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The following historical pages have been taken from the book TO GOD BE THE GLORY, which was researched, compiled, and written for the 75th anniversary of Calvary Baptist Church in 1989.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY
On Sunday, August 31, 1913, the Reverend J. H. Haynes (pictured above) began a "protracted" two-week tent revival in a grove of trees in front of the home of Dave and Mary Hall; Mrs. Hall would be remembered as the "mama of Calvary Baptist Church." Their home was located at what is presently 1105 Toast Road, the Randolph Slater home, and the tent revival was held at what is presently the northeast corner of the intersection of Muse Avenue and Toast Road. This revival was sponsored by the Surry Baptist Association and, like other revivals that had been held on the same site, resulted in several converts. The following description of the events appeared in this notice in the September 11, 1913 edition of the Mount Airy News
Good Meeting Under Tent
"Rev. J. H. Haynes has been conducting a tent meeting a mile west of this city for several days and large congregations are attending every service. Many people have professed religion and added themselves to the churches of the neighborhood. A number will be baptized at the ford of the creek at Sides Mill next Sunday morning." (Sides Mill was located south of the present Independence Boulevard bridge over Lovill's Creek, behind the new New Market Crossing.)
