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...
Rev. H. S. Gordon, familiarly known as "Uncle Henry," organized, near where Campbell Hill now stands, the Looney Springs Free Baptist Church, the firs...