Last week I spoke at the Hudson Memorial Presbyterian Church about the old-time camp meetings. What was neat was this was the first time I had made this presentation to Presbyterians. The Presbyterians were responsible for one of the most celebrated camp meetings in the history of Camp Meetings. That was at Cane Ridge, Kentucky in 1801.
I also had the opportunity to pass around my collection of communion tokens. In the early camp meetings conducted by the Presbyterians celebrating communion was a big event. However, before you could participate, you had to demonstrate to the church leaders that you were worthy of participating in this event. If the church leaders deemed that you were worthy, you were given a communion token that you would then present at the time of the Lord’s supper. I have collected 20 or so communion tokens from the 1800s. Some of them are shown below.
