sunrise the trumpets gave the signal for morning prayer," and for preaching at 8am, 3pm, and 8pm.
The camp contained 189 tents and covered wagons, the preaching stand had a sounding board roof, the congregation arriving in 1,000 carriages was 7,000 increasing to about 10,000.
Some 200 conversions were recorded by nightfall when, with 37 preachers on the stand, the trumpets signalled farewell

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