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JUBILEE
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ACADIA COLLEGE,
AM)
MEMORIAL EXERCISES.
HALIFAX, N. S. I
PRINTED BY HOLLOWAY imO«., 69 GRANVILLE ST I
1889.
1^
INTRODUCTORY.
The Committee entrusted with the publication of the pro-
ceedino-s at the celebration of the Jubilee of Acadia College and the
memorial exercises recently held in relation to the decease of the
Tlcv. E. A. Crawley, D.I)., D.C.L., deem it advisable to make only
very lirief remark by way of preface. As the clo>e of the first
half century of Acadia's history a])proached, the Governors of
the College suggested to the Baptist Convention of the Maritime
Provinces the desirability of appropriately marking the completion
of that period by the gathering together of the fi-iends of the
College at Woltville, and bv such exercises as migiit be deemed
in accord with that occasion. Tlie Convention readily adopted
the proposal, an 1, upon the invitation of the Governors, it was
determined to hold the Convention of 188<S at Wolfville,
immediately preceding the Jubilee.
The business of the Convention was urou^ht to a close on
the afternoon of Tuesday, August 28, and that e veiling and the
following day were entirely devoted to the Jubil<\e celebration.
Respecting the general character of the exercises a brief extract
from the Year Book of 1888, may be in place:
" These Jubilee meetings were throughout at once an exhibi-
tion of the deep interest of Acadia's constituency in her welfare,
and the occasion for pledging anew all the energies of the
Denomination to meet the enlarging requirements which will
ever be made as the country advances.
'• Two things were e(]ually apparent in these solemnities, —
the entire absence of the sliahtest desire to combine with other
educational institutions, and, at the same time, the strongest and
most determined purpose to keep Acadia forever abreast of the
wants of the time.
INTRODUCTOItY.
"Another jTratitying tViiiture of the procoo(liiin-.s was tlie unnii.s-
takahli" (lepentlenoe upon, and conHdcsnco in Divine <Tui<hince in
carrvinii' forward tlie ijivat work connuitted to the Colle<xe. In
all the details of these Jubilee proceed ini^s, the generous lahor of
decorators, the excellence of the nnisie, the hospitality of the
citizens, and the heartiness which characterized all those having
charge or taking part in the proceedings, were such as to evoke
constant and merited compliment, as well as to render the occasion
one of uninterru[)ted success."
TIk; ])ul)lication of this volume has been delayed in order
that the memorial addresses delivered in June, ISfSO, might be
appended.
ALUMI
iVUV^Lii
IDH^
ON
TUESDAY EVENING, AUG. 28, 1888.
The i'ollowiny is extrnctcMl from tin; staft" correspondoncc of
th..' Ualifa.x Hmihl :—
" The graruk'st <;athering' that ever took phicc west of Halifa-K
was the 7Vssociat('<l Ahiinni reception in the collei;e l)uil(lin<;
to-night. Tlie Asseinbly Hall, Library, ami the various h-cuire
rooms were transfoiuned into liandsoiiiely furnished drawinsj^
rooms, tastefully decoraietl and su])j)lied with wicker chairs, t'tc.
The splendi'l Assendily Hall presented an attractive siLfht. The
committee did wonders in the brief time at their disposal. The
])Iatform was ornamented with s|)ruce, ])lants, tiowers, o-ojdon rod
and ferns. The motto " Acadia's Jubilee " was Hanked Ity the
liy-ures "ISJ^S and liSISS," anil ov<'r this was the text "Hitherto
the Lord hath helped us." Around the walls, Hags and bunting-
were tastetully ai ranged and relieved with shields, (bearing the
names of (.'ramp and Crawley), Chinese lanterns, etc. On the
centre pillar in tlu' newly extended portion of the hall, was a
shield bearing the word "Acadia." On either side wei'e shields
bearing the names ot Pi'vor and Sawver, the Hrst and last
Presidents. Not far from ^,000 persons were present. They
Were repre entative Mien and women from all ])ortions of the
Maritime Pi'ovinces. The wealth and brains, the youth and
beauty, and the strength and manhood of the denomination were
assendtled. The ladies of Wolfville and vicinity never looked
more charming. All Wolf ville seemed to be in attendance, as well
as the Baptist Ministers in the three i)rovinces, and among those
from a distance, accompanied by lady fi'iends, I noticed among
others, Hon. ])r. Foster, M.P., Minister of Finance ; Hon. W. S.
Fielding; Dr. Borden, M.P. : T. U. Black, M.P.P. : VV. C. Bill,
M.P.P. : J. B. Mills, M.P.: F. Andrews, M.P.P. ; Judge Johnston,
Judge DeWcjlf; C. B. Whid.len, ex-M.P.P. ; Wallace Graham,
Q.C. ; Dr. Burwash, of Mount Allison ; Principal Calkin, Pro-
fessors Faton, Hall, and Seth, Dr. Benjamin Rand, Rev. Dr.
McKenzie, Rev. William Newcomb, and Rev. Mr. Lockhart, of the
8
JUHII.EK I'OEM 01'' ACADIA COl.LKCJi;.
Unitud States; Rev. Messrs. ('amerdii urnl l^est, of Nfanitoba;
Dr. S. T, Uaivl, J. .1. Wallace, H. C C'recil, William Kaulkiiei-, the
Messrs. Walker, Dr. Waddell, Rev. B. F. Sitii]ts()ii, Principal of St.
Martin's Acailemy ; I). H. lOaton, Q.(\ : ,1. Parsons, K. J). Kinr.-, Q.C,
W. F. Parker, Sehlen C'uniinings, T. S. Rogers, Professor William
Elder, of ('od)y I'niversity : J. 11 North, rx-M.RP. : V. F. Faton,
H. H. Bliuli, Q.C., Inspector Roscoe, Lewis Pavzant, .I.(7.])umai'es(|,
H. W. t'.Boak, Geoi-<re K. Lavcr.s, Frcl 0. Rand, 0. H. Dol.son,
A. J. Pinco, J. A. Siiaw, acting President King's Culleo-o, C. R. H.
Starr, William Faton, R. ii. Munro, F. (I. Parkn-, Dr. (^aniin-on,
Thomas E. ('oi-ning, ex-M.P.P., Sanniel Jlieiiardsuu, J. K. Starr, S.
Selden, Jolm Burgoyne, ])r. Fdward Young, V. S. Consul, A. M.
Hoare, Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Nashua, N. H., Hoivice L. Beckwilh,
L. C Layton, N. A. Rhodes, Isaac Shaw, William Thomas, T. E.
Smith, W. (). Wright, Presidt'ut Hai'rison, of the New Bi'unswick
University, Hon. B. Morso, of Boston, C. A. Whitman, <ind a host
of others."
Respecting the decorations of tlie College Building, W. F.
Parker, B.A., concluded an elahorate description of them in the
Messenger and Visitor, as follows : —
" (Jreat praise is duo the Committee of the Alunuii Associ-
ation's Executive, to whom was delegated the work of decorating
tlie buildim.'', and also to those wlio. thoULrh not mend)ei's of tliis
1.1' O ^
conunittee, rendered invaluable assistance. The chairman of the
decorating committee was Mr. Horace L. Beckwith, of Halifax.
Others who are deserving of mention in this connection arc
Messrs. Charles R. H. Starr, of Cornwallis ; Messrs. R. P. Green-
wood, J. C. Dumaresq, S. W. Cummings, H. A. Lovett, A. M.
Hoare, of Halifax ; T. S. Rogers, of Audierst ; Pi'of. F. H. Eaton
and J. B. Hall, of Truro; Mrs. Keirstead, Misses C'haso, Sawyer,
A'aughan, Johnston, Alice Fitcli, Blanche Bishop ; Messrs. Erhnund
Barss, Charles Fitch, (Jr.), Mockett Higgins, of Wolfville ; and
Miss Bessie Robbins, of Yarmouth.
The management of other details was committed to other
ifcntlemen, whom it is unnecessarv to mention, but to whou)
unich ci'edit is due for the success oi this entertairnnent. Uj)on
Mr. E. W. Sawyer, as a resident of Wolfville, nuich of the labor
of management devolved, and his name should be mentioned in
this connection."
After enjoying promenades through the entire building,
the chair was assumed bv Dr. J. B. Hall, President of tlie Aluunii,
and a choice musical progrannne was rendere<l. This was taken
JI'IULKE I'OEM OF ACADIA COLLEGE. 9
part in hy Misses Walhico, .Sawy.r, Hamilton, Van-^han Brown
The folJowing poon. was read by M iss M. Blanche Bishop, B. A. :
Tidal Years.
I.
The burden of burdens- tbo wi'«li f,v fi,^ ,. n
Htraigl.t out of the sea-foan, an.l cloud-foa.n, see her be-mtifnl
ionginirs take Higlit, »JoautituI
Flj'ino- upward and onward as a wlnte-breasfc.-d ]>i,vl fr. u v ^^
" weary, weary are the days
Of strong but useless toil !
V\ here are the promise.! sliores of rest
1 ho lands of fruitful soil?
"To seek to strive— these but the wish
J^or the life that may not be •
Bhml, bhnd ! yet ever rushing on
\V ith the flow of the changincr sea.
Change, change in all, and nowhere r-st
t rom weary shore to shore ;
Wave after wave, as death on life :
Change, change, forevermore !"
''"''" tot.:"'" "■'"'""' '"'"''^•' P'-»-'"" l'"'> fo'- the ™ee
^"' "ttm/'"'" ''" 'i"'^--">S «-'!«- dust on the wl.iriwind
"° '" thol^lt "" ^'^-'P'"^ °' *'""'^- i" -=■' %inff beat of
As the tlmnder comes over, and crashes and bursts on each roof.-
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.JllilJ.KE l'(»j;.M OF .vr'ADIA ('(»LLE(!E.
Past tlie rocks wIuto tlioir faces are .set wiiite and liuaiy as giants',
Vexed with tlie cliafiiii;- of ages,and wet wit); the s[)Iash of defiance ;
Past sound-girdled ishmds, and shoals wlieiv the thundering reef
Lies like a poison-fanged serpent, in wait for tlie souls on the d(>ep ;
Past shores reeling faint with the swinging of tides to and fro —
With the penduhim sweep of the waters, beating time for the
world as they flow.
On, through the days whiter grown, brow and ciieek, witli foam
from the lips of the sea —
Days flashed out from the pi'ism of air of all fair colors that be.
On, through the niglits with the waves gleaming soft as a jewel
and sheen,
As the deep glowing orbs 'neath the brows of a dusky Aeth'opian
([Ueen,
Every star l)eamin(>- on them,
hvery light falling on them —
Feeding flame with white flame, as a red hidden fire
Leaps into sight at the touch of new fuel, growing whiter and
hiyher.
Who knoweth the strength of the sea ? Who hath looked down
its viewless ways ?
Seen its tideless shores, and the place where its isles without
number
Shine like emerald stars in an infinite ocean of slumber ?
Seen what moved on the face of the waters, what spirit of
brooding was there,
When the world lay in shadow of darkness, void as sleep in a
dream of the air ?
The suns of the ages shed light, strength heapeth up strength
with the years.
Behold, all is wiiioned in time beyond vision of prophets oi- seers.
Word and voice of her strength, Thou givest her garment of power,
Not as life clothes one soul, shapes it out in a form for the hour,
Not the grace of one form, (h- the light span of fashion that dies, —
But like to the sum ot all gifts tliat have sat on the souls of all lives.
Great Spirit, whose word is the life, whose Ireatli moves the face
of the deep,
Whose laws all things made by thy power forever in harmony keep.
The strength of the sea, it is thine ; and her paths, thine alone ;
In thy hand are lie'r ways, and her strife is thy glory and crown.
IL
Wait for a while, restless sea.
Here in this narrow^ inland bay ;
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JUBILEE I'OEM (JF ACADIA VA)]A.EC.E.
Hero where thy waves, hut yoster-eve,
Were meat to cm-linir toiiuues t)iat lay
W ithin huge mouths of Inm^rv look,
Jaws <4-a|)ed, for liuiinvr lian'ginn' lmv,
])ry-throate(l Hats, and' helts of sedo-,. forsook,—
To these l)rinnr hfe and overflow. '
Brino' froni tliy world-wide journevino-s
Some faint impress of otliei- shores?
Bring- perfumes sweet, all precious tliin.^s
Blown faintly through their open doors.
Brnio- .rold.m dreams of far-oHMavs,
As dawns tln-o' half-elosed evelids ereep •
Bring happy tlioughts, bring nuMnories
8hed down like dew on evening sleep.
As down some dim cathedral isle,
^^ Where sweetest incense fills the air.
The choristers with happy smile
Come breathing low their Iiolv praver —
Bear now, refluent hands and" feet, "^
Adown the moving aisle of years, '
A tide of prayer >}vi\ song move sweet
Than ever flow froni joy or tears.
Wait ! for the river's sliining arm
Would fold !.]iy silence int(j sleep ;
Would reach down clinging hands and warm
Against the damp of brow and cheek.
Wait! for the sun between these hills
Knows bi.'nks to lead his rivers in.
Like wine-cups, which thy richness tills,
Held ever flowing briin to brim.
The sea, unmoved by wind or tide,
Lies with its face weighed down in dreams
As a naked soul in death floats wide
^ Beyond or sleep or wakening seems :
Far out beyond the utmost seas-
Deep down and deeper than can sound
\\ ith dropping plummets mar its peac^ -
One living, grand, eternal round.
Strong gleaming sun, whose brooding winces
With outspread burning bi-ightness shiiuj
l*rom all these depths thy power sprinos,
In rays reflected like to thine. ° '
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12 JUBILEE POEM OK ACADIA COLLEGE.
Throno-]i all the skies, above, around,
Thy lio'ht like <lri])pini^f gold is shed,
And nvntle iiiinist'i'in<;' clouds bow down,
Around tliy feet their tresses spread.
Hold thou beneath Hrni rock and pure
As centre-reacliini,^ faith in Goil.
Seas roll, but tlieir foundations sure
Through countless years unchanged have stood.
III.
A curse on the apples of gold, the apples silver and golden !
Cui-se on tlie fruit of hopes turned bitter and false to the core !
Aye, clutch at theiu, tearing the stems; bite hard where the juice
seems enliolden ;
Fill thy mouth with their ashes ; bear the taste, as thou must,
evermore.
Curse on the Hoods that were shinino- so fair, white and dim o-okl
to the siglit ! " ' ^
Was their glittering draught just held to tlie lips to be dashed
down, and scatterL>d and" spilt ?
The tide tloweth out, it is swift going out, and more cruel than
death unto life.
Moan ; for the wracks and tlie s])ars left behind, that the dead
shore strews to the lio-ht.
IV.
Tlie high gods laugh in .scorn. What care
Have tiiey for the fools of fate ?
Wha'; matters whether soon or late
Death comes since ileath must come to all ?
Aye, clind) with heavy feet the .stair
They build for men from earth to cloud —
No further. Look up and cry aloud :
Thiidc'st thou to see the answer fall ?
Think'st thou their haughty heads would bend
One hair's bi-eadth down from those blue skies ?
Nay, thougii the sound of mortal cries
Smot( on their sides like hail.
They look and laugh. All that is must end :
Or good, or evil, naught endures.
A little flame, red fire that allures
Smoke, cinders, ashes, all these fail.
I
JUBILEE I'OEM OF ACADIA COLLE JE. U^
Can the tide wait, or waves roll back
One tithe of their appointed way ?
^\dlo is among' you that can praV
These j^raunt shores back in last night's seas ?—
Hide ironi the day this noisome Avraek
Ol'darkscurf mixed with dead men's bones,
Swirled in and twisted round the stones
Like sins beyond release ?
Pray on. Thou can'st not turn one wave,
Being- the sport of those high ones that poui-
Thy life-cup to its dregs. Forcvermore
The labor of thy hands is cursed
And set at naught. ^ What prayer can save
When life ebbs out ? Yea, the gods rail,
To see thee thinking to prevail
Where Destiny is last and tirst :
V.
Out on thy carping !
There is more than one tui-n o' the tide.
It is change and not death as thou said'st,
lo the faiths that abide.
Who saw from the south
A sunbeam come forth
From the chaml)ers of infinite rest ?
Saw its white pure ray,
Through the choking spray,
Fall on the tremulous ocean breast ?
All the hollows of foam,
AH the globes of pale foam.
Burning deep with green fire, like ravs
From shattered and fine chrx'sopVase.
And the light showed three arches. Low .lown
Curved the first in a huge broken round,
Wrought of sturt" like tlie colors of drean'is ;
Mow flashing to view
More radiant blue
Than the sky through a rain-cloud seems.
Or, with motion like fire.
Leaping higher and higher,
And blown hither an 1 thither bv wind,
By a happy and wavering wind."^
l"* M'i'AlAA-: I'OKM OF ACADIA COL LEO E.
Tlici-e arc .surt'iU'(!.s torn into smoke,
Flyin<«' niiisscs tliat strfin<>-l(. and choke
Like air draincil of moisture l>y rain :--
Boilinn' iiiist, wliii'line' spi-ay,
Suri^'es mail with the fray
Gathered up in one white ghastly Hame —
Lamlx'iit. tiery-tonnued, fury-eurled —
Koariiii;- d.own throu-h the euil' of the woi-ld.
'J'lieil softer moods,
When the ealni air hroods
On the sea enfolded, alisorhed,
As in lio-ht from a j)lanet fidl-orhed.
As a white slender liand doti: dwell
On the oi-M-an k(ys when the note's rich swell
Dies out in the hollows of sound : —
When the chords so dear
])ie out of the ear,
An(l float Ml from the senses' poor hound,
T)-ailin^' down to the g-ates of the soul.
And the nmsic floats on,
Though the soinid he gone.
One more wave to the infinite whole.
The second arch hung in mid-air ;
Fleeting, frail, and of coloi-s as rare
As the sun can paint. There are aisles,
Hollow ways running down through the hills,
Rocks cloven with keen shafts of light,
Moving hanks where the rivers gleam bright
On tlieir soft, silent wa_\' to tlie sea ;—
Slow rivei's that wend,
Without source or end.
To a constantly far-off sea.
There are white-hreastcd ships.
Whose prow-foam drips
Into rosy islands of rest.
And their wandering wakes.
On deep hlue lak(>.s,
Shin(? like paths to the liappy west.
There is crimson and .scarlet and gold.
Faint lose, grn.y, and silver unfold,
Green hollows like emerahls .set
In a crystalline bond — amber, jet,
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.IL-i'.IM.:E i'OK.M OF ACADIA (< tl.LKciE. 15
Di'Qp purple, uik] omiio'c-likc spmys
V\m\;j; out like u olustcr of days
Dead i-ij)(^ in tlic sun.
Tlicn liiylifst of all,
The <I.Tp solemn areli of tJu; skv,
Wherein is the presence and spiVit
Of tliinos most hidden and iiigji— -
Hard to call, far to fall.
Who is she tluit lof.ke.l forth from that beam of inelfaljle liejit ^—
Uotlun-- the sea witli the stillness of deep central tire "^
Fair is hei- name, and her face as a llower is fair,—
\va, more fair, than the fairest eai'th-tlower
Pale an.l star-like, with glittering eyes seeri .lim through a mist
or tlie mglit.
All the laughing jiues of the morning are concentred in her and
the deep solemn hush of eve
The gladness of promise heanis fnmi her forehead like flame
sheddnig light from within.
Her h.«auty is set as a star on the waste, on the desolate hollow
or (lai'kness.
As a cloud filled with light, so her beauty is veiled ; there is none
may uncovei- her face.
Clothed in purple, wi-appe.l round with the garments of wisdom
High ni the heaven of heavens, enthroned as a .,ueen
Ihei-e IS her dwelling-jjlace.
The stars know he.- Voice and the clouds and the sea •
hocks and lulls hide her wonderful presence.
Stars wane like lami)s when the oil burns low
Clouds molt seas are cl(,ven with ti.les an.l with winds.
Jiut I ruth dwelhng ever in them, Hlls the changeful and variable
waters with the stillness of infinite rest.'
lo the heavy eyes seale.l with th.' darkness of earth, charnel-
housi's with doors of foul clav,
lo the eyes seeing dimly thy Spirit'moving bright on tlie face of
the waters,
Be thou, wondnms Truth, on these> storn.y seas, as a star on the
waste ot the years, as a sun among stars in the endless deep.s
01 trie years. ^
And the eyes:shall be opened, and the trutli of the ages unveiled
Ihere t.j shine hke the pure cr3stal river flowing out from the
throne ot CJod.
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ODE OX THK SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF Af'ADIA COLLEGE.
Miss Hattie E. Wallace, of Acadia Seininary, in the absence
of her brother, read the
Ode on the Semi-Centennial of
Acadia College.
Aufii-sT, 1888.
Written by O. C. S. W'Mace, A. B.
Acadia sits enthroned, a (|ueen most fair,
While o'er lier, roun<l her, everywhere,
Harmonious voices full and free
From earth and air and sea
Proclaim her Jubilee.
The daisy-span<r)ed Meadows richly green,
The fertile Uplands fragrant W(X)ds between.
The Orchards ripe in mellow red and gold.
Their liarvest charms unfold
And greet this festal day
In all their beautiful arrav.
The silvern rivers murmur to the sea
And hynni Acadia's pride.
Tlie sad, majestic tide,
Erstwhile in direst cruelty
That seized with robber-hand
A joyous, hoi)eful band.
And in an hour most sad and dread
Forth cast them pale and dead
Upon the cold and harshly pilli)wing sand,
To-day with deej) repentings.
With moans and low lamentings,
A requiem chants for grief of these ;
And then in anthems loud or luw.
In landward and in seaward How,
W^ith wondrous ocean harmonies,
A greeting grand and joyful brings,
Acadia's life and triumpli sings.
In purple amethystine sands
Calm Blomidon the Mighty stands,
Acadia's sentinel through tifty years;
Who ward and watch lias kept
ODE OX THE SEMI-CEXTENNIAL OF ACALIA COLLECJE. 17
WlK-n Hate was hoM an.l Friendship slept
Lninovedby foes or fears :
To-day he lifts his cloud-cnnvned head,
\\ hence fear and weakness ave have fled
iroclamung wida o'er lan<l and sea
Acadia's worth and lier fidelity.
The winds in mid career
Of swift, mysterious joui-nevin^s
Cease from their woi'ld-wi.fe wanderin.r.s
lo tell the praise her sons have won "
lo sinir the deeds tlieir hands liave done
1 heir messao-e bear of cheer
From distant lands and near-—
From Canada, her towns and prairies wide ■
trom that Republic, Freedom's home and pride-
J^ rom hot Brazils enchanted m.^untains •
iM-om Asias gemmed and sprayinjjr fountains ;
H-om Europe s thickly peopled strand
And many a far and unknowt, land
ini-hty Cape, and Wind> and Tide,
U fertile Vales, and Mountain-side
Raise high your gladdest song, '
1 our sweetest notes prolong.
j-^ "^atlia ! born in dim obscurity ;
Thy cradle gently rocked bv Poverty :
1 hough few the lips that called thej fair
And tew the hands that gave thee care, '
lliy deathless spirit, grandly brave
^ ound .strength where Fear^uid found a grave
Brought forth by holy Liberty,
Ihy coming liailed by Charity,
lie arm.s of Truth inwrapf.ed thee round,
iiiy Jiead by Love was early crowned.
That stalwart people who thy childhood first
itiioeived, and with a mother's fon<lness nursed
Is like some scarred and mighty cliff whose face
A thou.sand brawling storms lias braved
About who.se liead Attack has raved
In storm and calm, but where the sun-kisse.l grace
Of flowers and vines at length each cleft has fiUed
VV file happy birds their sweetest caro!.-: triUe.l •
And at the great cliffs base a sprin-r
18 ODE OK THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL OF ACADIA COELEOE.
Whoso wrtters, gushinr;^ clear and cool, all ritvunod
With livinn- o'lven, dclin-ht tliu travellers dimmed
And WH'arv ove, allav his thirst, Jind brnin-
Ret'reshiiin' to his frame, — like this art thou,
O Alma Mater, chiltl of prayers and tears,
A sprinii;- of blessin;^- throuiL2;h these fifty years :
Belo\ed at first, beloved and honoi'iMl now.
Fdi- thee what nolih.' souls have wrought!
How o'l-eat the men who mad(^ thee great !
AVitli holy /.eal CfUight fi-om above,
With courage, sacrifice and love,
Tliey dare(l to " labor and to wait."
How much they gave, how little sought I
Tlu-y heard celestial voices call,
They longed the gi't.'ater light to gain,
And like that mirror in Egyptian fane
Which, rui-niug with the journeying sun.
From early dawn till day is done
lleceives and pours like golden rain
The sunbeams through the sacred hall,
C)n altai-, ceiling, tiooi' and wall ;
So these with faces towards the light.
Their souls undimmed l)y sordid aim.
Have followed Wisdom's holy flame.
Have caught her sunbeams golden bright
Tliroughout the early hours ami late.
And all have given to illuminate
The groping mind and (larkened page,
And bless our land and age.
Chant ])raises, old and young,
Who Alina Mater's deeds have sung
In other years or now !
And crown these happy hours
With fragrant ever-blooming flowers —
With our filial hearts' profoundest vow
Of love and loyalty.
Of grateful, glad fidelity.
Alma Mater, lift tliine eyes.
Behold, thy children pray ;
Their noble sires the sons obey.
Beside thine altars vows are .said,
The livino: emulate the dead ;
ODE OF THE SEMr-CENTENNIAL OF A('A[)IA COLLEGE. H
Tlie souls that wait in sacrifice
Celostifil benedictions greet,
Tlie (lead draw neai-,
Their mioliiy spn-its Yuvyor here,
T;,,j air is full of music s\vt>et,
The past and present meet.
Alma Mater, lift thine eyes,
Behold this glad array :' '
Thy former glory mnhiplies
A hundredfold to-da\-.
The acorn by the Fathers sown
Is now a bi-anching oak well-grown:
Tli(^ seeds they bore in hope a-'^field
The longed-l"or harvest yield.
() Watclnnan on yon outmost wall,
Hear thou ouv Alma Mater"s call,—
What of the night •!
And of the morrow what !*
What of the night ? The night i^ past '.
The morn is radiant now with light ;
Each grief is gloi'ifie.l at last.
And richthc' good that sorrow bi-ought,
For pain is sweet in memory,
And toils and trials, sanctity.'
What shall the morrow be ?
The morrow showeth fair as Eden's dawn ;
All snig thy worth and thy prosp.a-ity :
For thy great burdens eijual stren<--th.
And Fear at length '^
By Hope and Faith is put to flight :
In noontide light
Thy guarded pathway leadeth on
To broader fields
Where toil a riper, greater harvest yields.
O flowers that liloom upon yon fragrant lea
And Huttering Leaf, and Shrub, and"whisperin.T Tree ■
O Birds that fill these vales with melody,
O Winds that swiftly wander far and free ;
O Rivers murnuiring to the murmuring sea,
And Tides that ebb and flow in majesty ;
O Cattle on these wooderl slopes and hilhs,
And white-fleeced Sheep beside these ripplinrr rills,
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OOLTiKfJE CHOIR ODE.
lisj)ing CJiiM. and tliouglitt'ul Sn^e,
rttalwart Man, and trembling Age,
Join ii'l our Juhili-c,
Tell eaitli and air and sea
Of all Acadia's worth and her tideiitv.
The C/ollege C'hoir sang an ode pre})ared for the occasion by
Arthur VVentvvorth Eaton. Musk bv Jolni W. Tufts.
Ode.
mother of our manhood days,
Proud sons or thine are we.
As here, from all our scattei'ed ways,
We keep thy Jubilee.
Before us lie, in purple mist,
The meadows of Grand Pr6,
Thy slopes, witli hallowed memories kissed,
Are fairer e'en than they.
Across the fields of golden corn
Faint shadows eome and go ;
No cloud hangs o'er thy harvest morn,
Or dims thy sunlight's glow.
To thee all laurelled deeds we briny-.
Our hearts or hands have done ;
Here, at thy feet, the first buds fling,
Of worthier works begun.
Weep'st thou thy elder sons ? We own,
So pure their memories .shine.
The brightest jewels in thy crown
Are those first sons of thine.
Patient they wrought, with toil and prayer,
Ere fell the twilifjht o-rav ;
In w^orlds unseen — mav thev not share
This joy of ours to-day.
The riper years from which we wring
Wide creeds and wi'l-r cares,
Are ripe, indeed, if they but bring
Devotion such as theirs.
ADDRESS TO I{KV. A, W. SAWYER.
From out these lialls, wlicrc first we learned
The [)()wer of thouirlit to know,
Where first our restless heiiin- l)urne<l
With intellectual ^-low,
><'ew sons of thine ai-e i^oiuif still ;
U mother, mav they he,
Men to whom Time luay saf(>Iy will
An untried century.
In sphei-es where seattei-ed niys of good
Like wajiderini.;- stars shall 'meet,
Glad worlds, wherein the In-otherhood
Of man .shall ho com{)lete,
Set thou their steps, nor let them pause
Till tlnmohts' sweet chimes be run,o'
From every hill, and nature's laws
By every .soul he sung.
So the strong sce])tre of the years
Thy woman's hand shall wield.
While ancient error disappeai's
And ancient wr(;ngs are healed.
mother of our manhood days,
Proud sons of thine are we"
As here, from all our scattered ways,
We keep thy Jubilee.
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Later in the evening, and without previous notice, Dr. J. B.
Hnll, President of the Alumni Association, rciiuested Rev. Dr.
Sawyer's presence upon the platform: which request, having
been acceded to, Dr. Hall read the following addi-ess and presented
Dr. Sawyer with a very handsome and valuable gold watch and
chain. Ov the back of the case was the Doctor's monogram.
Inside was this inscription ;
I'RKSENTED TO
A. W. SAWYER, D. D.,
President of Acadia Cullege,
As a mark of esteem,
By Alumni of the College,
Who have enjoyed his instruction.
Jubilee, August, 1S88.
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ADDllKSS TO KKV. A. W. SAWYEK, D.I).
THE ADDRESS
To Rev. A. \V. Sawyek, D.l)., Puesident or Acvdia Coeleoe :
II())nnirc(l It ml Jh'nr Sir, —
We, the under.sioiuMl, inciiilici's of tlic Alumni of Acadia
C()11c!j;l\ (Icsiriiin^ j:() cxjircss in sonic lu-actical manner the t'cciinrr.s
wliieli we entertain for youi'self personally, as well as oui-contin-
U(.m1 loy.'ilty and attaclmient to Acadia College, of which you arc
the honored President, take this opportunity to present you with
this token of our esteem and aH'cClion.
Although we have<4on('()Ut frniii Aca lia, and ii.vveminn'led for
a time in the busy whirl of life we have not forgotten the lessons
we learned, the associations we formed, or tiie healthful influences
thrown around us during (nir studi'ut days; and we recall with
special gi'atitude tlie advantage we receixcd in ndnd and character
by personal contact witli yourself (applause). As the obligations
of life press upon u.s and tlie duties of each hour make demands
upon health and brain calling' for tlie truest and best within ns
to meet and satisfy them, W(! revert with deep thankfulness to the
fact that in all your relations to us, you aimed at giving us not
only intellectual culture, but that higher erpiipment which elevates
tlie motives, develops the character and exalts the man.
Permit us to state further, that whih; you have so materiallj^
aided in training the minds and moulding the characters of the
students under your charge, vou have not failed to reach their
hearts (applause) find have been all ll.;.- ni'n'e successful in the former
because you have succeeded in che latter ; so that to-day wherever
one of your former pupi's. is to be found who is a true son of
Acadia, there you have a warm and devoted friend.
We congratulate you on the pi'osperity of the college during
your administration, and we feel fullv assured that that success is
owmo- m a large measure to the wise and etHcient manner in which
you have managed her interest.s. We congratulate you also on
this joyous jubilee season and we encourage the hope that tliis is
but the beginning of brighter davs for Acadia College, and that
the plans matured by yourself and your coadjutors for her future
prosperity may receive such hearty and .sympathetic co-operation
from all her friends, that in the years to come .she niay even more
worthily represent the truest ideal of culture and attract to her
halls in greater numbers the thoughtful, aspiring youth of our
land. (Applause.)
Attached to this address were the m ^mes.
ADDRESS TO REV. A. W. SAWYER, D.D,
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I
K. (i. lIuK-y,
A. .J. FiiiL'o,
H. L IVckwitli,
15. A. L(»fl<h;irt,
W. C. (JoucluT.
('. A. Kat(jn,
S. \V. ( 'iiiiiiiiiiiffs,
S. .M('(". i;ifu-k,'
.J. 15. Hall,
F. H. KatoM,
K. r. CoMweli,
IfoARl'il Hiirss.
C\ Pi. H. Do. lye,
Ali'jc M. Fiu'h,
L. \\. Duncanson,
S. i\ C.ok.
v. R. Halov,
S. K. ( ioiirlcv,
S. H. (\iiii, "
H. 0. Mollic'k,
A. L. Calhoun,
1. B. Oakcs,
\V. IT. Warren,
G. B. Healcv,
T. Bi.shop,
H. S. Freeman,
J. G. .Scluirnian,
H. B. Uuggies,
E. Freeman,
T. Hick son,
J. A. Ford,
0. H. Williams,
R. Hunt,
W. F. Parker,
A. H. DeMille,
W. A. Oha.se,
B. W. Lockhart,
W. E. Bogfrs,
L. M. Weeks,
E. ]). Webber,
0. C. S Wallace,
F. Church,
H. S. Sliaw,
J. B. Bogart,
J. W. Longley,
W. V. H iggin.s,
Iv H. Sweet,
W. A. Xewcoml),
W. L. Bars.s,
E. J. (J rant,
R. I). I^.rter,
R. W. Ford,
F. R. Eaton,
.J. A. Faulkner,
J. R. Stubbert.
J. W. 'J'innlev,
A. P. Whi'dden,
T. S. Rcjgei's,
W. M. Ah- Vicar,
(i. (). Gates,
F. G. Rand,
W. N. Wickwire,
S. V^iughan,
G. M. Gox,
W. F. Kempton,
Frank Andrews,
J. E. Wells,
J)r. B. Rand,
H, T. Ross,
S. K. Smitli,
H. A. Lovett,
C. I). Rand,
M. R. Tuttle,
R. H. Bishop,
W. O. Wright,
E. A. Corey,
H. W. Rand,
H. D. Bentley.
A. W. Armstrong,
A. Cohoon,
W. P. Sluifiher,
F. A. Sliand,
J. W. Bancroft,
A. J. Denton,
C. H. Masters,
F. L. Sliarther,
W. B. Hutchinson,
J. Donaldson,
H. J. Foshay,
F. D. Crawlev,
Walter Barss,
W. H, liobiiison,
A. I). W. P.arss,
A. G. 'J'roop,
Blanche Jiishoi),
.J. F. J'rescott,
(i. < ). For.syth,
li. M. Smith,
G. ( 1. Sanderson,
AI. li. Sliaw,
A. T. Dykenian,
Rufus Eaton,
.1. Wallace,
I). M. Welton,
G. R.White,
S. I'orter,
W. A. Spinnev,
F. H. Schotiel'd,
A. E. Shaw,
V. F. ]\Iast(>rs,
J. A. Sliarp'
C. E. Griffin,
E. M. Cheslev,
P. S. Mc(Jregor,
G. J. C. White,
O. Chipman,
A. E. Cluite,
M. W. ]3r()wn,
H. Vaughan,
J, H. Robbins,
H.O. Harris,
(1 R. Han-ington,
C. E. Whidden,
W. B. Bradshaw,
E. M. Saunders,
B. H. Eaton,
F. A. Hobart,
F. H. Knapp,
T. E. Corning,
E. R. Morse,
A. M. Hemnieon,
John B. Mills,
O. T. Daniels,
Douglas H. Simpson,
Joseph S. Lockhart.
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DK. SAWVEUS HKl'LY.
Dr. Sawyer rcspoinU'd, hriefly acknowlcdirinLj how dooply ho
was t()ucli<'<l Ity this pnxif of the afirction and csfceem cntcirtained
for liiin l»y those wlio had received instruction at his hands, and
awarding hir«.(e credit to the nieinhei-s of the faculty l)y whom he
luid been assisted. Thi-ee rinj^nnLr cheers were ^i\vn by an
entluisiastic assonibhi(,'e, with waving' of liandlverchiefs by tlie
ladies and (len)onstrations of appreciation.
Speeclies foUowed by Rev. Dr. iMcKenzio, of Boston, Di.strict
Secretary of the American Baptist Union : Dr. Burwasli, of
Mount Allison ; President Harrison, of the University of New
Brunswick; Profes.sor Seth, of Dalhousie Collejre ; Hon. Geovfe
E. Foster, Finance Minister of Canada ; Hon. W. S. Fieldinir.
Provincial Secretary, of Nova Scotia ; Hon. J. W. Longley,
Attorney-General, and otliers, — many excellent tliinirs being said
and the Viest of good feeling manif(!sted by both speakers and
hearers. These off-hand and delightsome addresses, followed by
the singing of the National Anthem, concluded an evening of
rare felicity, an evening ever to remain in the fresh ren)embrance
of all who were present and so full of varied sources of gratifica-
tion, that notwithstanding all * at has been given to tlie reader,
it remains very largely unreported.
WELNKSDAv's I•:x^:lu•Is^;s. o.-
-'.)
THE SECOND DAY'S SERVICES
Began in Collecje Hall, at 10 o'clock, A.M.
AUGUST 29tl 1888.
Invocation by Rev. D. >V f Dimock, M.A.
Jubilee Hymn,
By Rev. S. T. Rand. D.D.
TUNE— "lUKNK,"
0()(I of all grace, we humbly bow to Thee,
With luu'i) and voice to sound our Jubilee :
Anew to dedicate to Thy great name,
These walls, Thy care preserved through flood and flame.
Planned by our fathers, trusted to our care,
Their tiiala, toils, and triumphs^may we share :
Thy goodness crowned the labors of past years.
Despite all failures, feebleness and fears.
God of goodness, every morning new,
Still may Thy grace "distil like early dew ;"
Direct our way. still may we follow on,
As Thou shalt lead, until our work is done.
For all the past we bless Thee here to-day.
For further larger grace we plead, we pray :
Accept our oflerings, dissipate our fears.
And grant abounding grace for coming years.
Reading of Scripture by Rev. E. M. Saunders, D.D.
Prayer by Rev. S. T. Rand, D.D.
O Lord God, our Father in heaven, we would approach Thee
at tins tmie with solemn awe, in the name of our'Lord Jesus
Chnst, with reverence and with godly fear. O give us a deep
sense ot thine omnipresence ! may we feel some of that solemn
awe which moved the heart of Moses " when he drew nigh to the
thick darkness where God was." May we have the impresssions
which inspired thy servant Jacob when he arose from that
wonderful dream, and said, " How awful is this place ' Surelv
2G
PHAYKIl HV UEV. S. T. UAXn.
God is in this pltice !" Thou art our Creator. To Tlice wo owe
our bring and all we jiave and are. Created originally in thine
own image, our mental powers as well as our physical, are thy
gift : and all that we are ca})able (jf aceomi)lishiiig in thy service
for thy glory we owe to T'lee. Thou hast given us the power
and Thou hast given us the ir'dl, " working in us both to will and
to do."
Antl now, Lord, we arc called upon to give Thee huudde and
heartv thanks for the areat obieet which lias called this vast
multitude togethci' this day. We are led to review the lal)ors,
trials, mercies, faults and failures of tho iiMst tiftv vears. While
the memories of many- — probal)ly of the nu)st that are here before
Thee — cannot reach l)ack as far as Hfty years, some of us can
distinctly enll tliem to miml, and we can rememlier what occurred
more than seventy years ago. And ovei- all that long period all
thy dealings with us appear like a bright cloud of glory and
blessing, reach away back down to the days of our infancy
and childhood, and extending onward and upWfU'd, as W(i look to
the future, broadening and deepening into the blaze of eternal
day. And, Lord, all is known to Thee; even the minutest
details are present to thy mind. " Even from everlasting to ever-
lasting Thou art God." " Our ini(juities are before thee, our secret
sins are in the light of thy countenance" and — blessed be thy
holy name — not these jd(me — bat our hours of deep, heartfelt
sori'ow for those our sins, are also remembered by Thee.
How, through thy grace, we wept a)id pleaded at the foot of the
cross, that those sins might be blotted out : and the jo\' and peac 3
that tlooded our souls from time to time " with joy unspeakable
and full of glory," in the full assurance of pardon, reconciliation
and peace through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ ! Bles.sed
be chy holy name forever and ever for the mercies of the past
fifty years. Blessed be thy holy name for the eternal plan
of lled-^nipcion, for thoughts of mercy to us long before our
fathers lived and laboured and sufl'ered for us and for Thee and
before all worlds. Thy memory grasps all the minutest details
of tlu! past, and the futui'e. A tliousand years is w!th Thee as
one day, and one day is as a thousand years. At a glance Thou
comprehendest all that has been done through the millions, the
billions, the trillions, the ([uadrillions, the quintillions, the eternal
ages of the past. " Thy mercy is from everlasting to everlasting
upon th(>m that fear Thee, and thy righteousness unto children's
children." O God of our fathers — God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ — what .shall we more say before Thee ! Thy good-
ness and irrace have been neither exhausted nor diminished.
PKAYEK HY REV. S. T. HAND.
27
Wliat can wc now do but cast ourselves at tliy feet. "Thy
niei-cy endurcth forevei-." C'oiiii)lete. O Lord, the work which
Thou hast begun in us an<l for us. (), iri\,. ,,s to know that we
are accepted, with all our lal»ours, toils mu.I sulfei'iiiiis, in the
name of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus ("jirist, and thatVe stand
complete in llim.
And iKJW we "l)ow our knees unto the Fatlirr of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ, of whom the whole familv in iieaven
and earth is named, that he would gi'ant us, aecdrdinn' to the riches
of Ids '^\ory, to be strengthened' with nn'ght bv^/ts Spirit in
tlie inner man; that Christ may dwell in (air hearts bv faith :
that we being rooted ami grounded in love, nuiv be able^o eoni-
prehen.I with nil saints, what is the breadth ^ind lem-'th, and
depth and heiglit : and to know the love of Christ which passeth
knowledge, an.l be tilled with all the fullness (jf (Jod."
" And now unto Him who is able to do excet-diuM' alanidantiv
above all tluit we ask uv tliiid<, unto Him be glorv in th.- cliurch
by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages.' world without end .' Amui."
Hymn.
TI-NE-
oKTe.Nvn.LH.
O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for year.s to cor j,
Our shelter from the .stoi'iny bla.st.
And our eternal home :
Bene.- Ml the shadow of Thy throne
'J'hy saints liave dwelt secure ;
Sufficient is Thy arm ahmo.
And our defence is sure.
Befoi ? the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art (ioil,
To endless years the same.
Thy word commands our flesh to dust,
" Return, ye .sons of men ;"'
All nation ' rose from earth at first.
