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Description: Dorchester Camp Meetings
Date: August 12 1887Newspaper published in: Baltimore, Maryland
Source: newspaper archives
Hurlock Station, Dorchester County, Md., Aug 11, 1887:
The people of Dorchester for the past week has been greatly interested in the local camp meetings. Hurlock's camp has just closed and Bucktown camp is still in progress. Within a short distance from the southwestern border of Dorchester, easily reached by land or water, the tent dwellers of Deal's Island, Somerset county, have been singing and praying in the woods, and at the other end of the county, just over in Caroline, gleam the white tents of Chestnut Grove camp, now in progress, under the charge of Rev. G. W. Burk, of Federalsburg. But the largest and best attended camp was at Hurlock's.
Tents were first built in the woods at Hurlock's last year, and the encampment is much larger this season. Forty two neat, cheerful and hospitable tents were occupied, and much good was done, both in the revival of religious feeling and in conversions.
Hurlock's may be said to be the offspring of Ennall's Springs camp, one of the oldest and most famous on the shore, which flourished in its prime nearly half a century ago. and which drew crowds from all the surrounding counties and from above the Choptank. Since the last tent was suck at Ennals Springs, ten or twelve years ago, there was no camp in this neighborhood until last year, when a meeting was in the grove at this place by Rev. George F. Hopkins. The camp this year was in charge of Rev. R. T. Coursey, the energetic young preacher of Hurlock's circuit, whose work has borne good fruits. Among the ministers present were Rev. P. H. Hawkins of East New Market, Re. G. F. Hopkins, Limkwood, Rev. W. T. Vailiant, Seaford, Rev. L. P. Corkram of Preston, Rev J. H. Howard, Bridgeville, Rev J. T. Prouse, Ellendake, and Rev. E. E. Dixon of Millersville, Pennsylvania. The meeting began of July 21 and has just closed. There were twenty three conversions. Many of the tenters were Baltimoreans.