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** "At Springfield, thirty or forty people propose to meet and to allow themselves to be led by the Lord. I hope to go there soon. Other difficulties will be found there, but the Lord suffices for everything." (John Nelson Darby writes from Chicago, IL to Paul Sclumberger in Pau, France in 1873)
*** French Letter No. 109: "[https://adayofsmallthings.com/j-n-darby-french-letter-no-109-hard-going-usa/#_ftn1 Hard Going in the USA]" originally published in the French magazine ''Le Messager Chétien'', transcribed by a sister in Switzerland, translated to English in 2012 by Daniel Roberts (1945-'''2020''') of [[England]], affiliated with the Ren/R/TSr-EB.
** In 1852, Jean Gabriel Thonney (1827-1902) and his family resided in Springfield, where his eldest son William Paul Thonney (1852-1921) was born. Jean later founded the [[Walla Walla Meeting Room, WA|Walla Walla Meeting Room]] (TW-EB) in [[Washington]] in 1870.
=Northern IL=
* [[Englewood Meeting Room, IL]] (TW) +1894+
* [[Fernwood Gospel Chapel, IL]] (OB) 1939-1967
** also see: Washington Heights Gospel Chapel 1930's-1962; Lansing Gospel Chapel 1957-?present
* [[Grace and Glory Gospel Chapel, IL]] (OB)
** also see Grace Gospel Church & Learning Center Gospel Chapel;
====Lansing====
* [[Lansing Gospel Chapel, IL]] (OB) 1957-?'''2024+'''
** also see: Fernwood Gospel Chapel, IL 1939-1967
** c/o Mr. McKenzie +1922+; William Rae, 1122 Palmer Pl. +1926-1927+
** [https://omeka.religiousecologies.org/files/original/4502452fdf6bec3ef644069fde3c12202b797639.jpg 1926 USCoRB] indicated that there were 13 in fellowship (8 men, 5 women) including 2 S.S. teachers presiding over 3 children (for a total of 16). The Hall was a rented facility (with $136 in annual expenses), and $110 was additionally spent towards the Lord's work in 1926.