And turn to earth again.
Ood, (uir help in ages past.
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou (Uir guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.
I. W.xiTs, 1719.
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THE SEMI-CENTENMAI. SERMON.
The Semi-Centennial Sermon,
By Rev. E. M. Saunders, D.D.
" For we art' laborers toi,n>t]ici- with God," 1 Cor. 8 : 1).
" Other 111011 lal)oro(l and vc ..r- entered into tlieir hihors," John.
4 : 38.
Tht> liistory and biographies of tlie Bibb.' ilhistrate the co-
operative ami |)erpetuated work referred to in these texts. Tiiey
furnish numerous instancies t)f (Jod wtJikiiiLT to<:ether witli the
riiihteous. and of raisinir ui) successors to carrv on tlieir work
from one jneiKMation to another. 'J'his is an e.Kcmplitication of a
hxw of God's Kiiit^(h)iii, not confined to Bibb; times and Bil^le
saints, but true of rdl times and all saints. In this, as in all his
dealings with man, (Jod is no respecter of ])er.sons. All his st r-
vants, great and small, liave tin; honor of being co-laborers with
him. His favor is as full and constant to the obscurest worker
as it was to Luther, a grand figure in tb.> world's history. These
institutions of learning had a humble origin: and their brief
history i.s ovorsliadowed by that of great universities ; but God'.s
eye has ever been on them, and had they possessetl buil<ling.s
enou'di to make a citv, and students enouurh to till them, and
professors to teach the students, help and favor from God would
not have been more certain or more freeh' <aven.
Therefore in this semi-centennial \('ar of Acadia College, it
has been judged expedient to hold these pul)lic services, com-
memorative of the L(U'd's great goodn(>ss, and as an acknowle(lge-
ment of all the mercies received at his hand. We stand in the
middle of a century ; but-ivs we go back there is nostojjping place
this side of the time when the oMest school on these grounds came
into existence. This l)rings the history of Acadia Collegi; and her
associated institutions under review. The vision is plain. He
that runs may n.-ad it. Then' is no necessity foi'a skillful grouj)-
ing of facts, which, seen in any order, give their owninterj)retation.
The nature of the material, as well as the skill and industry
of tiie builders, has to do with the character of any structure.
The.se institutions ro.se under the hands of workmen who needed
not to be ashamed. Character was substantial in the oMen times.
All tile elements of true greatness were found in the rugged
natures of the New Knglanders who came to these provinces and
occupied the land vacateil by the expelled Acadian French.
THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL SEHMON. 29
Those \\ ho, rather than siicritice their loyalty, came at a later day
and joiiKil tlie earlier pioiieer.s, were peojileot' the same type. As
were the fathers, so were the children. Tliey were men of power,
principle and courane, staunch and stalwai't. lovers of concord,
f)Ut prepared to battle for tlu! ri^dit. Out of this (piarry the IFoly
tSijirit cut livin«i- stcjnes for building' Bajitist churches ainl Jxiptist
institutions. The threat, honest hearts of that (hu' came untier his
mi<ditv ]iower. He bi'eathed on tlnMii, and they li\ed. First,
there was the ayony of the conviction of sin : then followed
the transjiorts of JnstiHcation. This was succeeded by a lou<l
imperative call from lieaven for more i)reachers of tlie i^ospel. It
came to brave pi'incely men, but men unskilletl in the wi^-ld's
culture and learninj;'. Look rather into the breast of a lion than
into their hearts tV)r crin^nn^; cowardici.'. Tl'.ey had no fear, if
fear was pusillanimity, but whei'e fear was wisdom love and
revei'ence thev were tilled witli it. 'J'lu>v feared (Jod : and did
not disreuaiMl the vials ol "•'^" for the heads of the ('.i.sobedient.
Woe was unto them if th v i reached not the gospel. A number
of these men wiio heard i. _ voice of (Jod, entered tiie pulpit and
became elo((Uont, powerful heralds of Christ and him ci'ucificd.
Hence the fathers in the Jiaptist ministry of this country — -the
Dimocks, the Chipmans, the Hardinijs, the Ansleys, the CrandalLs
am! the Mannin*js. These were men whose sterliny; worth has never
bei^n nor I'ver will be perfectly described, for it would tax to
be^^L,fary the richest lan<,aiajre. They toiled on heroically and
successfully till middle life was passed ; and not a coUet^e bred
man was found amoni>' them. iMedand and Scotland ixave other
C'hristian churclies trained ministi'rs, but none to the Baptists.
They neither had educated men, noi' the means of (-ducatinn' men.
Pictou Academy wrt.s beyond their reach : and the thirty-nine
articles blocked the way to the doors of the schools on the l)anks
of the Avon. These men had the coui'ane but not the skill for
the work before them. They had the power, but it was not
libei-ated. Tiiev had the talents, but they were not trained.
They had power and talents for any work that men of (Jod were
ever called u})on to <lo. They were under the direct inspii'ation
of a history that kindled their ;ceal and kept the tire of a lioly
andiition burnini^ in their hearts. They felt the touch of their
companions in arms aero.ss the border. Tlu-y knew the histi>ry of
their co-relinitjnists in the New iuit^land States. Houses of (Jod
nailed up ; Baptist backs lashed on J^)t)ston C'onmion for fidelity
to conscience and truth ; fugitives findlnj^f their way through the
trackless forests : fines in divers places, and imprisonment in
Virginian jails, were familiar facts to the fathers who did the
i
t]()
Till-; si;.mi-('i;nti;nnial si;hm«)X.
pioiitH'i' work ill these CDlonics for tlic Huptists of to-tlay. ITacI
tlu'V confrontt'd a future rr(|uii'iiii:' siTviccs of tliis kiixl, tlicy
wiTc the iiifti iilrffidy ])r('{)an'(l foi- the wofk without tlio traiiiiiiL;'
of collcni- or jicaili'iiiy. |>ut (hitics of Miiothcr kind were Ix'fore
them for the diseiiarLj'e of whieli they wcfi/ata disadvantage, and
thi'v knew it. ()])posin^- polieii-s, wan•in^• pi'inciples, and i'e[)el-
h'lir fofci's wei-e at woi'k ail around tln'ni. Kxistinn- disei'iinin-
atioHs and in\idious distinctions Wfi'e a standinin' insult to their
sensi' ol' nianhnod. and convictions of eipjal am! inalienahie ri^'ht.
I'he attempt was made to transplant, unmndili'il, tJie institutions
and customs of old iMiMJand to the New W'oi'ld : hut I'nritanism,
refreshed, as a n'iant witli new wine, hy tin- fi'ec air of Amei'ica,
made war with mono[(olics, cixil. social and I'elin'ious. The ri'^hts
and pi'ivil.'L;cs of the many was tlieii- wat>,hwai'd. Ihit the lew
who controlled the ti'ade. the pai'liauient anil tie' Judiciary of the
country, with com hi ned sti'enntli,resistrd the niicomi no' democracy :
hut the many. nothiuL;" daunted, pr!'sse(| tlcii" caus'' with increas-
ing- hnjic of tinal success. (Ireat iiu.u'al (|ucstions came tip for
soluli'iii. A lU'W cru>ade in temperance was starteil. 'I'he Hajitist
fathers were found in the front I'anks of this army of moral
reforiuevs. 'I'he t rathe in liiiuid tire was a leu'itimate and a relie-iou.s
ti'ade at that day. It wa> one tiling- to he a tempei-ance man
then, arid ipiite another thinu,' to lie a tt'inperance juan now
The contlict rau'ed on ever\' hand, and men heu'an to take sides ;
hut few, howevtn", had found tlie I'i'dit side. In those davs the
churches awoke fi"om th<i sleej) of centuries. The words of the
o'reat connnission ae;ain l)ecame sj)irit and life in the eai's and
hearts of Christians. 'J'he deeils and sutferinys of the apostles of
modern foreiun missions heu'aii to reverse the false notions, hv
%vhich the followers of (.'hi'ist hail lone- heen held in hondao'e.
C'arev ami Ids associates, .ludson and his tiist wife, had hee-un
work in the dark, distant East. The cruel suttei-ini:;s enduivil hy
Judson for Christ in the piison at Ava, and the heroism and moral
victories of his wife, Ann Hasseltine, had heen read hy weeping
thousands ; and it stirred the heart of the Christian church as no
other event in modern foivign nnssions has .since done.
The country lacked the means of improvement, schools were
poor and scarce, [)rejudice and ignorance ahounde<l.
In these cii'cumstances and conditions, the last century
ended, and the new (aie hegan. Nine or ten thousand Baptists in
the Maritime provinces, confrontetl a future, forecast hy this state
of things. They wci'e led hy nunisters of strong convictions, firm
faith, an<l hnrning zeal ; hut lacking the necessary culture for the
work l>efore them. The more intelHgent of them hecuine deeply
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coiK'tTiu'il tor till' futui'L' of the iniui.stry, the churelies and the
(Icnoiiiinution. i'^ducated ministers from New iMiLjlaiid atten<led
tlicir associations, lUscussed the; (|iU'stion of the hi^'her education;
and strt'nL'.'theneil the lielief of the fatliei's, that tlie success of the
denomination depemh-d, umh-rilod u[)on the collegiate trainin^,^
of ministers, and tlie general ditfusion of inteilin-i.'ncc! amonn;" the
j)eo])le. I5nt lutw could the few I>a))tists found and sustain the
school, so much i"e(|uired ? There were men of faith and ])rayer
in those i\i\y>. Tlu.'ir futuri' was dark. Leaders. (|ualitiei! in all
resii"et> for the work. Avere nee(leil : hut none appeared. Will
some one lie sent to curb the ])assions, and awaken the peopijc to
a life of tlioULiht and ]iuri)ose, unknown to them liefore ? Will
li'Uili'rs lie raised up to guide this little company of ( loil's army
thi-diigh the harren wilderness, into the ('aiiaan, of a free,
independent and intelligent life ? Let us see' the divine solution
of this ])i'oli1('m. What we shall see may lie called special
jirovidence : not liecause all providence is notsjxcial ; hut hccause
in this instance relief came at an unforseen and une\p(!cted rime.
Not accordinu' to anv ])lans of our fathers ; but accoi'diny' to the
]dans of our fathei's' God, was the way opened for the girat
delixcrance. Before theii" prayers were offei'ed, a train of events
was set in motion^ which tinally issued in these institutions — the
]irid(^ and glory of this hillside, loved and ajipreciatcd by the
.Baptists by the sea; and the great force which has lifted tlu'm
fi'om the place they occupied si.xty years ago, to the [)osition they
iiold to-da\- The foundinu' of Llorton Academv can be traci'd to
an event in no way connected with the Baptists of that eai-ly
period. A King's College student heard a Methodist nnnister
pivach, was convicted, and gave his heart to God. This young
man Ijecame the means of the conversion of other vounu' men.
In this way, chiefly, there catne to be a connnunity of devout,
ytnmg peoj)le in St. Paul's church at Halifax. (.)n account
of a grave difference about the nuitter of apjiointing a rector,
a liirge number withdrew from the old church, and erected
for themselves a building on Granville Street. This indepemlent
movement, as thev believed in the interests of evangelical pietv,
«. nil.'
lirought them into contact with Ba])tists, and gave them the
op[)ortunity of studying their principles. Without knowing it
they had already adopted the policy of Baptists in the matter of
church independence. Finally thev sent for tlm late J)r. Ira
Chase, then president of Newton Theological Sennnar\\ He came
to Halifax, and, after due deliberation, organized the Granville
Str(!et Baptist Church. In this way a nund)er of educated young
men, and some of them (jf more than ordinary talents and
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courage, cast in their lot with tliis (lonoinination. Professor
Alexis Caswell, wlio came with Dr. Chase, hecame the first pastor
of the new chui'ch, and remained with it one year.
\aturallv these vouny- men wished to l)e useful. Thev were
(|UaliHed to lead in any enterprise for the social and intellectual
advancement of the people. They had in Professor Caswt. 11, a
man of pra'^tical knowledge, and a good counsellor. The old
pastors and intelligent laymen, did not fail to see the providence
of God in this unusual occurrence.
The new church was oi-ganized in the autunni of 1(S27. In
the following spi'ing the Association met at this place, iiiipre-
sentativi's were jjrescnt from the (Jranville Street C'hurch. A
])rospectus for an Academy was suhiuitted to the Association.
The proposal thrilled with joy the hearts of the fathers. The
clouds lifted, and the future became hrin-ht. It was thebeidnninu"
of a new era. One after another of them stood up before the
Asscjciation, admitted their disadvantages for the want of an
education, ami, with tears of joy, thanked (lod for the young
brethren and their ])lans for future work. The advent of these
strong voung men renewed the streuirth of the ohh-r men. An
education .society was iunuediately formed, premises purchased,
teachers cm})loyed and a school opened in the following \'ear.
This was an event, big with importance for maritime 13aptists.
They soon found themselves as-sociated with men of their own
faith, in conductin<r a .school for the hiijher education of the
country — a very desirable relief certainly from the stinging
stigma of ignorance, long tsndureil. Thus, in God's good provi-
dence, beuan the institutions e.\istin<f on these grounds.
Preceded by a history, already referred to, and looking into
a future, forecast by it, the Baptists began their educational
work. Ten years later an event occurred which hastened the
founding of a College. This too, was preceded by brief delibera-
tions. The action was prompt and heroic. This central source
of light and power has l)een a great boon to the denomination.
Without it, how could their work at h(jme an<l aln'oad have been
done for the last sixtv years :' A (jreiit need existed and God
sup{)lied it. Pledges were made and responsibilities were
assumed. More than a half a century has passed away ; and by
their works these institutions are justified or condemned.
We might now ask, whether sound princiiiles and wise plan.s
were laid under the foundations of these institutions. To day
the light is intense in which to make the examination. No tree
ever sprang out of the earth better conditioned for growth, root
and branch, than were the institution.s planted on these grounds.
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Their policy was as \'yov aufl as pure as tlir air in wliicli they lifted
tlifii'licails. The way was opened I'oi- tlie pursuit ol" ti'Uth in every
direction. Tliey were tlioroutdi ami indepeiideiit : and their aims
were in the interest of tlu' counti'y and the kin.;doni of Clirist.
Tlieir b(\i;innini;'s wei-e small, liut {he intelleetual ami moral
jiropdi'tions of their purjio^es were ^i-and and far-reuchinu'.
Stmlents, irre'sp'ective of I'aidv, r.ice. or relij;'ion, wei'e weleome(l
to all their ])ri\ileL;t'S. Xo test e.\ee|)t eompeteiu-y and I'iety,
wei'e laid down for teachers. This ideal i'eali/.e<I, was the lei^'iti-
niate outcoiiieof the apjdicatioii oi' the ))rinciples of the founders.
Man is his hrother's keeper, and Christians nmst do j^-ood to all
men. especially to those who are of the household of faith. To
Ciod alone every human 'llein^■ is accountable i'or the em[)loyment
of liis iu<li:iiient and conscience in matters relio-ious. The e(|ualitv
of man, olili!:;ations to promote the education of the many, an
nideiiendent jud^ine'ut and a free conscience in fi'ee institutions,
were all recot;ni/e(l aiiij taug'ht in Hortou Academy. Jt ro.so
yi-andly above the, narrowness and j)rejudice of that ilay.
(Jreat events have taken jilace in this little province. The
Pi'esb'-terian Academv on the hill at Pictou, and Horton Academv
on the hill at Horton, heralded the free system of education, now
g'oing' ^-randly ovei- the earth, libcratin;;' and lifting up the
masses imin'isoncd foi' ai>"es in slavish itrnorance. While tlu'si;
youthi'ul ]>i'is()ners were heroically leading- the oncoming' I'efoi'ni
in these provinces, education in Ontario was hoblilini;' aliout,
bound with creeds and ecclesiastical cords. The education be^-un
here si.\t\ years a^o, neidn'r io-nored nor \iolateii any ]n'ivileg"e
of man, ci\il or I'eli^ious. Tlie assumption was that every pel son
is Miliject to (iod alone, and wholly imlejiendent of man, be In;
priest or civil tyrant. Tlie instruction ;4'iven by all the teachers
and [H'ofessors till the present time has been in perfect harmony
with this principle. The foumlations of these institutions were
Irdii in ( 'lii'istir.n I'aith. Their u'eniu--, [)Ui'poses and ])rovisi(ins
lieai- Well the li^ht of to-day. As in the cnnstitution of ( 'anada,
so in the j'olity of these institutioiis, we have the best that
l'^nL;land couM eiv(>, modilied and liberated liy American freedom.
The\- ai'e set for the defence of soul libeitA', the docti'ine of Rouer
Williams, the ducfrine of the liibh.
Jn the special acknowledonients made on this occasion, there
should be special reference to God's e'lvat etjodness in the «i'ift of
a succession of faithful teacliei's and ])rofessors. Hero is found
the secn-t of our tiivat success. The\' have cared not alone for
the mental traininjf of the thousands connuitted to them, but
they have taken a deep interest in their hiehcst welfare — the
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salvation of tlieir souls. ( ii-cat iiidciMl is tlif ddit of <^riititu<l(' to
the Fritlifi' of iiicrcics i'or this sjicciiil favour ; a\u\ in all thcii-
history tln'sc schools havr )it«vci' had a inoi't' d('Vot(,'d or an ahlcr
.staff of teachers and jirofessoi-s than those who do the work at
the |)rcscnt time. The })i'esidents, too, have lieen specially dis-
tinj^uished lioth for ahility and learnine*, and for fidelity and
success in tlie discharu'e of the duties of their i-esj)onsil(le otiice.
No two of them were alike. The order of their minds, their
trainine- and antecedents, were widely diH'erent. One was liorn
and educated in Kn^land, owv in the Fniteil States, and two in
Nova Scotia. A distinct an;! ])ronounce(l individuality l)elon<;-s
to each of them. But in whate\('i- resjiect they were indike in ti'ift
or talent, as able, faithful presidents, devoting- themsi'lves to thi>
interests of Acadia ('ollet^e, ihey have hi'en remarkably alike.
])r. CrawK'y is a kini;ly man, a scholar and a clu-istian e-(>ntleman.
In f)])enine- tht\se institutions he raised a Iul^'Ii standard of morals,
manliood an<l scholarship. May it never he lowered in the
.sliijhtest decree. It is diHicult to sav in whiit kind of labor he
has most distin<i;uished himself. ] )oes he stoop to cheer a stmlent,
discouraifed and about to turn back from the pursuit of knowledo'c
because of the difficulties in the wav, and save a valuable man
a .scholar ami a ])reacher to the church, and the world, as he did
in the case of the late Dr. (ieoi'^e Ai'mstronu'. of hallowed memory ;
or does he lecture to stuilents on the philoso{)hy an<l beauties of
the ancient classics: or on christian manliness: or does he
eloijuently preach the e-ospej t^o inteliig'ent congre!^;ations ; or doe.s
lie test his p<)])ular talents with foi'eiiiost men of his day, as he
<lid in an all day encounter in the Baptist church at Onsluw with
the late (Governor Howe, in discussins^f the bui'niuL,' (luestion of
collen-iate education for Nova Scotia — in everv ease, bv the frank
ailmission of o]i])onents, as well as by the testimony of friends,
he distinn'uishes liimself as (jne of the L;-7'eatest of Nova Scotia's
sons.
But we ha\i! an; ther name (Mubalmed in our hearts to send
down to posterity — the name of a president eipially a[)piveiated,
honiniivd and lo\ed. Sent of (iod, he came tothe Collee'e, enriched
with learninjj;- and experience gained in the old world — a gentle-
man of rare culturi', a .scholar, an author and a preacher of'th(!
go.spel. From the day he delivered his inaugural address, till
the day he was cjirried, moui'iied liy all, to his last resting place,
near these institutions he loved so well, the time never was,
when, in any ba])tist liou.sehold or assembly, the mere mention
of the name of i)r. C'ramp was not the cause of })leasure, and an
inspiration for good. His venerable presence, the power of his
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yrcftt heart ami !ii.« words of souml wisdom always contrilmtiMl
H'ladiit'ss ami knowlrd^'c to his nuimTous tVicmls in the i»ri\att'
walks of liff : and thry ever chcci't'd and instructcil the siiints
with whom he min,<;lrd in the house of (iod. We lovt; and
veiiei'ate him who, thoiin'h ili'ad, still speaks to the livinu;
multitudes who mourn their loss and cherish his sacred memory.
But justice claims a word foi- still another president of Acadia
C'olleifc. V. hen mention is made of one who lias unsurpasse(l
ahility to analyze and discuss e\-ei-y fact and ]n'inci|)le involved
in tlx' "'•reat suldect of e(lucation — (jf one IieM in hii'h esteem bv
evei'V man sent froiu undur his hand into the wide world — of one
who is an honour to Acadia OoUei^e and to the Baptists: and in
turn is honoured, hy them, as wtdl ashy all educationists in the
jirovinces: it is well known that tlu^ refei'ence is to that jirinee
of teachers, who ni)\\' fills the ))resident's chair. ( )f thesis throe
men I can speak confidently, for, as a student in class, I have
sat at the feet of each of them. If permitted the familiarity of
another I'eferencti to these three luen, I wouM mention an
ac(|uisition, foi- which they ai'e all distinL,aiished, an acipiisition
of ^reat importance for colleee ]ircsi(lents. 'J'hey displayed
womlerful taste and skill in the extem])oi"ane()Us use of the
English lanL,^uaLie. 1 have never heai'd their superiors.
Dr. Pryor, whose administration was before my day at
college, bore heavy burdens, and did a ^-ood work in these institu-
tions. His money was freely useil for theii' supi)ort. For the
])i'esi(lents, t.u;retore, of Acadia Colleufe, we now ilevoutly thank
(Jod and take courai;e. Tht^ir names will always l)e mentioned
in i'(;verence and in love.
Anv account of (Jod's favor to these instituti(.)ns, makinu' no
1'el'erence to the revivals would be seriously defective. No sooner
M're theii' doors o[)em'd for students thai\ converting grace
descended from heaven. The fi-eipumcv and extent of the work
of the spirit in changing the hearts and ]inrposes of the students
caiuiot ot coui'se be fully known : but sutHcieiit is known to give
some idea of the magnitudt; of these blessings. Xo cle I'ch in the
])rovince has enjoyed s(.> many ivvivals in the same time. Through
them the work here has l)een kept in accord with the W(M'k in the
chui'ches. Professors and teachers have ha<l their spiritual
stren^'th ri'newe(l ; and have lieen heli)ed in their vearlv task of
heavv work. Letters written bv students at the time of those
revivals have carried utv to manv a heart and home. The con-
verted young men laid themselves ami their talents at the feet of
Christ. In so doiuii' some of them learnetl for the first time the
reul end for which they were led to these schools. They found
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tlijit (Ind's lut1icrt(j coiR'CHlcd liiit now i'i'\('al(Ml jiurjiosc w as for
IIk-'Iii to id'cacli .Jisiis and tlic rrsurrccrioii. As one hy one tlicx'
said, " IfiTc am I, send iiic," some wimt scut far liciicc aiiioiii;' tlii'
(k'litilcs, and otlicrs were dirrcti'd to work near lionic llci'c is
special jusiitication. Tlic j^ift of .saI\!itioii to so many younn'
pcojtlf cn^a^cd in the ))ursnit of knowlcduc, is a larnc plain seal
of the divine a])proval. 'J'liis woik Justitits a tliousanil times
tlie fovniilin;;' of these institutions, and calls, in a clear loud voice,
for their continuance. If Omniscience at the ^Teat jud^'nient
shall reveal tlie result, then, and n(>t till then, will the round sum
of the lilessiny' l)e known to the worhl.
'l"he friejulships formed amonsf the men ln'oueht tonvthcr l»y
Gods special pi'ovidence in Ix-yinniiii;' these institutimis, fore-
shadoweil the future fru-ndships of their students in all these?
years. Except the love hoi'ii of hlood, none is deeper or more
lastiny; than that formed anion;'' students in a christian Colleee.
The time of life is fuvourable for this intimacy. The sympathies
are ardent and unprejudiced. Atlinities and tastes are consulted.
A nnitual election of congenial spirits is made. No half measures
are known to these fell()Wshij)s. Mind is open to mind and heart
to heart. Mutual confidence is estahlished. The intense lieat of
these connnunions mav i»ass awav : hut a calm suhstantial friend-
ship remains. Stuch'Uts thus united e-o abroad into the world.
Jov and sorrow, \ictorv and defeat, are tlieii' common lot; hut
till look lu.ek with pleasure to Colle^i;'e days : and the farther they
recede into the j)a-st tlie more hU'ssed they seem. 'I'his friendship
sui'vives the lapse of years and the vicissiiudes of fortune. Its
product is as reeular and cei'tain as the succession of classes
uraduated. 'I'he liindiui"' of hearts to<j'ether in this disinterested
fi'iendshij), and all to a common et'utre, makes for h'oimI conduct
and for power in the kinii'tlom of Christ. Necessarilv the College
in which thes(_' holy unions are begotten receives full compensa-
tion ; and iieconies indexed to such suns, an nl imi umfcr. Is this
called mere seiirinieiit ;* \\'ell, a College livi's because of it. It
is a source (jf life and strength.
The work of more than a lialf century in these; institutions
is now befoiv tile world : but it is not all visible. Work of this
kind mixes with the residts of labor in other (|uarters. No eye
except th.at of Omniscience can see definitely what has been
accomplished. No sooner Iwul the work begun here than change
for the better became apparent. The literary chai'acter of the
preaching, the teaching in the Sunday Schools, and indeed the
the bc^ginning of etliciency in this work, and the writing of
circular letter.s, all gave evidence of intellectual improvoinent.
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The const 'crati'il lffi\-fii ol" cliristiaii cilucjitioii 1)1'l;;iu to (lill'usn
itsclt' tlii'iii'.^ii tilt' \vlit)li' iimsN. Tlic iiwiikfiiin^ \\jis yciifral.
Tilt' iiiit'ilucjiii'il iiiiiiistt.'rs L;'fi\'f in fxcluuin'i.' It) tlif cilucati'il tlicir
nf\vli"'lit /I'al tnr the iiifiital iiMicUciiiiiu' tli"\- n'fiis ril. I''ri>ni
this ci'iitrt', lift' ami [xiwi-r liuNf lifcii tliffusfil. I'usiois, prcjtarfil
ft)!' this WDi'k, ha\i' lifi'ii nivi'ii to thf fhtii'i-hfs : tiai'lirrs to thf
scliool roiiiiis : ii.issioiiarirs to the woik ol' (mcliit honi'' au'l in
ilistant laiiil> : anil nifii to all fhc j'roft'ssions ami callinn's in lift'.
Sanctilii'il intcllim'nci', I'kr heat, ilitluscs itself in csi'vy tlii'fction.
( )!' till' ihousaniis who lia\'i' jiasst-il throni;h thi'Sf schools, a
j^ooilly iiunihr)- hy ili-^tin^nishiiiM' tiifniscKcs hiivr ilonf ci'clit to
thfir iiIdki innlcr. lint whilr rhr A("iil"niy Jiin! ("oljc^c ]ia,\-t'
luul a siiccfssion of classes wirhiii thrii- walls, tlnTr haxi- h rn
still lai'Livf classrs without, ]ini'>nin^' tlicii" jjccnliar courses of
stnily. 'I'liry too ha\ r ilist inmiishcil thi'inseU rs, Imih niiiii--ti'is,
ami Ifiyiiii'ii. So close have Keen the I'elations hetuien these
schools ami the ministry, the churches an<l thr piiljiit that .-i ;;'eneral
course of stuily has heen taken hy multituiles, i|iiick to diseei'ii
anil skillful to a]»]ii'opriate the ailvanta^is eiiianat iiii;' IVom this
jilace.
J sha.ll now take tlie liWerty of seleetin;;' two ^railuates from
this n-reat populai- class ofstuilents. Tlu' two now in uiiu'l were
present when Morton Acaijeniy was foumled. .\ few years ai_;o
the elticrof them was taken to his heavenly home, lea\iii'4- us the
heritae'c of an honored name ami a spotless reputation. He . a.s
an eminent scholar, a ilistin^uishetl linguist ami the farhei- of
one of ( "aiiaila's n'featest statesmen. The lati' !vev. I )i'. Tupper
out-ilistaiM^eil all the students outsitio Acailia's walU.
When tilt! tirst class assemhleil in Morton Academy, the other
one of the two had just left the plouj^h to enter tip' p'alp'it. lie
is still with us, a hiessino' and an honor to the I'ajftist
denomination. This editoi-, author, ejoijuent prea.chi'i- and
polished Clu'istain fathei", like ^'oltK'U corn in the o'olden autumn,
waits for the sickle of tiie ^reat harvest. The Kev. 1. Iv l)ill,
I). 1 ), never took a lesson in class in these schools of learnini;'.
The whole denoniination has heeii en^a^ctl in the woi'k of
rescuing and raising up their fellow men : and all have heen
going up together, for we ''rise liy raising otlurs.'"
In no way, [terhaps, tlitl the incri^asetl inttdligence show
itself more plainh' than in the tlemantl for a weekl\', reliLiious
newspaper. The Cltrisfid)! Mfsst'injcr was the dii-ect t)ti-s))i'ing
of Horton Acaclemy. That paper, together with the (.'hrisfidn
Vlfilfov, and now the two comhined, from the tii-st liave heen
one in sentiment ami aim with these institution.s. Wht)ever
;is
TUF. SKMl-t'KNTKNMAL SKIiMoN.
wdulil know tlifir liisti)rv innst vcikI tlic fyk's of tlicsf jtnpcrs.
'I'lii'V liiiVf ac't(!il iiiid n-iK'tcil u|iitn fiicli otlu-r. The collcni. Ims
sii)i|ilif(l lii'c mill iiiti'llim'nci' to the |)a)it'rs, mid tln' |iiij)fr,>, luivo
• Icri'llilcd mid |tr()tfCfcd iJlc collr'^c. Cliitcdiy tlicV liilVc done
tlic Li;i'iu'i'al w oi'k of the dciioiiiiiialion. Thry liasf >^i)}U' on, liaiid
in hand, iii^jiirini;' (•uiilidciici', lircaUiiii;' down iiri'judicc.s and
li'adiiiir tile cliiirclics to victory. In i)ri)l()n''('(i liattlfs t'oi- tlu;
rijjiit tlii'S' liiixc contended like uiaiits. The infant seniiuarv at
St. .Martins neeils the help i>\' th.- existing' jiaper, as the institu-
tioi^s hi'i'e and at l''re(|ericton needed tlie su|i|iort of tiie denomi-
national ]»ress in their esu'ly Idstory.
Not tlie calm and siiiishiiie alone uiMke the stron;^' tri'c :
storms and winter lia\t'. to do with e-i'owth and streni,'th. Acailia
lias not always lieeii iimler a I'haidless sky. To-day she can sine'
of mercy and jiideiiii. lit. The fearless couraee of the fouiiilerswas
n wa!'(led liy tln' refusid o'" a charter. 'I'his trotihh' over and
another a|>|)eared. In l.s4-'> an attempt was made in the Ijcnisla-
ture to mix all denominations in one co||ee;e. 'I'his came to tlie
e'round. after a striiui'le W(/rth\' of the men and the times. After
six years the attempt was renewed, hut with the samo result.
Without wen; foes : within wi-re fears. 'Inhere was no collene
huildint;', nor money to erect (aie. iJut winter's cold ami storms
dill not daunt the faith and xeal of Dr. ("rawley and I'rofessor
('liipman. They went from one end of the country to the other,
collected material, and put up the tiiK' structun- wliicli went to
ashes in LsTT. Of all the ^raiid ell'iu-ts in Acadia's history, this
deserves the first place. But another trouhle came, home on the
wini^s of the anei'I of death. The Rev. ]L 1). Very, Pi-ofessor
Isaac t'hipman. four students, — Benjamin Rand, Anthony K.
Phaleii, William 10. (Jrant and W. Henry Kini;' — and their hoat-
inan |)erislied in the waters of yonder Basin. (Uoom and ^rief
overs])rea(l the entire der.oiuination. Dr. Ci amp .stood l>^i"ore the
Association at Liverpool, atteni[>teil to I'ehite tlie providence
which took his chief support and co-laborer from his .side, strug-
o'led with his emotions, a weepino- nian tryint,' to .speak to a
weepini,^ connivn'ation. As it was in that asseiiihly, so it was in
every liaptist family in the three provinces. These are some of
the storms that gvive firmness to the fibi'e and leng'th andstrenjj^tli
to the roots of this tree of knowledge. Never I'efore wa.s Acadia
C'olleii'e taken to the Baptist heart with such warmth of embrace
as in that day of deep sorrow. This was soon followed by an-
other affliction, but one of a different kind, i'l-judj^ed invest-
ment lost a large sum of endowment money ; and it sent aliena-
tion into the hearts of nianv' friends. But the bonds of union
TIIK Si:.MI-r|;Nli;NNIAI, Si:i{,M(tN-.
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wri'c so stronu' funl tciidrr that tln' cstrivii^^'t'iiiciit was lait tciii-
|)()i'ar\'. Al'ttM'warils, wlicii piTssnl tor want, of means ln'causo
oi' this loss, the n'ovcl'liors rcsolvcil to suspcliil the work of till'
(,'ollr>,^', liiit the proplf rose uji liki- oiH- mail aiiil averted tlu>
calamity. 'I'lieii Acadia College was fortunate in ln'viti^' such
men as deacon .). W. Harss, ('aptain .lacohs, '\\ 11. Patillo, and
many others of like faith and l)ejie\dlence. In all Jier strn^u'lfs,
Iielpel's hiive come to her rescue, .Johnston. \ut tUl'^. Kefi^nison,
and (Viwley, in the ))arliament, in the press, or on the platform
—men witliout sujieriors, then, or now in these provinces. In
financial ditHculties tlie jieople, led hy such laymen as those
named, havt," stood noldy liy the ('ollen-i>. | )i'. ( 'I'anip, too, liort;
lieav\' iiurdens ,ind displayi'(l ^'reat tact nnd firmness of ])urpose
when the ( "olIcLfe was emhari'assi'il or m j)eril. ThouLch tried
MLjain ami ae'ain, trust, in (iod has never failed; and now Acadia,
like e-(^|d, is the Ix'ttei- for havine- lieen thnaie'h the lire. Disas-
ter is not found in the (Christian's \'ocal)ulary ; and the definition
of adxfrsity is success, and the meiiiiiiie- of defeat is victoi'v.
Ivxamiiied fi-om heeinnine- to end. every j)art of the history
of Acadia, C'ollee-e n'ives evidence of ( Jods favour, in a marke*!
deni',.,'. b^veiits comine' to<i;ether in concurrent succession, and
issuin;'' in the toiindine; of tliese instituti<ins, seem more like the
ilevices of fiction than simple fficts of history. 'Die hi'iniit and
dark features, the prosperity iind the adversity, all alike contri-
hute to th(! I'N'idcnce tliat tlic beo'iniiine- and work of Acadia
Collee-c have been aecordine' to the good pK'asure of Him under
whose superintendence and Ijy whose lielp the institutions have
continueil till this day.
What kind of inditTerence would .set at naught and disre-
eard the will of (Jod, e.\])ros,sed in all this prosperity !* Could we
see all who first found Christ at these schools, and know what
tlie\' have (U)ne and what tliey will do for (iod, could we now see
all who here g-av(; their hearts to the Saviour and are now l)efore
the throne of (iod, and could we hear from tliem an expressiim
of their ;;-ratitude for the existence of this CQllege, this of itself
would make our duty ])lain. Has the devotion that founded
these institution.s an<l sustained them in their earlier stages been
exhausted? We think not! Were the advocates of con.solida-
tion di.scerners of the sio-ns of tlie times and of the spirit of the
supj)orters of the.se institutions they would awake to the Utopian
character of their .sclieme, so far at least as Acadia College is
concerned. But no narrow, envious spirit finds a place here.
Rather, a hearty godspeed is cheerfully extended to every .school,
seminary, academy, college and university. To the winds with
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THE SViI-CENTEXNIAL SERMON.
evin'V purpose of rivalry or competition. Let fidelity to a sacred
tj'ust animate.' these sj.'liools. Tlieii' mission is not worldly dis-
tinction and earthh- ii'lorv. To licln mankind, to defend and
promote Christianity, aiid to ^i^lorify i!«)d is the chief end for
which they exist.
Centuries of experience ha\-e n-iveii the niiK nullions of i5ap-
tists on this continent one educational policy. This comi's of a
faithful aj))i!i('ation of their ]irinC])!es. They hdve followed
their own pillar of iii'e. With roek-like iii-uuiess the}' stand hy
their ))olicy. In founding' Morton Academy, sixty years aL;o. the
Baptists of tliese ])ro\iuces decided, their J.'oliey in the hin'hel'
educ;'tion. Fifty years a^-o this pci'icy was re-allirnied !>y the
estalilishnient of Acadia ("ollege. Is this policy now to he
reverse(l and this work' sto])ped ^ Are these doors t( be close(l,
and rhis (.'olle^e, hallowei! liy the liv'es and lahor- of the honour-
ed dead and rhe lixiuL;', hy the tears, toils and i>rayei's oi' the
P)!i))tist worthies, to lie siiitout into the world ahoniele.ss hcLi'^ar,
to seek shekel' under anotlier collegiate roof? A strange way,
indeed, to treat an institution which h.-is come throueh provi-
dences so striking, that the late Father llarding, of this ])!a('e, in
a ha]>])y moment name(l it 'the child of Pi'o\idence " 1 Ask for
the faith and purpose of the men of forty years ago '! In aletter,
published in the Cln'isfid it. Messenger we think from the pen of
the late Judge .Johnston is ihe following |)aragi'a[)h :
" A work which grows with the growth, aii<i strengthens
witii the strength of the individual ami the mass, v.diich becomes
interwoven with tlie very fil»r(' of the heart, and inwrought with
the texture of the moral frame and the mental substance, is not
going" to lie uprooted without the exercise of some enormous
violence."
In this language tlu.' writer, to whom this College owes so
much, expressed tlie sentiments of tlie Ba[)tists forty years ago.
About this time, when s[)eaking in parliament on this sub-
ject, the late Joseph Howe said : " Vou cannot swee|) away this
College. You may withdraw your public money, hut Acadia
College will still stand on the hillside in spite of the withdrawal
of your grants. Their friends love these institutions, whatever
their defects, because their alt'ections have been entwined around
them from the first hour of their existence. We naturally love
that which we have reareil."
The devotion and unselfish labors, then given to these
institutions, called forth these testimonies from these two leadini>:
statesmen. Six years previous to this, Mr. Howe had used all
his iutlue'ice and exerted all his power to efi'ect a union of the
SEMI-CENTENNIAL SERMON.
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coUeo'os : but lu' saw his inistfikc. and openly acknowledj^od it.
In the hmn-uao'e of the hite Judge Jolinston, " the enornions
vioU'nce" neeessary to u[)i'oot this C'oUege lias not heen experienced
vet : anil the hoi'oscope t;'iv<'S no indication of its a[)proa(di.
The prophecy of Mr. Howe is fulti]l('<l to the wry lettei'. The
o'rants ha\'e lieen withdra\\'n, nnd here stands Acadia ('olli'ge on
tin- hiilsidc, buoyant and hopeful. Wlu;n we glance back to
si\t\- vcars ,ii.>o, and from si\t\' vears au'o till the present d;i\',
what a rcNi'lation |)ass('s under oui' vision! Above the jilans, the
h()])es and the feais, and the labors of wise ami faithful men,
self-sacritice I'ises— tlu; giory and greatness of their lives. Men
toiled 1)11 in poverty who might have lived in plenty and worldly
esteem : but not so much liononreij, not so much loved as tliev
iK^w are by those who have their heritage audits resjionsibilities.
Here then are the labors, the spirit ami the [)ur]iose of our
pr(.'decessors. What is the interpretati(jn thereof:' 'JTie voice of
the (lead, the voice that is ne\er silent, says, go forward. To the
voice ot' the dead is united the voice of the li\-ing, and together
they say, go forward. Shall we not go on :" Are there no
obligations to do so? Is the search for truth at an end ! Is
tiler-' no demand \'ov tlie a]i])li(^atioii of sound principles to social,
comiiH'rcial and national life:' Free thinking scholars secnn
imlisposi'd to l)e honest in dealing with the revelations of the
IJible and of natural science. The preaching of the gos])el is not
unmixed with media", al superstition. The churches are m^t all (jf
the faith, form aivl practice of those planted by Taul around the
shores of the Mediterranean Sea. The gospel has not been lu'ard
by all the world, and the great commission is still in force. In
view of all this, and more, who will say that 15a[>tists have com-
pleted tht.'ir work in the department of the higher education ?
Not L() go on is ])erilous ; self-preservation ever rt'(|uires it.
Keep Acadia College sti'ong, and the Baptists will be strong.
Ijct these institutions become weak, and the denomination will be
weak. If ever the history of any peojile foreshadowed their
future, it is the eilucational history of the Maritime Baptists.
The world's work in the next fifty years, indicateil liy tht; last
half centurv, will be on a graiul scale. The i)ossil)iliti"s are
tremendous. The preparations seem now wt^ll nigh perfected.
An awe and a dread, portending the fulness of time is upon the
world — upon rulers and peoples. But with faith in (rod, and
lier old Bible in her hands, the church is undismayed and full of
courage. Christians, wait for the fire from heaven — for the
S[)irit"s power through the Christ of history, the Christ of Calvary,
the Christ of God. Bv this force, and thi:? force alone, great
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SF.MI-f'ENTEXNIAL SKHMON.
moral rcfornis will be ciin-ied to triunipliant and worM-wido
success. Following- the U])Ht'te(l cross, tlie symbol and source oF
Christian powi-r, the united hosts of (Jod's elect will helea^'Uer
and capture all the strongholds ot" old idolatries : and Huddha and
Brahma will fall prostrate at the feet of the eon(|Uerin,t,^ Christ.
Is this the time for Baptists to throw otf responsibilities ^ Is
tliis the time to close Acadia Colieu'e, and to stoi) tr!iinin<;' schol-
ars, teachers, missionai'ies and nunisters ? Xay, verily! but let
the lioly pui'pose take, if possible, a de(^pi'r and Hrmi-r hold of the
Bajitist heart to make Acadia College lill to the full Cod's jnirjioso,
to the joy of the li\iu^", the unborn and those who, having' tinished
their course, are now in the presence of Coil.
In tin future of the Dominion, more work is in st<)i'e for
Acadia Colleg-e. Two systems of (;dueation, radically different
anil pei'manently hostile, have been and are still lookinu" each
other menacini>'l\' in the fi
lC(.'
