Bethanian, 1909 . in1819, to assist in this work and made this his permanent home after the deathof his wife; presiieil at the first meeting of the of Trustees of IlethanyCollege. AIa\- 11. 18-10; ihed at the home of his son. the :in\ mansion, in 1854. Alexander Campbell, born September 12. 1788. Country Antrin. Ireland;reached America September 29. 1809; assisted his father in reading the ])roofsheets of the Declaration an! Address in the fall of the same year; married]\Iargaret Rrown, March 12. 1811. at Iiuftali/), \ irginia ; ordained to the ministry-January 1, 1812, by the elde
Bethanian, 1909 . in1819, to assist in this work and made this his permanent home after the deathof his wife; presiieil at the first meeting of the of Trustees of IlethanyCollege. AIa\- 11. 18-10; ihed at the home of his son. the :in\ mansion, in 1854. Alexander Campbell, born September 12. 1788. Country Antrin. Ireland;reached America September 29. 1809; assisted his father in reading the ])roofsheets of the Declaration an! Address in the fall of the same year; married]\Iargaret Rrown, March 12. 1811. at Iiuftali/), \ irginia ; ordained to the ministry-January 1, 1812, by the elders and deaci;)ns of the lirush Run church; immersedJune d. 1812; foun(!ed Iluftalo Seminary in 181; began the Christian ISaptistin 182,^. which he continued until 1830 and afterward started the MillennialHarbinger: founded Hethan)- College in 1841 ; wrote all his debates and puldica-tions from Bethany; reared his family at Bethany: died at the Bethany mansionIMarch 4, 1866, and sleeps in the Campbell cemetery. 155. THE BETHANY CHURCH The Bethaii} congregation, organized aliont 1826, worshiped first in a storehuilding out in Mr. Campbells field, l)et\veen the road and the old mill. Atlength they erected a stone church liuilding, which stood about on the same sitewhere the present house of worship stands, but faced differently. The present church, the picture of which appears above, was built prior to1851, and it was here that Thomas Campbell preached his farewell sermon. Hewas brought over from the Bethany mansion on a sled drawn along under theshade of the stately row of locust trees on the first day of June, 1851, with Barclay, only a little girl, walking by his side. His subject was TheTwo Great Commandments—Love to God and Love to Our Neighbors. The history of this old church is rendered yet more sacred from the mem-ory of a sermon preached by Alexander Campbell before the students of the Col-lege and the members of the community. Dr. Richardson, President Pend
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