The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-02-17


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= service oFersth DOdy OF tile late Archi-
bald W. Campbell, held yesterday after
noon at , o.clocl, In 81 Mattbaw,s D !,
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s'u ~ "a ""'e'' vas '''e'iueu ny large
concourse of the deceased's friends and
admirers. Former business and tour.
nalI,,ic associates and mo, ava ro,.
mn.',..., NV ~, ""a Mo'"e.,
VINO had been drawn TO Mr.. Campbell
BY his charm OF personality. united TO
pay this last tribute 10 one whose MIA
c,,r,. he anal =,
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The body laid In state In the church
during the morning, and was viewed BIZ
MANY noon,e Tho sory,oos /, tho ,,r
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mon were co''uuc'eu py three MINISTER'S
Rev. Nathaniel S. Thomas, rector OF St.
Matthew'S: Rev. c. NJ. Oliphant. pastor
OF the First Christian church. the de-
nomination of which Mr.. Campbelrs un-
Gle was the founder, and Rev. d. A..
cunningham, ID. d., pastor of the First
presbyterian church. The only organi-
cation attending the service in body
was that or the newspaper men.
There were several very beautiful and
elaborate iloral tributes. which were ar
ranged near the caskct at the church.
Inc service was opened with the Epis-
copalian burial chant In c. minor. Dee
thoren).. by the choir, which was COM
posed Of Mrs. George B. Caldwell, Mrs
PEBBLES Tatum, Mr.. Allan Robinson and
Mr. Charles Nulauf. After the reading
OF a Scriptural selection from the
Gospel of Matthew. by Mr.. Thomas. the
choir sang beautifully, Thy Will be
Zone.
The eulosy OF the deceased was by
Rev. c. NJ. Ollphant, whose high tribute
10 Mr.. Campbell and appreciatire recog-
milton of his lite work vas cloquently
delivered.
Rev. Mr.. Oliphant said. in opening
"A great man is fallen this day. the
words being from . Samuel. 3:GS
"a. W. Campbell was born In Jefrer-
son county. Ohio, April 4, 1888. In carly
boyhood he removed to Bethany. W.
Va. Chen Firsinla}. where he grew to
manhood and where he graduated from
the well-known institution. Bethany Col
lege, in 1852. when but nineteen years of
age. In 1855 lie graduated from the
Hamilton CalleGe Law School. New
York. In 1856 he removed 10 Wheeling.
where most OF his eventful life was
spent. The city and the state mourn
over the loss Of this remarkable man.
He was great as student. His was
Studious ancestry His father. DR.. A.
W. Campbell his uncle. Bishop -tlexan-
der Campbell. the founder OF Bethany
College. und his grandfather Thomas
Campbell, We're all liligent students and
this will account largely for their prom
inence as public men, in shaping and
guiding great events with which they
were associated.
when out a youth in college. sitting
at the feet of his illustrious uncle. Blsh-
op Alexander Campbell (the man who
lived almost 4 century ahead OF his
time), we find Mr.. Campbell forming
those studious habits which were mark
ed in his whole after life.
"Hc was student of books, He
loved them. The. field Of literature was
familiar to him. Its atmosphere was
congenial to him Out of this field he
brought many precious gems which
adorned his life as an editor and con-
versationalist. He studied great ma
tional problems. Familiar was he with
oil those principles that moulded our
national and state life. Ee was Mt home
with oil economic questions. His coun-
Sc! was frequently sought by business
and working men on questions pertain-
ing to capItal and labor.
HE was a student of men. man
may study both books and political
economy, but he must study men II he
would be sys;ematical in his Knowledge.
He travelled much. and this gave him
an insight into the different nhnses ~
"He WAS great MS n leader. The great
est gift God can bestow upon a cencr.
ation is men OF transccudan, genius
Woe to tina, community that has not
a great maa with genius to impress
its thought and life.
True. the great work of this world
has not all been a0Rn bv ind,rIdua} mon
OF genius. bur by The aggregate Of mon
of ordinary ability. hut II is none tho
less true that the inpetus and impnlsc
m tina, worl, have bcon supnIied nv in
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