One sa\s, subordinate tin
conscii'uce and the judgment in the work of education to that
something, called the chui'ch : the other demands freedom for tho
reason and the soul, and inde}ienilence for the man. Comjilica-
tions anil collisions are ]>i'obable, if not inevitable. Acadia has
had some e.\i)erience in this v/ork, and, thei'cfore, will lie prepared
to take hei- part in the final settlement of this (piestion. Thus
far her record is good. Whatever has been done in the last sixty
years for popular education in everv grade, nothing lias been done
to liberalize the policy and practice of these institutions, for in
their bi'ginnings their freedom was ui) to the ])est standard of tho
present time.
Compromise and expediency they have never known. Their
work has been in strict accoi'il with their avowed principles. Cn
the platform and in tho pi-ess Dr. Crawley defended tho I'ights
and reasoned pu\\e!'fully for the education of tho ]U'ople. Good
results sof)n came of these benevolent labors. The intluonco,
which, from tlio first was good and mingled with that from other
sources, in helping along popular education, at lengtli became
special, and laid Nova tScotia and New Brunswick under lasting
obligations to those institutions, which the future historian will
not fail to recognize. Sir C)harles Tuppor, a student from these
iialls. is, as is well known, the author of Nova Scotia's .system of
free schools. i)r. T. II. iiand, another ahnnnus, initiated and con-
firmed the adnunistration of this law in a hailstorm of prejudice,
and settleil it forever. He did tho same thing for our neighbours
across tho bay. Constructively, therefore, Acadia College is
sacreiUy pledged to tight tho battles for the free con.sciences and
for free schools to the bitter end in the Dominion of Canada.
si;.mi-(i:nti:nni.\l skhmon.
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Has Acfi'liii ('i)lli'i;-f iIdiic licr woi k ' Why, she has only hri^iiu
her Avoi'k. Those who wouM know it all iiuist wait till after her
centennial, liiccntennial, terccnti-nnial and other t'ciitcnnial cele-
brations hi'ture they can know it.
The s|)ii'it oi" the a^'e, lik( a t(rri!i'e solvent, h-is Ihmh ponred
into all things. crystali/e(j and old. The t'oi'd's at wmk make
transition and ti'ansi'oi'niation ju'esent proeesses. (^(uestions of
hurninn" intei'est to all i^ni^lish spcakinu' people demand a wise
and ]»i'i"nian nt settlement. CanadiiUis ai'f cnllfd unon to help
solve them, liavinjj,- o'iven e(lucated tah'nr to tlu- state in the
jiast, shall the pui'pose now die to u'ive moi-c t In shapini^" and
;j,nidinu' Canada's destiny, in all matters pertaining- to tlie growth,
the greatness and n'lory of oni- conntry. Aca<lia ( "ojlei^'e will in
the futiu'e, as in the past, snpj)l\" her part of intelligent, faithful
and etiicient lahoiers.
In makii'^', e.\j)oundin^' and adniinisterinL;- law, in ih-fi'iidin;^
and .-ulx oeatinn" the rights of the jicopic, in lahoi'iiit;' for moral
)'eform in tie jircss and in the pu!i>it, and in training' tho
conscience, the spirit and thong'ht of the coinitry, tlu- sons and
dauy'hters of Acadia will ever he found em))loyed ; ami their
woi'k will he yi'i'atfully aeknowledi;ed. The tinu; will ne\-er
come when there will he no demand for the men and women
ti'ained in tlu'se institutions. These Chi'istian sehools now look
hack oN'cr the work of sixty years: tlie collin'c looks hack over
half a cer.tury, and to^-ether, ^^irded for toil, stroni;- ami stout
for hattle, liojieful and oei'tain of victory, they look into
the futuri', I'esolved, l»y the helj) of (lod, to he pi-epai'ed thi.s
(lav Hftv vears to tqve a Lfood account of tln'msclves, ''for we are
all lahoi'ers ttJirether with ( Jod." '' (Jther men lahored and ve are
entered into their lahoi.s."
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ANTHEM "Jubilate Deo.'
Memorials of the Founders of
Acadia College and of
DECEASED ALUMNI.
B/ B. H. Eaton, M.A., Q.C.
I call tir.st, tliu roll of DKi'AitTKD (;i;ai
)rA'i'Ks :-
Jdlm Jjt'aii(]('r J>is]iop,
Amos Sharp,
(}c(jr^-(.; Aniisti'oiio',
lliclianl K. i-)ur[H'r,
Saiiiiicl I'^ldcv,
Ahraliaiii S. flunt,
(tcoi'^c llohbiiis W'illiv,
Williain A. Jolmston,
Samuel Ilich.-u-ilsMit,
Asahcl Dill.
Strphrn \V. DcBl.as,
Hai'iis (). MfLatchv,
Aithnv If. U. ("ravv'lcy,
Ht'iir\- 'J'lioiiia-; ( 'rawli'V
Klislia |!,„1,[ !),.Miil,
^\ illiam .Johnston,
H«.-nrv ^^ul^■ha;!l,
I)Ui^al(l 'J'h()ms(in,
C'hark's I'. Hartt.
AmliTw I', .fdiifs,
Charles E. Harris,
Seth 1). Shaw,
!>aniel M-iton,
William A. j'eKinlay,
John .MfDonaM,
• !lei-liert ('. Messenu'er,
ilecroi- !v ?.iunroe,
raswril if, Dailiels,
!"•> .iolmsion \eil\-,
'jacol) A. |)nike<',
< U'Ol'n-i' \\\ TJiMliiaS,
i !i'or^-e h\ ( "m-rie,
Ailoiiii'aiii J. S;. vens,
ilernai'l l\ .Shalihei',
if. .Ml;, rt S]r,'nc-ei-,
lioi'alio !i. Welton,
l>. S[iuri4Con Vt'liitman,
Frail k M. Kdlw
'is out of .•i;s4.
10 <Ium1 within .5 years after <.■ralIuatinL,^ 11 insi.je of 10
years. 17 blessed their couiitrv and the world' with loii-vr lives
Kather remarkal.le, that out of 4.S classes only one class'lias keen
Aviiolyremove.l— tlu' class of '4!), Arthur Crawlev'.s class. Tw.ui-
ty classes remain unkroken ]»v death.
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mi;m()Hial address.
Thc'si" :}8 — what dill tliev beconui and do ? They omchia-
tcd. I'liico ])ursev('mnce to tlicir credit. Many others hcoan the
Collen-c course but fell out by the way and never readied the
oaoj. ( )ne class of 10 came out only three. Others shared a
like fate.
That lii'st name — John Leander Bishop — takes us back to
the first of a Ion"" series of scenes dear to the hearts of all who
have witnessed them. It was Friday, June Itith, 1<S4.'}. It was
the old Academ\- Hall. Tlu; ('(jllciie had been 4.1 vears in oi)era-
tion. The first class of loui', thev were all who were left of it,
had pas.sL'd a " strict and searchini'' " examination, had received
their " wi'll-doue,"' and the day had come for Anniversary exer-
cises. Governors, Professors and Students joining- in procession,
marched into the lariie Hall. Charles R. Pi'cscott, James W.
Johnston, T. A. S. DeWolf, Simon Fitch, Charles \V. H. Harris,
Caleb U. Bill, wcri; on th(^ platform. They were Governors,
Fiither Fdward Alaunini; and Fathci- Theodon,' Hai'dinu' were
there, vou mav be sure, and there was a " numerous assem I )latre "
of ladies and gentlemen. Father Mainiini^ prayed. Then follow-
ed the orations of th(.> students. John Leander was the first
speaker. Was he a prophet ? Did he look away along the
avenu(! of the first fifty years (jf Acailia and of all of the long
line of I'cpetitionsof fifties of years that should follow, and did
lie sec the ever rej)eated and endless pnjcession of College clas.ses
coming up to receive their degrees ? And thinking of himstdf as
being the first of that long list of immoi'tals, was he overwhelm-
etl with the thought ! If not, whv did he faint away in the
middle of his oi'ation, and fall into the arms of President C'raw-
ley.* [I remember it well— Rev. S. T. Raud, DA).]
What pi'ecious seasons of joy and rejoicing were inau-
gurated on th;it June Itith, I«4.S! The exercises of that
day and of those thii' have followed have been at once
the best possible ])ractical ocular demonstration of the thorough-
ness and high character of tlu; training I'ecciveil by the students
and the liest [)ossible means of creating a desire for e<lucation in
the minds of the risin<jf trcnerati(jns. Hundi'cds have no <loubt
been led by these public exercises to attend the Academy and
College. A notable feature of the orations of that first day was
the fi'ecpunt ilescription of natiu'e in all her beaut\' and vai'iety.
John Leandci- liut bjr his proi)hetie vision, would have portrayed
" nature in hei' western wilds " ; Amos Sharp di.scourseil on
* Tliui'o is some evidence that this occurred at a later anniversary ; others
testify as al)os e.
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" naturo, o wiso economist"; Alu-alinm Hunt spokr on th".'
" llunnoni's of nature," while Samuel Kldrr eonclu<leil with a
]»oem entitle'l. " I'^xteiMial natui'e (;oloure(l hy the soul's own
emotions"; an<l aftei- exhaustini;' that theme, he (.'xtenileil the
sco])e of his olis(.'rvations hy showinii; how external nature couM
he stjll nioi'i; delightfully colouri.'d hy the coiicurrenee of another
soul's em(;tions, as a short extract will shew ;
" Who has not known, how natures charms improve,
"Beneath the l)eaininLi,'s of an eye we lo\e ;'
" More grateful, then, the sunset hues that weave
" Tiieir e()lden hraid along the' lirow of eve,
" More hushed the deepening twilight's sahhaMi calm
" More hland the evening skies distilling halm, ' '
" And witl> a juelody more softly swet't
"The streamlet glides, that nmrnnii's at our feet,
"And brighter from its amber wave looks up
" The image of tlie wild flower's d(;wy cup.
"And then, O then ! When on tlie mountain far,
"Glinmiers the radianci; of the evening star,
" It seems the semblance of that melting eve
" Whose lustre meets our own in bright rei)ly,
" Sucli is that hour of genial love and ho|)e
" That shines the lirightest in life's jioroseope,
"Enthroned in memorv's seat, its beams ^hall cast
" A glory o'er the visions of the jiast,
"And wed with future years tlie ])lighteil truth,
"The unwavering trust and ardent love of youth."'
There wcu'e seven speakei-s, four graduates ami three of the
jmiior class. Rev. Professor I'ryor addressed the outgoing
students, the Hon. .Vttorney (General Johnston delivei-ed a speech
and the transactions of tlie day closed with a do.xology and "tiie
benediction bv Father Hai'dini>'." Manv cinis were I'unnini!'
» Oil t^
(jver that day with j)ure gladness and gi'atitude. It was a great
day in the history of the ('olleg(!. And so lias been I'wvy recurr-
ing anniversary since that itay. And the solemn conscientious
verdict of all observei's is that each ha,s outshone any of its
])redecessoi's. Tlu? ne.xt month at Varmouth, Father Planning
spoke of this first Anniversary day. He said 'he had attended
"at the Colh c on the IGtli ultimo, on the occasion of confei-i'ing
" degrees. A i)lessed day it was to him. Thei'e were the institu-
" tions in full operation ; the foundation laid for the new College
" building, and a \essel coming up the river with the frame.
"There can be no doubt but it will succeed."
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MEMORIAL Al)I)J{i:sS.
Bishop ami Shurpo l)otli bucainc jiliysicians and liad lioiiour-
ablo carctTs. Tlicy were first class men. They could not lielp
..lat. The former practiced for a time in l^hihuh'lpiiia, l»ut
afterwards turned to literaiy pursuits. He compihil a history of
Aniei'iean manufactures from the earliest Colonial pjj'iod (h)wnto
l!S()I. At tlie time of his death Septendier i'-ht], '(iS, lie was chief
of an important divisi(jn in tin; bureau ofStatistics at Washinu'ton.
Dr. Sharpe was vei-y successful as a medical ])ractiti()ner. Died
A|)i'il 10, i<S.):^. His professional life was s[)t'nt in New Jh'uns-
wick.
The class of '44 numl)ereil six— all now e^one save one.
(ieorge Armstrong' was ordained in l(S4S, died June 7th, INNO.
For upwards of .S.S yeai's he faithfully proclaimed the gospel.
He sei'ved for many years as a go\ernor of the College. The
Convention recoi'd speaks of him as " Sound in iloctrine, earnest
"as a jH'eachei-, kind and genial as a friend, highly esteemed and
" sincei'ely loved by both pastors and peoples throughout these
" provinces." Jlichard l]ur])et! had his heart set on Foreign
^lissionarv woi-k. In the vear aftei' he u'railuate<l he sailed for
Burmah. There he labored for five N'eai's, returning in iNoO to
recruit. He died Feb. 'I'.U'd, lS.')o. He had given his life for the
heathen. It is certified that he had been (Jod's insti'umeiit to brinu'
eternal life to sonu' in that foreign laiul who, liut for him might
neve)' have known the true and living (iod. These in their turn
became preachers to their own })eople and so the intluence of
Burpee's shoi't life goes on foi'ever. Samuel KIder was the ])Oet
of the class, a man of more than oi'dinary intellect. I'^ight years
he ])roclaimeil the ({os])el and was calh'd to rest. Abi'aliam S[)urr
Hunt died in '7''"i, having given 'Ai years and upwards to the
acti\e faithful and successful pi'oclamation of the ( iospel. Adde(l
to this Ik' served the ('ollege many years as a governor, and was
ai'dently engancd for its welfare. \Vas for some years supei'in-
tendent of education foi' Xova Scotia. Jle lalmri'd with Father
Maiming in the old Canard Church, and succeedeci him in -il.
His work was mcII done. (.)f (Jeorge lioliliins \\'ill)y, 1 know
little. He is spoken ot as a man of e.\ti'a.or<linai'y natural ability
before whose intellectual firc^ the diHiculties of a College course
melted ([uickly away. At tlie time of his death in '(i<S he was
assistant lulitor of '■ The Fi'iend of India," a newspaper published
at Calcutta.
Two of the three of the class of '4;") have been taken.
William A. Johnston son of the late Judge Johnston, practised
fur many years at the bar in Halifax, an<.l with much success.
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His class iiititr Saiiititl liicluirdsoii ju'-ucliri! 'i.! cspcl. We.
took a ti'ii inuinca \)Vi/.v whilf at Collcni' t'or ili< .. • -say on the
liist:iir\' rrsoiirccs aii<l cnjialiilitics (jf Nova Sc('),i. » wiiipctitidU
open to all. Ill this essay he advoeatcl the ( . inte I'liiou
nf the l'r()\ iiices, ail interc'oloiiifil railway aiii! :.'. ■■v projects
which have since liecoine matters of histcjry.
Ill the class oi' "4G wei'e Asahel Hill ehlot sou of l\ev. 1 )r.
15111. still hr.piiily anions,' us and Stephen W. heJMi.is, \'nunL;- Dill
iiie'l within I'durteeii niontlis after ^railuarine'. In the delivery (»f
hi-. n'r.'-duatiiiL;' essay his cliis^ fellow Mr. l)td')l(»is records that he
carrie(l the \\h(»le audience with him. iie^'ave e-rcat jimniise dH
Usefulness and was a universal favourite. The naiu" ol Stephen
W. i)id;lois is a cherished one. lie was ahundant in laliors and
de\()teil to the College aiMJ Aca<lem\ . He was Hot ordained till
■Vk He had heeii stuiK'inu' law in Halil'ax for thi'ee x'ears,
teachinu' foi' two \'ears in Collci-'e and Academy, ai'tcrwards
studyinif at Newton wliere he !j,i'aduated in '.".'J. He succeeded
l-'aiher Hardin^' in ".'>.'> in the pastorate of the W'olfville Church.
For '2'.) yeai's he held this position. r)il(i pei\sons Joined the church
hy l>aj)tisin durine' that peri(;d. He was my first pastor. The
])asturatc of the Wolfviilc C'liurcli dnrinj;- those 2!) years i-e(|uired
a iiiiin of hiu,h (pialitications. H(! was successor to a hrilliant
liLl'ht. The church was laij^'e. Its elements were varieij. Mr.
HelMois was (|uiii' eipial to the occasion. From '.")•') to "(S4 he was
secretary to the Board of (lovernors— an olfice calline- for much
and \'alual)le work. He was wiiiely and dearly heloveil.
The class of '4S numhered two— H. O. Mcl^atcliy and Jolin
Moser. ])r. McLatcliy died in ''S7 at Wolfville where he had long
i)ractieed. He was highly esteemed.
I liave already alluded to the chiss of '4f), the' only class of
which none of its niemlters surviye. It was a constellation of
hrieiit stars. Arthur Iv. R. Crawdey, Henry Thomas Crawley,
IHisha Bu<l<l i)e^Hll. Of Arthur Crawley,' Mr. DeBlois .says,
'' Ml'. Crawley leayes a nohle record. He was i^raduated at New-
ton in l.S,")2. In the Autumn of '.').'} he was ordained at Wolfville
and in December with his wife, daughter of tlu^ late l)r. .lolinston,
he saihd for l^urmah. He settled down at Henthadah in the
iiiidst of a thickly settled heathen population and labored with
unjiaralled success for iiearly 23 years. Twice he retui'neil for
short periods t(j this country, tlie lirst time to bring his family
home, the second on account of his own fai]in<f health. He died
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MEMORIAL ADUHKSS.
Octolicr !», T'l, nn his way lioiiic just as the .stcanuT was untcr-
iii^' the .Mcisry and was iiifcrrcil in tin- l)ii'l<t'iilit'ail ( 'riiictfi'v tlii,'
i'ollow iii^- vvcrk. iVrtliur Crawley was universally Itcloved. Of
cnimiiaudiMi,' i>rrsrneL' ami (fi'cat (li«;uity oi" appearance lie was the
kimlest, tlie most tj'ansparentlv sincein.' of men." Henr\- Thomas
Crawley, eldei* ln'othei' of Arthui'. was a man of splendid
physical pi'esence and of undouhted mental aliility, ^^ave some
years to the stmly of the law. afterwards hecame I'rofussur in
Mount Atihurn Seminary, Cincinatli, Ohio, where he wns struck
down in the stre('t at ni^ht hy an unknown assassin in 18.55.
J^udd he.Mill was ordaiiieil in 1M5;), diedin iMl:}. He was a man
of i^reat talent. The ;ic(|uisition .md tluent and el()(|Uent use of
lan^ua^'e was his easy woik. He was a hrilliant pi'eaclier, a ready
and fascinating' writer.
1'he classes of '50, "51 , '54 and "55, are still all in the field
doini;' ^' 1 work and only one of '5(i has i'allen, namely, William
.lohnston. He died in iMiOat Sackville, New I>runswick where
he j)ractised mcilicine. He was a j^'enial gentleman. His
^^railuatinj,' essay on Venice was a s))lendid composition.
1,'t'ry Vauehan was of '5,S. Died in '(14. (I)i'. Saunders —
r wish to show my resjiect for the memory of my ilejtartetl clas.s-
mate hy standini;' while his name is hefore you.] His life was brief
hut hriiiht and useful. Fie was converted while at Collee-e. Hi.s
whole heine- was eiveii over to winning' souls foi- Chi'ist. He was
a thorouijh student, beloved hv all. He e-ave eieht ^•ears to the
gospel ministry.
DuL'ald Thomson is tlie oidv member of mv class who Jia.s
been called away. Graduated in '50, died in '74: was well up in
yeai's when ho entered CoUeu-c, though there was no end of boy
in him even then; was full of sunshine and goodness: a capital
.student in all but mathematics ; was son of Father A. 1). Thom.son
one of our pioneer Baptist preachers. JJugald s[)ent some year.s
in teaching, some in trade. He lived a Christian life. He was
universallv beloved.
Two stars early disappeared from the brilliant constellation
of 1(SG0 — Charles Frederick Hartt was one. He was tlie son of
Jarvis \V. Hartt, .so long the beloved principal of Horton Acade-
my. Fred grew up on College Hill and was early into C'ollege.
He was sliglit of frame, but his mind wa.s active and vigorous.
No pent up old curi'iculum could " contract his powers." He
took the ordinary studies, of course, but he overran these bounds
1
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MKMOKIAL ADDIIKSS.
01
™
on cvtn'V side. H('l)ri'\v, [''rciicli, Spniiish, I tuliiui, Astronomy
Botany, (Jcolony, (.'hcniistry, all caiiir into liis (idd, li\it (Jcolo^r'y
was liis s|iL'('ialty. H<' tcainpcil tliis ilistrict of Morton well for
the testimony of tlic I'oi-ks. Hlomidon was liis i'amiliar fi'irnd.
The tide of his t]ioUL,'lits cotu'siMl imu'li up and down the Hasin
and Day of Finidy. (ioin^ aliroad soon after (fradiiatiiiii' ho
■studied at llai\ard un<ler the n'reat A<;'assiz and was in his party
on one oi' two cxjieditions to IJra/il. Was for some time I'ro-
fessor at ( "ornell, was afterwanls employed hy the (Jovernment
of Dra/il to superintend the ( JeoloL;"ieal siuvcy of that country,
and while in that serviee was cut ijown hy yellow fevei- and
passed to his I'est in '7^ havinn" in a shoi't life made many
notahle additions to ^I'ological (hscovery and estahlislu'd a con-
tinental fame.
Andrew P. Jones was the son of ()liver .lones, l^s(|., of
Ah)netnii, N. B. Ill' dit'd in '()"), only tivr yejirs uftei- ^riiduatiutf.
lie had masteri'(l the Iniin- and ditliiMdt nirdical course at Kdin-
hui'nh, hut returned only 'M a short time to |)ass from earth. H<^
is atl'ectionately renu'inli icil hy all stmlents of his period.
One of '(12 has heeii taken — Charles K. Harris, iframlson of
Father David llari'is, a jiioneer liaptist j)reaclier. (.'hai'les
studieil medicine, was admitteil M.D., and l>eL;"an practice in New
Vurk, where he died the same }"ear he was admitted.
Seth I). Shaw, class of '(i"), studied law, removed to Nevada,
and (lie(l sli(>rtly after.
The class of '(iS numliered ten. Five died soon aftei" leaving
College: J)a,niel Eaton in two months after gi-aduating. He
made a gijod record as a student. William A. McKinlay, of P. E.
1., was considered a man of verv <;reat prianise. He had trken
the monthly essay and Ahnnni essay prizes : hnd taken hon( ^ in
classics, mathematics and litei-ature. But he was in poor health.
He died in November 71). John McDonald dieil in June 74.
Was a ])reacher ; was pastor in Nel^raska two years. (Jave
])r()mis(! of great usefulness. Herbert C Messenger died in
Florida in 70. Had chosen tlie legal ))rofession. W^as a man of
good abilities. Hector E. Munro also died young.
Caswell II. Danitils graduated in '(59, died in 77. An excel-
lent student, he chose tlit; study of the law, but failing health
.stood in the way of earthly advancement, and so he was early
numbered with the .*3« departed.
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mi:m<)1{iai, addki'ss.
S. .lohnstoii Nt'ily, class of 71, v. as ;i wfct singer. Was
onlaiiif'i in 71. <lii''i in 7^. (IrcatU' lido'- t
<'l'ul livos in the
lun to ivmcinlicr,
Two oi' the class of 7'}, spmt short, l.ii
(christian ministry, .lacol) A. Diirkc" was ,
sliu;lit of statnr*', niodi'st, sensitive, keen as a scimitar, atlamc
with /cal for liis I^ord. Klcvcn ycaislic lahorcil. lie wasduarly
and luiivci'sallv beloved. ( leoi'ge \V Thomas died in 'H2, havinjf
.sp(!nt N years in the ministr}'.
Georgo F. Cnrrio of 74, made a notable record. The C-on-
vention obituary runs thus: " a num of great worth and more
tban (;rdinarv abilit\'. ' He died at his jjost.' As missionar\' in
India lu- was eminently successful. His readiness to return to
the work before; his furlough was half u[) upo?) tlie receipt of the
sad news of Mr. Tinipuny's deatli called forth feelings of admira-
tion and esteem from many who knew not liis worth before.
The man who can, undei' such circumstances, tear himself away
from wife and chiklren and })lunge at the call of duty into the lieart
of heathendom, which often means to an early frave, merits our
love and esteeiii. Brother Currie did this." He died at Cocona-
da, India, .July \\\, 1S8G.
Adoniram Judson Stevens, was another of 74, ordained in
75, died in 1N»S0. Gave all this time to the Gosp-4 ministry.
Was a ninn of splendid promise. Greatly beloved by the Fred-
ericton Cliarch of which he was Pastor at the time of his decease.
Bernai-d P. Shalfner of 77, died in 78 ; taught in Horton
Academy, an excellent scholar.
H. Albert Spencer of 79, fai*^'
his decease in '87.
j-ireached the Gospel till
Horatio H. Welton, eldest, jn of Rev. Dr. Welton, died on
the 10th inst., at Brooklyn, New York, where he was practising
medicine. Held in fond remembrance by all who knew him.
Was of the chi.ss of '81.
D. Spurgeon Whitman of '88, died 18th May last, in Cali-
fornia. Had practised law at Winnipeg.
Frank M. Kelly of '84, died Jan. 27th, this present year.
Had been principal of Sunbnry Grammar School, New Bruns-
wick ; also taught in Horton Academy — one of the brightest and
best of the sons of Acadia.
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MKMOIUAK ADDKKSS.
:).'{
Xot one of tlic.sc .'is i \-t!r cast (liscrcdit u|)I)M Aoidiii. M.mtiv
of Miriii wciv hnroos— notal)ly J^.ur|HM', ArfJiiir Crawley and
Currii". Fiftt'cii wcrt- ordained prcacluTs : .sr\cn pliysiciniis ;
tivt' lawyers; five teaelieivs : one journalist: live died lu fwi-i;
completinij ])rofes.si()nal study. Witii very few, if any, excep-
tions tlicy were professed ( "wist ians. Tliey will lie held in
• n-ateful and affectionate reinendu'ance foi' tiian\', nian\', \-ears to
come.
X^t '^^^^"^
r'
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MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
Who was the Founder of Acadia Collen^o ? Having in view
mere human a^^'cncy, tli(» (|U(\stion does not a(hnit of answer. There
was no one man to wlioni the honor can be awarded — a matter
to be profoundly tliankful for. Well, then, who were the
Founder.-i :* They were a great multitude of the early Baptists
of this Province whose names even C(^uld not be called here
within the limits of y(HU" patience. It is our pride and Joy that
from the very outset the great mass of the Baptist ])eople took a
profound and pi-actical interest in the College, saw the germs of
it in the estnblishment of the Acadeni}', came tu :'.ee the necessity
of it, pra}-e(l for it, exj)ecteil it, waited for it, and when the time
came put their shoulders to th<! woi'k and built and eipiipped it,
yea, and stood by it through rough and smooth thenceforth.
Let us rapidly recall the names of some who took largest
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
56
pfirt in the ^^otxl work aiul who have i^rojKi to their reward. I
reckon Rev. Dr. Cramp among tliem. True, he did not help lay
the oi'i^inal foundations l)ut he came to preserve andcouHrm and
broaden them and hold them in place t'oi- us. His work covered
the- period from '')1 to 'G!) — 1<S years. He came a ripe scholar, an
authoi- well and widely known, a preacher of 88 years I'.xperience,
!in historian. He was as stated in the ColK'^'e report of '.')1,
■'well know;, for his enlai'^ed theol()o;ical attainments, the rare
e.xeellenc of his historical composition, his ^•enel•al ripe sclujlar-
ship, and his husiness talent and ener<fy." The call had gone to
him in IS.')*). After much considei-ation, he re})lied in those
nieiiioratile wt)rds : '" 1 respond to your call and henceforth devote
" myself to the cause of education and rtdi^ion in Nova Scotia,
" es|)ecially as connected with Acjidia ( 'ollege." I witnessed his
installation as President, dune '20, 1 8 .") 1 in the old Academy
Hall and listened to rhe eloiiuent address of the Hon. J. W.
.lohnston who presented him to the assemhly ami to the
authorities present. T)i'. Cramp had a j)lace to fill that called for
the labors of a giant. Ti'ue, tlie College had tided over many
ditKeulties, had come successfully thi'oiigh the terril)le contentions
and uncertainties of j)revious years, hut yet it was weak in many
I'espects. Tlie financial condition was unsatisfactory. The people
were yet pool', 'i'he staff of teachers was small. Dr. Cramp set
himself resolutely to his work, detei'mine(| to persevere and
coiuiuer all tlilHculties. His mai'veilous constitutional eneru'V, Ins
comprelu'nsi\-e scholarship, his tact and wisdom and healthy
coiiiiimn sense, his faith in (!od, all cond)ineil to tit him for the
]»lace. Was there a \acancy in the faculty ? He tilled it in his
own person if no other resource W(M-e available. Did the pul[nt
or pastoral office of the Wolfville Church l.)econie vacant :* Dr.
Cramp was tliei'e to till it. He aliounded, flowed ami overflowed.
From till' hour of his coming till age warned hnn to cease from
labor he thi'ew hinis(df unsijai-ini-'lv into the work of the College
and of the liaptist denomination He seemed like a combination
of many men of divfU'se talents, for he took pronnnent j)art in all
atiairs, great and minute. He managed the internal business of
the College, conducted his classes, preached almost constantly,
was active in temperance reform, did much journ ilistic work,
conducted large and varied coi'respondence, watched the great
political and religious movements of the day, did battle for truth
and right as occasion demanded, was instant in all details of
college life and work even to attending betore the local magis-
trate to defend students from unjust demands. All sided was he.
And to the students tiiere seemed no other sun in the her vens,
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MH.MoKiAL ADDKKSS.
wlicu lie slioiic ill liis stvciiirtli. lit' Wiis in all iiiclr thoughts.
lit' was always livioyaiit aii'l chi'tTtul, a constant tonic ti» cvitv
(.K'spoiidi'iit. I'i'W men couhl liave so In-fivcly honif the tt'ri'ihlc
disaster oi" \S')'2 whereby I'rot'essor ('hipinnn was so suiMeiily
taken away, li' the i|uestion. to 1)e or not to he. arose at that
•sail juncture, h*' (|uickly l>i'ushe<! it aside and rallied to rtiiiewi'd
exertion. How cordially ih-. ('rani]) loved and worked with tlie
Fathers of the ilrnoiiiination. liow he admired aiiij lt)V('d
Fatiier HardiiiLj. How hai'nu)niously 1ie worked with Mr. Hnrss
one t)t' the main sunpurts of the (•ollei.je tinancially and otherwise
tliroug'h its years of g-reatest need. Dr. ("ramp always held clear
and decitled opinions. He liad great skill to separate fact from
fiction anil he always tlealtwith facts. He hail a wealth of honest
uneiiuivocal yes and no. 'J'here was no niistaking his nieanin*;' on
any occasion. The long preparation of Dr. Ci'amj) in the nii3ther-
land anil in I'anada for this great work befoi-t; yet the need of
him had arisen, is one of the many jn'oofs easily ad-iucible to
establish the fact that in all the history of Acadia, the great (iod
was wiitchir •■ ami working ami guitling all.
Having said enough. pei'ha])s, to freshen your recollection of
this Lfi'cat and Li'ood man. so beloved, so iustlv honour. 'd, so
atfectitinately remembered by all his students ami thousands
beside, let me nextspeak for a moment of Professor Isaac Chipman,
to whosi' sudden ilect,'asi> I have already alluded. 1 was a witness
of his sad departure. From the point l»etween the Habitant and
C'aii'ird llivers, my Father and I watchetl the littk' boat in w liich
Prof. CJhiianan, llev. M I). Very of St. -John, and four of the
college stuilents — Pjenjaniin Ptand, Anthony PhaliMi, \V. H. King
and \V. F. (Irant, were returning from Blomidon with the twtj
men who hail charge of the craft. It was tie- afternoon of
Monday June 7, iN")2. The south west wiml blew a g^ale.
The little sail became unsteatly. There was confusion as of men
(|uickly moving from place to place in the boat. A few moments
more of anxituis suspensi> and the boat disai»])eareil. All ])erished
exceiit one of the ))oatnien who trained the shore with tlitH.cultv.
The news spread rapidly and cast tleep gloom every where.
Thus Dr. Craniji wrote to the Messenger: "1 catniot attempt
" retli'ctions, for I can scarcely think It is a stunning stroke.
" (Jod have mercy on the widow aiiu clie fatherless, on sorrowing
" friends, on our Churches and institutions so soi-ely bereft."
Prot'e.ssor Chipman was son of Father William Chipman so long
pastor at Berwick. He will be hingheltl in gi-ateful nunembrance
for his whole soul devotion to Acailia ('ollege as Pi'of(,'ssor, as
an inspirer of the people in the cause of Acadia and a.s the
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r^7
iuithor juitl coiiiluctDr ot" tin; work of crcctiiij^f a college Iniilding
without iiioiii'V. It WMs indi'i'd a great iU'hirvcnu'nt to haxc
aronscil tlic pfoplt! to Imild the ( 'ollege tlu'iiiselves. The Execu-
tive Coimiiittee of the Nova Scotia |-5iH)ti.st Ivlucatioii Society in
their report June, IS4:}, thus speak of it; " 'J'he Ivxecutive
" ( Jonuuittee fei'l highly gi'atifie(l with tlici opjiortunity of
"noticing the nohli- elfort that is now in the course of lieing
" cai'rieil into ex<'CUtion for the er(>ction of suitnlile college Iiuildings
" bv means of the V(jhnitary contrilmtions of the ]>eople. I)uring
" the past winter a sum of hetweeii ,£!)()() and £l()()() was suliscrihed
" to Ix' given in lah(jr and materials, chietiy in the counties of
" Aniia]>o]is, Kings and (^)ueens. A large jiortion of the materials
"has lieeii already transpoi'ted to tlie spot, the found.. vtion of the
"colK'<''e is laiil, the fi'amine- is rapidh' i)rocee(liniif, and in a v"r\^
"short time the huihling will he I'aised.all hy the gratuitous exer-
" tions of the l-Japtist population.' And the ('ommittee "could
" H'.f disnuss tlu' suliject without exnivssing their deep sense of
" tlie obligations the Society were undei- to the Professors of the
"College foi' the zeal and perseverance tiie.y had manifested in
" accomplishing an objei't on wlii(,'h the success of tlie nistitution
'■ was so essentially de[)endent." Take a sliort extract on this
subject from Dr. Bill's )'adiant history of tin; Ba])tists: "The
" onward march of Acadia College was inwrought into the very
"texture of ids being. A college eilitice became an absolute
" neccissity at a tinu; of such tinancial pressure tliat no moi^ey
" could ])e obtained to build it. Prof. Chipman conceiveil the
" idea of erecting the building without money. With this object
'' in view he travelled er mountain and vallev, through tine
" weather and foul, arousing the pe()])le, male and female, to
''embark in this new entei'prise. A college edifice without money
" was till' watchward, echoecl and re-eclioed from one hill-top to
" another, an<l all along the bi-autifui valleys of Nova Scotia,
'■ until there came forth timber, boards, shingles, n.uls, glass, paint,
"oil and otln.'r juaterials in sutHcient (piantity fo:- tlie work in
" hand. Then rushed the workmen from east and west, north
" and south to put the materials in order and complete the work
".so well begun. This was followed l)y a shower of cloth, sock.s,
" and niittc'iis from the hands of the goo<l sisters to help forward
" the good cause ; and thus the wise plan went forward to a suc-
" cessiul i.ssue."
Now let u.s hasten back to tlie fountain heads and glance at
the work of a few of the most notable foundation layers who
have pa.s,scd from us. Standing at l<S2cS we .see two marvellous
trains of events in progress, the one arising away back in the
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MEMORIAL ADDKKSS.
latter luilf of the last century and feathering eleint.-nts of strength
in ever increasing I'atio, i\u\ otiier dating visil)ly c ' ' a few
yeuis previous to liS2S. Itoth luuiring I'acli other, and <it length
cuhiiinating in tliat year in th<> fouiKhition of a Seminary of
learning at Wulfvilh-, whicli was siiortly to grow into Acadia
College. There had conie into Nova Scotia in tlu^ last century
the XfW-liglit, Henry Alline, wlio was an A])])ollos among
pi'eachers, wlio advanced many views which wouM now he con-
sidered nnorthoilox, l)nt who withal undei'stood this one matter
with undoul)teil clearness, that I'xcept a man lie horn again, lie
cannot enter the Kingdom of (lod. Hv weiit through the land
awakeinng sinners to a consciousness of their sins, and leading
them to turn from them to (Jod. He aroused great multitudes of
the peo])le. One iind another rose up to ])i'each the gospel heai"<l
from him. These men studied the Bihle (liligentl}'. They sought
the will of the Lord. They felt theii- way to tlie light. They were
full of zeal. They were self-sacriricing. They gi'ew and multiplied,
had in 18()()l)ecome suthciently numerous to form an associjition,
and met in that year to c(jmj)are notes and confer on all the great
subjects which related to their growth and welfare, and the spread
of the gospel in the jirovince. They wei'e in one sense a feehle
folk, were among the poor of this world, were mostly unletterc^d.
One hook they had in theii' lihi-ary, the Word of t!od, and they
])rayed their way to a correct intei'pretation of its teachings.
Among tlu? ministers who le(l the Bajitist churches that had been
estahlished up to 1S2S were two age(l Fathers, whom I mention
})articularly, hecausj I knew them and can testify to what I
sav ccjncernine; them. i tl'.ird< 1 undej'st(jod these men and
so thinking \enture to attempt an account of them, neces-
sarily, however, very brief. 1 allude to Father Edward
]\Ianning and Fathei- Theodore Harding 1 grew up among
Mr. MaiHiing's people, often liad my .outhful head canopied
bv his o-rt-at iialni, remember him distincth' from KS42 an<l
often between that year and his decease in LS'-l listened to his
soleimi discourses. 1 call (o mind one in particular in wdnch
he placed liefore the j)eo])le the great issue of eternal salvation or
eternal danniation. He was a man of great stature. These
Fathers were conscious of havine- been born ajjain. There hocl
come a time in their lives when the ipiestion was, whom shall 1
siU've — God or Satan i* And they chose to serve God. They
surrendered body, soul and spirit to Him. To them, he was not
a figure of speech, He was an awful I'eality. Heaven was a reality ;
as much so was Hell. They believed in man's total depravity, in
the atonement of Christ, that this life was the one only opportu-
MEMOKFAI- ADDRESS.
nitv o\' tni'iniiL,^ to (Jod. Tlii-y Itdicvi'd in tlir iiiiiuortiility of the
s')ul, ill till' cti'rnal felicity of tl>i' saN't'd, iUid tin- cti'i'iuil iiiisfry
(}f tiiosc who I'fjcct (lod. Tht'V hi'lirvfii (lod works through the
nc-cnc'V of iiuiii to liriii^ the woi'ld to {U'ct'j»t iuid trust- in Christ.
Thcv accepted thfit situation. 'I'licy ('((iisidereil theiiisi'Ucs ( Jod's
Ministers. Tiiey had the hcarine- i^f nti-ii in autlmrity. ih^'V
wei'e in tlieii' day I'c^arded as e-reat preacliers. The\' met the
ntjcds of their e(.neration. I5ut as they yearned fur souls, as they
saw the i|uickenin<^ intclli^'eiice they had themselves done much
to create, they sorely felt the nee(l of education. Tlu-y loii«4'e(l
and iii'aved tliat s(aiie means niiiiht he estahlisheil to enahje vounif
men to actjuire the intellectual traininu; neeessaiy to iiun't the
H'l'oivi))!;' demands (^f a new and |»roi;"i'essine country. It was a
sa\iii,L;' of tlieirs that whoever followed them woidil ha\e to stand
on their shoulders. They saw further aliead tlian most of their
peojde. In fact, in the eye of the ])e<)])le, these men wel'e them-
selves a standiiin' ar^'ument against the necessity of institutions of
learnini;'. i>ut these leaders knew themselves hetter than the
people knew them.
Turn to another train of events. .\ few years precedini^
\S'2S, the old fashioned i^'ospel eauie to i)e jireaclieil in St. l^iuls
C'hui'ch, Halifax. Men were there comine' to what we under-
staml to he conversion. Division in St. Pa^ul's ensued. The
evangelieal jiarty secedeil. ])uilt the stone chapel in (Iraiiville
.street, fell aw;iy apiin, tlie must of them, int<> the hosom of the
chui'ch, left, however, a few wlio could not n'o hack, who had as
thev t]iou<2ht tasteil a laroei- lift' than St. Paul's ati'orded. These
few faithful souls, about twenty all told, hou^ht the stone cha[)el
and on Sept. '.]0, 1(S27, a haptist church was there constituted.
Among this cluster were .lames \V. Xuttinii. John Fei'L;uson, .lohn
I'ryor, Kdmund A. t'rawley. Dr. Lewis .johnstor,. .Iame> \V.
Johnston, William B. Kinnear. In June, ':^S, their inindier liad
increased to 40. They sought admission ti- the iSaptist Associa-
tion. Here was a train of events of the utmost impoi'tance to
the denomination. The l^'athers had lou'^ed and praxcd for the
estalilishment ot a senunary of ieai-nin^' : but they were un-
learned men, what could they ilo :* Ilei-e now wei'e the needed
elements. Messieurs Nuttiny', Crawley and Pryor had been
educated at Kind's C'ollee-e, Mr. Johnston in Scotland. They
were voinie- and abl, men. It took them not lon<f after fornun;;
their new connections, to see the necessity of establishini; at
once a sclujol of learnino' in connection with theii* chos(.'n denom-
ination. And so, omitting- details, it conies to pass in 1N2(S, those
Halifax Brethren came down to Wolfville to join thea^ed Fatlier.s
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M!:m(ii;ial Ai)i»iti:sH.
in IfiyiiiL,'' flic t'lmiKhitioiis (if the si'ininni"}' so loiin; and ilcvontly
pravtt! i')f. ( naiiiiiiily piTNailcd. The pi'Dsiiccrus oF t,lit> scin-
inai'v was a'iojjtcil. if appears (<) lia\r liccii prcjiarnl in llalitax.
It liad siilid and ciidnianu- 'piadity in it. Article lo will show the
])rinie jiiii-jjoses in view in laying- ihe I'onnilations ot" the institu-
tion. It read tl!n>; "it ,-hall he Ihe ciirc of the connnittcc to
" ])rovidc eiliciciit teachers t'oi' (his seminary to whose moral and
" i'cliL;io!)s character special reeai'd willhehad: and it is coiisidei'-
" ei! an oliject in excry department under the intluence ot" the
"society, never to he lost sioht of, that the scholai-s and students,
"while a('(juirine- information to lit them for their N'ai-ious stations
"in life, should he led to a kiiowledi^'e of the I rue relation of
"man, to his ( 'reatoi- ami of that faith in the Loi'd .lesus Chi-ist
"winch ah/Tie can furiush a sui'e ple(io'i" of theii' e'ood conduct in
" this world and their liappiness in eternity." That was tlie kind
of tindier iliese F.athei's and Ih-etlu'Oi put into the new sti'uctuiv.
