Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-19
REV. CAMPBELL'S
 RES|GNAT|ON Submitted to the congrega- tion of the Ohio Street Baptist Church at Sunday Morning Service.
Pays Tribute to Members oi His New Church-says All Worked Faith. fully and That He Owes His Flock Much-Wiie'S Health Is Failing

bers of the congregation of the Ohio Street Baptist church when they having been previously announced ex- clusively in the Graphic that their be- loved pastor. Reverend Sam H. Camp bell, would tender his resignation to the congregation at that service. Rev erend Campbell has been in the city for tive years as pastor of~this church, and has made a large number of friends here.
 His successor has not been named yet, in fact his resignation has not been accepted The resignation will take effect September 1. In closing his sermon, Reverend Campbell said:
 'The poet in speaking to his own heart has said,
 "'Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall,
 Some days must be dark and dreary.
 But especially does this apply to
 
 call to duty without being able to de- tect in it some notes of sadness; and can never feel an impulse to go in the discharge of that duty without feeling some sharp pulls at his heartstrings holding him back. It is in that posi- ton that I find myself this morning. am here as your pastor to tender to you my resignation, in order that l may go in response to duty's call to another field In severing the tie which has for nearly two years drawn natural that my heart should bleed, for I realize that when we shall part it may be that none of us will ever meet again in this life, but certainly we know that some of us never will. But I thank God that whenever 'Sor- row envelope sus in mantle of gloom, and even Despair lays his paralyzing hand upon us, Hope can lay his finger upon the pulse of eter- nifty and feel the heartthrobs of life immortal Elsewhere our songs of sor- rows are turned into -peans of victory and hallelpjahs of praise.
 God never breaks a tie, however tender it may be, without turning 1t to our profit and His glory. It is this thought that helps ta mitigate the pal nof separation, which otherwise would be severe indeed.
 "In offering to you my resignation, as your pastor, I am controlled by two motives. One is my duty to God, and the other my duty to my wife. You all know that Mrs. Campbell's health has never been good since we moved to this city, and although W have tried to find some remedy that would give her some relief; some treatment that would restore her to health, yet we have failed, and know ing that she needs a higher altitude, and a climate freer of malaria, I be- lieye it is my duty to go where these conditions prevail. Having made this subject of prayer for some time, believe God has now answered that prayer by sending me into a field where I have every reason to believe it will be better for her health.
 "Whether this be true Or not, l do know that through His still small voice. He has said to me Co., and in rsponse to His call to duty I obey. have accepted the care of the First Baptist church of Troy, Ala, not how ever until I had notified the deacons of this church of my intentions to ac- cept, and I now ask that you release me to take up that work, not later than the middle of September, if pos sible.
 'In this connection permit me to say a word of appreciation to you. When I became your pastor it was with the distinct understanding that we were going to undertake what to many seemed we'll nigh impossible.