"The Seventh Day Baptist General Conference Yearbook", Sep. 24, 1884, p 8.
Our brother, Rev. Zuriel Campbell, who died June last at the advanced age of 77 years, was a member of the Dodge Centre (Minn.) Church. His parents being Presbyterians, he was reared in the observance of the First-day as the Sabbath. His first church membership was with the Church at Truxton, N. Y., with which he united at the age of twenty-two years. He was ordained to the work of the gospel ministry at a session of the General Conference which was held with the DeRuyter Church, in 1834 or 1835. In 1839, he became pastor of the Friendship Church at Nile, N. Y. In 1846, he was called to the pastorate of the church at Milton, Wis., where he served with acceptability for four years. He was afterwards pastor of the Christiana (Wis.) Church for eight years. After that he was pastor of the church at West Genesee, N. Y. In 1871, he accepted a call to Dodge Centre, Minn. This was his last regular pastorate, failing health compelling him to resign after five years faithful service. Brother Campbell was truly an acceptable preacher, clear in his doctrinal views and statements, fervent in his devotions and expression of religious feeling, and able in exhortation. In his long service in the ministry, he was frequently called to preach to congregations of First-day people, before whom he manifested peculiar wisdom in the manner of presenting Sabbath truth. Truly a father in Israel has fallen. May we emulate his zeal and devotion to the truth.
