Bethany College - Bethanian Yearbook (Bethany, WV)

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Hrcbfbalb flfccXean. ARCHIBALD McLEAN is the son of Malcolm and Alexandra McLean. His parents left Scotland in their youth and settled on Prince Edward island. His father lives there still; his mother having gone to her long home when he was a child. On this beautiful island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence the subject of this sketch was born, and received an elementary education. He united with the Church in Summerside under preaching of the saintly D. Crawford. Having worked for some years at carriage making, he entered Bethanj- College in September, 1S69, and was graduated in June, 1S74. The Sunday following Commencement he began his ministry with the Church at Mt. Healthy, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati. At that time Isaac Errett was editing the Standard] W. T. Moore and A. I. Hobbs were preaching in Cincinnati. In March, 1882, he was elected Corresponding Secretary of the Foreign Society. For three years this work demanded a part of his time. In 1SS5 he gave up the work in Mt. Health}- that he might devote his whole time and strength to the work of the Society. On the death of W. H. Woolery, he was elected President of Bethany College. In this position he proved himself the true, earnest worker he had ever been. Consecrated to his work and fully realizing the responsibility resting upon him, he labored to uphold and elevate Bethany ' s standard of learning. His labors were fraught with success, and he endeared himself to Faculty and students alike. For two years he filled both positions. The double work proving too onerous he resigned the Presidency of the College June 17, 1891. He is yet a young man (the exact date of his birth is not known, as the record was destroyed), and in a letter to the editor says, M3 ' record is yet to be made. Those who know him best have no doubt as to the character of that record. As a leader in our foreign mission work, he holds a position of great responsibility and usefulness. 15

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John m . Tdble. JOHN M. TRIBLE was born near Dnnnsville, Virginia, August iSth, 1851. He was educated mainly in Duunsville Academy and Bethany College. He entered Bethany College in 1873, and graduated in June, 1875. I n November of the same year he took charge of the Church at Norfolk, Virginia. He remained there until September, 1877, when he moved to Franklin, Tennessee. From Franklin he went to Memphis, Tennessee, in January, 1879. n August, 18S2, he accepted the pastorate of the Church in Buffalo, New York, succeeding G. L. Wharton, who went as a missionary to India. He remained here until January, 18S7, when he went to St. Louis to take the position of office editor of the Christian Evangelist. While there he also occupied the pulpit of the Central Church. In February, 1888, he was called back to the pastorate of the Buffalo Church, and remained there until he accepted the Professorship of New Testament Theology in Bethany College in September, 18S9, and was also made Vice President of the institution. On the resignation of President McLean, he was chosen to act as Chairman of the Faculty and and President, pi a tempore. He was married June 24th, 1879, to Miss Susie Campbell, daughter of William P. and Susan Campbell, of Franklin, Tennessee. Four children — two boys and two girls — have blessed this union. He attributed chief credit for whatever he was able to accomplish, to his estimable wife. While still a young man, Professor Trible died at Bethanj ' , September 25th, 18 Q. His death awakened profound sorrow throughout the brotherhood. ° ' Every person who knew him had come to love him for his beautiful character, and to trust him because of his wisdom. His sun has gone down ere it is yet noon. His life had great promises of usefulness. But God knows, and let us not doubt He has use for such spirits in the higher activities of the spiritual realm. His wish that he might go to heaven from old Bethany was fulfilled, but alas! how much sooner than he or we anticipated.