The work do)ie hy James W. NuttiiiL;", ilurine- a h)nn' Hie, for
Academy a.nd College, was incalculahly valuahK-. (iraduated at
King's College ^in I SJO, ailmitted shoitly after to the l»ar, bap-
tized in Iji'dford ' asin, Sept. :U), \S-21. "honest, earnest, judici-
ous, kind I \'," his whole life was spent in doiim' o-ootj. As an
otHcer of tlie iJa.ptist Kducation Society and as an editor
with Ml', .lolni Fe)-gus(Mi for many years of the ('hr'ist'iini
M<'ss<'i)(/('i\ lie did nohle work Wn- the Horton Institutions.
The Mcxficixji'r* was the org;in of Acadia and of the de-
nomination. It was ahly c aducted. It was one of Acadia's
chief found(M-s, a,nd was alwiiys its strong defender. It "stood
foui' s(piai'e to all the winds that hlew." It overcame all ditii-
cnlties ineid(Hit to a new [ia|)er, hehl steadily on its way and
embalmed foi- us the early history of Acadia and of the denomi-
nation. Never let the woi'k of .Slessieurs Xuttine- and Ferijfuson
be foru'otten.
*Kstubli.slic(l, .lamiiirv <), IS.')?.
MKMOUIAL ADDIiKSS.
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Klli^'
■v"iS».
One otlior njitiu' I must menticjii at some Icnj^^th — tliat of tlu'
Honourable J {lines W.Johnston — lawyer, Queen's C'ounsel, Attorney
General, Judi^e in l^(|uit.y : pi^litieian, statesman, Leailer of
Government, Lieutenant Governor; learned in law, skilful in
disputation, successful as an advocate, al»le as Jud^-e : constant as a
frit'ud, terrible as an antaj^onist, huud)le as a christian, loyal to
his denomination and to Acwlia, a t(-)wer of strength to the cause
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lie espoused, a stamlinuf menace to all op])osinLj forces. Ho was
a n'oveiTior of tlie colleoc fnjiii its tii'st incejjtioii till his death,
liaAinp,' heeli ivhvays re-electeil at the ex])iry of eMch term of otHct!.
To uiidi'fstiinil the true character and value of his \voi"k in
conneetion with this institution, it is neeessaiy hriefly to recall to
your minds thi- hitter and iletermined oj)position with which
Acadia ('ollen'e had to contenil fi-oni its very he^iiniini;- through a
period of sevei'al \'ears. It hail to tiniit its \\a\' into colle^'iate
existenci'. In iN.'Jit the Iv'^'islM ture was jn'titioued foi" a charter.
The petition was vehemently o])pose(l and its prayer was I'efused
hy a majority of two in tlu; House of Assemhiy -2+ ai;'ainst the
charter. '1'2 for it 'I'Ik' followi'';^- year the application was i-enewed
and tlie charter u;ranteil. The opposinjj;' foi'ces were, however,
still stroiijj; and active. At len^-th a distinct issue came u]) to he
fouiLi'ht out; sh;iuld there he one collenc for the whole Province, or
should the principle of ileuominational colh.-o'es prevail :* li^ndc'r
these circumstances t!ie hui'then of the defence of Acadia rested
lai'u'ely on Mr. Johnston. In IN h'> when the o]»position to denom-
inati.onal colleees was at its heieht Mr. dohnstou who was then
Attorney (General siuieiit election to the poj)ular hranch (jf the
Legislature. (Hv had pi-eviously heen Iti the Leu'islative Cyouneil.)
He was retui'ued mend)er for Annapolis. Oc:.Mii)yine- now the
position of Attorney ( ieneral and memhei" of the House of Assemhiy
h(! was ahle hv his character and elo(|uence and hv the strenirth
of his ])arty to ohtain for Acadia at least a measure of the justice
to which she was (nititled. He was the one man in the
denomination who was al)le to meet the exi<i;ency of the case.
We of this day can look hack sercniely and even with ])leasure
upt)n those years of tierce contention, continuin<f from '89 to '45
and later. Ft is apparent n(nv that tin,' vory oi)position wdiich
was so pei'sistently carried, on proved the means of cementing
ton'(>ther the various eU'ments of the denomination and renderinu'
irrevocahle their determination to expend all ]K)ssihle means to
huild up and carry to perfection the woi'k they had undertaken.
Everv circumstance was workinir toer'ther for the furtherance of
the college. The opposing parties had no Gamaliel to cite pre-
cedents and counsel them to refrain till it should transpire
whether this were the work of men or not, and thev took no
heed to the prophetic utterance of Father Harding at Yarmouth
in '4:i ; "Like Moses in the Ijulrush.es," he said, "it must be
"preserved. The child must live. Tt was the Child of Provi-
" dence ; and wdio could destr(>y It." These opponents clearly
never understood the foundation purposes of the Baptists, else
they certainly would have forseen what ultimately became
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aiijtiirt'nt — tlif absolute futility ol* all opposition. Iti all this
itcriod of contention Mr. .lolniston was the cliieftan on wlioni
the hui'then of the tiny principally rested and to wh<,..i we arc
mainly unlelited for the successful and trimnphant issue.
Accunnilatin;L; manuscript warns me that I cainiot \entui'e to
continue much furthei". I have mentioned at ienuth only two of
the Uaittist Fathers. What has lieen said in general concei'niiiif
these two would I have no doulit Ite true of a II of thrm. They
Were in their day stroni,^ men, full of faith and of the holy spirit.
'rhr\- all ardently lahored and prayed for the Horton Institutions,
it would have lieeii useless to att"mpt to Ituild and carry them on
without the symi)atliv and active co-operation of the juMiplc.
That the Fathers calleil into active exercise tliis symi)athy and
co-opeivition to a wonderful def,n-ee is a(d<no\vledn-('d l»y the
education society in their report of IKl'l in which they review
till- >ituation thus: " your connnittee rejoice to record the warm
and coi'dial supi)ort which the propositions presented at Horton,
i(eei\ed from luanv friends and t'speciallv i'voxu the nnnisters (jf
the liaptist denomination then ])i"es(.'nt. Witli the eandour of
christian men unincuml)ere(l with narrow ])rejudiees, and tin.'
experience of faithful srrvauts of the nospel who had toiled with
unspeakable pain tlirouifji the disadvantau'esattendint; the defect
of early instruction, they raised a mass of honest testimony to the
duty of christian peo])le to removt; those disailvanta;4('s. which no
arn'umeuts can confute and tiie recollection of which, time can
hardly obliterate." You set; th(3 result of tlu'ir testimotiy in the
spontaneous rising of the people to erect the collei,fe buildiiiy-.s.
Vou see it in the splendid way in which the campai^-n of I.s4;i
was fouu'ht. You .see it illustrioushni the ,'/v<'at Onslow meet-
inn' (Oct. 9^ 1<S4.S) where "200 noble men and women whom 1 icckon
amonn- the founders of Acadia held their place from eai'ly moi-n
till late at nii^dit ami stood to lie counte(l on the o-nn-nsward till
they had rolled up a majority of 41 for their cause. " When shall
their ,i,dory fade ! Noble two hundred"! Oni; hei'o of that battle
still I'emains among- us, Rev. ])r. Crawley, who so manniticently
met the leader of the opposition on all the features of the gi'eat
question at issue. But there was anotiier whom I delight to
mention and who must never be forgotten — our late friend Mr.
John King to whose iron will, keim foresight, and unwavei'ing
hjyalty to Acadia, the majority was due. What would the day
have been, indeed, without that majority — on the right side /
One cannot follow back the history of these institutions
without remarking special!}' the providential manner in which
men fitted to their special work were from time to time raised up.
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MK.MOUIAL ADDIUXS,
Alongside ot" tills fiict WO must also iiKvays ifmtii'uUy n'liicinlior
tlu' generous loyalty and co-()pei'ati(jn (jf all the Uajitist
])o])ulation.
Si
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Among the departed Governors of the College whom I have
not yet mentioned let me rajjidl}' recall to your minds Hon.
William B. Kinnear, who with Rev. Dr. Crawley united with
the (iianville Street Church by baptism June 1, 182(S. He was
one of the founders, and well he served the cause of Acadia;
Rev. William Burton, a man endowed with more than ordinary
j)o\vers. " For upwards of 40 years, he stood as a faithful watch-
man upon the walls of Zion zealously and earnestly contending
for the faith once delivered to the saints and affectionately be-
seeching men, in Christ's stead, to be reconciled to God ; Rev.
Samuel Robinson of whose 34 years of gospel ministry you can
judge by these figures, — 4241 sermons preached, 1142 persons
.MMMORIAI- ADDHFSS.
G.')
hiipLi/i'd ; ItL'V. L'luirlos S[)ur(lt.n, J). 1.)., iK'urly Ik-IovimI and
atU'ctionati'ly rcineinlien'tl, a yrntlu and sincere! christian
minister and teacher; liev. Charles Tu|)per, ]).])., who for
constancy of i)ur|)ose, reliahility of ^•uidllnce, wealth of learn-
ing and aliimdance of useful lal)ors in tlio service of the Lord
had few compeers in his day ; ("aleh 1{. liiil, over faithful and
true to Acadia; Nathan S. De.Mill " lii^'hly esteemed for his
>tcrliu'4 christian integrity " serviii;^' faithfully as a i,a)Vernor for
14 years; 'Ion. A. McL. Seely wlio was held in the hio-liest
e>tL'em as a christian n'tintleman and who ;4-ave lonir and valu-
alile service to the Collee'e ; Rev. James Parker wlut hiliorcfl
ahundautly for Acadia for many years ; lli'V. Sanuiel N.
iSehtli'y, for some time [»astor of tlie North Jiaptist Church,
ilalii'a.x , llev. A. ]). Tliomson, so successful in the financial
!i<^tncy of tlie College ; Mayliew ]jeckwith, one of the solid
iUid reliable men on whom dej)i'ndence couM ])e safely [ilaced ;
Kev. J. .\. Smith, for more than 40 years a faitliful watch-
man u[)oa the hattlements of Zion ; Rev. John Davis, so long
the liaptist bishop of the Charlottetown Church, universally
esteemed, atlectionately rememliered ; JvU})ert Eaton ludd in
iiieiiioi-v for wisi' Counsel, business eneru'V .ind faithful discliarge
i)f duty; Rev. James E. I^alcom, dearly beloved minister of the
gosj.cl ; lion. Judgt.' McCully whose Work will lie gratefully held
unm-morv : Rev. I'heotlore H. Porter, f(jndl\' will his meUKjrv be
clierished by a wide circle ; A\ard Longley than whom no more
faithful friend evc-r had Acadia.
Ciiosen from ditl'erent s[)heres in life, resident in manyditl'er-
eiit parts of these provinces, possessing \'aried ([ualitications,
these dear deiiarted brethren faithfully and well discharired the
i I/O
)'esi)onsible ofHce of u'overnors of the colleu'e.
While I have thus att(."mpted to refresh your recollection of
those whose memory specially deserves to be long cherishen by
us, 1 am ct^n.scious how many otliers there are whom my limits
only forljid mo to mention particularly. Let us prai.so God for
the multitude of faithful men and women throughout these three
Provinces who, in their day, have so nobly fulfilled their allotted
task and gone to their reward and let us prove our appreciation
of their labors by handing these institutions down to succeeding
generations, more and ever more amply endoweil, more generously
eijuipped, more ofliciontly conducted, more and ever more abund-
antly fulfilling the purpose of their establishment, than when the
Pathor.s delivered the trust to us.
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JUBILEE t>DE.
Jubilee Ode for Acadia College,
By Rev. W. S. McKenzie, D. D.
TfSE-" Dl'KK STKKKT."
With voict's tuned to j^n-atcful praise
We <,a'cet our College Jtmilkk,
And chant our tlianks in joyful lays ^^
Great (Joi), our Gracious King, to Thee.
As here this tf?^„^t we eelehrate,
And trace the deeds ofhy-gono time,
Ourselves would we now dedicate
To deeds as nohle and sublime.
For this glad hour our fathers wrouoht,
Those men of faith, of courage high,
Who in tlieir day so l»ravely fought,
Kesolved through Clod to win, or d:.\
With tongue' of llame they plead and pray
For men well trained to ti'ach and lead ;
Foundations deep and broad they lay
For coming years of stress and need.
Untaught in schools, but filled with power,
Their souls begirt with strength divine,
Above their times they grandly tower.
And down through future ages shine.
May we, the sons of sainted sires,
As nobly toil in this our day ;
Keeping blazing bright our altar tires,
For God still work, still watch and pray.
Benediction.
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OFFU'EUS OF INSTUn'TION.
07
Officers of Instruction of Acadia
College.
Presidents :
ls47-':)0 Rev. Jolin Pryor, M.A.
I s.')! -".•).■? *R.-v. John Mockett Cmiup, D.l).
ls5;j-'5.') *Rev. lulimmd Allium Crawley, D.l).
ls:)!)-'(J9 *Rev. .loliii ^[ockctt Cramp, ]).!).
1NG!>- Rev. Arteiiias Wymau Sawyer, D.l).
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-'5') *Rev. John Mockett Cramp, D.D.
-'S.'} *Rev. Edmuii.l Alheni Crawlev, D.D.
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Professors, Instructors and Tutors.
Ilev. Julin I'ryor, M.A., Profo.s.sor of Classics an<l
Natural Philostjphy.
Rev. Edmund A. Crawley, M.A., Pj-oi'essor cjf L(\yic,
Mental Philosophy, Rlietoric and Mathematics.
*Isaac L. Chipman, P..A., Assistant l'i'ofess(jr oi Natural
Philosopliy iui'l Mathematics.
*Rcv, Edmund A. Crawley, D.D., Professoi- of Theolooy.
Pev. Jolni Pryor, ]\I.A., Professor of 'riieolo-^y.
A. P. S. Stuart, B.A., Professor of Mental and Mord
Philosophy.
Charles D. Randall, M.A., Tutor in Classics.
*Rev. John M. Cramp, D.D., Professor of :\Iental and
Moral Philoso])hv, and Theolo<''V.
Thomas A. Higgins, B.A., Tutor in Classics.
Henry W. Johnston, B.A., Tutor in Mathematics.
*Rev. Edmund A. Crawley, D.D., Professor of Theology.
A. P. S. Stuart, M.A., Professor of Mathematics and
Natural Science.
Rev. A. Wyman Sawyer, B.A., Professor of Classics.
Daniel M. Welton, B. A., Tutor in English.
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Alfrecl Chipman, B.A., Tutor in Mathematics.
*Henrv A^auolian, B.A., Tutor in ilatheuiatics.
Koljort L. Weatherbe, B.A., Tutor.
D. Frances Higgins, B.A., Tutor in Mathematics.
Brenton H. Eaton, B.A., Tutor in Clas.sics,
D. Francis Higgin.s, .M.A , Professor of Mathematics.
*James DeMill, M.A., Professor of Classics,
Rev. John Pryor, D.D', Professor of Belles Lettres.
Robert V. Jones, M.A., Tutor in Belles Lettre.s.
Robert V. Jones, il.A., Professor of Classics.
Rev. Robert Somerville, Tutor in English.
*Rev. Edmund A. Crawley, D.D., Professor of English
and Theology.
Rev. A. Wyman Sawyer, D.D., Professor of Mental
and Moral Philosophy.
William Elder, M.A., Professor of Natural Science.
Andrew DeW. Barss, ]\l.D., Lecturer on Anatomy.
George T. Kennedy, M.A., Professor of Natural Science.
John F. Tufts, Vi.k., Professor of History and Political
Economy.
Rev. Daniel M. Welton, W.k., Professor of Rhetoric.
Frank H. Eaton, M.A., Tutor in Classics.
Rev. D. M. Welton, Professor in Hebrew and Theoloo-v.
J. Crould Schurman, D. Sc, Professor of Ejii:!]ish Liter-
ature and Mental Philo.-ophy.
Albert E. Coldwell, M.A., Instructor in Natural Science.
Rev. E. Miles Keirstead, ]\[.A., Professor of Eno-li.sii
Literature and Logic.
Everett W. Sawyer, B.A., Tutor in History and
Political Economy.
Theodore H. Rand, D.C.L., Professor of Education and
History.
Albert E. Coldwell, M.A., Prof, of the Natural Sciences.
Everett W. Sawyer, B.A., Tutor in History.
John F. Tufts, AI A., Instructor in History and Political
Economy.
Luther E. Wortman, M.A., Professor of Modern
Languages and History.
GOVERXORS OF THE COLLEGE. Gt)
Principals of Horton Academy.
lS28-'30 *Asahel Chapin, B.A.
1830-'39 Rev. J. Pry or, M.A.
LS39-'43 Edward Blanchard, E.s(i.
1843-'ol Charles D, Randall, M.A.
1851-61 *Jarvi.s W. Hartt, M.A.
1801-74 Rev. T. A. HWins, M.A.
18r4-'8l J. F. Tufts, M.A.
1881 -'83 A. W. Armstrong, B.A.
1883-'88 J. F. Tutts, M.A.
1888- I. B. Oakes, M.A.
Governors of Acadia College named in the Charter granted
March 27, 1840.
*Hon. James W. Johnston.
*James W. Nutting, Es(|.
*Rev. William Chipman,
*Simon Fitch, Es(|.
* William Johnson, Esq.
Rev. E. A. Crawley, M.A.
Rev. John Pryor, M.A.
*Rev. Richard McLearn.
Rev. Inqraham E. Bill.
*Rev. Charles Tupper.
Governors appointed by the Lieut.-Governor, Legislative Council, and
House of Assembly, as provided by the original Charter.
*Hon. Charles R. Pre-scott, M.L.C.
*Hon. T. A. S. DeWolf, M.P.P.
*Hon. Edmund M. Dodd, M.P.P.
Samuel Chipman, Esq., M.P.P.
*Herbert Huntington. Es.j., M.P.P.
*Charles W, H. Harris, Es(i., .^[.A.
Governors nominated by the Baptist Convention in 1850, and named
in the Act, passed April 7, 1851, to alter the Government
of the College.
Rev. Ingraham E. Bill, Hon. William B. Kin,..ar, d. 'G8,
Hon. James W. Johnston, J. 73, Rev. S. Robinson, 4. 'GO,
Rev. William Burton, (7. G7. Simon Fitch, M.D.,
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(iOVERNORS OF THE COLLEGE.
Rev. Charles Spunlen, d. 7G,
John W. Barss, E.S([.,
Rev. Edward 1). Very, d. '52
Stewart Fi'eeinan, E.s(|,
Rev. Abraham S. Hunt, d 77,
Rev. Isaac L. Chipinan, d 'o2.
Caleb R. Bill, d. 72,
William Stone, E,s(j.,
James W. Nnttini^, Esq., d. 70,
James R. Fitch, M.l).
Nathan S. DeMill, Esq., d. '64,
Alex. McL. Seelev, Esq., (/. '82.
Governors appoin/ed since 1851 in the order of their appointment.
Rev. Charles Tupjier, d. '70, Rev. Thomas Todd,
Rev. George F. Miles, Avard Longley, Esij., (/. '!S4,
Rev. James Parker, il. '70, Rev. Edward M. Saunders,
Rev. Sanniel X. Bentley, '/. 'i)d, Rev. Edward Hickson.
Rev. Ceorine Armstrong, (/. 'SO, ^[ark Curry, Es().,
Rev. Edwin Clav, d. '.S4, John R. Callu)un, Es([.,
Rev. A. ]). Thoiuson, d. '70, Rev. William P. Jilverett,
Rev. Steplien W. J )cBlois, t/. '84, Theodore li. Rand, D.C.L.
Hon. Darnel MeN. Parker, M.l)., Brenton H. Eaton, Esq., Q.C.,
Rev. Elisha B. Dc.Mill, d. '0.'?, Rev. S. Bradford Kem[)ton,
Rev. Daniel M. Welton. Charles F. Clinch, Estj.,
Mayhew Beekwith, Esq., (/. '71, Rev. James VV. Manning,
Rev. J, A. Smith. </. '80
Rev. .Tohn Davis, (/. '7-^,
Rev. E. C. Cady,
Rev. William S. McKenzie,
J). jU:])('rt Eaton. Esq., <l. '8.'}.
Hon. A. ]*'. !vand(jli)]i,
Z. (J. Cahel, Ks.|.. </. "81.
Arthur W. Masters, Ks([.. /. 'SN.
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John H. I lar( Hug, i'>q.,
Williaui Faulkner, l">s(|.,
Don. J. McCullv,./. 77,
Rev. Thomas A. Higgins,
Abel C. Robbins, Es([.,
Herbert C. Creed, M.A.,
Edwin D. King, Q.C.,
Silas Alward, D.C.L.,
Rev. AtW(.)od Cohot)n,
Rev. Donald G. McDonald,
Charles F. Eaton, Es(|..
J\ev. Calviu Goodsjieed,
C. B. Whiddeu, Esq.,
Austin Lotke, Es(|.,
William Cummings, Es(i.,
Kev. Thi
leodore IT. I'orter, il. 'M , William C\ Hill, l':s(|.,
B. ])oui;!ass, Ksi|., il. S.s. F. 11. Eaton, E.s(|., M.A.,
A. P. Sliand, E.s(,.
Secretaries of the Board of Governors.
bs.V) \S4 *Piev. S. W. D.dilois, D.D.,
1S84 Rev. T. A. Hig-ins, D.D.
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
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Senate in 1888.
Fellows.
Vacating ojffice 1S91.
Silas Ahvard, D.C.L. M.P.P., Hon. James W. Johnston, D.C.L.j
Rev. John E. Hopper, D.D.
Vacating ofl'xce 1S94.
Rev. D. xVUan Steele, M.A.. Rev. S. McCully Black, M.A.,
Rev. David Freeman, il.A.
Vacating office IS!)}'.
Rev. S. Bradford Kcmpton, M.A., Rev. Edward M. Saunders, D.D.,
H. Hardin..- Blioh, M.A. Q.C.
Scholars.
Vacating ojjicc ISOl.
Edwin D. King, M.A., Q.C. Rev. William H. Warren, M.x\.,
Rev. Fredrick D. Crawley, B.A., \V. Mortimer ^IcYicar, M.A.
Viic{itiiig ojjicc I'n^OJf.
dohn F. Tufts, M.A., Rev. (Jeorge O. Gates, M.A.,
Wallace N. Graham, B.A... Q.C, Herl.ert C. Creed, M. .\.
Viicdfing office IS'JT.
James B. Hall, Ph.D., Adoniv^vm J. ]:)enton, B.A.,
William F. Parkei-, B.A., T, Sherman Rogei-s, B.A.
Faculty.
R' V. A. Wyman Sawyer, D.D. L.L.D. President and Professor e)f
Moral Philo.sophy and Evidences of Christianity.
Rev. Ednnnid A. Crawley, D.D., D.C.L,, T*rofessor Emeritus.
D. Francis Hiu'u'ins, Ph.D., Professor of Mathenuitics.
liohert V. Jones, Ph J)., I'rofessor of the Gi'eek and Latin
Languages.
Ilev. E. Miles Iveirstead, .^LA., Professor of English Literature,
and P.sychology.
Alhert E. Coldwell, M.A., Professor of the Natural Sciences.
Luther E. Wortman, ]\LA., Professor of Modern Languages and
Historv.
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MEETIN(; or THE SENATE.
Meeting of the Senate of Acadia
College.
Wednesday Afternoon, August 29, 1888.
Shortly liei'ore 8 o'cbK-k tiic President of the Colle^'e aiul
other members of thv Faculty, members of the Setiate, (Joveriiors
of the College, nluhini ami inulerg-raduates, formed in procession
south of the college l)uilding and proceeded under the direction
of James S. Moi-se, Es(|., B.A., '^G — for nian\' years tlie etiiciont
college inarshall— to the grounds in f)'ont of the College and
thence by the avenue to the front entrance and into College
Hall, "where an innnense assendtly of friends of Acadia were
awaiting the proceedings of the afternoon.
Rev. A. W. Sawyer, D.D., ^Loderator of the Senate, occupied
the chair and by his side wei'e seated the venerable Rev. E. A.
Crawley, D. ])., D. C. L., Prof. D. F. Higgins, Ph. D., and the other
members of the Faculty. In addition, the ft)llowing occupied
seats on the platform : Rev. S. T. Rand, ]).])., LL.D.., 'Rev. W. S.
McKenzie, D.D., Thomas Harrison, Esq., LL.])., President of the
University of New Brunswick, Rev. J. Rurwasli, ]).Sc., of ]\lount
Allison Wesleyan College, Rev. B. F. Simpson, B.])., Princii)al of
the Union Baptist Seminary of New lirunswick, Herbert C.
Creed, Es(j., President of the Convention, ])avi<l Allison, Esi].,
LL.D., Su])erintendent of Education for Nova Scotia, John \V.
Barss, Es(|., Rev. E. M. Saunders, ]).])., Rev. 1). A. Steel. >, :M.A.,
Rev. D. W. C. Dimoek, M.A., John B. Calkin, Es<|., A1.A, Principal
of the Provincial Normal School, L B. Cakes, Esq., recently
appointed Principal of Horton Academy, and others.
Singing liy the college choir of the anthem, "He that
dwelleth," was followed by an ad<lress, deli\ered by Rev. A. W.
Sawyer, D.l)., ^-loderator of the Si-nate.
ADDRESS.
Gentlernev of the SctHifc, und Friends af Aedd'ia Collerje :
The speakers who have preceded me in this series of public
meetings have called your attention to the origin of these insti-
tutions and tlic character of their founders. 6thei-s will follow
PRESIDENT SAWYERS ADDRESS.
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who will speak of tlie relations of tlu; college to the j.;enei'al
welfare of society and the responsihilities of the peo])le on whose
synipatliies and supjiort it must mainly rest. Assembled as we
now are, as " tlio Body of the Colleo'e," to use the ((uaint laiii^Uii^e
of our Charter, it niay he as protitahle, as it is natural, to review
hrietly the educational history of the colleu'e, note what character
was impressed upon it in tlie bej^diniin;,', mark the principles that
have regulated its growth, and incjuire what it means as it exists
;it present anil what jilace it is to lill in the social, political and
I'eligious life of these I'l'ovinces in the future.
The great universities reckon their existence by centuries.
r'iFty years are a short period in the life of any great ('(lucational
institution. The stage of primaiy experimentation must have
been passed and successive classes must liave been sent foi'th to
mingle in the currents of social life, l)efore such an organization
can attain to that dee-ive of maturity that shall of itself be
accepted as a sutHcient reason for according to it continued
existence and give assurance that it is an established power that
n^ust have a place among the comjilex forces that mould the
history of a ])eo]ile. That our college should liave accom])lished
enough, i.i the short term t)f its history, to give it a large place in
the records of the country and win for itself wide-spread fame,
could have been ])o.ssil)le on'^ it possessed a large measure of
tlic bounties of i'l'ovidence and fultilled its service in the miilst
of an abounding population. Neither of these conditions has
existeil. Jt is scarcely more tlian a century since men, speaking
the Knglish tongue, began to open the regions around us and
inaigurated here civil and social life under the ])rinciples (/f the
Bri ish Constitution. ])uring this ])ei'io(l tluj population has not
liet:i augnu'iited by an inunigration from foreign parts and has
incieased slowly. Though the gifts of nature have made it
j)osiilile to secure the means of sulisistence without oppressive
toil, yet the conditions of business among us have not been such
as to favor the rapid accumulation of large fortunes. We do not
|^\j)t:ct to conunand tlu; admiration of distant peoples l)y tlie
maguitude auil si)lendor of our achievements. But we can claim
that during this period, es'pecially in its later years, there lias
iieen steady and vigorous growth. The half-century that lies
lietween tlie foumling of the College and the ])resent time covei's
the change from the accidental school-house ami itinerant t-.-aclier
!ind the isolation of each pai'ish or ilistrict in its plans foi- eiluca-
tion, to a well arrano-ed svstem of laililic schools for the entire
[)rovince, with decent ami comfortable school-houses, a corps ot
ivell traineil teachers and a genera! plan of common-school
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education that will compare favorably with systems found in
older and more wealthy connnunities. This half-crntin-y covers
the chanj^-e from a few post-roads over the more important routes,
and the sailinjjj-vessel occasionally leavinj,' our shores to make an
irregular and infre(|Uent connection with a few points in the out-
side world, to a LTOod svstem of ])ul>lic i-oads, railwavs leading
over the principal routes of trade and travel and the daily going
and return of steamshii)s betwet;n our ports and important
centres of business in Ami' i and Great Britain. It covers th'.'
change hy which a nuiid)e of thinly peopled jiarishes, isolated
l.iy the ditKcultiL's of intercourse, knowing litth' (;f each other and
affecting each other remotelv and in a feeble nuumur, have bi-cn
united into a homogeneous body, possessing common pur[)oses
and deve]o])ing the characteristics of a strong ])c'opl('. It covers
the chani-e from the condition of a crown colonv to the (.'stalilish-
ment of responsible government, with all the free<lom in civil
matters that any people ought to desire ; and, at a later date, the
union of the Provinces of British North. Amei'ica under a consti-
tution wliich for adajjtedness to ]iromote the growth of a strong,
enterprising, intelligent ami stable nation will compare favoralily
with the best of modern times. These an.' great changes ; Imt
they imply others which, if we had time to consider them, would
make it evident that great advancement has been made within the
last half-century in tlu; intelligence, the wealth, the com'ort
and the prospects of our ])eople. An educational instituiioii
which has lived through these changes, adapted itsidf to them,
itself beinii' one of the au't'iicies bv which the\" have been eli'ected,
must have had s(jme \italitv, some intelliyent svmp.-itliN' witlitlu,'
s{)irit of the time and something in its history wortli presersing
Sixiy \-ears ago education in this Province depi'mled
chietly on the eiiorts of |)rivate imlividnals. The govern-
ment of that day was willing to aid, l)Ut was not dis])sed
to und(;rtakt! a Licneral svstem oF public schools on its nwii
responsibility. 'J'hus the I'ounding lA' lb)rton Academy wa- the
natural conse(|Uence of the tlien existing state of things. It i>
idle now to ask wliether some other plan nnght ha\'e been better.
We might about as well ask whether it would have' bei'U b'tter
if magnolias wei'e growing on our [)lains insteail of the oak au'l
the maple. ( )ur fathers took what was o])en to them. Tlicy
showed their wisdom in trying to make the best of it. Th<
Academy receiving its inception in such circumstances, naturally
became a grammar-school for an extensive; portion of tlu; l^rov-
ince. How well it ])erf;;rmed its wi)rk, is attested by the fact
that a large lunnber of men I'ecrived in those davs, while attend-
PRESIDENT SAWYERS ADDRESS.
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ing that school, a quickening of mental life, and gathered stores
of knowledge, wherehy they were enabled to take prominent
positions in connection with the public afiairs of the country,
which they have maintained successfully and honorably in com-
petition witli men who liad much mori; notable advantages of
education. Tlu^ course of instruction in the Academy was mark-
ed from the first by breadth of view and an almost proj)hetic
forecast of the subsequent development of education in the
Province. Its founders were among the earliest and most earnest
advocates of an efficient .system of public scliools under the direc-
tion of the government.
The success of the Acmlemv made it necessarv to enlar<re
the coui'se of study and provide f(jr tlie nee<ls of more advanced
students. It is needless to ask now M'hat else might have Ijecn
done. This was the natural thing to do, and it was done. To
inaugurate a college in those days nM|uinMl courage and faith. It
is certain that none cop' I have comprehended more perfectly the
odds against such an undertaking, than tlie men wIkj were the
tirst to advocate the project. But it is well to k(,'cp in mind tiiat
the disproportion I)etween the |)r<)fessions made and tlie facts
accomplished, wouhl not at that time seeni so oppressive.' as it
woulil to us now. Tlu'U Dalhousie College had but three pro-
fessoi's. Kiiiii's, after an existence of nearl/ half of a centurv,
had the same nundier. Watcrvillo was struggling through its
eai'lv \'ears (^f trial ami ])overtv : and Ih-own I'niversitv, thouu'h
then a iu)ted institution, was .scarcely giving jn'omise of its present
greatness. The men who were foremost in founding me College
Wert' (I'raduatcs (if l\in''-s, Imt thev also hail some aciiuaintancf
with New England Colleges. Thus the early course of study in
Acadia Itoi-c cviiience of an Knglisli origin, in the large provision
made fm- Greek and Latin, but it also bore traces of the Xe-w
Kngland model, in the lunniier and general arrangement of the sep-
arate i-ubjects foi- study. The original design of the C'ollege was to
promote liberal education. With the possible exce])tion of He-
lire\v,whieh a]i]x>ars to have Ixtu an optional stud\' in the Senior
N'ear, the sam.^ subjects wei'e retpiired of all the stutlents. The
records of tliat early |)eriod are ver\' imperfect ; but a copy of
the curriculum of lS41,the third year after the opening of the
College, has been preserved. From this it appears that (piite as
nnteh reading in tlie ancient classics was prescribeil then as is
re(|uireil r.ow. S])ecial attention was given to the geography and
biography C()nnecteil with the portions read. In pure matlie-
matics, algebra and geometry were taught. In Jiatin-al
})hilosophy, as the phrasi! was then usetl, an extensive course was
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PHESIDENT SAWVKllS ADDRESS.
liiarkctl out. liOi;ic' and rlictoric were l»otli assigned to the
Freshman year. Apparently witli more rey;ar(l to the h)gieal
conneetion of thin<;s than to tlie ahility ol" the stmlent to deal
with such sul'jeets, logic was placed before rhetoric. Mineralogy,
geology and cliemistry were anwigned to tlie third year. Acorrso
in ethics was marked (Uit under the direction of Waylaud ar.d
I'alevand the y>r ()jiiriiso\' C'icero. A short course in philosophy
and political economy was inti'oiluced in the Senior year. A
portion of time was also assigneil to the Evidences of Christianity.
French could he taken as a special study. The (Jreek Testament
was rend everv dav at niorninij; and (.■\enini>' i)ravers. If it 1 e
judged hy the demands of later times, the uuiidier of suhjects in
this euri'iculum is small. C"onse»|Uently a smaller nundjer of
instructors could satisfactorily conduct the classes in studies
which, being ])Ui'sucd more continuously, may have produced
I'esults that would not sutler in comparison with those ol)tained
liv the nndtitudinous subjects of the modern college course. The
original curi'iculum in Acadia was probably ni part an expression
of the custom of the time, and in ])art the product of independent
reflection and decision. As the years have passed, modifications
have iicen made ; l»ut witbi tliem all the fundamental princi})le of
the higher education, wliich was acce])ted at first, has been
retained. (leneral education continues to be the object of the
College. The relative amount of time given to eacli subject and
the number of sulijects have changed. Greek and Latin, which
iai'gely determined the <iuality of the education given by the
College in its earlier years, still ivtain their place. It will be a
matter of gratification to many, if not to all, that these subjects
are .so well fortifieil by tradition, and by present convictions,
that they will hold their rank un<iuestioned for years to
come. In mathematics, consideral»l}' moi'e is expected now^
than wiis re([uired of the first classes. By common consent
this study must liave a large place in any properly arranged
course (jf liberal studies. As the years have passed, science has
claimed for itself more and more attention. The College has
ahvavs shown itself svmiiathetic towanls these claim.s. But the
student has been taught to love these studies for th(!ir own sake,
as an abiding source of noble pleasure, and as necessary to a right
conce]ition of the universe. Pursued in this spirit, and not for
special ap[)lication to the practical affairs of life, science must l)e
regavtled as an essential element in a system of lil)eral education.
It will ])robab]y demand more space in the future rather than be
satisfied with less.
Another difference between the curriculum of the present
PRESIDENT SAWYERS ADDRESS.
and that of the past is in the much hir^rr (Icuiaml whicli Enylish
Litoratmv now makes on the time of the student. Tht; vahie of the
studv iustitles the clian'a' and t^ives assurance that it will i-etain
its place in the course. I\'rhaps, however, in Justice to tlu'
stu<lents of the earlier time, it ou;^ht to i)e remembered that our
noble literatui'e may have t;iven more nourishment to their men-
tal life tlian tlie schedule of their studies wouM indicate. The
custom of tlie time is always an educat(;r. The swarm of mai^'a-
zincs had not come to distract the iirst classes in the C(^llei;e.
Public opinion then led tlie stmh'iit to read thestamh^rd authors
tliat lie nno'ht be impressed and inspired by their writings. Jjv
this connnunion with the master minds of our nice, some iiilluence
was received which, if too etherial to be tested by the processes
of a competitive exannnation, nevertheless g'ave to the mind, an
elevation of tone and a refinement of (juality which ilistinL;'uish('(l
it through life. But wdiatever may be oui' o])inions respecting
such comparisons between tlu; present and the past it is (juite
certain that ETiglish Literature and the JMiglish Language will
receive mon;, rather than K .s, attention in the approved college
course of the future.
Half a century ago the opinion was very com)noii among
educationists that, if a young man had duly disciplined his nnnd
by tlu,' classics and mathematics, he could bt> left to read history
for himself. This probably explains why that subj^'ct does not
ajipear in the tirst extant curriculum of the College. ( )ther views
have since been accepted nnd history now claims a large share
of the student's time. The gi'owing interest in tlu.' study and its
close relations to other im])ortant luauches will not pernut these
claims to be neglected in the future'.
The changes in tlie curriculum that have thus conuj to pass
crowd to the utnujst the tinv; of the student, and 3'et there is an
imperative demand for other subjects. In order to provide a
suitable course in the modern languages, it has become necessary
to introduce the element of optional studies. This marks a
dividing line. As the principle has been adopted, why should
not its application be extendetl indefinitely ? If some subjects
are not required of the candiilate for a Bachelor's degree, wdiy
may not the same liberty be granted in respect to all ? If no
subjects are to be recfuired, but all nuiy be optional, then the
norm of the College wdll be changed. If some are to be re(|uired
and some are optional, then the difficult problem to make the
allotment in accordance with some rational principle, presents
itself for solution. These questions are already pressing on the
Senate for immediate decision. We shall need patience, courage
78 I'KKSIDKNT SAWVKU'S ADDRESS.
and an Intel lij^vnt comprehension of tlie conditions and Itearinns
involved in the (|Uestion.s.
For most of the tinu; since the Collei^e was founded, the
Greek Testament has liad a place in its course t)f study. The
reason for this in tlie minds of some may have been, the conveni-
ence of candidates for the cliristian nunistry ; hut the stronger
reason has been, the convictitai that every educated younii,- man
should have some knowledy'e of the original documents on which
the beliefs coiniected with our Religion rest.
It has been stated that from the first the College was intende 1
for general education and not for jirofessional training. It lias
sought to ])romot(! its obji-ct hy i\\ii )<t(iAlui in (ifnandt'. lint in
respi'ct to one department there has been something like inconsis-
tency. The necessities of the case compelled the Managers (jf the
Academy in its first years to make some sjiecial {provision whereby
candidates for the nunistry could have some pi'ofessionul train-
ing. This necessity was felt still more after the College was
opened. TIk' I'esult has been tliat for most of the half-eentury
some form of theological instriieticin has I'een attemj>ti'<l in con-
nection with the College. In some cases tliese studies have been
taken in addition to the re(|iMrements of tlie Arts course. In
othei", and probably the more numerous cases, as the students
wei'e not candidates foi- aclegi-ee, they have given their attention
chietlv to theological subicets. In theses wavs nuich of great
value has been accomplished in aiding young nion in preparing
for ministei'ial labf)i". But it iinist be confessed that, wlule there
has l)een sultstautial agivement in reganl to th(> importance of
theological education, tliere has been during all these years con-
si(hn'al)le diversity of opinions in regard to the proper plan for
such education. It cannot l»e saiil even now that we are agreed
in resjiect t<- this matter. It niay l)e tliat the 8eriiit<( and the
Board of Gt)vernors may liave to consider this ([Uestion anew
before many da}'s.
While thus reviewing the histoiy of the course of study in
Acadia, it may be well for us to note the fact that the work here
has generally l)een conducted independently of the u.se of prizes.
Whenever they have been introduced, tlicy do not appear to have
been attended by any marked impr vement in scholarship. Prob-
ably this fact is of no u'reat worth as an ai'gument that
competition for prizes is undesirable. It simply shows that the
students of this College have been induced to study l>y the force
of other motives. The system of Honor work, as the term is
somewhat infelicitously applied, has been more serviceable. This
may have been in part, because students have desired the advan-
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79
tjiyft's tlmt follow from a inildic acUnowlfiluciiiriit of tirst-class
stfindiiiL,^ lint Uiuch iiioi'u troiii a I'cadiiK'ss on tln' jiart of the
stndent to use the opportnnity to devott! sonic jiortinn of liis
tinit' to stndii's for which he jiossesst'il special aptitndes. These
reasons will pi'ohahly prove of sntiicient force to cause this i'oriu
of o])tions to lie continned for an indt'tinite period.
To omit to mi'iiHon nt this time anothci' clrmcnt in the i-ilu-
cational powei' of the ColJi'n'e would In: unjianlunahle. I mean
tht; religious element, yet it is ditlicult to sjieak of this justly in
the few sentences that can i«e jm rmiiNMl hei-e. In the first |iros-
pectus of the Kducation Society, issued sixty years ne-o last .June,
there is the most distinct I'econ'nition of the intimate .'ouncction
lictween tMlucation and I'di^'lon. At that cai'ly day the pur)ios('
was distinctly a\d\vcd to conduct the pi'oposed school with sjiecial
I'e^anl to the moral aiid religious character of all un<lci' appoint-
ment liv the Society's (^'onmiittee, ami the declaration was maile
that the oliject never would lie lost slight of, " that the stud(.'nts,
while ac(|uirine infoi"mati<jn to tit them for their various .stations
in lite, should lie led to a knowledge of the ti'ue relations of man
to his Creator, and v\' that faith in the I^ord .lesus Christ which
alone can furnish a sure jiledec of their LT'iod conduct m this
wtn-ld ami tlu'ir liapjiiness in eternity." The purpose which was
so clearly exni'esseil at this initial stae-e, uave a character to the
institution in the IjcginninL;' which has lieen retained to the
present time. But, if the (|Uestion were asked, how has this
pui'pose been carried into ett'ect, it miuht not he easy to L,nve a
satisfactory answer. Ic could he said that it has not heen
accomiilishcd hy any Hxed and formal methods. The ruliiiix
conviction durine" all these years has Ik/cu that, in promotinj;'
this gi'cat object, attention nnrst be .n'iyen, not to matters of
form or tin; connnunication of knowledee, but to the develop-
ment of life, and that life has its pi"o[)er atiinity with life.
Hence the fultilluient of this great obliu'ation has been left larufelv
to the sjiontaueinis impulses of benevolent and jnous hearts.
The Bible has always been accepted as the authoritative standard
of theoloixical and relic'ious truth and the safest fjuide in the
s[)here of moral conduct. It has been reverently read and heard
with respect, in the daily worshi]) of the assembled students.
