1938 CAREY'S CAMP

CAREY'S CAMP

1938

In a grove of oaks, about 50 mossy roofed ' tents ' , , each one and a half stories ,

form a circle around the ' Promenade ' , in the center of which is the ' Tabernacle ' , a

shed with its rough benches. The preacher shouts “ you won't mind the hard seats folks

if your hearts are with me “ .

During the revival meetings the dirt floor is covered with sawdust. A dollar a head

is the coast of a days meals at the boarding tent where great dishes of of food are set on a

table and everyone helps himself.

Families arrive Saturday night with bedding and other necessities and soon the

' tents ' become comfortable living quarters.

This 1938 description is not much changed since 1888 , t he date of the first

revival meeting at what was then called Mudford.

Abstract: James Diehl's Remembering Sussex County of American Chronicles.