CampbeU, Alexander Aagnstus, a Presby- terian minister, was bom in Amherst county, Va., Dec. 80, 1789. He first studied medicine, and in 1811 grad- uated M.D. at Philadelphia. A violent attack of yel- low fever was the means of his conversion, and he gave up the practice of medii^ne and applied himself to theology. He was licensed to preach by the Pres- bytery of North Alabama, April 2, 1822, and ordained as an evangelist Sept. 29, 1828. He was at first an itinerant, then for four years, from 1824, pastor at Tuscumbia and Russellsville, Ala. ; declining a call ttom the Church of Florence, Ala., he however re- mained there two years with great success, removing to Haywood county. West Tenn., in 1829-80, where he preached as a missionary. Having received a call from the Church in Jaclcson, Tenn., he was installed pastor Oct 8, 1838 ; there he preached, lectured, edit- ed a newspaper, and practiced medicine, principally among the Cherokee and Creek missionaries, at the same time, laboring faithftilly until his death, May 27th, 1846. Mr. Campbell published a treatise on Scripture Baptism (1844).— Sprague, Annals^ iv, 661.
CampbeU, the Hov. Archibald, a bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church, consecrated in 1711 at Dun- dee. On account of difficulties with his clergy as to ** usages," he left Scotland in 1724 and returned to London, where he spent most of the remainder of his life. In his Utter days he carried his nonjuring prin- ciples out by consecrating a bishop without any assist- ance. The date of his death is unknown. He is the author of several theological works, which are strong- ly Romanizing. Among them are. The Doctrines of a Middle State between Death and the Resurrection, Of Prayers for the Dead, etc. (Lond. 1718, fol.), and The Necessity of Revelation (Lond. 1789, 8vo). In his work on the Middle State, he teaches *^that there b an ui- termediate or middle state for departed souls to abide in, between death and the resurrection, far different
kal flame of athletic vigor. But in 1866 he began to ' from what tiiey are afterward to be in when our bftss- &tl, and he died at Bctiiany, March 4, 1866. He had , ed Lord Jesus Christshall appear at his second commg-
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thai there is no iminediate judgment after death; that to pray and offer for, and to commemorate oar deceased brethren, U not only lawful and useful, but also our bonnden duty ; that the intermediate state between death and the resurrection is a state of puri- fication in its lower, as well as of fixed joy and enjoy- ment in its higher mansions ; and that the f^ per- fection of purity and holiness is not so to be attained in any mansion of Hades, higher or lower, as that any soul of mere man can be admitted to enter into the beatific vision, in the highest heavens, before the res- urrection, and the trial by fire, which it must then go through."— Hook, EccL Biograp^, ii, 414.
Campbell, George, D.D., was bom at Aberdeen, Dec. 25, 1719, and was educated at the Marischal Col- lege at Aberdeen. After leaving college he studied law, and was apprenticed to a writer to the Signet at Edinburgh ; but, having a strong bent to theology, he obtained a release finom his master, and studied theolo^ at Edinburgh. In 1748 he was appointed to the pastoral charge of the parish of Banchory Ter- nan, near Aberdeen, and in 1755 he obtained a parish in Aberdeen. In 1759 he was made prhicipal of the Marischal College. In 1763 he published his Diner' teuton an Miracles^ in opposition to Hume, which was translated into several Continental languages (new ed. Edinb. 1823, 8vo). The book had an immense sue cess, and procured for its author the degree of ,D.D. After his death appeared his Lecture* on EccleeiasHcal Hiitory (new ed. Lond. 1840, 8vo), which was answered by Skinner, bbhop of Aberdeen. His most important work was his Trcaulation of the Four GotpeU^ with a Commentary ^ which appeared not long before his death, and has been repeatedly npublished. The best edi- tbn is that of Aberdeen (1814, 4 vols. 8vo) ; but there is a very good and cheap American edition (1837, 2 vols.). llQirtotb 9^ Lectures on the PattorcdChartieter (Lond. 1811, 8vo); PhUoeophy of Rhetoric (1776, 8vo, numerous editions) ; Lecturet on Syttematie Theology and Pulpit Eloquence (Lond. 1807, 8vo, numerous edi- tions). He rethred ftrom his college duties some years before his death, and received a pension of £300 a year horn George III. He died April 7, 1796. The life of Dr. Campbell has been written by the Rev. O. S. Keith.— Darling, CydopoBdia Bibliogrc^Mca^ i, 667; Jamieson, Cyclop, of Modem BeUgioua Biography^ i, 99 ; Jones, Chrittian Biography, s. t.
Campbell, John, LL.D., was bom in Edinburgh, March 8, 1708. His life was devoted to literature, and his publications were very numerous. He edited the " Biographia Britannica," and was one of the writers of the *' Universal History.'* His title to mention in this work rests on the publication of A Discourse on Providence (1748, 3d ed. 8vo) ; Thoughts on Moral and Religious Subjects (1749, 8vo); A new and compleU History of the Holy Bible (1783, 2 vols. M\o).— General Biog, Dictionary, i, 119; Darling, Cyclopcodia BibUo- grcphica, i, 669.