The Professors and Instructors have understood that they were
under oblig-ation to pi'omoto the moral and religious, as well as
the intellectual and social, culture of the students under their
chare'e. The co-operation of right-minded students has l»een
judged to be indispensable to success in this regard. The students'
praj'er-nieeting has been as positive an educational force as the
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I'UESIDKNT SAWVLUS ADDUESS.
Icetuiv-rooin. Thus it 1ms cimif to ])ass tliat tin- history of the
Collf^'c lins liet'ii iiijirki'd liy iiianit'cstutioiis tf spiritiml jiower in
.such Mit'iisure that the ri'coih'ctions of tlicni arc aiiioii^' the most
|irr(.'ious memories of Aca<lia's students. The directors of tliis
uroup ot" educational institutions will admit without i-eservation
that they are uniler distinct and soleiiui oliliu'ations to jx-rpetiuite
tliciii with the same character that has so remarkalily distingui.sh-
v<\ them in tlu,' past.
It I'emains to say a word on the (|uestion, whethei' the
chaui^n.'d circumstances in which the C(jllei,n; linds itself call for
any change in our ])uri)0si's aiid plans :' TJie state of society
amoni;' EnL;iish-s])t'akitiL;' ])eople in the early ])art of this century
dillered in many respects fn)m that which exists now. The
assertion of personal indeptntlence was moi-e in the air. Vcjlun-
tarv oru'ani/.ations wereeasilv formed. Leaders ot thouu'ht easily
"^fathered new sects. The divisions ami disru])tions of that time
may seiMii to us to have heen umiecessary ; n(.'\'ertlieless they wen?
the natural result of tlu' then existing' social condition. In the
no\\- world it was a time for laying' the foinidations of institutions
tliat were (expected to last for ju'euerations. Men en^a.u'ed in such
tasks would naturally l>e watchful lest tlu'v niinht forego some
advantage, the want of whieh wcnild cause their successors to
chai'^^e tliem with na' -owness of view coneerniiij^' their responsi-
hilities. In such ('(jutlitions, that schools slumld arise I'epresenting
the more iraportant .secti(jns inco which the conununity was
ilividcd, was im.'vitaljle.
We may u'rant all this, and still the ouestion may he asked,
Has not a lietter wisdom come with the passing* years? Is not
union now in the air ^ We certainly hear much ahout it. M ...y
are liusy in trying' to ])romote it. Tliey find some success. In
our own borders several relit;'ious bodies, the differences between
whom were specific rather than ocneric, have become one. But
union of the sort here contemplated must tinil natural limitations.
The tendency may now be to a^'-jTregations, as it was formerly to
seo-reu'ations. But as the sei'-rei'-ations limited themselves, so will
the a^gre^u'ations. But liowever far either of these processes may
^•o, the practical ((Uestion for us is, wdiy that which came to be
as a natural result of a previously existing condition of things,
should now cease to be ? The presumption is, that what came into
being by a process of natural development and is now so fitted to its
enviroment as to find opportunity for its proper activities, has in
these facts strong reasons why it should continue to exist.
It is not necessary or wise for us to attempt to make plans for a
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SI
ilistaiit future. I'i'in('i])]fs rciiiaiu, Imt pinjcusscs clmnv^i'. The
nicu who c'oiiif after us will claiMi the riifht to coM<hu't the affairH
of theii* (lay aeeoi'dlnn- to (heir owu ju(l<;iiieiit. My only conten-
tion here is that the law of pei'si.stt'ncty JioMs in social life as in
the s])here of physical foices. ( 'luuiu'es of various kinds in
(.■ducat ional matters arc aclvocated. .l>ut the variety of opinions
put forth liy Icadei's in the '^vmt work of ycnci-al e(lucation, and
their contra<lictoriin'ss, should lead wise men ti' neceitt chanj,'o
cautiously. Some j)la(!e faith in new niethoils, lar^'dy lu'cause
they are new. Iv\perience proves the new to l)e useftd in some
ways, one of which is to show the value of the old. ISolue
claim that education shouM \u- placed under the control of the
UONernment. Others teach that in the ideal state.' to which wo
are iending, tlie^^oNcri.nient will he wise enouyh to leave educa-
tion to th»! spontaneous and free activities of thi' [leople. iJetweiai
these two extremes are I'ound nearly all jxi-silile cumhinatiuns (;f
the two \iews. Some atlirm that concentration of effort and
capital is the true policy ; others, just as eminent, are as boldly
advocating diffusion of effort and ca].'ital as the wism' policy.
Some proclaim that education in all its departments should be
divorced from reliniou : others are j)rofounii!y convinceil that at
least in its fundamental staj^'es it must be carried on under the
euidiui^' and inspirinu' influences of revealed truth, else it is at
best but a doulitful g'ood. In tliese circumstances, it is enough
for us, it set'ms to me, to tind what our leading principles in
education are, abide by them and leave future forms and method.s
of, their a])[)lication to tlu^ developments of the future. J'^vidtait-
ly our C'ollego has a work to do : let us do it.
The first of thesi; und(;rlying j)rinci[)les which I would name
on this occasion is tlioiHuighness in our work. Tlu- teacher and
the student are, after all, the chief factors in the educational
process. If these are of the right ((uality and spirit, the I'esult
will be much the same, whether that process go on in marble
palaces or under Inimblo roof.s.
Aii'fiiu, //((' 'nulla' the Colleu't; sliould be held to tlie idea of
liberal education as its great object. A fixed purpose in this
regard will clear away many difficulties and prevent nuiny per-
plexities. A college i.s not designed to make masters in all
de]iartmtints of stuily. Its objc^ct is to train the mind and spirit,
the whole man, and so fit the student to pursue with success any
special course of study. Dexterity niay be cultivated by repeated
movements of the same kind ; but the nimbleness and toughnes.s
tliat .shall (jualify one to deal with the varied difficulties and
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PKESIDEN'J' SAWYIOUS ADDHESS.
duties of life, must coino from varied aud re<;ulatc(l practice.
Perliajis, after all. society is suH'ci-ing' more imm the want of
m'lH'ral tlian snceial fdueatioii. Wi.' need common sympathies
amouc e<lucated men : we need these s\'mpathies esneciallv between
O til*.'
members of different p tfessions. We nee(l the liabit of l)road
thiid<in<4' and open sympathy with all learning;-. We need an
interest in intellectual life and culture, that shall be counted as liav-
ing as i-eal value as suc(;ess in |)ri)fessi()nal pursuits. We need to
cure the conceit that leads m -n of eminence in t lie line of stU'lyto
despise the zeal and be inditi'erent to the excellence of such ,m,s are
devoted to other lines. For all this, I know of no betti'r means
tlian a course of what is called liberal education. 1 believe it to
be, wlien the ])i'o})er elements entei' into it in pi'o]>er j.-rojxjrtions,
the V)est mt^thod for training students for the greatest usid'idne'ss
in the general pursuits of life and for tlu> highest success in s))ecial
study. Li't us avoid the error of su]>j)osing that we are mak-
ing a university, simply by midtiplying schoids and cnui'ses. The
univ'ersity will come in its time. When society is ripe ft)r it, it
will appear. As the best pi'eparation for that time, let the
college be made as efficient as possible. If we are true to its
pi'opei" purj)()se, its success will h-ad inc'ltably to the higher devel-
o[)ment of education among our people.
I'Uit it may be 'veil to iii(|uir<' wtu^ther the stuilies of our
college coui'se ukiA' not nee(l some i-ectitication. I ventui-e to
suggest that at two points im|)i'ovement udglit be mule, simidy
calling attention to theui now and leaving' them for m<jre adeijuate
consideration at some future time. 'I'he Hrst is the stud\' of Art.
tSliould not this subject (;ccupy a larger place among the studies
of the College? Tlie true iioiiilily of life dejiends very much on
the exercise of the finer seiisibilitit.'s of tie.: soul. V>'" m;iy rest
assured that the s})irit of this vmterialistic, money-getting ag(;
will not always be supi-eme. There will lie a reaction. Tiie
poetrv of livine- will 'vgain assert itself. Tliouirht will not find
its liighest exercise in disei tond>ing and eomjiai'ing the skeletons
of a former life. The instincts, the tast(.'S, the soitiments of the
mind will clothe actual life wnh. grace and beauty, and n\en will
feel more and moi'e that to live is to live as part of tliis present
cosmos, with all its .jrder and beau.y, and to be channels whei'eby
its pn.isent life shall manifest itself in its highest for'-.is. Sonie-
tliing bette.' than tlu; a'stlieticism of tlie ancient Cireek should be
fouml am').ig us, possessing as we do noi»ler conceptions of the
universe and broader views of truth.
Pernnt me to mention one otlier eleiii'-nt that ouj^dit to be
found in a .system of trul}' liberal culture, that is moral educa-
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83
tion. B}' tliis is not meant instruction in tlio prineijjles of
nioi'iils. This is v;ilual)le ; Vmt t-'Xperiencij u .o frcqnuntly iiuikes
it manifest that it is not nioi-al •('(hieation. What is meant is the
education of tlic moivil natui'e. \Vc carefully an-aii^'e our cur-
I'ici'luui in order to promote the most natural tlevt'lo[)ment of the
intellectual faculties. Is it not just as nnich a part of education
to develop and, si i',Mii;then the moril faculties and sensihilities '.
The excellence ( f life nuist dej.>'!id on these attributes. Wlu'U
our m"thods of education are chosen in utter disregard of this
vital fact, we are doing violence to nature. Tlie time will not
permit a proper discussion of this suhject now, hut 1 am con-
vince(l that this (|Uest'on of rht! right e(hieation of the moral
sensiltilities and atfections is [)aramount to all others in the
educational sj)here. Thinking men will come to see this more
and more clearlv. Sui'civ, thouuh it may he slo\vl\-. it will he
accejited that intellectual gifts, ho\ve\er highly they may he eul-
tivat'-.'d, ai'e liut a small part of mans "ndowments, — that somi'-
thing more than kiiowl.Mlge and mentiil power is neeiled to
constitute a truly nol)h' man, — that though one shoidd heal)lehy
his chemistrv t(j i'ea<l Sirius as a hocjk held in his hand, and hy
his calculus weigh tiie ..lountaius as in his scales and the hills in
Ins halance, yet, if he he destitute of the finer sensihiliries of the
heart and the gi'aces of life lie is really ignoble, when com]iared
with one who iia. -ill the powers of his nature touched h}' sicivmI
truth and attuned t'> celestial harmonies here in this earthly
sphei'c. The time will come, I a,m p( .'su.ided, though we m;iy
not live to see it, when something hettei' than the disci})line of
soul attemptiMl t)y devoted servants of the cliurch in the miiMle
ages, with a connnemlahle jnn'po^e, hut h\' mistaken methods,
shall hi; accomplishe(l, and it shall he seen tiiat the idealization of
the ideal set before ns in that Divine I )iscou.rs(.( on the Mount is
the hiii'hest li'lorN' of man.
Ma\' Acadia lie cinuited among the etlective agencies by which
that time shall lie hasceiied f(jr this land.
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PRESENTATION OF DEGREE,
Presentation of Degree.
II '.'i '
At the conclusion of President Sawyer's address, Prof. D. F.
Higgins, Pli. 1)., spoke as follows : —
Mr. President, —
Your inability to be present at the meeting of the Senate
this morning renders it necessary for me to ask permission to
make an announcement in regard to a part of the doings of that
body.
^Fany in this a.u<liencc will, no doubt, rememl)er that the
Anniversai'y held last.lunc lacked one feature^ which usually char-
acterizes that occasion — one which, in the estimation of many, is
a feature of prime inu^)ortanee. When the (juestion was asked
why no honorary degrees had been confei-red at that time, it was
whispered aljout tliat the matter liad not been overlooked or
foro'utten, but only p(»stponed to the time of the Jubilue celebra-
tion. Since that time there has been a ireneral fedinn: of
expectation that the Sc.-nate would seek to make tliis occasion
illustrious by an unusual exercise of its powei's as ii degree-
conferring body. Probably the thougiit has been that tin; Senate
would seek to make a great many pers(jns haj>py ly a wide
distribution of its favors. Had this been the intention, there
could readily have been found among the graduates and friends
of the College man}' gentleuK.'U well woi'thy to wear its honors.
But after somewhat careful consideration, the Senate thought it
better to emmphasize the occasion by making the exercise of
its functions inteihs'ive rathei" than ejicihslre. Instead of con-
ferring many degrees it has decided to confer but one, and that
one a degree that has n^ver before been conferred by this College
— the degree of LL.J). The; man upon whom this degree has
been conferred is well known to vou ail. He is a man recoffnized
by you all as pioeminent for his ability, his scholarshi]), and for
the distinu'uisne/l services he has been enabled to render to this
Collo'^e. He has for manv vears earned tht; title of doctor, so
that the eegree coiifc.'red to-day can be recognized only upon
paper or parclmient. Indeed so fully has his claim to the almost
exclusive use of the title been I'ecognized that, while there is
(juite a number of other doctors hereabout, he only is known as
"The Doctoi'." No oi;e about tiiese grounds, probably no one in
this audience, needs to ask who is meant ^yheu we speak of " The
ROLL rXLL OV LIVING (iHADUATES.
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Doctor ;" and I have, tlu'n^foi'c, oiilv t,o make tho formal announce-
mont tliat tlu; Senate lias conferred the (le<;ree of LL.l). upon
Rev. A. W. Sawvei-, D.l)., President of Aeadia Colleni>,
I have (Threat pleasure, ^[r. President, in placing in your hands
tills parchmcMit as a proof of the correctness of the announcement
1 have just now liee>i y.'^,:> littcil to make.
In accepting the tlegrcc |)r. Sawyer expressed his thanks
for the honor conferred on him and said he hoped to continue
worthy of the esteem which tlie Senate entertained for him.
H. C. Creed, Es,,., then called
THE ROLL OF LIVING GRADU.ATES.
was respondeil to by the following; each class rising when
and receiving the applause of the? assembly;
-Judge J, W. Joiinston, D.C.L., Halifax,
-dames S. Morse, Wolfville.
-Ilev. David Freeman, M.A., Canning.
-Rev. Thomas A. Higgins, D.D., \Volfvill(>.
-Rev. Isaac J. Skinner, Tyron, P. E. I.; Rev. Isaiah
Wallace, M.A., liridgi'town ; Rev. Alfred Chipman, M.A.,
Campton, N. U.
-Rev. Robert II. Philp, Truro.
-( Jeorge (i. Srinderson, Varmouth ; Rev. E. M. Saunders, D.D.,
Haliffix : Simon Vaughan, Wolfville.
-Dr. A.DeW. Earss, Wolfville: B. 11. Eaton, Q.C., Halifax ;
Prof. D. F. Higgins, Wolfville.
-Prof. R. V. Jones, Wolfville.
-Rev. M. P. Freeman, Wolfville; Rev. J. F. Kempton. Hills-
bui'g, X. B. ; Rev. S. B. Kem[)ton, Canai'd : Rev. J. M.
Parker, Salisbuiy, N. B.
-Edwin D. King, Q.C., Halifa.x.
-H. H.Bligh.Q.C, Ottawa.
-Rev. T. A. Blackadar, Macnacpiack, N. B. ; Thomas E.
Cf)rning, ex-M.P.P., Yarmouth : Prof. H. C. Crin-d, Fred-
ericton : Rev. Joseph Muri'ay, Spring Hill : Rev. D. A.
Steele, Amherst.
-Wallace CJraham, Q. ('., Halifax; Rev. J. W. Manning,
Halifax ; J. Parsons, Halifax.
which,
called
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18G8— Prof. Tufts, Wolfville; Jolin \V. Wallace, Wolfville.
1869— Prof. A. E. Coldwell, Wolfville.
1870— Rev. William H. Newcoml), Tlioinaston, Maine.
1871— Rev. J. W. Bancroft, North Sydney ; Rev. W. B. Brad.shaw,
Antigonish : Rev. A. Colioon, Heltron; John B. Mills,
M. P., Ainia|)(jli.s ; Rev. H. E.Morrow, Mis.sionar\' to
Bniiiiah ; Rev. \V. H. Warren. Bridgetewn; I. B. Oakes,
Wolfville.
187-'^ — Hnniphrev Bishop, Port Williams : Prof. F. H. Eaton,
Truro /Rev. G. 0. Gates, St. John; Prof. J.B.Hall,
Truro; Rev. I. R. Skinner, Rivei' Hebert.
1874— Rev. S. McC. Black. Kentville; R.'v. J. I. DeWolf, Beaver
River ; Rev. J. C Spurr, Cavendi.sh, P. E. I,
1875 — Howard Bar.ss, Wolfville ; Dr. Benjamin Rand, Harvard
University.
1876 — ^Rev. Alaynard W.Brown, New Germany; Rev. Douglas
H. Simpson, Hantsport ; Rev. C. H. Martell, Faii'-
ville, N. B. '
1878— Rev. Raleioh Bishop, East Point, P. E. I. ; Rev. C. Trueman
Bishop, Isaac's Hai'bor ; Rev. J. A. Faulkner, Beech
Pond. Penn. ; Rev. Burton W. Lockhart. Suflield, Conn. ;
W. (). Wi-ioht, Hopewell, N. B.
The audience insisted upon a speech from Mr. Lockhart, but
as ho is small of stature, though great i}i ((ualities of heart and
intellect, and as he was in a distant part of the hall, some time
elapsed before he was dis(;ovei'ed. The audience still insisting,
Mr. Lockhart came forward, ascended the platfoi'm, made his bow
and spoke as follows : " Mr. Pi-esident, I am occasionalh' guilty
of flashes of silence. If vou will purdon me this afternoon
I will be guilty of — a flash !" The speaker was greeted a_^
he descended from the platform with loml a,nd long ap[)lauso.
1879 — Horace L. Beckwith, Halifax ; Rupert G. Hale\', St. John.
1880— G. W. (;ox, Londonderry; Rev. Caleb R. B. Dodge, Bridge-
water: Edward J. Morse, Paradise ; Everett W. Sawyer,
AVolfville ; Rev. B. F. Simj)son, Principal of St. Martin's
Academy; G. J Coulter White, Sussex, N. B.
1881— Frank Andrews, M.P.P., W. F. Parker, Halifax.
1883 — Rev. W. C. Gouche)-, Camden, Maine ; Dr. J. S. Lockhart,
New York ; Rev. A. L. Powell, Guysboro ; T. Sherman
Rogers, Amherst ; Rev. C. W. William.s,St. Andrew's, N. B.
ROLL CALL OF LIVIN(; (iRADUATES. 8?
LS85— S. W. Cuinininos, Halifax : Alice M. Fitch, Wolfville. (Miss
Fitch was tin; Hrst lady to respond to the roll call and
received an enthusiastic greetin<^). Rev. J. A. Ford,
Carleton, N. B.
1S86 — Miss Blanche Bishop, Wolfville, (very loudly applauded) ;
A. K. iJtiBlois, Walter V. Hio;<,dns, Vernon F, Masters.
I,k87— William E. Bo<;crs, Coleman W. Corey, Ro1)ie W. Ford,
Thaddeus S. K. Freeman, Ernest R. Morse, Israel W.
Porter, Henry Vaughan, George R. Wliite.
1888—0. H. Cogswell, H. O.Harris, M. 1). Hemmeon, L. D. Morse,
A. E. Siiaw, Harrv S. Shaw, H. H. Wickwire.
The ode composed by Rev. W. S. McKenzie, D.D., and sung
at the morning service, (see p. 60), had been translated into Latin
by Rev. Silas Tertius Rand, D.D., LL.D., and was now read by
J)r. ^IcKenzie : —
Nos celebrantes diem Imnc,
Hie laudabundi maxime ;
Cum hynniis vocibusque nunc,
Te Deum, laudamus Te.
Hoc festo Jubileo nos
Claremus patrum opera ;
Nos esse tidelissimos
J)et Deus in haec facina.
In Claris his, et sodulo,
Hi fortes, tidi homines,
Contendebant coniinui,
Parare hodiernas res.
Flagitabant Deum, homines
Cum linguis igne fervidis,
Ut sint jiarati sagaces,
Qui ministrent eccle.sii.s.
Indtjcti, at pollmtes. hi
Revincti sunt ])otentia,
Peritia eximii,
Et supra sua tempora.
Sanctorum patrum tilios, nos
0])ortet nos distinguere.
In tide, votis nitidos,
In praecibus(|ue maxime.
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THE PIONEER GOVERNORS.
The Pioneer Governors.
Prt'sidciit Sawvcr callcMl atti'iition to the vurv note-wovtliv
and ])l('a.siii^- fact tliat tlirec of Llu^ t(;n tJovoi'iini-s nanied in the
Cliarter (granted in 1M4() woiv still livin;^^ naiiu-ly, Rev. E. A.
Crawlrv;D.J)., Rev. John IVyor, D.D., jin.l Rev. 1. K. Rill, D.I).
Also that Olio of the six <j;'ov('niors a])])oiiitt'(l uiitlcr tho ('harter
bv the (Io\-c)-iiincnt — Hon, Saiimt'l ('iii])iiian- was liviiio-.
])r. Crawley was then rf(|iiest('{! to address tlic asscniMy.
On rising', the veneralili.! i;\'ntl('nian was ivceivt'il with hearty and
prol{)n<;'ed applause.
" 1 am at loss to iind langnat;-e," said the veteran nonau;enarian
in silver tones, " to express my feeliii;';s at this nnexpeeteil and
cntluisiastic reception. 1 thank yon all for it. I tV'el it dee]ii3'.
It is an expression of your deep feelinu,'. T hope to live of what
may yot remain to me of a long- life witii increasing appreciation
of \-(.ur loving greeting todav. J wish you all the y-reatest
possible success and happiness." (Renewed applause.)
Rev. Dr. Prycjr the first president was not present at the
moment, but liad come to W'olfville to attend the Jubilee of the
institution which he h;v<l pi'esided over half a, centui'y ago.
Much regret was also expressed at the absence of Dr. Bill and the
Hon. Mr. Chipman.
Continuing, tln^ president then called upon John \V. Rarss,
Esij., who was received with hearty greetings. Responding, Mr.
Barss related many interesting reminiscences of tiu' struuu'les
and triumphs of tiie Aca<l('my and College during a period of
sixty years. Simon Fitch, l^sq., M.D., one of the lirst u'overnors
appointed by tlu- Convention and formerly a Treasurer of tlie
College was also named l>y the Moderator, and brietiy resfionded.
Letters regretting their al)sence were read from Rev. John
H. Castle, ]).D., Principal of Toronto Baptist College: Malc(jlm
McVicar, Ph. ])., LL.D., Chancellor of Mc.Master University; Rev.
D. M. Welton, Ph. 1).. ])J). : Theodore H. Rand, Ks.j., D. C. L. ; Rev.
Alvali Hovey, ] ).])., President of Newton Theological College;
J. R. Inch, Es(|., LL.D., President of Mount Allison Wesleyan
College ; Rev. -fohn Forrest, ]).])., President (jf I)alliousi(^ College ;
Prof. Anderson of Prince of Wales College, Charlottet(jwn, P. li^.I. ;
Dr. Andrews, of Brown Cniversity : Dr. Morrison of Washinuton ;
Prof. Kennedy, Rev. 0. ^] W. Carey and Prof. Silas Mac\'ane of
Harvard ( ' n i versi ty .
The President next paid liis compliments to the representa-
tives of the press for their excellent ami extended reports of the
jubilee proceedings.
CONGRATULATORY ADDRESSES,
89
Dr. Harrison, President of tlie New Brunswick TTnivcr.sity,
l)(Mng called upon, said, that im Lehalf of the Tniversity he
wished to eongi'atulate the Senate, ^-overnors, president, faculty
and alumni of Acadia, on the manifest success of the celebra-
tions. This was a ^reat ^atlierino-. It was an (jutward and
visil)le token of those r;ol)Ier hopes and aspii-ations that made the
real life of the Itaptists of the lower province's. They jii'ovcd liy
yathei'ini^' here that they lielievr in the Ingher education of the
youth. Me was in hearty .sympatliy with them in their ett'orts
for the hi^'her education of their sons and daun'htei's. Ife caine
to join with otiiei's in bidding Acadia (iod speed f(jr another fifty
years.
Dr. Burwash, of ]\Iount Allison, I'e^retted that Dr. bich was
vniahle to he ))resent. He said he came to join in hearty con-
uratulations on the successful comi)letion of tiftv years of work.
Acadia had I'eason to l)e ])i'oud of her Instcjry, It was a liistory
of the utmost value to the College, and gave the institution a
firm urip on its constituency. Tiiere was no wonder she did not
wish to unite with other ( /olleges. He congi'atulated Acadia for
liavinii' recognized the imi)orta,nce of the revealed truth. Mount
Allison, thr(jugh him, congratulated Acadia on her success, and
wished hei" ever increasing i)rosneritv ;luring tlie next tiftv vear.s.
Dr. xVllis(.)n, Superintendent of Jvlucation, also congratulated
Acadia on the position slie liail attaineil and the admii'al)le work
.she was acciMiiplishing for tlie country, He had enjoyed the
exercises very greatly.
Principal Calkin, of the Nova Scotia Normal Scliool joined
most heartily in felicitating Acadia on the splendid position which
she had attained at the close of her tirst fifty years, and hojied
that contiiuied p)«)S[)erity and enlargement would attend her in
the future.
Rev, Principal Simpson, of the St. Martin's Seminary .spoke of
the great love which the sons of Acadia ever\"where had for her,
and the pride they t(3ok in her prosperity and growth.
I. B. Oakes, Esti., who had only that morning learned on glan-
cingat a newspaper in St. Jolni, that he was now the Principal of
Horton Academy, said lie had come to take some part in the
work of these institutions, especially in the i)rej)aration of stu-
dents tor College. He expressed his contiiuieil love for Acadia
and rejoiced to mark the depth of affection and esteem in which
she was everywhere held.
The meetincr closed with the l)enediction l;v Dr Sawyer.
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PLAN OF ('()[,I,E(;E OHOINDS.
SOUTH,
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A. AcAKiA Coi,LE(iK orccte<l (S79. B. ("hivman Hai.l erected 1875.
G. Acadia Skminahy erected 1S7S. D. Academy IJoardinc Housk erected
1887. E. (iYMNASicM and 11i:adin(; Koo.m. F. Annkx. to Skminaky.
G. .Tanitok's HorsK. H. Ladiks (iVMNASicM. K. Site OF Old Academy
BoAiiDixc; HoisK. L. Site ok Deak Old Ai'adia ~p. 44. M. Ckicket
Field. N. The Same Old Wet-l. O. Od-skkvatohy erected 1880, with
telescope diametev of object fjlasH (I inches — focal distance 8 feet. P., Site of
THE Old Rkd Hocsk in wliich Asahel Oliapin opened the Academy 1829.
R. Kastkun Kntranck to Oolllck (iuocNDs. S. Fkont Enthance ^VITH
Avenue lkadin(; cv to centre ok OollE'^e. r r. West EntkaN'-ks. TKEsr-
dent's and Professous Tufts add Coldwell's hesidences on College Street,
NEAR R.
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Meeting of Wednesday Evening,
August 29, 1888.
Under the direction of the OovEitNoHs of the Coeeeoe.
In the absence of Hon. D. McX. Parker, M.I).. 1).(\L., wliolmd
been called away on professional business, B H. Ivicon, Q.C,
])resi(le(l.
The opening anthem, " We praise Thee," was suno,- by the
Colleoe choir, II. N. Shaw, Leader ; A. E. Shaw, K. P. Wliidden,
C. W. Corey. B. H. Bently, C. A. Eaton, E. R. Morse, H. S. Shaw.
Prayer by Rav. Isaial). Wallace, M.A.
Rev. D. A. Steele, M.A., of Amherst, then delivere<l the fol-
lowing
ADDRESS
the INFEl.'EXf'E OF THE COLLEGE TPON THE GENERAL EDUCATION
OF THE COrNTKV.
The i)ilgrim to ('and)ridge university, in England, when con-
ducted to the ante-chapel of Trinity (,'oliege beholds there two
beautiful statues, one of vSir Isaac Newton, the other of Lord
Macaulay. He proceeds to Christ's C'ollege, and is informed that
theiv, plain, untitled John Milton received his education. Milton,
Newton and Macaulay, three tyj)es of scholai's, each in a totally
•lifieiTiit way a heljier in the work of intellectual awakening —
tlu' tii'st in the realm of poeti'v, his face an epic in itself; the
second with the secret of gravitation in his cotnitenance : the
third with a light in his eve. i)ondering the lines of the dark
past. Other liardly less fauious names are the)'(( inscribed ; their
features too, looked (Mit of tlie canvass in the great dining hall or
librai'y ; but I seize ujion these as illustrating at onci^ the truth
of the stateuK'nt that a colleu'e influences in various wavs the
general education of the country.
Acadia college is no longer a "child," but a robust matron,
the honored mother of a large and ever growiniz" familv. As she
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sits licre, like a (|Uc('n entlironod jiinid iitM' t'luci-aM liills, with the
()utlyin^• hindseapc respU'iidciit ut \\vv feet, to receive tlu; coii-
o-ratuhitions of her sulijeets us they L;'ather at this juhih'e
time from all (piarters of thi- hmd, it is fitting that this
erKjuirv lie nnswcred : How has her existeiiee atlected the
people as a whole :' iMhication, like religion works d(nvnward.
Religion he^iiis with a Moses, a David, a, .losiali, its g-reat
prototy])es and oriiaiii/ers in old testament times, e.\))ands into
iiniumeralile rills under the Ifiii^n iidluenee of the Soil of man,
and thenee descends, tiltei'inii; its way down thron^h thesti'ataof
liumanity. In like manner, her sistd', education, spring's at tiie
hei^inninu; from certain i'oiMnativc nunds, and thence, pei'colates all
j4'railes of society. ( 'onnnon ethication — commonest echication —
has its rise ii\ the >n»i\'ersity. The clear water at your door is
traced hy the limjiid stream Howinu,' thoui;'h the green hanks of
yondei' meadow, up the sloping hill to the mountain spring.
Hence its freshness and its force. Scholars in their seclusion,
ha\-e wi'itten hook- on s(|uai'(.'s, triangles, ciiH-les, and straight lines,
and so v.e havi^ in all its complexity, the science r)f mathematics,
without which the li)th cmtuiy would not have hcen possihle.
The astr(in(aner, the ti'a\-ellei\ the land sui'veyor, the engineer,
the mariiii'i', the coustructoi- of maclnnery, must ;dl stoj) shoi't, if
deprived of the I'esults (d" the lahors of the student, who has in
the (juitit of the cloister, sought out the principles by which they
must lie' guided. Not a frame can he raised, not a shi[) huilt
exee])t as the framers and laiilders use the previous lalxjrs of men
who have ])atien ly wrought out certjun prohlems, sim}>le enough
when appreheni'ed, hut wliich cost in their evolution sweat, and
tears, and time.
Perliaps in their modesty the miiiistiy do not recognize
themselves as pnhlic eihicators, nor do the [jcopjc alwaws aj)preciate
the fact. But J iinist avow my conviction that not only in the
age hcfore tlie C(junnon scliool, the pulj)it of a country is among
its educating forces. The educated ministry will make educated
jx'ople. 1 have not tiuK." to argui' the mattei', hut must, he cont('nt
with a reference to facts. Sot runinng hack througli ages, to
the venerable names of Anseim, Augustint', Luther, C'alvin, each
of whom niay he described as an educative force, — not looking
over into other denonunati<ms, to such world-iidluencing men as
John Howe, Thomas Chalmers, or Dean Stanlev ; but confining
ourselves to our own circuuiscribed circle for the past fifty years,
lookii g only at the men who have gone out from this school of
the pi-ophets, I would fain make good the assertion that etlucated
ministers elevate the people intellectually. 1 may be permitted
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to clotlic tills idea in ii pcrsoiifility. By piittiiiL; flrsli and Mood
around it, it will, I believe, beconic obvious. Let us recall what
is now a fadinL^ vision even to those wIkj knew hiiu best. Some-
where in the forties a youiiL!; man tVoui the country,* a talbvwkwai'd
lad, pui'sued his coui-se h(;ro until he ari'ived within a year of its
completion and then left to stmly theology. He came back to
his own counti'y, thoULfh, I believe, receiving- ((tlei-s to remain in
another, and went to work. I can remeinbei- his advent as if it
were yesterday. Beaver hat, a lonijf I'rock coat, sloucliin;^' n'ait, a
bright blue eye, a bashful, ahiKJst toiiyue-tied presence in social life,
no^'ossip or small talk, but ])ower lurked about him : one never felt
like liallooini;' to him indiscriminately — or layiiiif one's ha)id on
his shoulder. When he went into the ))ulpit he was a kin^' on a
throne. He tof)k a jjji'ip of you, and held you fast. His heart
was on lire, and you felt tiie force of his life entei'inn- your own
as so much iron. The youni.j men wei'e ai'oused. The lilirary of
th(^ Sunday school si)routed into an a<lult lil)i'ar\'. The xounij:
man who went to him foi- advice in e(lucational matters L;dt it.
"(lo to Horton." "Hail I not Ijetter try a school at home:'"'
" No, e'o to Horton! (iet- into an educational atmosphere; you
can't learn properly under the distractions of home life. (Jo to
Hoi'ton." The youui; fellow was inoculat(>d and the virus took
lieautifully, as the doctors say. He went to Horton, staid there
seven years, and has pursued the intellectual life i-ver sinc<\
That was t'ducational intiuence Xo. 1. No. 2: '■ ( lo out some of
you youuLC HU'U amon^" the ])oorest classes, and oruaniz" Sunday
schools." Thev did so, thus beine- turm.'d into teachers hefoi-e thev
were aware of it. No. •"] inHueuce. At one,' pi'ayei- nieetinn' a
month tlie people became awai'e that there win'e otluM' places in
the world besides Uiveidanil's icy mountains and India's coral
strand. — Intiuence Xo. 4: Articles wei-e contributed to the old
Messenger, notablv one on "'The Constitution of a chi-istian
chui'ch," which is end;>almed in an old fyle of the tilth decade of
this century, and which is worth studyint^' still. Other forces
were set a^'oino- not so easy to trace, but the effects remain. The
sine-er died in early manhood, but the sono- remains, and I hear it
now. Names will come unl)idden at this i-eekonino- time of (jtlier
pastors who have in like manner impressed their conij,'renations.
I cannot mention them all. Is it invidious to recall the n;i.me of
Dr. S. T. Rand, a heaven-gifted genius, performing the uniiiue
work v,hich has rescued from oblivion the lij.nu'uau-e of the Abor.
*The reference is evidently to Rev. S. N. Bentley, Af.A., formerly pastor of the
Xorth P.apList Church, Halifax, and who at tlie time of his ([ecease in 1851) was
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iixinies of tlie laml, and doiiiu" the intinitelv ffroater tliinii' of
tcacliino; the Indians to read in tltelr own tongue the wumlerful
works of God — who is indeed, ni his own favorite tongue, a
rara aris ] n ferns, a poet eoniposino- I'.is uiost perfect stan/as,
not in his mother, tongue, l)ut in a hmguag'e supposed to be dead.
Other men from tlie oldei- chisses will occur to you, such as ])avid
Freeman and Thomas Higgins, as for a time engaged in directly
forwarding this movement. Nor can 1 stop to eulogize any of
tlie still younger nunistcrs, who with voice and pt-n, and x'aried
inHuenci.' have hel})ed to promote the intellectual (piickening we all
feel to-dav. While, fron) the nature of their work, the ministrv
have a moulding influence upon a pe()ple, it is, jiftei' all, in common
with othei" educateil men. Any one who has iml)ihed the free
spirit of cultui'e will he u'enerous. " Mv liu'ht is none the less for
lighting my neighhors."' The medical pi'ofession, always among
the people, ar(.' natui'ally drawn to take a dee]) interest in their
wi'lfare. 1 have not time to make e.xtt.'nded I'efm'ences here. I
have no need to mention names, save two, which involuntarilv
force themselves before Us in this coiuiecttion, Sir Charles Tupper
and the Hon. Dr. I'arkei'. the first nanu'il the father of our coiiunon
school act ; the other always and excry whei'e its wai'iiiest defender
ami sujipoi'ter. Our hai-risters, of whom so many have? i-eceived
their iiit(dlectual training in these schools, inive, in tlu; various
ways incidental to their jirofession, helped to mould public oj/iiuon
in an educational way. In thec(jin't I'oom and on the bench their
influence has lieen weighty on the side of free, brond culture.
The aid of this ])rofession is incalculable. Put it in another way.
If the bar and the bench hnd been oj)posed to tlu' elevation of
the iieonle b\' n<'iier;d education, what then ( But more n'ermane
to \ny sul)ject, the College is the mother of the teaching profession.
This is s(en at a glivnce in her sending out other professoi's. I
liave no need to imlulge in a jianegyrit' u[ion the fact that W(!
have given to tlu' jirovinces t\\(j supei'iiitendents of e(lucati(;n —
the tii'st of whom modelled with his own han<i thecoiinnon school
systems of two provinces ; nor upon the othei- obvious one that
insi)ectors fi-om this t'olle<£eare foster inn' the schools thus ci'eated.
I think, however, W(' mav be excused if we in-dulii'i' in a, modicum
of gratulation when we point to the brilliant list of teachers who
havi^ had their intellectual birth here. I would use the word
galaxy, were; it not a little high sounding for a school which has
always insisted on the use of modest iaiiLTuae'e. Mav not anv
College be proud to be the mother of such teachers as Isaac
Chipman, James DeMille, (whom we gave to Dalhousie many
years ago), and C. H. Corey, of Uichniond Theological Institute ?
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Such as D. F. Higgins and R. V. Jonus, (I nccil not tell you in
what College; tlicv have ,s])L'nt their lives): and time would fail
me to teir of C. F. Hui-tt, T. H. Hand, James E. Wells, 1). M.
Welton, William Elder, J. (1. Sehurman. S. Macvane, H. (A C'reeil,
J. F. Tufts, W. B. Boggs, (in far oti' India training Telugus foi-
missionary service to their raee), nor of Alhert C'ohhvell, I. B.
Oakes, A. J. I)ent(jn, J. B. Hall, and Fraid< Eaton, the
services of none of whom I may more particulai'ly mention. We
have this morning praised the dead sons of Acadia. I l)eg leave
to say on(; kind woi'd of these while thev are alive. Tliese an;
the men whc) represent us in the depai'tnient of education. It
were an uncongenial task to dillerentiat<' their labors, to endeavor
to show how each of them has affected the general eilucation of
the country. A i)hilosophical sj)irit is needed to ])Ui-sue sncli an
in(|uirv, and more time ami space than we can connnand to-night.
But without jiointing out the nunutia' of each on<''s work, it is
not far to set'k, how generally speaking, the teachers of all grades
liave nnitually assisted in tlie awakening pi-o(("^s which is the
best I'esidt of all education. A college is like the p.itriarch
Ahi'aham, inasnnich as in her all the families of the earth shall
hless themselves. We do not want for a moment to tak(; to our-
selves the sole gloiy of having 1(m1 the way to the ]»resent admir-
ahle conunon school system in the maritime pi'oN-inces, lait we do
desire to claim our share in the foi'warding of that great move-
ment. We do not foi'get that Sir Wni Dawson, Dr. Alex.
Foi'rester, and others wwc early advoeat(.'s of the most amjtle
edueation for the peo))le : iK)r <1(.) we wish to blink out of sight
the determining inlluenee of our sister colleges in this i-egard,
but to put in wonls already written (Acadia t'olh'ge and Horton
academy p. 10!>) .• —
"Our jjresent (.'.xcelleiit free school system is to a large
extent an outgrowth of the educational revival that ])roduce(l
the Iloiton institutions. . . . As earl\" as bS.S:2 the managing
committee of Horton academy m'ged the improvement of the
primai-y schools, and sevei'al tiim.'s snl)se(iuently they memorialized
the house, re(|Uesting the iidoption of some suitable measru'e for
ptromoting education among the people. In 1S4(), in a series of
letters on " The jx'ople's interest," the Rev. I''.. A. t'rawley, then
professor of Acadia I'ollege, discussed the subject of conunon
schools, and recommende(l direct taxation for their su])port.''
We are not so vain as to imagine that we have lieen mainly
instrumental in producing the great results of to-ilay in this
department, but to take the standpoint <jf Sir Wm. Dawson
at the teachers' convention in St. John last month, as one uucon-
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sciously making hiinselt' the pivot of a measure in which he has
really been one of tiie causes, we too, may con^-ratulate the
countrv that hv our efforts, also, such ti<jures as these are the wit-
nesses to-day of the work in which we luive been sharers. " The
numb(;r of schools has increased from 886 to 2,000 ; the scholars
from 80,000 to 105,000 ; the average salary from 8144 to $2oO."
T'le teachers who have gone out from us to the academies
and common sciiools of the countrv would form a small regiment.
By the training thc^y have received here they have been enabled
to work out the school system. WouM it be too much to say,
that to these hard-working men and women the success of our
general education is due more than to all other influences com-
biru.'d ?— all the good words of the professional men, all the pat-
ronage, if I may so call it, of other classes, all thu infl icnces in
this directi(^n, are of little avail, except as we have eflicici t masters
and mistresses as presiding geniuses of the district schools. By
them the future men and vromen are moulded intellectually. It
ought not to be lost sight of, in connection with the jubilee of a
college, from the flrst end)edded on Christian principles, that an
obscure but nunun'ous band of teachers of another order have
secured their intellectual and spiritual furnishing here. I refer
to the teachers in the Sunday schools. I make nn apology for
thus a])peai'ing to strav, as I iiave already done, beyond the exact
limits of the subject assimied me. Is it not a sioniflcant thins:
that allied with our noble host who are laboring with our children
every Sunday, man}' are (jualified for the higher departments of
Bible teaching bv their traininyf while in this place? What do
we see as we enter the Sunday schools ? A teacher wdio bears
the stamp of close application and exact thought, at the head of-
the Bible class, who is not content to go there with the ])lan of
any other person, but who goes to the fountain head for him-
self, collates, compares, I'ummages antiquities, ransacks biographies,
scans the maps of Bible lands, and withal looks to Heaven for
aid — who according to the beautiful ideal of Goldsmith :
" Allures to brighter worlds and leads the way."
I have always thought it a misfortune that neither the late
editor of the .)[('ss('nrfei' nor the' present ed or of the Mcsxcwjer
(1)1(1 Vis'itur were educated here. There h a lacking just a slight
smack of tlie flavor of the hill. Still these gentlemen have, con-
sidering this grave defect, like good physicians, done nmch to
encourage the cacoethes xcrlhendi. The pages of our denomina-
tional periodicals have been enriched by contributions which have
been educative in a full sen-se. The college has gone into the
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newspapers. Cut out all the productions of college men for the
last fifty years, and what a hlank ! in politics, liistory, science
poeti'y and religion. Ev(U'y man who writes in the press, daily
or wt.'ekly, is «.oing something to inform the public. We have
tried to make him feel that he ought to elevate it. The character
formed here has told on the public, through tlie written words of
our scholars. The traveller on our Bay country finds the tides every-
where even in t\ui heai't of the woods, lie is surpristvl to see the rich,
coffee-colored wati'rs making their way and leaving their <leposit.
