200 Years Later
Sunday 27th May 2007 will go down
for many as day to remember. Not detered by the damp condition 100's of
worshipers from accross the country and from accross the Atlantic flocked
to the hillside of Mow Cop to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first
camp meeting.
The Ranters had returned to Mow, although the numbers nowhere near matched
the turnout of 1907 it was still a great success. The people gathered
sang the same hymns that thier predecessors sang 200 years ago and were
accompanied by the National British Methodist Band of the North Shropshire
and Cheshire Methodist Church Choir.
Well
Sunday was a very, very cold day and very overcast, but the rain kept
off during the service, which must have been a miracle, there was anything
from 500-1,000 people spread all over the hill, many around the castle
itself looking down upon the service, but there was also a lot of people
looking up from the castle car park, from a more level ground. Many had
walked to the site, some even taking up to four days, walking the hills
that was walked 200 years ago to the Mow Cop revival. There was
a good sound system there, that could be heard lower down in mount pleasant,
where we live, thinking we where late walking up the hill to the 2.30
service, from local sites there was a free mini bus service up the steep
hills of Mow, we ourselves caught the bus from Woodcocks' Well School,
others buses came from Harriseahead, Castle Primary School, the Village Hall and
other local places, where cars could be parked, Mow Cop's "Park and
Ride" service. USB TV was there, "United Christian Broadcast"
from
David
Walters
