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The following is typed as exact text from a copy of
obituary from The Richmond Christian Advocate taped inside family bible of
Alexander Mills Campbell & Martha A. Dinwiddie Campbell:
For the
Richmond Christian Advocate
Departed this life in Amherst county, Va.
on
the 3d of Feb. 1842, our much beloved bro-
ther Wiley Campbell, in his 70th
year.
Mark the perfect man, and beheld the up-
right, for the end of that
man is peach. Bless-
ed are the dead which die in the Lord, from
henceforth; yea, saith the spirit, that they may
rest from their labors, and
their works do follow
them. He is gone, where
No chilling winds nor
poisonous breath,
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow,
pain and death
Are felt and feared no more.
Brother Campbell embraced
religion in the
year 1805, and soon after connected himself
with the
Methodist Episocopal Church, and con-
tinued, until the day of his death, a
worthy and
useful member. His amiable deportment, con-
sistent walk and
devotion to the cause of his
Redeemer, gained for him the exteem and
affection of all who knew him, and especially
of those ministers and members
with whom he
was united in church fellowship.
His house has been for many
years a home
for the servants of Christ, and his kindness and
generosity
will long live in the greatful recol-
lection of his numerous neighbors and
friends.
He was diligent in business, fervent in spirit,
serving the Lord.
In him the Christian graces
shone with mild, cheerful, and steady bright-
ness. As his pastor, I often visited him during
his long confinement which
lasted about nine
months, and always found him cheerful and
happy. But he
has gone to the rest that re-
maineth for the people of God; leaving behind
him an aged and much beloved companion and
nine children, all grown, and all
in the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, but one. O that the
good Lord may
bring him in this year.
Brother Campbell is embalmed in the me-
mory and
affections of all his friends, and the
influence of his blameless and pious
life, as well
as triumphant death, will I trust be yet felt and
seen.
With us thy name shall honored live,
Through long succeeding years;
Embalmed in all that we can give,
Our praises and our tears.
His funeral
was preached by the undersign-
ed, on the 4th inst, from Kings, 20th chapter
and part of the 1st verse: "Thus saith the Lord,
set thy house in order,
for thou shall die and
not live."
S.W. Jones
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