He sees them coverinu' tliousands of acres of ba?'rens, cnuvi'rtinfr
them into prolific meadows. In short, he finds that the Bay makes
its way to every man's door, leaving him a share of its estimable
wealth. It is carried on wheels and runners to the highest hills
and feeds the cattle of the farmer twenty, sometimes a hundred
miles away. In like manner, f'roju a guod school, How precious
streams, carrying fertilizing influences to thousands, many of
whom no more dream of their indebtedness to this fecund foun-
tain of their pleasures than the husbandman dreams of repaying
his old mother — the Bav of Fiindy. Both alike are prodigal of
their gifts — both place them within the reach of all. Our college,
like the bay, has, indirectly or directly, affected all the families
within its range, and the lYnge is wider than we sometimes
imagine. The schools, the teachers, the subjects, and the aim and
spirit of the education of IJS81S may be compared for a moment
with those of 1888. A college alwaj's lifts a people ; it has all
the greater purchase when, as in our case, they themselves take
stock in it. Fit'tv vears show tlie result of this leverage. For a
moment let this highly cultivated assemblage pause to look upon
a picture familiar to our fathei'.s. See that rude log structure,
with port holes rathci' than windows, witli the string in the latch,
tlu! splint broom insidi; the door, serving the double purpose of
raising a dust and as a gri]) for a tussle between the boys ; there
is the oi)en fire ])lace, the grjen wood fizzling till a heat is brought
forth which warms those sitting on the fi'ont benches, but no
others. The scholars liehintl stick their hands in their i)ockets and
knock their feet together tt) start the caloric. Instead of the
finished and polished seat and desk of 1888, behold tlie slab with
four holes and rude sticks for legs. The feet of the younu'er
childen ilangie half way to the floor, and they hug their slates in
their arms, for there are no grade<l seats, nor any other graded
thing. The teacher would ho a stud} for an artist — a literary
curiosity ; could he be placed before us .0 night we would examine
him with mingled awe and wonder. A man past the prime of life
— an old soldier perhaps — with bad temper and worse manners.
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REV. I). A. STEELE S ADDRESS.
He ri\j()ico(l in the coiniiion supposition lliatlie Uncw tlio throe Jl.'s,
readin;^^ 'ritinu;', ami 'rithiiietic — thoun'li in reality he knew none
of them. His reailinn- was oihons, his writini;' mere strinu'ln^' of
])ot hooks ; he conhl not cypher jmst the rule of three. Uraniniar
he had never dreamed of. Jt must have been the schoolmaster of
this aue who inscribed in the old fannh' Jiihle tii(M'nter(.'stin<r
event that "John Smith ami -lidin. Ih'own n^is married on the
lOth of Novembei', 1M2.')." His method, or want of method, was
.somethiiiLj t(!rrible. The bare-footed urchin was pompously
infoni'ed on enterinsjf, " now, if vou'd larn, I'll lai-n vou." The
Now Testament was knocked about as the common reading- book,
and sone of the ])ronmu'iation of the langua^i; would make tht;
hair stand on end. (.'apei'naum was sedulously inculcatt'il as bein*^
Capernai'nn, Massachusetts was Massasliasetts. Puinshi.ient was
summarily inflicted, so sunnnai'ily that the culjirit knew nothing;' of
the otienco until ho was aroused by tht; ruler hitting- him, flung- by
the irate despot of the village school. Let us not be too severe. Poor
man, ho "l)oar<lod rt>und," and his digestion was not very good. His
pay was verysmall, subscribed by those whohad chihh'entosend and
who wanted them schooled cheap. From such a place having- en-
joyed (0 such training, our fathei's and mothers were compelled
to go into life. What wonder that they did not quite comti up to
the stand. ird of their gi-andchildren I Xow, look on this picture.
The college is rooted in the people, the fruit drops into their lap.
Evervthing is reversed. The schoolliouso is, at anv rate, following
the law of evolution, and is being developed into a roomy, warm,
well-seated, well-lighted structure, with tlowei's inside and foliage
outside. The teaclier is a gentleman or a laily, M'oU dressed, with
good manners and a fiir knowledge of the laws of government.
The education to bo imparted consists of a vai'iety of subjects
p<'rtaining to the ])hvsical as well as mental n\ake up of tht> |)upil.
His little currieuluui takes lum (JUt into trie world, and })ack alons;
the ages. He is led gently, arid, according to the laws of his nnnd
to grasp the mysteries of figui't's, the dry al)stractions of grannnar,
and to sit in the proper posture befori* a scientifically V)i'epared
copy book. Tiie reailing, the most subtle accomplishment of all,
is taught in some system, and wliile it is a high art to i-ead w<dl,
still the child is corrected of his faults, and the glaring absurdities
of outlandish pronunciations fro wanting, The tone of the college
is cari'iod down into the common .school. To our beloved pi'esident
who for nineteen years has ^ resided over the college, n)ay be
applied the lines, —
Antonio Stradivari has an ey;
That winces at false work, and hjves the true.
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The whole inotliotl smacks of patient n-search, exact thou<,^ht,
stroiio- (l(^sire to lead the mind out to know, to assimilate'^ to
think, to do tilings rio'ht. True teaching in the college ensures
true teaching down l)elow. Where men and women are imhued
witii principle, where character is insisted on as the outcome of all
education, where young |)eople are inspii-ed with earnest desii'e for
the welfare of the race, they nnist in nno. way or another impart
themselves. Such people cannot hut teach the truth that is in
them. Those who have sat at the feet of Crawh;y and Cramp
and Sawyer, will always be foun<l doing as their teachers have
done, — counting all else nothing in comparistm with the awaken-
ing and guiding of human souls to the true end of their bein"-.
ADDRESS
By the Hon. George E. Foster, D.C.L,, Minister of Finance.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE COLLEGE UPON THE GENERAL PUOSPERITT
OF THE COUNTRY.
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, —
The idea which has l)een growing upon me, as hour after
hour of this jubilee celebration lias |)a.sse<l on towards its culmin-
ation in the magnirici-nt final service of to-night, has been that of
the wonderful vitality of Acadia. This vitality is due, I believe,
to that firm adherence to principle and that unc(m(|Uera!)le faith
in ultimate success which so eminently characterised its foundei\s,
and to that deep warm love with wdiicli tf)-day the I^aptist jieople
rally arouml their chosen institution with ever increasing con-
fiilence and hopefulness.
An institntion wdiieh has such sturdy and noble traditions
behind it, which has such a wealth of warm chi'istian spirit and
well directed enthusiasm enlisted in its support, ami such a wide
and faithful denominatiimal constituency interested in its future
prosperity, possesses reasons for existence which may well give
iiope to the despondent and impose silence upon the doul)tful.
And if its friends have cause to l»e proud of its past they liavo
100 HON. G. E. FOSTER'S VDDUESS.
e(]Ujil cause to bo hopoful of its future, of wliich it seems to nio
tlu're can bo no doubt if they will but prove trui' to that s[)ii'it
which from the first j^uidcd its fathers and founders, and which
breathes and lives in everv utterance of this orand jubilee
occasion. Acadia did not leap in a day, into full acti\it3' and
d(;velopment, from the creative hand of some wealthy philan-
thropist or of some fosterino- o-overnment. It <jjrew slowly, in
the midst of stru^ole and seeminsj- defeat, striUinfj its roots
deeper as each lilast swept over it, until to-day it rises, lii-mly
set and well proportioneil, triumpliant in its past and full of
pi'omise foi' its future. I conoratulate tlx; denomination to wliich
it belongs upon the possession of so grand a nujuument of their
histoiy, aufl .so potent a factor in their coming (levelo})ment.
I am to speak to-night upon " The ivlation of the Collge to
to the general prosperity of the country." 1 am sure you will
not expect from me a full logical demonstration of the fact
that the college in general and this college in particular
must exercise a decided influence in jinjuioting the gmeral
prosperity of a country. Such a demonstration is neither
necessary, nor on this occasion would it be deemed permissiblt,'.
And so I am here to-night not to enunciate any new or startling
truths, but I shall be (|uite content, if in restating some old
trutlis in a plain and simple wa\', I may fix the attention and
(juicken the convictions of those who ar^. kind enough to listen
to me.
And first let me emphasize the tremendous power exercised by
an institution of learning. ])oes any one of us adequately realize
it ? Behold its e(|uipment ! The l)est traditions of centuries are
woven into its very fibre. It is itself an epitome of intellectual
struuule and vict'->}'y. The uarnereil richn> '-s of cultured minds
and broadened souls are tivasured there. Tin; sympathies of jtast
and present generations surcharge its atmosphere. The I'ecordt'd
Misdoni of the ages fills its liliraries and its laboi-atories. In itai'e
the keys which will unlock, for every j^atient seeker, the treasures
of all past knowledge, and which will oj)en the gates that lead on
to an infinity of research.
There too an; the strong minds and warm hearts of the
Faculty. Men, who know and are skilled to lead into the paths
of knowledge, stand ready with their best services. They have
trodden the rugged but pleasant way.s ; they ajipreciate the
difficulties and have tasted the joys ; they know when to give the
helping hand and when to allow the young strength to depend upon
itself ; they are the ministering priests in the great temple of know-
ledge,— huuian,susceptible,synipathetic and wise. Behold its scope.
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Witliin its walls you may reconstruct the history of mankind and
follow V>ack from the present to a past, dim, misty, mysterious
and enchantinj^, till you stand by the cradle of the world and
watch its wonderful development towards lf)th century manhood.
There vou mav di<f down to the adanumtine foumlations of the
earth, and th(>refrom follow ui) such cosnuc chanufe, as ivn) after
age has toiled to producer th»; rich, varied, beautiful olobe of to-day,
with every i)rovisi()n for utilitv, everv elenuiiit of iinmileur.
There you may e.\j)lore the univcM'se, and leap from earth to stars
and from stars to further suns till the mind is lost in wonder at
the beneficent infinitude of the Creator's work.
There you may explore that still more wonderful world of
mind and heart with its passions, its intuitions, its reasonings, its
fears, its hoj)es, and its convictions of eternal existence. Behold
its ideals. Great warriors, gri'at statesmen, great orators, great
philosophers, great philanthropists, great thinkers, and great good
men pass before you in ceaseless revitiw, and become your com-
panions, instil their virtues into your soul, engrave their qualities
upon your heart, and fructify the young, fresh soil of your life
with their (piickly germinating seeds of thought and action. In
their companiorjship the plastic life essence is moulded into lai'ge
and generous patterns and lifted into the heights of hope and
aspiration.
Now, sir, into an institution with this wealtli of tradition,
this richness of etjuipment, this breadth of scopts and this beauty
01 ideal, the country sends yc^ar by year, its contino;ent of youth
and vigor. And this contingent, remember, is a picked one. 'Tis
the flower of Athens; 'tis the choici- of Samnium, the (piickest
and brightest of each rising generati(»n. They enter the poi-tnls
of this institution at the most susceptible nge, when formative in-
fluences of the kind I have mentioned have most pc^wer. Can
any one doubt that this yearly band of recruits, who with lithe
step and joyous acclaim march so carelessly into the august
temple of learning, once admitted must be there subject to a
modellinir infiuence which will tremendous! vchan<>'e and dominate
their whole mora! and intellectual being, and make ')f them
workmen powerful in their turn to fashion the ruder younger
material which shall afterwards come to their hand ;* If I'ightly
understotxl, what trend)!ing on the part of parents, what deep
reverence on the part of \'outh should mark that epoch in their
lives which ti-ansfers them from home to college. They cannot
return as they enter. A new impress is inevitable ; an infiuence,
undying and infinitely persistent, nmst take hold upon and possess
their very sourc<\s of thought and action.
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For ;,f(>()(l or t'oi- ill tlic collfirc tlicii is an institution wliieli
nnist <xcrt'is( a tri'iiifiulous inthicnt'c liotli npon those who come
within the direct sidici'c ol" its ii'-.tivt! ministrations and upon that
intiii'tcly larj^'er nund)('r who arc att'cctctl mediately and indirectly.
Let me, in the next [ilaee, ask the (|Uestion as to what is the
test of eeiicral pi-osperity. You will nply that the test of the
Licneral ])r(jsperity f a country is found in tlie measui'cment of
the ([Uantity and (|uality of its pi'oducts exchan^'ed. And that is
true, if, Ity products, \(ra mean tlie mental and moral as well as
the material. For it is aot sini})lv ,u"old and silver and copper,
iron and stone and wood, the products of the field and of the sea
which constitute the elements of national [)rosperity, and tiie
(juality and (|uantity of which measui'e national grcp.tness.
Behind all the material components of prosperity stands the
liuman beine- with his mind ])owei- and his soul power, as well as
his lalior power. And, as this human bein<^ is ic mind and soul,
so will liis works be, and the sum of his works will mark the sum
of his own real prospei'ity, and his contriiaition to that of his
countr\'. And so the statistician who will set himself to tabulate
the exchangeable products of a country, in this true and hi<rh
sense, must count in with its precious metals and its useful metals,
with its woods, its "trains, its fruits, its harvest fi'oni the seas, and
its output of varied industries, he must count in, I say, its wealth
of moral sentiment, its treasures of intelligence, its richness of
thought, its stores of steady y)urpose, of lofty aspiration, and of
high ideal in order to (jbtain the correct measure of its exchange-
able products and so arrive at the true test of its general
prosperity.
Now the foe of progress and prosperity, as every one knows,
is waste.
There is first the waste of ignorance. How quickly and
deftlv th(! man who knows liow, will do a thine-; what time is
lost, what methods are vitiated, wiiat results are missed by him
who lacks the kncnvledge. What a waste of bodily power is caused
bv iii'Uorance of the laws of liealtli, what waste of mental vi<;or
by lack of knowle<lge of the laws of thought, what a waste of
material things by lack of knowdedge and skill as to their (|ualities,
their adaptabilities and their pi'operties. The mininmm of a
country's j)rosperity is in('icated by the degree of greatest ignor-
ance ivgist(n'ed, and its maximum of progress by the degr^'O of
best directed and widest knowdedge.
Then there is the waste of idleness. Unused power is an
inertia wdiich retr.rds the marcii of progress, and in proportion to
its mass will be its capacity for obstruction. The idle man in a
HON. <i. K. FOSTKJIS ADDUKSS.
io;j
coiniimiiitv is a unit of (It'iiiorjilizjitioii wliirli atU'cts the wliolo
bixlv. Idle liiuuls defer tlic t'ldl harvest of material bh'ssin<;.s,
i<lli' minds diminish th" possible maxi 'lum of thoiin-ht, and idle
hearts ai'e lil<e arid areas in otliei'wise lieautiful and produetivo
iandsi'iipes whieii mar tlie symmetiy and lower the total possible
beneliei'iit result.
And there is the waste of (.'xcess. The Ixxly is worn by our
toil, the nnml weak(>ned by oni* ex(!vcise, the soul enervated by
oui' incitement, even thou,i.,di this toil and exercise and incitemetit
ai'e in the Vum of M'hat is eommemlalile : while the waste by
vicious excess is incalculable and its record tills the saddest page
in the world's varied history.
If we C(juld sweep away, once for all, this woful waste
caused liy ignorance, by idleness and by excess, the world would
soar at once into heights of uohle and splendid prosperity hitherto
untli'eamed of. By wdiatever proportion they are diminishe(l, in
that pro[)ortion is the possible best brought nearer and the general
pros])erity enhanced. And that instrumentality, whatever it be,
which w<jrks in the line of their diminution anil in pro{)ortion as
it so works, thereby establislies its claim to the warmest sympathy
and strongest support of the country.
Now, Mr. Chairman, all that I have thus hastily and imper-
fectly said is but introductor}' to the fact wdnch should chietly
be impressed upon our minds, viz, : — the necessity and the
efficiency of the college in promoting the general prosperity by
its constant and skilful warfare upon this waste of which I have
spoken as the greatest foe to prosperity.
The college deals its sturdiest blows against ignorance, idle-
ness and excess ; its ndssion is to dissipate the first, to displace
the second and to minimize the third. Its traditions, its teaching,
its training, its purposeful ideals, its example, — all do ceaseles.s
battle for the cause of intelligence, of industrious application,
and of the steady exercise of the powers and faculties of body
and mind.
The college is in the f^rst place a centre of mental develop-
ment. Its very atmosph(>re is cjuickening, its traditions warm
the intellectual facult\', its dailv research stimulates in(|uirv, its
long vistas leading out into the marvellous past, and its broad
averuies. stretchin!"' awav in the direction of the more marvellous
future attract the nascent powers and sow the virgin soil of the
mind with the g(!nerous seed of thought and fancy — of purpose
ami iileal which grows apace and bears its rich and abundant
fruit. Their dailv contact with thought, the constant handling
of the materials of knowdedge, the continual analysis and .synthe.
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HON. G. E. FOSTEUS ADDRESS.
sis of coiriponc^nt olcinonts, tlie expansion of vision and the
widoninfcof tlie horizon of know-U'dji^e ; — who tliat has experienced
it cannot recall its etteet upon his whole nature, and that wond-
rous sense of growing powers which was its most «k'lightful
accompaniment ? The colkvj[e is also a centre of intellectual
training. Mental excitation is one thini', hut the steady and
persistent breaking in of the mind's powers to the course of system
and hahit is another and far ditt'erent thlnrj. The former is the
electric fluid which leaps fro'u substance to substance and thishes
from cloud to clou<l, — erratic and splendid ; the latter is tlie
masterful ciirrent, marchim; alon<; well ordered lines to its useful
and beneficent work. I avow to you tluxt no one result of my
college life has been comparable in value to this steady, continu-
ous, skilful and domina.it training of the powers of mind to
consecutive and fruitful work. The deliirhts of historv, the
wonders of natural science, the deductions of logic, the demon-
strations of mathematics, the the(jries of philosoj)hy, and the
matchless beauty of poetry and art — all may liave more or less
faded away in the r agh and rugged campaign of life ; l)ut there
remain and will forever remain that capacity for work and that
knowledge of how to woi'k. which the training of mv Alma
Mater bestowed upon me. Stated hours for lal r, enlightened
methods for pursuing it, the sharpening of the aixalytic faculty,
the strengthening of the reasoning powers, the cultivation of a
persistence that would not acknowledge defeat, and tlie develop-
ment of a spirit of independent research — these among others are
the precious and ju'iceless results which renxain wlien all else
grows dim and misty.
The colle<2:e is the centre of the hio'hest level of thouijht.
Outside are the fickle impulses of the moment, the crude tli(!ories
born of tlu^ hour, the unreasoned and unreasonabl(! conclusion and
the hasty and ill-based generalization. But in the cool, calm un-
hurrying course of the university, where the past is known, its
forces studieij, its results tabulated, and its seciueiices traced, are
to be found thv. latest and best in all branches of science and
knowlc'dire, the steadiest currents of thousiht, and the broadest and
surest founded generalizations. The present is brought to the touch
of the past, and the lamp of the world's experience is made to shed
its light upon the oj)eiiing paths of the world's future. Such an
atmosphere is invaluable for the mind's best growth and develop-
ment. The habit of reflection tempers and restrains the forward
impulse, the crude is worked over and over and tried by the
severest models, the trivial is eliminated, the serious dominates,
and, insensibly but surely tlu; mental appetite takes on the crav-
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ini; fin- liiijli and corrcft and purposf-ful tliou<,dit. Tlit; great
thinkers lu-coinc our tcaclicrs, the j^Tii^t actors in the world's his-
tory lieconwi onr exemplars, and from th(Mn there operates upon us
a formative and directive influence whicli continually impels us
towards liigher planes of thouglit and action and which no hurry
and huhhub of after life can eliminate from our mental and
moral make up.
And lastly, Mr. Chairman, the collei^e is a centre of simple
sampl<> living.
The college faculty go in and out daily licfore their
students. Their walk and conversation are read and known
of all. Their unseltish devotion and constant labors impre.ss
themselves upon the young hearts. Their corr.x't deportment,
their simple plain lives divorced from extravaganct; and nourished
by the ennobling influences of stUfly and thfaivht, And i-esponsf in
the impres.sible natures about them. If with all this they culti-
vat(^ the kindly manners and <|uick sympathetic interest which
youth so much loves, their influence becomes unliounded and
their impress uj)on the studiuit life as enduring as it is profound.
May I be allowed to add in the light »)f this thought, that aVtout
the Faculty which exei-cises so potijut an influence at the most
open and impressible ])erio<l of life there should linger no sus-
picion of impurity, no taint of even negative sce[)ticism, and no
truce of base matcn-ialism. And if to high thought, and simple
living, there can be added tin; steady gui<lance of christian prin-
ciples, and the warm glow of christian feeling we have reached
the ideal. Who tluni can measure the influence (jf tin; college
upon the youth of the country who are blessed V)v its ministra-
tions ? It is not commensurable. The strongest statement i.s
weakness itself comjiared with actual results. What 1 have out-
hned is but the gi'oundwork from which the thought of each of
you can pass out to wider and higher generalizations. Let this,
however, abide with us, — that no otlu-r instruu)entality is so well
e(juip})ed to develop the mentality, train the power-, regulate the
forces, and stimulate the higher and better sentiments of youth ;
that the period during which it exercises its sway is the most
geneious and impressible period of life ; that its subjects are
selected from the bri'ditest and strongest of our sons ami daugh-
ters ; and that the whole trend of its teaching and training is to
diminish the waste of ignorance, idleness and excess by the drill
and equipment of a noble body guard of intelligence, industry
and stiiady morale for the service of the couniry.
But, Sir, we sliould stop far short of the full statement
of the case in favour of the college if we went no further
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HON. C. K. FOSTERS ADHIiESS.
We iimst look for a inonimt at tiic .socoiidarv inthicncc. I
liavc said tliat the m'aduati's of tln.^ collcu'c arc well st'lectcd units
from the i^i'cat iiifiss of society. l']iK'V!4i/,t'd and informed and
'(juii)[)e(l by their Alma Mater, they h'ave hei' loveil precincts and
bi'take themselves t(j that mass from wliich they came, each one
to licL )me in turn an active a^'ent in enery'l^in^' those who comt;
witiiin the sphere of his intiui'nco. As farmer, mercliant. profes-
sicmal man, teacher, preacher, statesman, poet, painter, watch each
as lie translates the rich fruits of his collei;'e life into the lives of
those altoiit him, and follow the current of his thouj^'ht and energy
through its emlless ti'ansmissions in evei- widening circles, until
lost to you in that ditfusion which the Intinite alone can measure,
which etoiMiity alone can disclose.
If one I'ipple, started in the midst of the smooth lake, repeats
itself in countless successions till the far distant shoi'es are beaten
with its tiny undulations ; if the one impact u))on the air causes
sound wave after st)und wave to vilirateout to tiie farthest limits
of the atmosphere, how nuich more does this one energizing unit
of intelligent form in its continuous action and rt-action and its
intinite multiplication, exert its pevasive influence in the universe
of mind and thought. Can anyone estimate the influence of Plato
upon the world of philosophic thought, or that of Homer upon
the poetic development, or that of Kant u{>on metaphysical research,
or of Raphael upon Art, (^r of Emerson ujion New England
eultun
The light of indiviilual genius nevt'r (
lies out ; wheh
the hand that held it aloft fails in death, behold a thousand lesser
torches li<dited thereat, which transmit and ma<'-nifv its end.urin<j
splendor. This inunortalitv of intelliirence, this eternitv of in-
tluence is at once the iiope and the glory of our world. Every
worker let loose upon the world is a factor in its develo])ment
whicli will never ceas(^ to operate : and in proportion as you add
intelligence and goodness to th(! element of industrv, vou heighten
its power and sanctify its results.
Nor, Mr. Chairman, should we foi'get to take into account the
influence of college life and thought upon national character. It
mav be that before the days of newspaj)ers, and widely ditHused
connnon school education this was great(.'r than at pre-;ent, but it
is still a potential factor. It could not be otherwise. The college
develoi)s and trains men from every section (;f the country, who
having sat under the common teachinu", been subject to the connnon
influences, trained to similai" methods ami habits of mental work
and have imbibed connnon ideas, <n) out again to every section
of the country, and disseminate the connnon store. Each circle of
influence repeats anil impresses in greater or less degree the spirit
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of the foiinuon life fiiul tliouu'ht of the Alma Mator. The
assimilating' jM'ocess is active ami coiistant, and makes itself felt
in UKinldinn' the national life. The higher tluaigiit <.)f the ec^lleo-e
is diti'used in other ways — in lectures, inmauazines, in hooks, and in
the rt.'.sults of patient research aiul seientiHe '.■x])i'riment. Li't any-
one think for a moment what the <^dories of the Academe were to
greek life, what the monastcrii's were to the dark ai;cs, what
Gei'man Universities have been to the fathei'land, L'andji'idu'e and
Yale to our sistei' re])uhlic and I mav well sav itcomparinu' lesser
things with g'rcatt'r, Acadia to Nova Scotia. The nation sends
its yearly l)and of chosen youth to these temples of knowledge ;
it I'eceives each year a f ui-nished contingent of leaders and thiid<er,s
e{]uippe<l with the best thougiit and most intelligeni: methods of
mental work. This nnilti[)licati<>n and diti'usion of the central
intellectual activity is a moulding inMuenci' which tends to set the
current of national development, ami huild up national character.
The intluence of the college, too, is eminently conseivative. In
it tlie past is nevei' divorced fi'om the present, the inevitable
se(|Uence is not forgotten, the operation t)f law is never lost sight
of, and the teachings of history are evur present as an interpreter
of the tendencies of the d<'\'
Rash enthusiasms are tempered bv the rich rt>sults of
reflection and analytic comjiarison, the ever recuri'ing crop of
theories, often as sj)eeious as they are false ai'e submitted to the
tests of principles and long practical e.\pe)'ience, and while the
face is ever set forward towards the unfolding future, tht," ear is
ever attentive to the still small voices of the past. Against
Avaves of destructive scepticism, against false economic theoriiis,
against mischeviou> socialistic propaganda, against the numerous
isms which unsettle and. destroy, how oiten has the steady and
intelligent c<,)nservatism of the highci' institutes of learning
raiseil the impassiljle burrier and waided otf danger from the
commonwealth. Giving the word from their centrid towers of
watch and ward the i-esponsive action of theii- widrly scattered
sons has Iteen immediate and etft'ctixc in the defeat of the false
and the tiuumph of the tv\u\
And the college is the nui'se of ])!itri()tism. Love of countiy
and <levotion to its interests are taught in its history. Tlu;
growth of nationalities in the past works uj.on the imagination
of the stuilent and their contemj)la!ion inspires and strengthens
the desire that his own country shrdl imitate these gi'eat exemp-
lars in all that makes for true gre'atness, and avoid tht; known
eri'ors that winild retanl development and make ])ermanenc_v' im-
possible. The college unites in the persons of its students all
lOS
HON. (i. E. FOSTERS ADDRESS.
sections and classes of tlio country an<l t'oniis a nu'diuni of
ac(|naintaiK'esliij) witli all sections, a chain of interest wliicli
strenutli(.'nsfi'oiii dav to day an<l altond of fi-iendsliin wliicli endur'-s
after the close of collej^i' life and makes ench an interested
observer of the doin<j^s ami prn^-rcss of all. In the <.,fenei'()us en-
thusiasm wliieh numliei's and enntact evolve, patriotism is
nourished, national as])irations art'streni,^th('ni'd,and sentim; nts of
loyalty to institutions, to history, to constitution nnd to the tla^^
an,' deV(,'lopeil and niature(i. The intimate brotherhood of collefije
friendship, among the noblest a.iid tfnilerest tics, expan<ls into a
love foi the houit' and theatre of work of each meml)er of the
brotherhood, and from hiL^h li'vel of wide personal friendships
dove]oj)es the still nobhu' sentiment of love and devotion to the
connnon country.
But, Sir, tim(> is too short foi- one to even outline the intiufMice
of the colleo'e Upon the country in its various ami subtle channels
of oj)eration. Sutfice it to smv, that beyc/ud all tluit 1 havo
bricHy notice(l we must not foi'get that the })i'actical eveiy day
utilitai-i.m life of the countrv is deeplv atleeted b\' the colleife.
It is true that inventors are not alwax's, mavlte not often, ixrad-
nates of col'eu'es, that practical seieiice in its thousand mani-
festations and developments is workeil out chii-fly by other
hands and hea<ls, that the statemanship of the nation does not
ahvfiys drnw fi'om its ranks, nor the litei-atui'e proceed fi'om its
trained minds; but he is a superlicial observer who does not see
behind and beneath the hi^^hest jd'actical triuiii])lis of all these,
th(! steady ireneratiiiii" indisixitable fi-uctifyin<c heat and liu-lit of
tile collet''*' as beyond all the shining of the pl:ni;'ts is the central sun
without which their li;4ht would lie utter darlmess. It may well
bo thiit n)en ilo not always see the chain of siMpience as certain and
inexorable as cause and etfect and iiKiy sometimes im])atiently
exclaim that th" colletr(> is of little use jind that the useful and
jiractical is what the ae-e himmIs. 15nt you can ha\'e no llowers or
fi'uits without lii'st the pi'inciple of veectable lite, and the ibix-es
that impel it towai'ds de\elopment, whicli through all invisible in
themseh'es, are incarnate in the I'esults which all can see. So out
of the patient I'eseai'ch, the careful co lation, the jealous n-uai'dian-
ship and i^* nerous distribution of efu-jiered results of the hii^'hei-
educational institutions, comes these useful and indispensable
concrete results which all enjoy but tl.e far <listant and nourishin<r
soui'ces of which so tew perceive.
Behold yon mountain ran<^e, founded on adamant, towerini*
gaunt and rugged fn^m its base of gri'en and llowei's up through
every variation of verdure till its bald -iranite crest is lust
HON. G. K. FOSTERS ADI)UF:SS.
101)
ill tlic clouds. It .stands like a silent 'nant, liairinix intercourso
from east to west. The rovinu' traveller and the eaiTcr merchant
.se(! in it naught hut ohstruction to their easy passage an<l to tluiir
valuahle exchanges, Storms ijather ahout its summits, li<dit-
nin<fs play ahout its sides and eternal snows whiten its peaks; it
.seems as tar removed as possii)le from the practical sj)]i<'i'e of the
useful in auriculture anil commerce and every day heijetits.
But think for a moment. When the waters of the oce'an
sought to con(|Uei' the continent foi' its perpetual domain, nature
threw u]) this t;iant liai'i'ier and saved the fertile Mi'eas from the
blackness of the wa'.ery waste. To the sea it says, as it has said
for afjes, " thus tai'shalt thou come ami no further," anil stands as
the |)(.'r|K'tual i;iiardian and guarantee of the life ainl growth of a
continent. Jthreaks the storms which would othei-wise sweep in
devastatini;' fui'y across the thousand lea^Mies of lev(d continent
carrvini-ilisl ruction in its iiatli. Thei'e it uatliers its resources of
perpetual moisture, and distils tliem in cea.seless outpourin^^s into
the numlieriess rivers which carry vei-dure ami retVeshinn" toevery
valley and plain. And every dwellei- in the smilim,^ lands, every
tiller of the fertile soil, as he heholds the lon;^ line of moinitains
towerinii' skyward, may well Idess it for its beiieticence as a son
the father who has li-iveii him oirth, oi' a citizen thecountr\' which
protects him hy its laws.
The university which stands apart from the n-reat currents
of life, v\ hose ministrations can he eniox'ed hv the comparatively
few, whosi! direct work is done in the (|uiet of retirement, and
whose forces are of the silent, unostentatious kind, may setMii to
the busy millions farotitin tlie hurry and tin'iiioil.an inaccessible,
unneco.ssarv and costiv anpenda^-e to tic everxdav utili ai'ian life
which always demands to see power in it-; aj)j)lication and to
beholil immedi.Mte results. And yet there is not a corner of
civilization where the home jilants its assurini; banner, and
works out its dram;i of life and lieath, where the liLjht is not made
briehter, the music swei'ter, the .joys purer and the life Iwijipier
by the lone' accumulated wide reachiiie- and l>eneticent inlluenc(i
which has flow ed in constant curi'ents from the hin'hei institutions
of iearniic'' and wrought beiietlcentlv upon everv one of the many
com})le.\ factors of human development.
In conclusion, Mr. Chairiuan, Ladies ainl (n'litlemen, let nu^
drop one word of parting' admonition. This is a day of material
develojMuent. The mine is to be woi-ked, the forest to be hewn
out, the sea to be scoured, and the earth made to yield its richest
treasures. TIk; world is intent upon adding to its wealth and
luxury, in building cities, constructing railways, and opening up
no
PROFESSOR WILIJAM ELDERS ADDRESS.
tlic fntlu'i'iiiost- I'csoui-ci's (if imturi' Id tlio utilitjirian purposos of
the n'^c. With wealth au'l hixui'v cohk.'s ihc iiivitahlc tendency
to the (leliiilits of the material. Hii-h thv>u<Hit and self-detuin'f
princiole tend to diiHitdsh conipai'ativejy. A;L!,"ainsr the erowth iif
the former and tiie dcoi-easc! of the latter le , this institution in
C'onunon with all lieneticent inllneiices i-aise its voice, its work,
its life in niiairei'alil" j)r(»test. The love aiid aspirations of the
liuman heart, the higher crMvinijfs of the soul, tlie ouii'i'achini^s
of the mind, and the uinitteral)le lonL;-in^s (-f the immortal im-
prisoneil within us; tliese cannot feed aloi'c u]>on ^oM or silver
or on the accumulations of wealth. With thei)' decadence would
be,u;in the eclipse of ci\'ilization : as thesv; ui'e clierished and devel-
oped L^row its splendor and lieiieticcnce.
Man is hci'e to use all mater'. il thinofs, hut to us(i them a.s
stt'ppini^' stones to that ])urif}- of iieart, that, culture of mnid,
that n(»liility of chai'actej' :.nd that temper of soul which alone
m.ike him n'reat and ^od-like. To the conservation of these let
Aca In dr\ oLe her best energies and her brightest sons and
dauirhters.
ADDRESS
By Professor William Elder, M. A.
THE DE.MANDS OF THE I'l'HLlC ON THE COEEEOE.
On a litthi farm among the hills and valleys of Aeailia, a boy
has been growing up.
" Birn of [);)oi', hut honest ])ai-eirs " : that saying has Itocomo
so trite that its I'cpetition is always sui'e to provokt a smile ; let
it [)rovoke (MKpiiry, too. !b)W has it come to lie the common-
place of biography i*
Our story-writei" has discovere*! value in it, and made it his
own. Through what (juality has it gaineil this stamp of
currency ^
lis continued existence is cert;iinly not, (hie to the poverty of
hingtiage, for the reader of memoirs may discover it, under every
possible form of di.sguise. The biographer does not parade it for
effect, solely, fin* it is conmioidy intnxluced witlva sort of apology
that one so humble in origin slujidd be talked about in pi-int.
ri{oFi:ss()ii WILLIAM i:i,Pi:i{"s adi^uess.
Ill
Away \vitl> tlio apology ; that only is the ri(licnl(Mis pa t.
TIk' saying lives bccaust' it cnihoilii'S a valual)|t' pitice of world-
oxpcricncc.
Romance paints its heroes issuing iVoiu the ••astle, (ji- the
palact\ (io<I draws liis best recruits iVoin the country side, the
cottan'e and the hovel.
It is the old lesson of history. The sturdy [)easant works his
way to the throne; wins and makes his emi)iri', then l)e(|ueiths it
liis princel}' son, ti'ained in all the arts of kingcraft, and he ruins
or losses it.
It is the oft repeated lesson of common life. Tbnv many a
parent savs, as he l)attles his wav slowlv onwani, " Mv child sliall
have a better chance than I ha<l." CJood ; but take cart' what
that better chance may mean.
In the race on the village green, tlie bai'efoot boy will, other
thing being e(pial, outrun liis well shod com])etitor. So, in the
longer race of life, the youth who starts ban.'foot, unhampered
by the tra])pings and hal)its (jf luxury, endow(Ml with fair health
an honest heai-t, anil with spur of necessity touching into vigor-
ous action all that is in him, will, other things being e(pial, head
the Vuu) that :stru<re-les towafd tlu; Li'oal of a well siient life, leavincj
far beliind him many a one who startecl with what men fondly
call a better chance.
And thus it comes about that this old saying, or its eipiiva-
lent, demands a place on the first page of tlu> biogi-aphy (;f so
nianv of those who of i-i<rht can claim a bionraiihv, — those who
liave helped to make things better.
The child of pcjor but honest parents. I liki> the bahl form
best. — t'M'se and full of meaning as a mathematical formula. It
means, you see, the favorite child of Prosidence. ( lod flings his
besi gifrs widest, ami U'aves lu.xuries for foolish ])eople to hurt
themselves with.
The boy for whom I speak, to-day, sju'ings from the favored
many.
From his cottage door the roail conducts him straight to the
country school house ; tlu' royal road to learning.
Honor to those who, in eai'ly <la' s, blazed a devious path
through the wild(>rness, when as yet no feller had come up against
m ure's stubborn growtli. Hjiior to those who, in later days,
sti'aightened and widened and smoothed and made it five to all,
so that, where once a man forced his way with difficulty, a child
now truflges, safely and untaxed.
The old school- house ; — what memories its name arouses in
the mind. In my childisli days it .stood near the foot of a hill
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PUOFKSSOll WILLIAM Kf.DKRS ADDHHSS.
that s1()j)im1 i,a'ntly to its doDr-way niid tlicii I'osc sti'i.j)ly, — the
typical hill of kiunvh-.l^rc.
School-houst' hill seisms lower lu* v than it did then, but that
other towers more <;randly as the years <,fo hy, and stretches its
suiuinit away beyond tlu; utmost reach of vision.
And the learninj^' dis])ensed there: lookin;^- from hi<;her lev(ds
we are wont to smile at its limited ran<;'e, yet who shall estimate
its eost, or tell its value. I'here the keys of knowled<;(' are placed
in the tiny hand and the thumhy tinners taught to use them.
Little hy little is learned the intricacy of their fashionin<;-, the
wards they Ht, the stnl)horn holts they di'aw, and the intellect
brij^htens at the store of j^oodly thint;s each opened door reveals.
On Sundays the school-lutuse becomes a meeting-house, Thci'c,
as the boy listi'us to a classic and elo([uent discourse, i;'arnished
with all that (ireek and Roman learuiui;' can furnish for adornmt^ut,
and nmch more, some one ])()ints to the ])i'eacher and tells the awe-
struck youth "That younj;' «4('ntleman is a member of the {''reshmau
class of Acadia College." Colle^'e ! what kind of a place is that?
(Jan sucii things be learned there ?
Sometimes the preacher is a collene ])rofessor, an integral
part of that mysterious life ; once a college president, sphered
ah)ft in knowledge unapi)roachal)le.
Om^ day a friendly hand is laid on the boy's shoulder, and a
kindly voice asks '• Would you like to goto college?" And he
sleeps and dreams ; :ind. wakes and dicams more wildly. All the
world of boyish imaginings is touched into rosy light by those
magic words '• go to college," just as the morning touches th(> hills.
Soon begins the weighing of possibilities against im])ossil)il-
ities. Fortunately, at th.it age. the recognized im})ossibilities are
few and light in the balance. The good blood in tlu^ boy's veins,
the blood of generations of men who have made their t)wn way l)y
hard-handed labor. ])i'omj)ts him to try, lb' attacks the dreaded
mathematics and finds it not so bad, in fact, not Itad at all : begins
to learn the "little Latin and less (ireek" that are to form his
passport at the college gates.
And now he j)resents himsidf bebu'c you, — yon who constitute
the college, faculty, governors, alumni and tluit !)roud constituency
of friends and sujjportcrs. Thi^ is the public that has demands to
make on the college, this boy who wants an education. To-day, it
is true, he is unfitted to choose the best gifts, but, by anticipation,
when rij)er years siiall have made him that form of boy we call u
man, with wider experience and matured reason, alone (jualilied to
pass just judgment on the value of all human influenees that have
helped to make or mar his life.
i'H()n:ss(»i! wiij.ia.m f.i.dkus a;.|)I!i:ss.
n;^
Ills very liclpU'ssni'ss ami iiialiility to decide for hiuiself what
he Miost r('((uir('.s, ('in|)liasi/.t' his (h'liiaiid that 1 shouhl acciiratcly
interpret the hoy's rieeds hy the mans e.\|)erienee, and that you
shouhl iaithl'uUy perforni the more im]»ortant part that has l)eeu
assigned to you.
So, eoiislituted Ity you, for tlie moment, his advocate. I j)r('si!nt
the chiims of my client.
Ihit. hefore we procet^d to state what it is he asks of you, let
us examine the foundation of his chiim.
I)oes he sue for charity, or (h-mand a ri^lit ?
Humanity is one. From the first ;ind only man who ever
hK)lved out uj)on tlie world with the eyes of a child, to the latest
Lorn of time, the race is a unity. (leneration is hoiuid to ;;enera-
tion l»y iivini;' hoiids : sever them and the life-hh»od flows. From
iir.st to last one life animati's the whole : cut off a part, it hecomes
a dead frai;inent. One in itself, one scheme of rii^hts and duties
controls its action. We think with ])ride of the lonj;' array of
s])lendid achievements of our race, (»f inventions, discoveries,
lihoi'ty, learning', moi'als. We call them our Inheritance ; so they
an", hut what does that im])ly?
One of you has tor his inheritaiu-e a farm in this hni' valley.
As you look with ])ride on its orchards and nieathtws. pasture and
tilled held, think how many hands have lahored to midcc it what
it is for you. This improvement was your father's work, that,
his father's. Here are lands cleared and dikes raised by men
whose nu'nu)ry has almost faded away. To tell how it has ^^ained
the value it has for vou to-day, you look hack to the Hrst lahorer
who wit'Ided ax or spade upon it. There your indehtedness
hegan.
Vou look forward, too: your hrain is husy six days out of the
week, i)erha})s moi-e. with plans for its imi)rovenu'nt. While you
seek your own enrichment from it, you never ipiestion that it is
your duty as an honest man to strive to hand it down to the next
H'cneration better than you found it. Thus you discharge your
indebtedness.
It is the same v.ith this goodly inhei'ittince of life at the
present day ; other nu-n labored ancl ye are entered into their
labors.
The Hrst man who. in the hoary })rime, h'arned the shei)herd"s
art, or dt^vised the rude implement that could lij^hti'n the toil of
th(! husbandman, wi'ought for j)o.^Lerity. He who fashioned the
stone ax, or gained the mastery of the stubborn metals, enriched
life for those who succeeded him. As iu art, so in learning.
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I'lJnl'KSSdl! WIl.MAM KLKKI! S A I >l)i;i;ss.
