The Life and Labors of Rev. Henry S. Gordon
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Excerpt from The Life and Labors of Rev. Henry S. Gordon: Founder of the Free Baptist Church in Southern Illinois, Together With Pictures and Sketches of One Hundred Other Free Baptists, Dead and Living Fifty years ago Rev. H. S. Gordon, familiarly known as "Uncle Henry," organized, near where Campbell Hill now stands, the Looney Springs Free Baptist Church, the first church of what is now known as the Central Illinois Yearly Meeting of Free Baptists. That this work was of God and has been blessed of Him is certainly evidenced by the results accomplished and the fruits borne. In fifty years this movement so small in its beginning has grown to considerable proportions till at present our yearly meeting is composed of five quarterly meetings, as follows: Looney Springs. Lebanon, Franklin Co., Wayne Co., and Makanda, with fifty-four ministers, fifty-six churches and four thousand members. The official organ of the Y. M. is the Illinois Free Baptist, edited and published by Rev. G. A. Gordon at Campbell Hill, Ill. Rev. H. S. Gordon died January 10th, 1898, after watching the growth for forty-eight years of this vine that God through his instrumentality had planted. While living his counsel and help was sought by his sons in the Gospel and ministry and never sought in vain. Since his departure from us we have asked many times how can we most fittingly honor him and commemorate his life and deeds? The honor paid to kings and nobles, a marble shaft, would be insufficient, for that would appeal only to passers by. But desiring to do something that shall be more in keeping with the life of him whom we desire to honor, more far-reaching, uplifting, ennobling and God-honoring among men than shafts of brick or stone, we concluded to send forth this little volume containing the portrait, life and labors of "Uncle Henry" Gordon, written by his oldest son, who for 32 years stood side by side with him in the sacred desk. And also of a few at least of the many who have been helped either directly or indirectly into a "life hid with Christ in God." Praying that this book may be a God´s blessing to us and a fitting tribute to him we lovingly dedicate it to the memory of our beloved and sainted brother, Rev. Henry Smith Gordon. And if this prayer he answered this volume will be an honor to Christ for He said. "Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these my brethren ye did it unto me." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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