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Bailey, Gilbert S. (Gilbert Stephen), 1822-1891
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Bailey, G. S. (Gilbert Stephen), 1822-1891
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1822-1891
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Gilbert Stephen Bailey was born on October 17, 1822, in Dalton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
He was a Baptist preacher and author. He was educated at Oberlin College and after studying theology, became a Baptist clergyman holding pastorates in various places in New York and Illinois until 1863, when he was made superintendent of the Baptist missions in Illinois, and from 1867 to 1875 he was secretary of the Baptist Theological Union in Chicago. Then he resumed preaching in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Iowa. He also served as secretary of the Italian Bible and Sunday School Mission from 1880 to 1881 and as a missionary in Southern California from 1885 to 1886. Besides numerous tracts and uncollected poems, he published a "History of the Illinois River Baptist Association" (1857); " Caverns of Kentucky" (1863); "Manual of Baptism" (1863); "The Trials and Victories of Religious Liberty in America" (1876); "Three Discourses on the History, Wonders, and Excellence of the Bible" (1882) and "The Word and Works of God" (1883).
He died on September 28, 1891, in Pomona, Los Angeles, California.
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