Men (»f \> "ad iJi'cscivrd their lore, in curious s\ inWol, stamped
(»n cylliidiT nid tal)let. to-day aiiioiin' the most vahied j)ii/.es of
the museum. Chahiean seer and Kiivptiaii priest scanued earth
and heaven and the ways of man. tried <hiltious paths of h-arnini;"
for us. Unknown sau'es hd't to thi' woild an al[)hal)et, tht' tith'-
deed to an estate uidionntU'd.
Tlien the worhl had its youtli, Ihtmer and the tri.id sant;'.
Phito anil Ai'istoth' taught, and man will have fallen into his
dotaii'e Ix'fore he comes to neglect that lesson, or thatsoni;'. Kome
rose and ruled and ])asse(l away, leaving' tlu; race her laws.
The days of darkness that followed wcie not wholly dark.
Se(duded scholars in court and monastery hoarded the learniiii;' of
the i)ast and kept it for liettt r times.
At lenj;th. the livini;' hand of ancient learninn' touched dead
E\iro])e into life. Krasmus arose : Luther awoke, and. wakini>',
woke the world. lie hroke the celU'acy of ])riest-craft and wedded
piety and h-arnini;-. IJetter than many a leader since, he under-
stood that the strong' entrencdnnent of ei-ror is ij^norance : that the
great ally of truth is knowlcdj^e : that the spread of Christianity
imi»lied the spread (»f education.
lie, and those who thouL;ht with hinu labored alike for church
and school.
Vou. who have the lesson thus tau^ht. hold it securely, and
teach it with no hesitatiuLi' utterance, -the duty of every hody of
nu'n. elaimiui;' to he a Christian denominaticui. not only to ^uard
and foster the piddic school, hut to sustain a higher edu<'atiou. up
to the re(iuirements of the times, which shall he truly Ciu'istian
without heiuLi,' in any narrow s(>nse sectarian.
There are some yreat (ptcstions tliat are settled once and for
all time. There are others that are forever new and forever pre-
senting;' unsolved prohlems. Ir is so with education. Old as
human thou<;ht. it is to-day. taxiuL; the Itest intellects of the woild.
That which (jne age achieves oidy ins])ires the next to surpassing-
effort.
Since the revival of leai-nlng'. 'he science and the art of educa-
tion have been living, sometimes launing (pu'stions. Schools have
multiplied and school systems l)een formed. New universities
have arisen, and ohl ones heeik stimulated to new life. Colleges
are almost everywhere and, hy the good [)r()vldenee of (lod, and
the faithfulness and lieroism of His servants, dead and living,
one oi' them is here.
By sixeli means the jjveeious store of knowledge the present
age possesses has been accumulated. How vast it is. We are
sometimes ehallenged to try to eoni-eive how much of its ])reseut
l•ll(t|•I:s.^(»l; WILLIAM i;li)i:i!s amdislss.
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riclx's the world owes to :i urcat inventor like \V:itt. It would he
ii diirinn' act to try to wiitr the lulllioiis. I*('rlia|)s somt'oiu'
acHpiaiiitt'd with the wealth of nations niiyiit attempt it. nineh as
the !4eolot;ist aspires to date the earths he^innini;' : luit who shall
teaeh ns what we owe. in soul eni'ieiini.'nt. to a Xewton or a
C'uviei'. or others ot" like stamp .'
Their sneeess was possiole. l»eeanse. l)et'ore them, eai;'ei'
ex))loi-ers had seareheil in the same lields. 'i'heir results are ours
in their fullness, heeause. since them, men have never ee;!sed to
work the same rich vcdns of truth.
This is (lod's law for the rae»'. The pai'ent j;'eneration shall
accumulate for the child. lliat which the }/resent owes to tlu;
l)ast. it must ])ay to the future, enriched hy 14'enerous usury.
Tlu' heritaii'c we now enjoy, and which you to-day h'dd in
trust, is an entailed estate. The link that hinds us to the m-xt
generation is the hoy of to-day. Not as a mendicant askini;' alms
does he come : .'is the I'ii^htful heir he demtinds his • 11.
It is a claim no man can set aside, he he educated oi- ignorant.
The most illiterate man in this country still lives in an educated
atmosphei'c. I lis life is mmdded and colored !)y the le irnini;' of
the race, and these times made the best the v.orld has ever sec n,
for him, as truly as for tiie man of more liberal cidtiire. lie
never went to collej^c, he niay t(dl you : do you tell him that he
cannot o[)cn his eyes, talk with a nei<;hl)or, read a hooic. listen to
a sermon or lecture, without incuia'in;^' an indebtedness, which, as
an honest man. he nuist wish to dischar'^'c. lie cannot live, as a
man. without wishing' to leave the world a fairer tiehl for those
who are to live after him.
This is the foundation of your claim on your broad con-
stituency, the ])ublic. Let them uu(h'rstand how fully they share
in your i;'rave responsibilities. And the fact that you are to-day
constituted a colle:;'e. binds you t.» the fuliillmeut of a sacred
trust which may well tax your highest ])owers, and satisfy the
worthy aud)ition of a lifetime. Fretdy ye have received, freely
give.
And now that the validity of our (daim is apj);irent. I proceed
to state, roundly and luielly, what are the spt'cial thin!j;s your
ward dei:ian'ts of vou.
/. lit (li'iii'iiii/s, fi rs/ of (ill, lliiij tin' (III lui nUiiirs I/O a offer
shn/l 1)1' tirccs.siji/c in //t:ii..
This involves two things. One is that you oeenpy the spaire
between the college and the public sidiool, if such space exists.
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l'H(»l'KSS(»l! WILLIAM KI.DKKS ADDKKSS.
The wise stiitc lias recognized its duty to educate its future
citizens. Fliis is the tiainin:; i'oi- all, wliich all alike nuist fostei".
The hij^her education you olt'er is for a sinallei- iiunil>cr, namely,
all who want it.
If the pultlii* school does not |)re])are for collci;'*', it is f(»r you
to })roviile suitahh; tittinj;-scIiools. i'he .Academy or Institute is
tlie outer court of the temple of knowled<;(', as nuich a jKirt of the
sacred enclosure as its inner chtisters.
The other is that the coIle<;e conrse shall l»e inex))(>nsive.
This implies j;cncrons endowments, l»nt it implies mi»re. Tiiere is,
I fear, in many institutions, a tendency amon;; students themselves
to add to the real wants of colleyc life many fancied ones. Cost
is thus increased initil it exceeds hundde means. So it may come
ahont that the wi'on<;' boy yets an t>dncation. One, who has no
claim upon it, because he has no care for it, is put throuj^h colle«;'e ;
another, who presents the credentials of heirshi)) — that hi- wants it
and IK williiii;' to work for it to the utmost of his ability, turns
away wronn'cd and disa|)pointed.
This is in many jdaces a thrcat<'nin<>' evil ; in some, ])erha])s,
tlie one niost nr<;cntly demandinj;' cure. The wise <;'enerosity and
self-denyin«4" endeavour that j.rovidi's a higher education is roblted
of its full rewai'd if one for whom that education is intended fails
to receive; it through fault other than his own.
//. He (leiiKinds of i/i'ii, <is a sfudcnf, (jood /i/ii/s'ii'dl
trui II I ii(/.
He is a boy nrowint>' to be a man : body and mind wedded
to<;etlier by (nxl, and both to be sanctified by (iod. Taxinj;' his
utmost to work his way : ambitious of scholarly <lIstinction ;
greedy of knowledge and heedless of other things, if yon do not
teach him better, he may so destroy his strength, not by overwork,
for fatal cases of that disease are rare, but by unwise work, that
he can d'> little more than graduate and die. All the good he
might have done is thus lost for those who sadly need its aid,
College athletics is not a new subject, I know, none the less it
will bear new handling. According *^o the {)aragraj)her of the
news})aper, college is a ])lac.e where young men train to win in a
boat race, or gain the championshi}) in the ball held, and a <Hsplay
of the ])rowess thus gained is only second in attractiveness to a
liorse race. Making good allowance for jileasing exaggeration in
tl'.is, enough of truth remains to point it out as a subject requiring
the careful consiih^ration of educators.
No college is even fairly furnished for its work that does not
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jjivc its stiulcnts wise counsel on the inaintcnancc of licaltli,
(liscourauinj'' extremes and stiinulatin;'' the natural desire for
ont-do<»i' exercise and manly spoi-ts. This is infinitely hetter than
the occasional drill of the professional tjymnast. which dooms to
neglect the weaker many, who most need insti'uction, and over-
taxes the few who jiromise to contiihute to a record.
lint something" moi'c is called for. I helieve there should he
in every c(»lie<;(' a department of Piiysical ( "ulture under the
direction of a professor as tliorout!,hly fitted for his special woi'k as
those in charts of other departments. Such a one. ((lucated as a
physician, tr.tined in a rational system of athletics. Wiudd he
prepared to assign to hodily vipir its true ])lace as a ndiuster to
mental j;rowth.
Thc^ dangers of excess and deficiency would thus he avoided,
and each one trained to make the most of himself, strengthen the
body to hear the racket of a husy hraiti and the lon;^ toil of a
lifetinu'.
^11. He (li'iii'i in/s II tlnii'iiii'lh ili'ill III fill' scii'iii'i' 11 ml
jifiK'llci of s('lf-(/i>n'rii iiniif.
Self-government : that does not mean no government at all :
it does not mean the j^'overnment of i;;iiorance and capric(> ; it
means the strictest and most intelligent form of yovcrnment. It
does not im})ly that the faculty, the men above all others privilej^'ed
to know what rt^straints ai'e retpured by college life, should give uj)
their funi'tion of making and administering college laws.
My client re(piires thc^ best services of those best fitted to
serve, and prefers to leave the government of tlu* college to the
gentlenu'n trained and ap]»ouited for that })ui'pose, rather than to
assume it himself. The disposition on the ])art of the student to
do what is required by those (pialitied to rccpiire it is an admirable
trait, in every way more lovely than that other, the will to do what
is forbidden sim])ly because it is f()rl)i(Mi'n.
lint there is more to be sought in self-g<n'ernment. Given
the laws, needful and just, on the one side, and )n the other the
manly virtm^ of obedience to constitutf.^d authority, order and
harmonious working may indeed be secured, but something else
may be lost which will be sadly missed in after life.
All college rule must in this res})ect be a failure, if it does not
secure an allegiance founded on something surer than good-will
or easy disposition, namely, in the trained and enlighteiied
conscience of the governe 1.
Teach him that tl 3 most ennobling loyalty is a loyalty to
ll.s
I'ltoi i.ssoi; wiM.iA.M i;i,i)i:i!s addiiIv^s.
ii;;Iit. Tcacli liiin ihiit so stum as lie lias a<'Uno\vl(Ml<;('(l a ^ivcn
('(misc of action t(» l>c ri^ilit. lie has. hy that act, homiil hiiiiscIF
iiii'vocahly to t'oUosv it. Teach him to do what he oiinht, to (h>
when he <)ii;;ht to do it. Teacli him that it is the part of a wise
man to (dx-y ^ood hiws, of a foid to ie\el in their ti-ansuression,
and show him that yon areas nuich coiis<'ienee-honnd to achiiinister
those hiws as he is to yichi them h»yal oliedicnce.
Teach him these things, and howevci' mnch he may :•'• < '
from the ronj;h tasU you set him now. he will, in after life, hless
the memory of th(»se who t(ii;;ht him to lay liroad and dec}) the
foundation of maidy character.
JW III ilf mil iiils llir / I'll I II I III/ of l/ii' iiifil/iii.
This is what is commonly understood when we speak of
education. \\'hat it is and what it is not ; what studies are
valuMlilf as means for attiininn it and what are vahudess ; what
is the true foundation of its science, and how the art may he
made to keep ])ace with the science, — these are questions of
unfailin;;' intere.-.t.
They are eau'crly dehated by learned bodies, discussed in
hooks and lecturi's. and will he tc- the end of" time. Writin<;s
more than two thousand years old are still valu.iMc authorities
on the s\d)ject, and the crack oi* doom may ])erha])s surprise
the last man in the congenial work of prepaiinj;' a eurrieuluni for
a j)erfect uidvcrsity.
It is not my place to j)n'scril)e means and methods. I have
a j^rowinj;' faith in the Divinity that shajjcs human ends, so that
num ofttimes achieves better than he plans. When any branch
of knowledge is sut'ticiently advanced to be used profitably as a
means of intellectual culture, it will, I believi', niaki' its way in j'^ood
time into the college course.
With all the diversity of opinion there is substantial a_i;ree-
nient. Intellect is ^reat. It touches the finite and reaches away
toward the iniinite. It Ituds, for us, a feelile life, showinji;' jjowi'rs
and tendencies, wrajjped about 1)y guards and hindrances. Cul-
tivation may briiii;' it to full-j;rowu strenj^th, f)dl-l»lown l>eauty,
ripened fruitfulucss. Xeylect and abusi' may dwarf, or poison,
or kill. Tlie b(»y may :ise to the full stature of a man,
able to contemplate the Maker's plan, to enter into the Master's
work : may di'cliue till he is not nuich nol)lev than the eh)d he
treads upon: may fall to be the slave and minister of that which
mars anil ruins.
^»ow, he puts you on your eonseienee to give him the best, as
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your own mcmorij's of stiident naius iind losses, and t\w a<ldt'd kiiow-
Icd^^cand ('Xpci'icucc of years of tfacliiiii;', shall {^ivc you «'idlt;liteu-
liicnt.
I . Ill i/ciiiii nils li'innrli'i/i/i',
B)it knowledge is not fducatiou. wr arc told, nww information.
A man may )•»' cramncd full of it. may Ix' aMc to talk in a do/cn
dirtVi'cut lan;;iiap's. wiltc tlicorcms no one Itut liimsdf can read,
know all llic 'olon'ics. and yet. he in no tiue sense an educated man.
To l>e educated is to have the well-trained intellect, to see
where others arc blind, to observe new facts and relations, to
reason to new conclusions.
Well. <;rante(l. foi' the sake of jx'acc : education and know-
Icdji'c are two different thin<;s. hut they arc both good and our boy
needs them both.
It is a j;lorious thiui;' to know. "The i-iyht ])ath of a virtuous
and noble e(lucation. lalioiious. indeed, at tirst ascent, but else so
smooth and prcn anil full of j^ooodly ])ros])ects and melodiou.s
.sounds on every side, that the liar]) of ()ri)heus is not nu)re
charming'.'"
He who slums to Ijreast tin; ruj^'ged slope, can never see those
goodly prospects or hear the nudodious .sounds. He is like never
to understand how nnu'h there is to kiu»w. how beyond man'.s
highest clind>. height after height rises giandly into an eternity
of knowledge and delight. All we can know with our utmost en-
deavor, is in truth, but little, still it is the a])i)ropriate beginning
of an employnu'ut that shall endure forever, ^\'hat if that em-
})loyment is never begun? Tlu' student, who merely lives through
the years of college life and graduates with scholarshi}) beneath
contem})t has failed, no matter how i)rettily he nuiy be able to talk
about mental discipline.
VI. Ill' ilniiii nils I'll Iff id hislnirtiun in th rii/Jit conduct
of life.
Education in its fuHcst sense must be a ])reparation for life. —
life in its fullest sense. The only thing that can give a meaning
to our })resent existence and ])Iace its worth above (juestion is that
it is but the })re])aration for a fuller life, the fitting-school for
(iod's grand nniversitv.
In this. too. the penalty of the pujjil's negligence and heed-
lessness ■ failure and loss. Teach him that he is heir, not only to
the vast wealth accunmlated through i)ast ages, but to the enduring
life of the future enriched by the promise of God.
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IM?()Fi;sS()K \VII,MAM Kr,l)KK S ADDKKSS.
In all the Iiistory of the world, there stands revealed one and
only one perfect rnle of life, the Knle of Christ.
All the experienee of our race has only tended to set it forth
as a i)erfect <;tiide for the individual as for the nation. Teach it
dien. As you set before the student hooks, ins})ii'ed by inii)erish-
able i^'cnius, don't f(»rn'et to nicoinniend that One. ins])ire(l by
eternal truth, wliich men of all shades of opinion achnit to be the
most hel])ful book the world h.as ever received. As you tcacli him
facts, — realities, don't defraud him of a lcnowlcd;^e of the two
grand realities, soul and God. And if, for loint;' this, men raise a
clamor against you, al>out sect and don'nia and creed, treat it as
eni])ty cant, the noisy l)abble of the word-j)e(Ullei'.
Education is life without soul unless it is saturated with
Christianity — a<;<>ressive Christianity — for that is not true Chris-
tianicy which is not ai>'<;'rcssive.
As physiology may be taught in collc<;e without interfering'
with the function of the medical school, cliemistry or tlu; scienc(M)f
education without trespassing on technology or normal instruction,
so Christianity, not uierely as a fine code of morals, but as a living
faith, may be taught without j)rejudice to the school of Divinity.
Teach it then in all and through all you do.
So we ])resent to you our claim, and once more we caution
you not to disregard it. This boy whose ignorance and u)^formed
ideas may })rovoke a smile is, among men, the final judge of your
aehieveuient.
In after life, he will test the value of what you have done
for him. God has His ])lan for every man. Life has its appro-
priate work for every willing worker.
It may be his to till the fields, or cultivate the tougluu" clay
around a country p:>rsonage, or church too poor to have a par-
sonage. He nriy be called to instruct chi dhood, or to represent
his native province in the huperial Parliament of the (ireater
Britain that is to be.
In all these, or other walks of life, he will need healthy vigor,
a sensitive conscience, a trained intellect, a well-stored mind, and,
above all, the higher inspiration which alone can make life truly a
success.
I warn you that he is a power to be respected. Defraud him
of his rights and he will empty your class-rooms and write
" forsaken " on j^our college walls.
To-day he asks you faithfully to perform the duties you have
bravely undertaken. And T say to you, in his name, if ye do
these things, ye shall never fail.
A college may want much that is desirable, weU stocked lib-
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raries, extensive liil)oratoi'ies, yet, if it is made u|) of men of lai'<»e
heart and yenei-ons enltnre, earnest men who love tiieiv fellow-iiu'n
well enonoli to think elosely, labor unsparingly for them, these
wants are little felt.
It shall be like a tre(» planted hy the rivers of water; its
roots shall find a fertih' soil in the hearts of men : each ])assini;'
year shall add new vi<>orto its stock, (ieneration afti'r u'enei-ation
shall come to sit under its goodly shaih)W and delight tliemselves
in the savor of its fruits.
ADDRESS
By Rev. Calvin Goodspeed.
THE CI-AIMS OF THE COI.LECiE ON ITS CONSTITrENt'V.
This is a grand occasion. F()r over a day we liavc been
hearing of the men who have made our college and of the
achievements of the ])ast which iiave given her Iut present
distinguished p^ice. Children who are here; will tell of this
frathei'inij to theii children and ui-and-children when the most of
us have ended our little day and have drop[)ed out of the world's
din into the silence of the grave.
And now the end is at hand. We are about to step acro.ss
the line dividing two great eras of the life of our college. With
hallowed memoi'ies and associntioiis Hooding up to us from the
past, we are about to start onward toward the centenary of
A'-^'lia. As we thus stand with liftcMl foot I'eady to step out
from the past tilled with heroic struggle and g)'atifying success —
as we thus pause and face the futui'e with its uncei'tainties, its
perils and its mighty pcxssibilities, we must V)e stolid indeed, if
varied thought and thrilling emotion do not po-ss brain and
heart. I cannot but believe that as I speak, a great burst of
yearninj^ desire is going up to God, that the second period of the
life of our college may be to the first like the full orln-d day to
the i^linnnerinii' dawn, or as the strenu'th of a giant to the
feebleness of a child.
Who can resist the uprising of an irre])ressible sadness as we
stand between the past and the future. Of all the brave-hearted,
broad-souled, far-sighted men who took o, leading ])art in the
founding of Acadii, only two or three remain, Uke the scattered
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lcn\('s (111 till' autuiiiii trri's al'trv all rlic vest have fallen. ( >!' all
\\]\n akc u]i the sea of U]>tuiii('(l faces liei'c Ix'fore ine, only a
few w liite-liaired veterans will leniain when Aea<lia shall celeliratc
her centenary. The nmst of us then will he liut a vanishiiiL;"
nieiiinry anions thiise who shall he the chief actors, lint, throii^'h
the iri'e[)ressih|e sailiiess there liursts ii[> an irrepressihle ^•.a(hiess,
like tlu! tlioiiu'lit ot the resurrection liesi(le an ojien <4ra\e.
( JencraJions die; hut they pour ihe rich Irei^htai;" of their
accuiiiulatiiiLf thoiiii'ht. and accoiii]Mishe.l deeds ahmn' the mreat
hroadeiiiiii;' channels of the centuries into the ^'eiieiiitioiis that
succccmI. I'lfich ai:c is the iiiheritor of all the past, and each
century empties itself into the next. It is true we shall all .soon
have no place or jiart in what is dniie oeiiiath tlie sun : luit the
j^reat and heiielicent institutions whit'h iwine the iihres of tlieir
interest around our licarts, live on, and they g•^(■ iiiiniortality to
all we put into thcni, and thus redeem our lives '. the littleness
which oppresses us with a sense ofsailiiess. So iieliexc Acadia
is to have an iiiijierishahle life. We sliadl soon lie in our graves ;
hut let us put into her our hest thought, the highest moral power
and tlu' Ix'st e([uipuicnt and fitness for the hest work for the
jii'csL'ut and the a^es tiiat are e\'er erowdine' in, and it will
communicate the masterful touch of our li\cs to the present and
chariie it with a urowini!' euer^x" for the hlessinii' of the remotest
future.
But yon t'.xpect me to speak, to-ninht, on the claims of
Acadia upon her constituency, it is with no little fear that I
attem]>t to press this most impnitant, hecausi' most practical
to])ic, upon your attention, after the ;uh!resses from the men who
llfU'e preceiled me. I have already touched the key-note of my
first thought. It is this : Acadia has a claim upon ns as a
heritage from tlu^ past.
Each e-fiieration, as it passes otf the sta^e, commits to the
next, a.s its most sacred trust, all it has he^im to do or has
accomplished. It rt'inains w ith its successoi' whether the fruits
of its travail and toil are to he ))resfrved in the fullness of their
power tt) liless tilt; World, whether its ^reat l)eti,'innin^s of power
and influence ai'e to maintain their erowtli toward tiieir ii'i'and
ideals, or w herher ils rich tVuitaee lie wasted and lost, and its
promise and pos.-ihility made vain. I']acli a^c really inherits all
the a^es hefoi'e it, as they ha\ f kept pouriiii;' the currents of
their hest thoue-ht and activity and life onwanl and e\er onward
through tlu' centuries. In this way there is committed to each
ae-e and i^cueration a trust so sacretl and a resjionsihility so \ast
as to he well-niiih overw helminu' to a sensitive soul. There av(3
IU:\'. ('AI.\IN (iooDSl'KKl) S ADDKKSs.
1 'Hi
cryslallizcil into this inTcious triisl the licarr-rciKliiiy' saciilicfs,
the indoiiiitnJilc (.•Diistaiicy, tln' licrac claiiiiu', the anoni/.fil
sti'Unylcs of iiicii t'di' llciU'ly six tlmiisain! years. TInTc have also
been ^atluTcl into it the accuiiiulati il ri'sults ot" (lie (li\iii('
ovi'rriiliiii;', the CDjicciiti'ati'd ciici'^y of liixiiic oprvatioii and
trjiiiiiii^', diii'ini;' the same Iohl;' stretch of slo\\-nio\inij,' e't'iiturirs.
For this L;i'iici'ati(in, standing' as it docs nt thf cliiiiax of tho
ny't's, to ju'ovc I'ccrcaiit to such n trust as this, |or n> to allo\\ tliis
hcrit.-tn'c fiMtii the lon;4'-di'a".vii past to ni'ow jiooi- uiidi'f our hands,
for Us to allow the cvt r-ln'oadcniiiL;" llow of its ricliiirss of lili'ssi)!^'
to he alisoi'ltLMJ in the hari'en desei't of oui- selfish indiH'ercnce
instenil of sending' it onward to the a^'es to couie in lari^vr xoluinc
and more liountrous flow, is ro coniinit a eriuic aL;ainst all histoiy,
u^ainst the oi'and and heroic dead, a;^ainst the ])rov!denc(' and
iH'i'ace of ( Jod, against tlu' u'enci'ations yet to he. Fi'oiii the j^'uilt
of such a sin as this, may a merciful ( nxl sa\ •' us.
Li't us illustrate: Thiidc of those old (Ireeks who, rather
tlian he-^tir themselves to (|uit theuisehes like men, Were v.illine-
that, their coiniti-y slaadd sink a^aiu into the fetters of hondae'e.
What a ci'ime they committed aeainst the hei'oes of Therniopyhe
and those who fell at Marathon, hy whose dariiii.; and lilood the
})riceless lioon of liherty had heen won. Let a man now hetray
the faith once for all delivered to tlie saints, an<l he might well
liear the spirits umler the throne, hy wlios(, tears and ei',,an>, it
had heen ]»resei'\etl foi' the ages to come, lifting up their xdices
in agoiu/e(l jirotest. The ohiigation to he true to what the past
has h'ft, as a heritage is in the douhle ]»roportiou of the co.st at
which it has been secured foi' u.s, and the greatness of the boon
it is for tlie world.
i)Ut \v\\'\t has all this to do with the claims of Acadia, it niay
be asked. Kvei'y bodv of people has .some special part in j)re-
serving the legacy which has come down fi'om the past, and in
sending it on to the futiu'e with increased powei' to liless. Acadia
has hiH'U recei\-ed as one of oui most saci'ed legacies. She is one
of the chief factors in our part of the general struggle by wddch
this progi'ess is to lie maintained. Fifty years (,f toil and sacrilice
have been woxcn into lier history. All 'dong Hie line of the.se
years, as niiUiy know full well, the struggle has been heavy,
ralannties lia\-e already overtaken our college, w hen it rei|uirei|
all tlu' courage that could lie sunnuoned to rise aliove despaii', and
wearying effort to ket'p Aca<lia fr<»m ruin. Those most precious
of all ))recious things — tlu' work and pui'i)oses of noble lives, have
also been embidi(>d in her. For her toiled a("hipman and a
Cramp among the deail ; for her are toiling and ha\e toiled a
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Cnuvlcy, a Sawyer, .'iiid otlicr men trii'd aiiil trur aiUDiiLT the
living. 'I'hei'e luive also been assoe'ated with hei' work the most
hk'sse'l iHsplays of divine ]iower, tl e most mfii'ke<l oven'uliiij^ of
divine prosidence. There is now thrown upon ns the res|»onsi-
hility, there is ^■iven to ns tlie \\\'^\\ priviieL;e to jiroject this work
into the future nloiiM' the line of its o'l-owiiiL!,', heL^inniuL;" and
advaneiiio- power. Vnv ns to allow Acadia to i^i-ow we;i.k, to per-
mit her ])resti!.i'e to Willie, to suth-r her urand possihilities to h"
unrealized, would l»e a thought to make us lilusli witli shame.
Should \\'e speak too srronely were we to say it would he a crime
aeainst hei' whole liisioiy -M^ainst the snerilices of the past,
ai^dinst the heroism which h'd our fathers t) found he)' wh-'Ji our
(h'nomination was small and weak, a^'ainst the life work of the
dead and (/' the li\inn' who have left and are leavini;' theii- he-t
leeacy foi tlie world a)id foi- the future, i)i the work they
put into her, against the divine pro\idence which has l)een so
richly displayed in her whole career, against tlie wondi'ous divine
hlessino- wjiich has come down in such plenitude of saving;- and
sanctifyint^- {lower upon her work. Well min'ht the men who
have and are ])uttine' the very hest of their livi-s into her, chai-e'c
us with a e-rcal sin, if, hy our negli<;'ence and uid'ai'hfulness, the
fair promise of theii' woi'k as an ever wideninjjf hlessini;', he
wrecked. Widl mav we feel ii'uiltv if the ifei-ms of power and
blessing for the ages to come, planted so toilfully and luirtured so
prayerfully, are not fostered hy us into the greatest good for tlie
future. Yea! well maythe(!od who has led us thus far pi'o-
nounce His woe upon us if we fail to come to the succor of this
the favorite child of His special providence in the time of lier
deep need. But we shall not lie unfaithful to this legacy from
the past, shall we, lirethren !* We shall not he untrue to the toils,
the sacrifices, the courage, the divine ))n)vidence wliich has made
Acadia what slie is. Shall we not rather arise in the might of a
determined pur[)ose and push her on in her careers of hlessing ^
But Acadia has a grand claim u|)on us hecause of what she
has (h)ne. We can hut glance at the work she has accomplishe(l.
The saci'itice and sti'uggle ri(pnred to found ami supi)oi't her
have given her a deep, warm ])lace in the heart of our denomina-
tion, and have aroused a widespread sympathy in the liigher
e<lucation she offers. The constant agitation to keeji her claims
behjre our people has stii-red hundreds of our youtli to seek the
best mental training. She lias thus pushed forward our people
from the rear to the front rank in the race for cultivated intelli-
gence. She has enabled us t(, lay a masterful hand ujion the
educated mental t\)rces which control, to so large an extent, the
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destinies of our coiiiitry. W'lutt an ;uMuiI i'orcc (lie sum total of
all those inciviuents of jxtwrr lias nivcii our |ic()j»lcit is iini)ossil»le
to cstiinati-. She has scut foi'th uicu wlio havr made tlu.' world
riclu'r in saricd Irai iiitii;'. Slu' has hrljied ni\<' oui' j)i'oj)lf a status
which has assisted us in ways seen and unseen, l^ut it has lieeu
as a moral and s|iiritual force that her greatest woi'k has iiecn
done. The men who ha\'e sha])e(| her iiolicy and have oc(.'U|iied
her (.'hairs have had a hin'hcr iileal hefore t!i"ni than to train men
to succeed in this life throuti'h a far-sichted scllishncss. 'I'hc jiur-
posc has lieen to de\clo|) uolije a)id unscjlis'i aims, as well as to
ti'ain mental power. Itev,artl has l)ecn hnd to their fellowmcn, to
Ciod, to the intinite and the eternal. iJehind those who have h mI
the more inmiediatc control has lucn a ^reat ("liristian denomin-
ation, that has hacked the direct work hy wrestling- jiraycr t-o the
(lod who alone can raise men s mimls to the loftie.-t [iur[po--es.
In addition to all this, there has Iteen tlu; co-operatint;' wai'mth
and earnestness of the louLi' succession of ("hristian students that
ha helped to nud<e her religious force uion' inteii.sc. The constant
pre.^siu'e of sttch intluences as these upon the hop • and promist> of
our people, when younii' -^I'd lusty sotds are looking' otit wistfidly
upon life, alxnit to decide what tiiey ai'e to strive to he, who can
estimate ;' \\ ho can tell the \asrness of the dili'erence lietween
Avhat W(add have lieen and what has been ^ Acadia has thus heen
a veiy heart to our Itody, tiirounh which the Ix'st l)lo(jd of our
pcDple has lictu tlowin^-, and which has iieer. sent on, pulsin;.^- with
the forci' of a hi^lu'r motive power. These varied inHueiices hero
upon coll e^-e hill, all endiodyin^i' a lai'n'e measure of divine j)ower,
have shown themseKfs in marked ways. The \'ery ground all
around tis is holv. liecause of wondrous disi)Ia\'s of ( iod's savinix
power, as lunidreijs have lieen hroun'ht to t'lirist, and to devote
theii' de\'elo|K'd powers to his ser\ ice. When we find that insti-
tutions under state or non rclie-ious control rarely ^ive one of the
many liaptist students studying' in them to our ministry, and, when
we find on the records of Aca'ia over > '■'■■ hundred and tifty
e;ra<luates and o\'er two hundred and lift\' of those who have fe'It
the touch of her inlluence who have tMitere(l upon that sacred
Work, can we do else than thaid< ( Jod that she has helpi^d send such a
stream of ministerial life into our churches, to help them on to
greater devotion to (Jhrist anil men ^ We can best ap))reciato
what Acadia lias done hv attemi)tinii' tcj imauine what we shoidd
be without her.
Think of our denomination without tlu^ added mental force
Acadia has eiven our ])eopl(«, t() back up ami press on the pi'in-
ciples we hold dear. Think of our body without the men .she
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i;i:v. cAi.viN (lodDsi'i'.KMs .\i)iii:i:ss.
lias i|r\c|(i])iMl for ]»nsiti(iiis of trust and powci', as instnictni's,
tl(tt't(»rs, lawyers, juilirrs, and, may \vr unt adil. imliticiaus. 'I'liink
of what; WduM liavc lici'ii, had the lirii;liti'st of oiii" youth ^('lU'
hci'c ami there to institutions \\ hei-e no vital I'eU^ious inlhieni't'
was e\erie(l, wheie no careliil moral watch-care was e\ei-cise(l,
where no liieh aims helped to lift them ahove sellishness; lait
\\ hei'e temptations ahoundeil, and an i^'uohle amhition ]ii'i'\ailed.
'I'hink ol the loss, as many of our hi'i^htest minds were estranged
fi'oiM us, as many moi'e were extinguished in the dai'hness of folly
and \'ice, and as dexcloped mental power was pi'ostitntcd to the
the worst ends, d'hink of the dili'erence, as tin; raid<s of oui'
niinisti'y were lefi ilepjeted hecause there was no place of furnat'c
heal ofspii'itual warmth thi'ou^h which to pass them when they
wei'e most suscej)tihle, to puri>e awa\' much dross, and to kindle
U[) an ai'dor of devotion to lead to conseci-ation of heart and life
to !j.'ood and (ioi|. 'rhin'< of our denomination without the
cohesion and unity secured ihrou'411 the ladk of oui' nnnistryand
of our leadin;^,- men lia\ iuLi' i'< cei\ ed a common trainni^ at oui"
college. What would she lia\(' lii'en had she lieeli deplds'ed, not
only of all these inlluences, lait also of the increase of all these
forces astheyha\c nuiltiplied themselves a tlnaisand times in
01 her Ii\'<'s. and haxc heeii as a s'ream of e\er-\videninu;' r.nd
(h'cpeninn' tlow, with the prospect of a w idei', deepei' and st i-on^'cr
ilow mitil the end of the woi'ld '. Acadia has iieen the strongest
of the forces which lia\e coiidaued to make lun- deiiomiriati>>n
what it is to-day. d'o Mot her our of the life of our iiody woidil
Ik' the ei'eatest disasier we can iiuan'ine. To check her progress
would he a l)l()W which all our people mi^ht well rally aroinul
liei' to a\"ert. \'es. Acadia ha^ a claim upon us, maL;niliee;ii , uj»-
speaka,li|e, unkiio' ,ahle. through what she |,,is doiu', and U'.'dess
we ai'e to he unworthy of our past record and unti'iie to the
grand''st possihilities. uc shall meet the claim nolily.
Hut what does this claim demami oi' tis :• llow shall this
gri'at deht to the pa>t he paid '
The deht we oWe to the past We mUst pay to the futUlV-
The let;-acies from the past are not ^iven us to s(|uander, hut are
loaned us to use. They constitute the tjreat stock-i)i-trade of the
centuiies, and for the use of them we must add si tetliin^'to their
value as Just inter, st. and pass them on in n'ri'ater |)ower to liless
those wdio fire to come. Thus only can that pi'ni;ress he main-
tained which is to hi !p the woi'ld on toward the j^'reat e-|ory of
the future, w hen she shall he tVeeil fVom lier curse, and the
divine i(lea he wholly realizeil in fulness ol hlessiiiL^. In this way.
tlu' fertilizing' streams of the [)ast, as tlu'y tlow through tlu' presi'Ut,
I!i:\'. ( AI.NIN (iu()I)s|'i;!;|) s A DDI'.KSS.
\-2:
iuc lint '^-Mt 1m ■]•(•( 1 u]i into ri'si'i-\-,)ii-s, liiit s.'iil on with hirLji'i' llnw
ti) lili'ss liiosc who collie Mi'trr. 'I'hus is it in natiii'i'. Thi' Nr^'-
ctfitioii which owes its lit'i- to the dccMycil Nc^i'tal ion of the |)fist,
it'^l'l^ luoiiMi'i's ;iw;iy to iiiJikc the soil still rifli.'j- fur tln' growth
to Ccillle. 'I'lllls it is in lit'e. The I()\-e la\i>heil U|iii!l the lildther
when she was a chihl is poureil oiit |»idi'ii>ely u|M)n her chiMi'eii.
The |iro]»erty whieh has heeii inheriteil hy a, ri^ht-t hinkiiii;- parent
will lie ;^i\ ell oXi'T t o ll Is cll i li 1 1'el i, increa>efi jiihI eiiricheil. In
this way e\ciy presriit should 'oe existinn' foi- its i'ut ure. ainl, w hen
the t rile i(lefi 1 1|' lil'i' is had, all time will he lived for the eti'rnity
lieVolid.
The way, then, in which we should ]iiiy our del.t to the men
who ha\-e i'oundi'd Aca,dia and to tln' wnrk she has done, is to
make her the greatest power in the present ami \'i>v the future,
and thus hel|t her realize her utmost jxissihility oi' lilessiiiL;'.
jJecause ot this jMissil ility u yrand ohlinarioii rests u]ioii us. jind
inniM'tiiiL;- it we can 'ullil the claim of the past and the I'uture.
Ne\er Were these possi I )i 1 i t ies moi'e appai'aiit than now'.
They are so e\idently ( iml nix'eii, they are so full of the hri'^htest
promi~<e, the\- are frei^•llted with such untold hhvssiiiM', that no one
who apjii'eciates them cm fail to ha\'e his soul stirred. What
means it that, after toil ;nid stru'4L;le. students ar • tlowiii'j; in ;it
such a I'at^- ihar (dass rooms are overcrowded — that Acaiiia ieails
all iiiaritim ■ coll'i^es in the numher of underg'raduates in her
arts (;ourse :" W'jiat nieaiis it that there is an ahidin;;' spjrii ual
power in her prayei' meetings and reTiLiious seiwices :' W hat
means it that our ])eople were ne\er more uniteii in Icr than
to-day f Wdiat means it that another f ler has lieeii estalilished
in the sister ]aM\ince, ready ro pour a la rn'cr stream n[' fresh,
forceful, thr.ililiiiiLi' student life into her halls ;' Wdiat means it
that so many students for the ministi'y are crowding' in ! What
means all this and much more, hut that (loil is rewarding' lalmrs
and trials of the past, as He ever does reward, hy committing; to
us grander opjiortuiiities and ])ossiltilities. Aiul shall we shrink
fi^aii the trust and the honor Kecause of the Iar^;er responsihility
and etlort demande(l ^ Siiall we refuse to acce|it the ti\'e talents
into which the one has ^rown throUL;h the de\-otion of those who
ha\'e had most to ilo with our college, hecause it will reipiire
more effort to use the live well { Nay : this would ln' fo throw
ha(dc into the very face of ( lod himself His hest ^ift. ilatln'r let
lis accc[itrlie trust with n'l'iitcful and loyal hearts. What should
We say of the soldiers wdio would refuse the place of jionor in
the Itattle, liccause it c.xjioscd them to more strui^^le and duie-er ''
And shall we be such cravens as to reject the ()p[»()rtunity given
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Hi:V. CALVIN OOODSl'KEDS ADDHKSS.
US l»y Ci(){\ to liavc a cliicf plaeo in rcilcriiiiiiin' tlic inti'Ilcctual
forces of this fail' Niml from low an«l sordid aims to devote them-
selves to what will hel|) men uj) to heaven and (Jod, hecauso
thei-e comes with the opportiniitv a demand for strenuous effort ?
The Jinptists of these sea-u'irt nro\inees ai'e nut such deiienerate
sons of sturdv sii'es as this would imitl\-.
And let us not forget that to hold the j)usition j^niined and
realize the possihilities within oui' reach, will tax our d<.'votion.
Othei- institutions ai'e pn'ssini,^ on with miyht and main, and wc
honor them for it. The <lem!tnds ol" tin- ai^c are lici-omint;' more
and more t'xactin^'. The institution that does not keep alu'east
of the time, and (dl'er facilities e(|ual to the liest, cannot long
maintain hei-self. While the How of students now shows what we
m.iy lie jiernntte(l to ilo shall we hut rise e(|ual to the occasion and
push up our collei^c alonn' the ever ascending' ^ivkIc of edut-ational
advance, if we I'elax our etlovts the ()i»])ortunity will he lost, and,
with empty halls, we shall lament the folly which allowecl the
time to jtass when it could he im])roved. ( )p]iortunities do not
tai'ry lon^' : they nnist he seized promptly or they are gone, and
g'one f(jrevei-. 'I'he)-e nuist he new liuildinf]fs erected, new jirofess-
oi'ships estahlisheil, additional appai'atus fui'uished, enlari^ed
facilities atl'orded, as time passes, oi- vv'e cannot hold our own : all
this will cost money. If our peo])le shut U]) thi'ir jiurses all the
labors of the past will soon he rendei'ecl useless, as the foundations
foi' aijrand structure will ci'undile fvav hecause the suiJt'rstructui'o
is not huilt ui)on them. The hi essiii;^' which mi^'ht have heen our.s
will fall into othei' hands more worthy, hi.-causemoi'i' self-sacriticing
and the greatest disaster which has ever Ind'alleii us will he our.s
to lament. Surely, in i-eturn for all that Acailia has heen, for the
scores of men she has sent into our ministrx', for the added power
for g'o(jd she has imparted to hundreds iiu)re, for the di\ine power
which has heen so wonderfully displayed \n her history, for the
powei- she has heen to save our h(!st minds from the folly of vice
and the waste of low aims, for the ])restii;e she has i^iveii us, for
lielp and sti'ength and hlessinn' untracealde and inestimahle, and
foi- all she may do, shall we hut fulfil all the conditions
necessary to her highest growth, she has a just claim upon our
mone\'.
13ut, in order that she may realizi' her full poisibility, she
must not only have material furnishing which re(|uires money ;
but also be instinct with nuigncitic, electrifying spiritual power.
AVithout this she has no right to live as a college of a Christian
denomination. It is that we may have a place to which to send
our most promising youth, where their morals will not only be safe,
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liut tlu'ir lives pressed liy nt)l>le motives ainl lif'teil to liin'h fiims,
that we s[)eiiil oui' money in tliis wjiy. Tliidiiuli lier pfiss those
who il)e to H'ive the tone to the religious life of oiir ehin'ehes, iiliil
(h'tei'mine eliietly whether they fire to he pui'e. earnest fuid prepared
to <h> the most foi' (io<l un<l men. If Acadia can hut lie kejit
(pUNeriiiLr with spiritual life ami power, that same life and ))ow<'r
throu;^!! the ministers and students slu; has tilled with hei' own
sj)irit, will thrill the denoiinnation to its utmost exti'i-nuty. And
has she not a claim ujion us fortius spiritual eipiipment for hei*
liiijhest work :' We cannot I'oll the niijjl'.tx' responsihilitx' foi- all
this upon tilt,' pi'ofessoi's who sit in Iter chairs. These uiust Iiave
a leadini,^ pai't; hut we have oiu' j)art also to do. We can see t
it that men of intense spiritual life and earnestness as well as of
the highest scliolarship occujiy these seats of i)owei'. We can wi'ap
our (|uiet toilers here aroinid with our insjiirin^' ( 'hi'istian sym-
pathies. We CiUi hold up their hands l»y our cheei'ful co-oj)ei'ation.
