This volume
of
THE CHRONICLE

is dedicated to

Charles F. Berkheimer, D.D.

(1896-1968)
pastor, friend, father and scholar
who modeled Jesus the Christ.

THE CHRONICLE is published by the Historical Society of the Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the United Methodist Church, 900 S. Arlington Avenue, Harrisburg
PA 17109.

THE CHRONICLE

Journal of the Historical Society

of the

Central Pennsylvania Conference

of the

United Methodist Church

Milton W. Loyer

editor

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Volume IV Spring 1993 .

Editor's Preface.....................................2

From Shoemaker to Soul-Saver:

Perry County's Rev. John Snyder......................3

by Frances Dunlap Heron, 1984

Methodist Campmeetings and Central Pennsylvania

Editor's Introduction............................26

1. The Glorious Camp Meetings

of the Nineteenth Century.....................30

by Earl E. Kerstetter, 1974

2. Camp Meetings and the

Central Pennsylvania Conference...............43

by Lester A. Welliver, circa 1964

3. Up at Mountain Grove (1872-1901)..............57

by Craig Newton, 1993

4. Two Anecdotes on Heckling.....................80

I. How a Camp Meeting Heckler

Suffered for His Sins

II. The Methodist Preacher

Who Killed a Heckler

by Charles F. Berkheimer, circa 1964

Camp Loyalsock (1938-1984)..........................86

by Milton W. Loyer, 1993

Remembering Three Central Pennsylvania Ministers....99

Conference Historical Society, 1992

Back Cover:

This volume of THE CHRONICLE
has been made possible
by gifts from the following members
of the Historical Society.

FRIENDS

Eleanor M. Aurand, Lewistown
Harold Hornvbeck, Lewistown
Lucille Krebs, Mount Wolf
Milton and Sandra Loyer, Mechanicsburg
St. John’s UM Church, Sunbury
Charles E. Trump, Carlisle
Clair R. Troutman, New Bloomfield
James and Nancy Williams, Middletown

SPONSORS

Dora E. Loyer, Red Lion
Robert D. O’Hara, Lemoyne

BENEFACTORS
Henry E. Berkheimer, Williamsport
Carolyn Berkheimer Rosser, Williamsport