December 15, 2025
Tag: the faces of the american camp meeting
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Two Faces of the American Camp Meeting
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The American camp meetings of the 1890s through the 1950s were good fits into the hard-scrabble life of that era. Many areas lacked traditional churches and there were few other diversions. John Davis was one such evangelist; he called his meetings, campaigns! For those who wanted spiritual experiences, it was Davis who provided them using…
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May 17, 2021 16 Comments
Yorkville, known today as the “Upper East Side” of New York City stretches from the East River to Third Avenue. From time-to-time every American neighborhood experiences growing-pains. History changes everything – even the way the “old-neighborhood” is remembered.