west , ▁and ▁the ▁country ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁the ▁religios ity ▁of ▁the ▁Burn ed - over ▁District ▁was ▁typical ▁rather ▁than ▁exception al . ▁ ▁West ▁and ▁T ide water ▁South ▁On ▁the ▁American ▁front ier , ▁evangel ical ▁denomin ations , ▁especially ▁Method ists ▁and ▁Bapt ists , ▁sent ▁mission ary ▁pre ach ers ▁and ▁ex hor ters ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁back country ▁in ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁growth ▁of ▁church ▁membership ▁and ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁new ▁con greg ations . ▁Another ▁key ▁component ▁of ▁the ▁rev ival ists ' ▁techniques ▁was ▁the ▁camp ▁meeting . ▁These ▁out door ▁religious ▁gather ings ▁origin ated ▁from ▁field ▁meet ings ▁and ▁the ▁Scottish ▁Pres by ter ians ' ▁" H oly ▁F airs ", ▁which ▁were ▁brought ▁to ▁America ▁in ▁the ▁mid - e igh teenth ▁century ▁from ▁Ireland , ▁Scotland , ▁and ▁Britain ' s ▁border ▁count ies . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁Sc ots - I r ish ▁imm igr ants ▁before ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ary ▁War ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁back country ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁and ▁down ▁the ▁sp ine ▁of ▁the ▁App al ach ian ▁Mountains ▁in ▁present - day ▁Maryland ▁and ▁Virginia , ▁where ▁Pres by ter ian ▁em igr ants ▁and ▁Bapt ists ▁held ▁large ▁out door ▁gather ings ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁war . ▁The ▁Pres by ter ians ▁and ▁Method ists ▁spons ored ▁similar ▁gather ings ▁on ▁a ▁regular ▁basis ▁after ▁the ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁The ▁denomin ations ▁that ▁encourag ed