History of Methodism in North Carolina From 1772 to the Present Time . Leading theMovement in Cape Fear. Rockingham. Howes the Revival Spread. Camp Meetings in the Yadkin Jackson Writes from the Newbern District. GreatBlessing to Early Methodism. Hail, sacred grove! Thou blest retreat! Where, lo! the sons of God retire,To worship in communion sweet, And after joys divine aspire:For thee the numbers soft shall rise,On seraphs wing above the skies. Around the camp the power divineDescends upon the saints below; Immortal emanations shine,The streams of life divinely

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History of Methodism in North Carolina From 1772 to the Present Time . Leading theMovement in Cape Fear. Rockingham. Howes the Revival Spread. Camp Meetings in the Yadkin Jackson Writes from the Newbern District. GreatBlessing to Early Methodism. Hail, sacred grove! Thou blest retreat! Where, lo! the sons of God retire,To worship in communion sweet, And after joys divine aspire:For thee the numbers soft shall rise,On seraphs wing above the skies. Around the camp the power divineDescends upon the saints below; Immortal emanations shine,The streams of life divinely flow; The grateful tear which wets the eye Speaks to the soul that God is nigh. The camp meeting originated in the great revival duringthe last decade of the eighteenth century; though it iscommonly believed to have resulted from the great sacra-mental meetings held by the Presbyterians and partici-pated in by the Methodists in Kentucky and Tennesseeearly in the nineteenth century. But it will be seen thatthis idea was carried west by Rev. John McGee, who had(328).

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