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Cane Ridge Meeting House

Cane Ridge Meeting House

Another place we made a brief stop on our trip to Georgia was Cane Ridge, KY about 12 miles outside Paris, KY. The year after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at the Red River Meeting House near Russellville, KY which I wrote about in my last post, another revival occurred in 1801. This was another boost to what came to be known as the Second Great Awakening in our nation. The place looks different from the drawing above because…

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Red River Meeting House

Red River Meeting House

After looking for my great-great grandfather’s grave in Russellville, KY which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago (see here) my son and I traveled a few miles south on 431 highway to this simple log building. This is the Red River Meeting House, sight of the beginning of the Second Great Awakening that occurred in June of 1800. The Holy Spirit began to convict people of their sin and they came from great distances to hear theĀ  young…

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