In 1906,
R.M. Franks was asked to write a history of the Hurricane Camp Meeting and so
he wrote from memory some of the facts of the history of this place in 1890.[1]
The church
actually dates from 1843, when Richard Minner gave land for the church. A
number of years later, Robert H. Haynes deeded four acres to the Methodist
church for a cemetery. In 1890 Brother
S.K. Breeding, pastor of Hurricane Church organized a camp meeting with the
following men on the camp meeting committee: Joseph W. Guess, S.F. Crider, T.A.
Minner, John B. Perry, James T. Terry, Dr. I.H. Clement, who were Methodists,
and R.M. Franks, who was minister of a Baptist church.
At that time
the camp meeting was in the Marion Circuit, which included the following churches:
Marion, Hills Chapel, Siloam and Hurricane. The salary for preachers was $325
and, by 1907, it had increased to $600.[2]
The
committee adopted two rules: There would
be no stands on the grounds except a feed stable and a hotel. The second rule
stated ladies and gentlemen were not to sit together during services.[3]
A large
building was erected as a place of worship. While the current building is not
the original, it remains the place of stirring sermons. People still come from
far and wide to hear these sermons each June.
[1]
"A Bit of History," Crittenden Record-Press,
Fri., 14 December 1906, p. 6.
[2]
"Eighteenth Anniversary," Crittenden Record-Press, Thurs., 12 September 1907, p. 1
[3] "A Bit of History," Crittenden
Record-Press, Fri., 14 December 1906,
p. 6.
Published 11 October 2018, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
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