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The Hillsborough Recorder
Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina
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A camp meeting held at Salem meeting house in the county from the 22nd ultimo to the 27th drew a large, devout crowd. Rev. Mr. Compton preached on Sunday from 2 Corinthians 5:10. Approximately 70 people professed conversion, with others seeking redemption.
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CAMP MEETING.
Agreeable to appointment, a camp meeting commenced on the 22d ultimo, at Salem meeting house, in this county, and continued until the 27th. This meeting was attended by a numerous concourse of people, all of whom appeared solemn and devout. On Sunday the Rev. Mr. Compton preached an impressive and consolatory discourse from the second epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, fifth chapter and tenth verse, "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ." At the conclusion of the meeting, about seventy souls professed to be converted, and numbers groaning for redemption.
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Domestic News Details
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Salem Meeting House, In This County
Event Date
22d Ultimo To 27th
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about seventy souls professed to be converted, and numbers groaning for redemption
Event Details
A camp meeting commenced on the 22d ultimo at Salem meeting house, in this county, and continued until the 27th. Attended by a numerous concourse of people who appeared solemn and devout. On Sunday the Rev. Mr. Compton preached from the second epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, fifth chapter and tenth verse, "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ."