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b&w tent revival meeting interior
July 18, 2019 Evangelists

That old-time tent revival

It’s tent revival season across Appalachia – the region that invented the tent revival. First camp meeting? KY’s Gasper River Church. 1800.

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minutes of 1906 assembly
January 31, 2019 Evangelists

We cannot believe Christ would use tobacco in any form

It is offensive to those who do not use it; weakens and impairs the nervous system; is a near relative to drunkenness.

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traveling baptist preacher, ky, 1910s
February 20, 2018 Evangelists / Kentucky / Preachers

He wanted people who ate at his house to have what they wanted

Two Methodist preachers came to pass Sunday at the home of Noble, [and they] insisted that all the cooking be done on Saturday for Sunday.

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Henry Harrison Mayes in front of group of crosses
August 24, 2017 Evangelists / Kentucky / Museums

America’s Roadside Evangelist

Appalachia had a roadsign painter for God by the name of Henry Harrison Mayes (1898-1986). Mayes began his roadside mission in 1917.

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ear of corn on pedestal
August 14, 2017 Evangelists / Oral histories / Tennessee

We have canned 113 cans of corn and several beans

The mill here is running good. Still it’s hard to get a job as so many are still out of work. I will close by promising to write more often.

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