Ahovc all, we can pour around her such a Hood ol'yearnine-, fervent
prayi-r as shall lift her up as on a tide towar<l heavi'u, as shall
(juicken her life as does the sunshine that of the worM.
Finally, we owe it to Acadia to ^inc her as much matei-ial as
poHsilile upon which to exert her dcN-eiopiiiL;- ami niouldino- power.
Her work is to di'vehjp mental forcr and direct it ai'ight, hy
develoiMULr the sjtiritual foj'ce hy which alone it can he assured
for the hi;4hest purp(jses. A factory cainiot he the hiL,diest
success unless the raw material is furnished to emjjloy it^ full
caj)acity. What Acadia needs is to have her capacity to do the
hest work nuule as y-reat as possihle, and then he furnishe<l with
fresh-orowini;- nunds in sutheient numhei's to ta.x her whole
powei'. Those who sit in her chaii's ha\'e a liyht to this. Thus
only can the touch of" theii- lives reach most wideh' and tell luost
])owerfully. In this way will the greatest force he added to (jur
denomination to jiress on its work. This will al<o lie the surest
way to increase the inimhers of our ministry : for Acadia has ever
helped young meu to give themselves to this givat work. Thus
shall a higher dt.'votion he dili'used thi'ough our hody, through
more of the leailers of our churches receiving the (piickening
thrill of hei" life. The constituency of oui* collen-e— the meudiers
of the liaptist denomination— owe it to the great work of the
Lord that they send their hright yoinig men and wouK^n to
Acadia. Why should their minds he left undeveloped, and with
but half power to do work for (Jod and men !* How can you
answer it to (Jod if, for the sake f)f saNinu' a few dollars, \'ou fail
to tit your children t\)r the higliest service i U the terrific
waste of precious capacity all around u.s ! What would we say
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l.'iO
iiKV. ('Ai,\i.\ (;()u1)si'i:kI).s addhkss.
of a parent who wmild alldW liis cliiM to li"coiiii' a dwai'l' pliysic-
ally wlii'ii 111' liail it ill his powt'i- to haAc him i;ro\v to hill
inaiihood ' llow much imiri' riionnou^ the sin wlicii pMrciits ilo
not SCI' to it that thf (foii-yixm mental powers nt' the chililrt'ii
arc! piTinittfiJ to Ix' improvnl. How i'.w ( 'hristian purciits,
i.'Vt'ii. rrali/c that their chililrcn arc i;i\cn thc.-m liy (Jodasa
tnist, to lie traincil aiul (icvchncij \'i,y the lii;^h"st service in His
work. But the s))iritual fmce is tiie highest of all. Whih;
parents are under olilie-atioii to their children, to the world and
to ( lod to see to the culti\ation of the minds of their otfspriiie-,
niui'li more is it their privilen'c to attend to this hi^'hest of all
culture. As (lod's savine' and sar.crii'yiiie pnwc. has heeii
dis])layc(l in such j»lcnteous measure in the past in connection
with the educational work at Acadia, she has a claim that all
those of (Hir people who have children to eihicate i;ive to iier the
opj>()rtunity to exert her liiijh mouldiiiL;' powei* upon their
characters, while she is eivini;' them the mental drill which has
c^ivcn her graduates such a distinguished place in all the i^-reat
universities whither tlu-y liave L;'()ne. For a man to send hi.s
children for mental training wheic tliere is dan,L;<'r to morals
when he has it in his powt'r to send them where the rclieiiais
atniosphei'e is stroiin" and ]^\^\•". is a sin aeainst them, ai^aiiist the
world whii'h nce(|s them I'oi- its highest servic-e, and against
(Jod, who wishes them stamped with His imaye. It is matter
for pain and surprise that chi'istian ))arents who would think
themsi'lves verv cruel and tjuilt\' if the\- sent their children to an
institution where there was malaria or infection in the aii',
nevertheless do not hesitate (o place their childi'en in schools
where tlie whole atniosi)here is heavy with menace to character.
In this ctjunection Acadia has a claim upon our pastors. Jf
they all should do tlieir liest to arouse a laudahle amhition in the
hearts of the vcnniij in their conurcuations, and to eiicoui'aiie their
parents to send them to Acadia, we slundd not know what to do
with the numhers that would he crowdine- for atlmissit)n into cair
institutions. In view of all that this would im-an for our people,
for the precious pi-inciples we represent, and for the great work
of God for time and eternity, shall we not do our best in lliis
wreat work of tillintj our institutions, tliat mind and lieart niavbe
trained for the liighest work for the world and for Hod.
But now the last note of our Jubilee; is dving awav on the
air. In a moment we shall have lid't the first great period of the
history of Acadia behind us. What shall we say as a parting
word ? Can we doubt but that the spirits of those who have
toiled and struggled for Acadia are here at this solenwi moment ?
.iritll.KK COM mi: NTS.
r.u
Would that a Oriiin]> witli nil tiiat, lir iiow knows ol' tlir I'ui-
rfiu'liiiiL;', iimuciisiiniiilc nutnif ot" tlif wnrk Acaijiu liiis ijoiji' mid
liiinlit lie ni!i(l(' to do, could hi'i'iik silence and .s|)eak I Then
Would you hear words worthy of this hour. W'e are staiidiiiL;-
wliei'e nohle iiieii hiWe stood ; We ar<' |'lacei| ill charL^c of what
tht'\' have won hv toil and litedon<jf ett'ort. It remains with us
whetlwr tile M-ruad |ii ssihilities which have liecome ours tliroui;h
their laliors and sacrihces shall he seized, and the ]io.ssiiiilities
become ever-inereasinj.^ hlessiiiLfs for the pi'eseiit and the t'liMire.
No i^q-ander o]i|M)rtnnity was ever jilaced het'ore us as a ])eo|»le.
hy all that Acadia has done, hy all the hlessin:;s which (<o(l luis
])iaired (ait ujxai her, l)y all the lives of good and iiol>le men that
have lieeii woven into her Work, by all the niiehty ami iiiercasinnr
])ower our ci)|len'e may liecome, I charge you to prove yourscl\-cs
tM|ual t(j this ( iod-given opportunity.
During- the progress of the eNcniuLr meeting, reference^ was
made by Kev. Dr. Saunders to tlie fact that the Uaptist ( 'onveii-
tioii of the Miiritiiiie Provniees had taken steps to I'aise a Jubilee
Fund of S.')(), ()()() as a thank-oti'ering to (!od for the fifty years
of Acadia now closing, and that vhile it had iieeii announced
that no one would l»e asked on this joyous occasion to make
contribution to that fund, yet that no one was to be pri'veiited
from contributing who was anxious to <lo so. A nuiiil)er of
donations were volunteer''(l (hiring the evening, which wer(>
atniounced between the addresses. The t'ollege (.'hoir added
much to the evening's entertainment by most excellent music,
closing the meeting at a late hour with the singing of tlie
National Anthem.
The attendance at all these Jubilee exercises was such as to
tax to its utmost the newly enlarged College Hall. The auilience
was one that had not gathered there through motives of curiosity.
The great majority had taken more or less part in making the
i:j2
.JI'IJILKM (n.MMKNTS.
liist()r\- of Aciurm's Urst lit't\" \<'ai's. (Ii-adiintcs wen- ni-csciit in
a <j()()(l luiiiiltcr, liuii'lriMls lirsi^K's tlicin \vlit» liad studit-il loiincroi-
slidrttT at Aeadt'iiiy or ('oIIcmt without t'omplctiiiy ii coiirMO ;
liUMtlnds wfic tlici'c wIm) had for many yiwirs cotitrihutcil iioldy
to the supjiort of thu t'olh'LTt'; then' were those |)l'('scllt who
assisted in niaUiny' the slun;,des and |ire|>arini4' the hnidter and
other niaLei'iais used in the etinstrnction of the old eolle'^e : tho
nuilihel' of those J»resent whose ineniovies swej)t over tlie I'litiro
half-eeiitnry was vei-y considerahle, and a few oven went l)a(dc
sixty years in their reeolleetions. These liad all eoiiie together
with (jne mind and h?art to do honor lo dear Aeadia, to offer up
praise anil thanksgiving;' to Almighty (Jodfor all the way in
which lie had led the t'ollei^'e and tor all the manifestatit/i.s of
His iiresence and nnceasinu' favoi* throusjh all the vcars of her
history : they liad come toeether to do honor to the foini<lers of
Acadia, to thank (!od foi' those foundei-s. to thank Mini for all
the |)rogi'ess and advancement which Acadia had eiiahled tlio
l>ai)tist denttmination to make in thesi! jtrovinces ; tlie\- had ciano
witli full hi'arts and Hlled eyes and melted souls. Hundreds as
tliey walked ahout the lieautifiii ;;i'ounds of the colleni. fonnd the
nu'tnories of tens and scores of years crowdine- in upon them
constantly and irreiiressiblv. " W'hv, here. I was liorn auain
throuj.^h tho Holy S|)irit and <,'avo my heart's affections to (Jod,"
many a one, no doulit, said, " just alonj^' hei'e I know dear ])r.
Cramp and Father Harding and Father Manning and many of
tho glorious pioneers of Acadia ))assed : hero 1 mark the .spot of
tlio old cf;Mego,' and so on. And all these inomories thus ipiickened
hy tho scenes around tlio college wei'e intensiHed hy the reiiearsai
within tho college <luring these meetings (jf tho history of all this
bright period now ending. So it came t(j pass that these meetings
Won! charactorixotl hy the most unwonted enthusiasm, tiio tondorost
emotion, the readv nnsea'ine of lachrvmal f<auitains, tin; spon-
taneous outburst of joy and tivuisport, as occasion [)romptoil.
Tho scene witnt'.ssod during tho addro.ss of tho ay-ed and venerable
Dr. Crawley cannot bo transcribed to ])api'r. It was tho last
occasion — that thoy easily forecaste(l — that his venerable form
should lie seen by that audience on earth. The outburst of en-
thusiasm witnessed during tho roll call of living graduates was of
tho intonsest. And as tho day wore on to e^•ening, and ovoning
into late hours, there was no diminution of interest, llev. Mr.
Goodspood's address, though coming long after tho u.sual hour for
closing, was listened to with the most rapt and profouml attention,
and, without doubt, its delivery was tho occasion to hundreds
there of pledging anew to Almighty God the best energies of the
ji'ium;i; (ommknts.
138
ton. of tlH-ir livrs in tl.o s.-nir. ,.f th. coll.-^. an,! tin. u.lvnn.e-
iiiont of Ids kmu.lo.n on mvth h was a -,vat .lav f..r Acadia
All l,a.l_ iHvn crow.I...l int.. that .lay that mm-mi.-.I iH.ssihK..
t\!'i."'";r 7 /. ^T\ " :"'''"^ '^^^ ^''^^ ,i,'rvato,sfc intoU. A
.1 s..ttn,u. fur h ot th.; work .Ion. I.y th.. full r.,ll of Aca.lias
j,na.luate.s .,t 1... pos,t....,s of h.-nor an.l u,s..fnl,u.ss whirl, so
nm.nM.fth..M, hav,.attain..,l. of th.. hi,nh stan-lanl of oxn-H.-neo
^^l icl, llH.y hav.. ean-i.-.l ov.ry where with th.'in. w.aihl haw Imtu
Iwfh'''f II n"f'';' T'"'f ''""" '^^' ''"" ^''•""^•'- ^^ ^'^i'- ^^^ttinj.
^: / ii.'" ^^^''^''",\'"\^ uc,.omi.li.h,..l for these Provinces and
the (,n.te.|.St.,t..s would have l.e.-n o,,.at|y in place. A fnlh-r
. t..t.;m..nt o the_ pr.,n-n..ss ..f th.. liaptist .l..no,nination durinu- the
11 II w ,"'^'';' '""'!''' '"^^■'' '"'"" '^ec'Ptal.le. a n.on. ext.^n.le.l
lo l-cal W e.lnes.lay aH.'rnoon. so as to have e.nl.racd all the ol.l
stu.lents who studied lor any time in these institutions, woul.l
hav.. ...en oran.l, hut tun., was ail t..o short for n.or.. than
actually was pressed into the on,, .lay. It is the unsai-i, th..
unperfonne., the n.s..rv..,l that often M-r-itlv enhances an.l
ntens.h..8 what ,s visibly put forwanl. 8o wa.s^ it, no doubt, in
these lueetinii's.
.Subjoin,.,! ar.. th.. ...xcellent ad,lress,.s ,leliv,.r..,l by J)r
HaiTison, ,J. R Calkin, Es,,., an.l J)r. Allison on Wed.^.s.lay
attcinoon, of which a briet report is ,i,^iven at [.a^^e HO.
lS4'^^''ixT" •?/''"'" is inserte.! the full r.>ll of Aca.lia's .^n•aduates
l.S43-18.S«^^ It IS a roll .)t which no CoUe-e just enterhKr on its
second halt-centurv need be ashamed. "
184
DR. HARRISON S ADDRESS.
DR. HARRISON S ADDRESS.
Mr. Presuh'nt, —
On behalf of the University of New Brunswick, I have come
hereto con<fratulate the iiienibers of the Bo"rd of (iovernors and
the Senate, the President and Faculty and the Associated Alumni
of the University of xVcadia Colle<i;e, on the abundant and
manifest success which is attending tlie celebration of the fiftieth
year of the life of your College.
As 1 stand liere ami look ujfon this lai'ge assemljly, I am
force(l to ask myself tlie question, what is the meaning of this
mustering of forces, la\' and clerical, from all (piarters ? What
is the true significance of this pilgrimage to old Acadia ? I take
it. Sir, that this gathering of tiic people' is but the manii'estation
to our bodily senses of cei'tain deep and invisible principles and
emotions which guide and stir the souls of thouglitful men. I
take it. Sir, that this concourse of people is l)ut the outward and
visilile sign of those nobler intellectual and spiritual hopes and
aspirations which constitute, I make bold to say, the true iind
real life of the great Baj)tist connnunities of these Maritime
Provinces. I take it, ladies and ixenthuncn, that bv vour
presence here to-dav vou are savini!" to me and to all the woi'ld :
We ay here because we believe in the higher education of our
sons and daughters. We wish that oui" scnis may be as "])lants
that are grown uj) in their \'outh, that our daughti'rs may b(! as
corner-stones polisheil after the similitude of a palace." We wish
that while they ai'e lieeoming selxthirs our sons an<l daughters
may I'eiiiain Christian beli'.'vers. We wish to place thetii mider
the care of Christian divines and professors who will teach them
that not all our knowledge is of the earth, earthy ; that our true
citi/.enshi]) is in Heaven; that there is a ]M.'rsonal Cod, a loving
and divine Saviour, and that this brief si)an of seventy \'ears of
ti'ial and of sorrow is not the be-all ami tlie end-all of human
life.
All this and nnich more 1 imauine you are savinn' to me and
to all the world by ^■our lu'esence here to-da\- : and I in turn bes;
to say to you ihat lam in hearty symi)nth\' with all your well-
directed etlbrts for the higher education of your sons and
daughters; I ,'.m in hearty sym{)athy with your endeavours to
emphasize those great ( 'hristian doctriiies which when received
into the youthful he irt, constitute tlu' beauty ai\d the charm and
the usefulness of life, and destroy all the terrors of death.
MR. talkin's address. 135
I have come liere to bid you God-speed in your noble enter-
pri.se for anotlier fifty \'ears. I beg to assure you that I have
learned to esteem the President of Acadia Colleore and his
co-workers very highly in love for tlieir work's sake.
MR. CALKIN S ADDRESS.
Mr. PrcsKic lit, —
I have great pleasui'e in bearing to you on this joyous
occasion tiie fraternal greetings (|)erha[)s I should say the filinl
respect) of tlie institution which J have the honor to i'e))i"esent.
My memory carries me back thi'ougli the half-century of Acadia'.s
life, the completion of which yoi; are now celebrating, and I am
able to recall with some degree of distinctness the leading events
in her history. Though verv voune' at the time of tlu; foundin<i
of the College, I have a vivid recollection of my interest in the
newspaper reports on the matter of naming the institution. In
the simiilicitv of mv childhood I coul<l ih)t wi-ll und -rstand wliv
the governnu'nt objected to allow it to be called " Queen's L'ollege ;"
Init [ supposeil that it nuist l»e because, for some I'eason, hei'
Majesty did not (piite a])pi'ove of the l)a})tists and so wouM not
<nve her assent to their collej-e weai'inu' this i-oval name. But I
Ix'lieve, Sir, thsU the friends of the institution have cause to be
plea<e<l that, in this regard, the wishes of the i'oun lers were not
acceded to, as Anid'ni is a much moi'e ap[)r()])riate name.
The varied i'ortunes of the college have awakeneilmy deej)est
interest. 1 have marked with highest admiration its single-
ness of aim under endiari'assment, its persistent eli'ort in times of
ditHculty, its noble heroism in danger, and its strength in ailver-
sity. The institution has had its bai)tism of water and of fire,
and it has come foi'th with renewed energy and intensitieil con-
secrvition to noble ])urpose.
I desire, Sii', to congratulate the institution on its possession
to-day of the thorough loyalty ami devotion oi' its Alunuii, the
unwavei'ing contidence of the r( ligious b^vly with which it is
coiuiecteil, the respect of othei' institutions of learning, and the
sxninathv of the couiurv at Ijvru'e. 1 hope that the sons and
<laughtei's of Acadia may be e\-er ti'tie and loyal, and that many
chihli'en yet unboi'u may arise to call her blessed. Kmei'son, in
speaking of 0\ford rniversity, says that it is !i very g(,'neral
180
SL'MMAUV OF DIt. ALLISONS ADDRESS.
custom for stuilcnts on Icavin*,^ the coll(\t,n' to bestow on it soiiio
gift, vjirvini^ in vjiluf from a fellowsliip to a teaspoon, as a
testimonv of ltooiI fci.'liiiif aiid scnso of oliliuation. And so tlici'i;
arc to the University "as many sons almost so many l)enefactors."
Tims may it lie with Acadia.
I thank you. Sir, for this opportunity of voieint,^ my feeling
and of joinino- my congratulations with the many words of good
cheer which ha\'e Keen sj)ol<en on this platform to-day.
Dr. Alli.son, Superintendent of Education, referred to the
intimate bonds of coinieetion that subsiste<l between Acadia
College and the I'ubHc School system of the Fi'ovince. The
statesman to whom the countiy was indeltted for this admirabh^
and beneficent system of non-sectai'ian Free Scliools had receiveil
Ins eai'ly ti'aining in her halls. His own inunediate prodocessoi-s
in till' (»tfice of Superintendent wei'e gi-aduates of Acadia, wlu^se
son.s had a wide and most respectable representation in the
Inspectorate ami other de[)ai'tments of our educational service.
])r. Allison also leferi'ed to the eminent ami meritoi'ious services
of J)r. Sawyei' in the cause of K<lucation, services by no means
confined within denominational lines, but freelv ditfusinir them-
selves over the whoK; I'ange of the educational Held. To tlie
Connuon School teachers of Nova Scotia particularly Dr. Sawyer
hail eiKU'ai'ed himself by manifold tokens of interest in their
welfare, kind acts as well as che('ring words. He (tlie s[)eaker)
congratulated all concerned on the accomi)lishment of .so successful
and .so honorable a half-centurv's historw
i'OHTlJAIT OF I'JJESIDKNT SAWYKlt.
137
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ORAin'ATKS 1H4'3 — 57.
Graduates Oi Acadia College.
184=3 1888.
BACHEL(JRS OF ARTS.
IS 4:}.
*J()lin Ijt.'iindei- Bishop,
Jaim's Williiini .Johnston.
Ijcwi.s Jolm.ston,
*Ani(W SlifU'p.
1S44..
*(Tf>oim' ArnistroHLi:,
*Hii']uinl Iv Burpee,
*SaiMUel I'ililer,
*Al>nihani Spun- Hunt,
William F. Stubl.ert,
*(;eortie Rol)l)ins Wilhv.
1 84:..
*\Villiani Alnion .lohnston,
*Sa.inuel Richardson,
.James Whitman.
J .S4<).
Fdward Andei's(.)n,
*Asaht'l Bill,
♦Stephen William DeBIois,
[jt'wis .Johnston,
Jame.s Samps(jn Morse,
1S4.S.
*Ilarris Otis Mel^atchy,
John Moser.
• 1849.
*Arthur liiehard Ralph Crawley,
*Heinv 'I'homas Crawlev,
*Eli.sha Budd DeMill.
iHoO.
Thomas William Crawley,
David I'^eeman.
1851.
Heiny Wentworth .Johnston.
IS.-) 4.
Thomas Alfred Higgins.
18:.:).
Alfred ( "hipman,
Isaac .ludson Skinut-r,
Isaiah Wallace,
Danii'l M<.rse Welton.
1850.
* William (Jreen .Johnston,
Thomas Richai'd Pattillo,
Rohert Ralph Philp.
1857.
Rol.ert Dickev Portoi'.
GRADUATES LS08— '08.
139
IH'yH.
Charles Henry Coi-ey,
George (iilliert Sanderson,
Kdward Manninjr Saunders,
*Henry Vau<r]iaii,
Simon Vaunhan,
Robert Lynton Weatherbe.
1S59.
Andrew DeWolf Barss,
Brenton Halliburton Eaton,
Daniel Fi-ancis Hio'gins,
*J>ugaId Thomson.
1800.
Silas Ahvavd,
William AlbL'rn ("base,
Alfred Henrv ])eMille.
*Cbarles Fre.lui-iek Hartt,
Kihvard Hieksnn,
*Aiidre\v Fugslcy Jones,
l{()bci-t VonC'Inre .baies,
•John Vouno- Payzant,
Theodore Hai'ding Hund,
James l']d\Vfu-d Wdls,
William Xaihan Wiekwire.
I Mil.
William Henry I'oi'tci-.
Ama.sa Kiske,
James XufHni,^ l-'iteh,
Augustus l"'iTL'Uiini,
Mayiiar(
*('harles |-:d\vard Ibii'iis,
John h^lisha ll()ii|H'r,
Joseph Freeman Kcmptou.
Samuel Bradb.rd Kempton,
Jamrs MrllHiUlMir l^Trkcl",
Enoch J. Stronaeh.
'irkcr !''rcemau.
1863.
Israel Allison Blair,
Edwin David King.
1 804.
Harris Harding Bligh,
Ed. Maiming Cunningham Rand.
1805.
Charles T. Andrews,
Eliakim X(>woomb .Archibald,
Thomas A. JJla'-kadar,
William B. Boggs,
Thomas Edo-ar Cornintr,
Herbert Clirtbrd Creeds
Silas Marcus Mae\'ane,
Joseph Murray,
*Seth D. Shawi'
David Allan Steele.
180(5.
Obadiah Erastus Cox,
Albert J. Hill,
Thomas S. McLean,
Leander Stanley Ab)rse,
James Ferdinand .Morton,
George Edward Tui'ts.
1807.
Williert Delaney DiuKiek,
Wallace (b'aham,
James William .Manoinn-,
Jonathan Parsons.
I ,S(iS.
Lewis Hunt,
* William A. I). .MaeKinlav,
*John McDonald,
John Fi-eeman Tufts,
James William Johnson.
*Daniel Eaton.
140
CHADI'ATKS |,S()P^7,S.
KtliiiuiKl Crawley Spinney,
*Heft()r K. Muiii-i),
.Idlin William Wallace,
*llerl»crt ( "ainjiliell Messruycr,
I.Sfi!).
All)ert Ivlwiinl ( 'oMwell,
*('iis\vell H. Daniels,
Janu's Johnston Hunt,
Josepli Jones,
Neil Mcl^e(j(l,
Charles Fre(i("i-i('k Myers.
Rufus .Sanl'ord.
I MO.
K-liert ]M. Cli.'slcy,
William Aliram S'ewcoml).
1S71.
James William Hancroft,
William J>. liiadshaw,
Atuood Cohoon,
James \Vill,»ei'f()rce Lonifley,
Charles H. Mastei-s,
John Burpi e Mills,
Horatio E. Morrow,
*S. John'iton Neily,
Ingraham Bill (Jakns,
William A. Spinney,
John Roman Stuljliert,
William H. Wai-ren.
KS7±
William Lawson Barss,
Seymour Eugene (Jourley,
William Mortimer MeVicar,
Robei't G. Munro,
Lewis Mortimer Smitli.
1S73.
Humphro}' Bishop,
James Frederick Cove}',
* Jacob Albert J^ui'kee,
Adoniram Judson Eaton,
Fi-ank Herbert Eaton,
( J(M)i'g(. ( )scar (iates,
James J^ai'elay Hall,
Heiu-y Walter liand,
Joseph H. Bobbins,
Isaac R. Skimier,
*(ii'orye William Thomas,
Theodore Harding' Thomas.
1S74.
Sanniel .McCully I51ack,
*(ieorge I'Veijcnck ( 'urrie,
James Isiael l)eW<(ir,
John ('hui-eh Sjiun-.
1 s7:).
-Hort'ard Bai'ss,
Geo'-gt. Edward Good,
Is)-ael Longley,
William G. Parsons,
Benjamin Ivand,
*A(l(jniram Judson Stevens.
I.s7(i.
Ab'iynard W. Bi'own,
Frederick DeMille Ci'awley,
Elias William Kelly,
John ( )tis Redden,
William Heiuy Robinson,
Douglas llazxard Simpson.
Charles Holmes M artel 1.
1 cS77.
Joslnia Goodwin,
*Ber'nard P. Shaffner.
1>S7S
Raleigh Bishoj),
C. Trueman Bishop,
J. Alfred Faulkner,
Burton Welleslev Lock hart,
CiRADUATES 187<)~'8.').
141
Mattli.'w llicln.v Tattle,
Willard U. Wriuht.
1.S79.
Arthur Wclliiinrton Armstrong,
Horace IJcwcllyii Hcckwith,"
Adoniram Ju(l.st)u Drntoii.
Rupert (leor,L,n' Huley,
(Je(jrn-(' OriiioiKh; Forsytho,
Charles Kriiilall Harrington,
(tranville 15. lirdhsy,
Frederick A. KohaVt,
Ralph Melhourno Hunt,
ChaHes I). lUiid,
Henry 15. Riiggles,
Wllhird Parker Shafther,
*Hezekiah Alhcrt Spencer.
1 S,S().
Isaac C'hipn)an Archibald,
Walter IJarss,
Samuel Newall Bentley,
Howai'd Chandlers,
George Wilhcrt Cox,
Ceorge E Croscup,
Caleb Rand Bill Dodgo,
Clarence !•]. (irithii,
Fdwai'd J. Morse,
Everett Wyman Saw^ver,
Leigh Richmond Slijiffn,-]-,
iJenJamin Franklin Simpson
C. J. Coulter White.
ISSl.
Frank Andrews,
Heiny ]). Bentley,
Arthur C. Chute,
Edward R. Curry,
Orlando T. Daniels,
John Donaldson,
Williatn Frederick Parker,
Albert J. Pineo,
Ednuind David Webber,
*Hoi'atio Hackett Welton,
Sydney Wtdton.
.lames (lilchiist Abram Belyea,
Arthur Langmead Calhoun,
Ernest A. Corey,
Snow Parker Cook,
Rupert \V. Dor!g(>,
Ik'rbei-t \V. M(jCre,
Fre.lei-ick L Shatiher,
F. Howard Schotiehl,
Arthur Cordon Troop.
iss:}.
Clarence W. IJradshaw,
Isaiah Wallace' Coivy,
William Chipman Coucher,
Joseph S. L(jckliart,
Al)salom Lewis Powell,
Tecumseh Shei'iiian Rogers,
C. Osborne Tn{)j)er,
Oates Chas. Symonds Wallace,
Herbert Read Welton,
*D. Spurgeon Whitman,
Charles Woodbury Williams.
LS84.
Henrv Bert Ellis,
Frank R. Haley,
*Frank Melbourne Kelly,
Benjamin AltVed Loi.'khart,
Clara B. Marshall,
Enoch Hants Swei^t.
LSNo.
Seldcn William Cunnnino-s,
Alice Maud Fitch,
John A. Ford,
Howard S. Freeman,
Henry Taylor Jioss,
James William Tingley,
Smith Layton Walker.
142
GRADUATES 1S8G — 'SS.
1
Irving Stanl(n' Balcoin,
Fnit.k II. Brals,
M. lllaiiolic IJisliop,
.lolui W. I>r()\vn,
Cliarlcs HdIicii Day,
Anstt'ii KciiiiiMly Di'Blois,
Foster Fitch Katon,
ITarry Horatio Hall,
Walter Vauj4'lian Hiijt^nns,
Williain Black Hutchinson,
Frank if. Knapp.
HaiTV Alinon Lovett,
Vernon F. Masters,
^Fark Ba.ilcy Shaw,
Hihljert Biuney Smith.
LSS7.
William E. Bojxa's,
(./(jlnian W. Corey,
Stepli(>n H. (/ornwall,
Rol.ie W. Ford,
Ernest M. Freeman,
TiuuMens S. K. Freeman,
Edwin Lewis dates,
Charles H. xMiller,
Oliver S. Miller,
John B. Moj'Lfan,
Ernest ilalpli Morse,
Israel W. I'orter,
Jesse T. Prescott,
Jan'."s xVllan Sharpe,
Samuel K. Smith,
Henrx \'auyhan,
Ceorn'e R. White,
(ieo. E. Armstrong Whitman.
I SNS.
James W. Armstrom.^,
Oliver H. Cou'swcll,
Carmel L. Davidson,
Horac(! Lincoln Day,
('harlfs William Katon,
Herbert 0. Harris,
Morley D. Henuneon,
John Robert Hutchinson,
Lewis Johnston Lovett,
Lewis Dovle Morse,
Alfred E.Shaw,
Hirrv S. Sliaw,
Walter B. W^illace,
Harrv H. Wickwire.
GRADUATES OF THEOLOGICAL DEi'ART.MENT.
18SL LSS.S.
Christopliei" H avers tock,
Malcom P. King.
Jo.seph L. Brown.
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Funeral Services.
KxKKcisKs A\i> ADDitKssKs IN .mi;m<»i;y <)F Till: I. All:
IlKV. K. A. CUAWI-KY, D.J).
[Kidiii till' .Messenger ami Ni-sitm, Ortoliir l(i, Isss.]
IlKV. K. A. ( UAWLKV, D. I>., I ). C I..
Our rcadtTs will Icai'ii with surjirisc find soituw oI' tin- ilrfitli
of lit'v. Dr. ('I'dwU'V, I'rot'o or Miucritus n\' Acfulia Col I cm'. ll«'
was ill his usual health at the .luliilcc, and delivered a liri(.'t'
address at tlio at'ti-rnooii meeting' of Wednesday. A few days
ago lie was attacked liy {pneumonia, and on the 27th ult. ^•elltly
pas.st'fl awa\', ai;(Ml S!» vears.
On Saturday -ifternooM, 2ilth ult., a goodly nuinherof friends
attended his funeral at W'olfville. AnioiiLt' the nundxr were the
Faculty and students of tlie ('olleec^ the teachers and sj^udeiits of
the Academy, Dr. Parker, .Jud,i;e Johnston. Dr. 13.;rdeii, M. !'., and
otliei's. The services were in chai'ei> of Rev. T. A. Hieein>, | ), ]).,
])astor of the church. At th(^ late residence of tlie !)ecease(l
prayer was otl'ered hy the j»astor. At the Ikju^c of woi'shij) the
service was as follows: —
Oru'an voluntar\', " Rest in the Lord," from Hliiah. li\-mn
beginniiie', " I'ju-oueh e\erv a^'e. eternal (lod,' sung to tune,
" Rest." ' Rea<ling of OOtli. psalm hy Rev. S. Mc( '. Hlack. Prayer
by Rev. S. B. Kemjiton. Hymn heginning, " Whei downward to
the darksome toiid)," sung to the tune ■ China." Address by
Rev. ])r. Higgiiis, who said :
It is " a})i»ointe.i unto men once to die," and " after thi.s the
iude'ineiit.'" ' Man u'oeth to his lonn- home, and the mourners 'ny
about the streets."' Therefcire this matter, by which we have
been called togetliei" to-day, is being continually pressed upon
our attention. We are not allowed lonu' at anv time to forget
that we are all "born to die." "Of few days and full of
trouble;" and if we forget it, it must Ite our own fault, ft)r the
lesson is oft enougli repeated.
Every birth reconled Is a sufficient announcement that
another funeral is to be arranged for, e.xcejtt in the few isohited
ca.ses when the ilecea>-e is under such circumstances that the
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rrifiids c'uiinot secure tlu,' reiimins for iiitei'uieiit. Still, then the
iiiDuriiers <••<) iilutut the streets, e\-en if thev oaiiuot lav unv
Mowers oil the cotliu or the <rrave.
There are two extreme views to he taki'H of this solemn
theme. 'J'he one leads to a coh] ami hojieless inditlen-nce, and
produces a sort of a hravadoof a fatalist. The reasoniiiLf is soiiie-
thiny- like this: " It is man'slot to die. I.amoii^- the others must
die. I cannot help it, 1 was liorn to tliat end. It is no fault of
mine, it was no fault of (jthers. No one can or ever could ha\c
arrany-etl it to he otherwise', J)eatli isa tliiuii' entirely heyond mv
eontr(»l. tlien.'fore 1 do not worry myself ahout it. Let it come
since it must, an<l iiu'Miiwhile, T evi uhout the matters whieli f can
manage; to eat and drink and lie merry. To Imyand sell and to
(^fot gain. To perform the various duties wlii(di ))ertain to my
lot, and let the dyiui;- day he lookeil after wlieii it coiiuis." This
is th(! one' extreme. There is, howexcr, another. Death is a
fearfully soleien thou^'ht. The g'rave is dark, the waters to l>e
crossed are deep and tempestuous, what lies heyond is all unknown ;
it is a terrihle thinii' to die, and vet we ii;ust all die. This kind
of reth^ction may he carried on till all the cliarm of liviiiL;' is
taken away. Uetter a tlnavsand times lia(] 1 n^'ver heeii horn :
what does the plejisure avail that must end in pam ! What is
the e'ood of friends, or ])i'(j[)ertv, or husine'ss, or success of any
kind, witli the consciousiu's-; lian^'inLi: (;\-er us, that in another
houi', death uiay sei/.e the owner of it all, and pass the possessions
on to another, to he used or alaised, and no one can tell whicli '
In tliis way, all the nohle aims in livinn" may Ite jjaralyzed, and
alarm, despf^adency, take ])ossession of the lieart. So we read of
persons " wlio, through fear of death, were all their life time
suliject to hondau'e."
Between the two extremes tliere is a miiMle y'round, safer,
more rational, far more einioMin^' to liuman nature, and more
lionorinii' to ilim, wIk^ u'ives the life and then takes it awav.
Here tlie inditlerence of the' fatalist hecomes anxietv, eifort
and liopefulne.ss. Christ hy tlu; grace of (Jod has tasted death
for everv man. Here the alarm of the des])onding one mav be
changed into contidence and trust. Half way Ijctween stolid
indifference ( the one liand, and ag(-nizing despair (jii the otlier,
hy tlie grace of (Jod and the perfect work of Christ we may find
iv i)lace to rest. The feai'fulness of dvini'' and the o-lory of dving
unite into one; the terror of leavinu' all terrestrial tliinu's and
lying down in tho grave, mingled with the hope of enjoying the
terrestrial in the presence of Christ, gave birth to the expression,
O the pain, the bliss of dying," and to Paul's " I am in a .strait
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liutwixt two." " For mo to live is Clirist, and to die is miin." It
is o-uod to livt', ])nt " I would not live alway." It is hard to die,
but Christ died and made it easier, and vvith His love in mind,
and His promisi? on ^.'hich to lean I would even dare to die.
This is the <Tronnd on which to stand it" we would make the
most of ourselves ami the possibilities placed before us for this
W(;i'ld and the world to come.
Tiiese thouu'hts have been suufrn'sted by the noble life that
has Just closed with us here, tlie remains of our bn^ther, rather
our father in Christ, are here with us still. Ikit he is not, foi-
Ciod has taken him. This church has sustained a oTeat loss. Hut
I undertake no f meral sermon ; tlu' day has none bv when it is
nt'Cessarv to attt id a funeral in order tt) be imnressed with the
importance of the Gospel, or to learn that Jesus and He only is
the resurrection and the life. Although the late Dr. Crawley has
been a hii,dily esteemed member of the First Hortcm Baptist chuix'h
lor many years, his earliest connection with it datinj;' so far Ijack
that the majority of the present members were not then born,
still a memorial service for him would be altogether in.idecjuate
that did not embrace nuich more than his services in any one
church. He belono-ed in a sense to all our churches as well as to
this one. His name for many years has been a household word
throughout these maritime provinces. His sympathies were
broad. His inliuence throughout the denonunation has been
salutary and ffreat. His life has bei^n an inspiration to many of
our ministers, and they have done better woi'k for the Master
because they sat at the feet of this servant of the Lord. But to-
day and in this place I attempt no funeral oi-ation, though no man,
for many yeaiy, has been taken from among us more worthy of
such an honor. And yet few have needed it less, for his works
do follow him, and will continue to do so for many generations to
come
We cannot forget how closely he has been identified with
our educational work from tlie beginning. Anil certainly no one
man in those early days of struggle was more essential to tlie
startino- of Acadia College and its continued existence through
its early perils, than he who has just laid his armor by and gone
to his reward. We do not forget that when, in the year 1828,
the Association met in this village he was one of the delegates.
It was then that the idea first took shape of founding a school of
learning on a broad and liberal basis for our denomination. Rev.
E. A. Crawley was then a young man, about SO years of age.
Full of vigor and youthful energy, his voice was heard, his coun-
sel was sought, and doubtless, his presence at that meeting
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helped to inspire the hope that something couM l)e done to raise
our ministry and our people to a hiii;lier plane of ("ducational as
well as spiritual life. When tlie first Hducation Society was
formed, he was a, membeT and chosen to act as the secretary.
When an Executive Committee was appointed he was one of the
iiuml)er, and aided in selecting the site for the Hrst building and
in secuiing competent teachers to do the work.
When in 1(S3S the Education Society, again assembled in
Wolfville, decided to push forward the work and establish a
degree-conferring College, Hev. E. A. Crawley was on liand and
gave his voice and intiuence for the foi-ward movement. And,
as a matter of course, when teachers were linally chosen to take
charge of the first clas'< that was in preparation for matriculation,
the name of Rev. E. A. Crawley was the first on the list. He
commenced the work. He l)egan the moulding of the lifo of
the institution, and some are still alive who bear testimony to
the ability and fiilelity of the first professors of Acadia College.
From that tim(> to the present, with some slight intei'rup-
tions, lie has been identified with our educational work. His
appearance on the i)latform on the day of the Juliilee ami his
few appropriate words produced an impression on the vast
audience that will not soon be fori tten. It seemed so apjjro-
priate and such a climax of the oc^...aon that the rest would
almost liave been a failure without this finishini'' touch. Maiiv
have reason to be thankful that the Lord gave us Dr. Crawley,
and just when He did. He was tlie man that was needed and lie
came.
Many liave, of late, been giving expression to theii' del it of
gratitude to Acadia College. 1, too, am a sharer in this obliga-
tion. But to no one aLfeiicv of the Colleu'e am I nersonalh' so
indebted as to the noble man, the prince among mt'n, whos(>
remains are about to be laid away at rest. I cdinot forget the
day when, as a lad, and hardly knowing then tlie meaning of the
word eolhige, I listened to the elo([Ui'nt a|)peal of Mr. Crawley in
tiiis behalf. The late lameuted Prof. C'hi])man had sj)oken
beautifullv, but it was in listenin<>- to Dr. Crawlev. pointing out
the possibilities of the lives of the young, if only they would
prepare for life's work, that I resolved, as soon as op])ortunity
sJKiuld offer, to setd< the benefits of Acadia College. This resolvo
never left me till 1 had completed the college course. So for
what I am to-day and for any good I may have accom|)1ished in
he world, I kninv it lias been little enough, I am indebted to
uhe great and good man whom the Lord has just taken to Him-
self.'
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As tlicsc I'atliiM's iiri' lifitin' taken, may thi' sons conn.' on to
till their places. It' tlici-e shall he a sncct'ssi(»n of such workers
We shall lia\'e no fear for the future of all our work.
Rev. Pi'esident Sawyer, D.l),, was then iuti'oduct'tl and spoke
in substance as follows: —
" When a loui;' ami valual»le pulilie lite, like his whose ilcith
we mourn to-<lay, has heen rounded out, it seems as if some fuller
consideration of its facts and lessons should he attein])ted than
cnn he coir.eved h\' the exuression of such suL:■^('stions ns mav
arise in the midst of solemnities like- these. It is |)rohal>le that
on sonie future occasion a more (\xtende(l I'cvirw of the life and
labors of ])r. Ci'awley will he presenteil to his fi'icnds than is pos-
sible at the ])resent time. We feel that an old and valued trieiul
has been taki'U fi'om us, and (jur minds ar<' now occui)ie(l with
tender reniiMubrances o'" tlu' past ami the sense of ])ers(»nal loss.
Nevei'theless, in such circumstances, some of the leadine- character-
istics of our dej)arte(l friend present themselves to our view. As
he was for so loni;' a time connecteil with tlie educational W(n'k
of the denomination, it is proper that a word sJKjuld be spt)ken()f
him in this j-elation. It was manifest to all who were intimately
ac(pminte(l with him, that he was true to his convictions of iluty
and faithful to the trusts committal to liim. As a public man he
soueht, not his own, but the good of those who had a[)pointe(l
him to otHce ami placed responsibilities in his jiands. He would
sooner see others ])roHt by his laboi's than en' )y that profit him-
self. If convictions of duty compelled, him t( stand alone, he still
retained the confidence of such as would not accept his judeinents,
and M'as honored bv them as a faithful man. He was foreseeine'
and his ])lans were characterized by bivadth. His Ikumzou was
wide and he saw thiniis which man\' of his associates could not
S('e. They sometimes called him visionary: but results generally
proved the correctness of his view. Sometimes those about liim
were held to ins line of policN' simpiv bv C')ntidenc(^ in him as a
i f It.*.
e'cnuine and true man, })ossessing a Itroad mind, and thus they
were led t(j greater success than they had believe'il ])o,ssil)le.
Ho could not have liehl this confidence if he had not possessed a
superior mind and a ti'Ue heart. Jn the class-room, Dr. Crawley
was eminently successful ; and yet his success was not of the kind
ordinarilv indicated b\' the i)]n'as" — successful teachei'. It was
something more. While his instructions were alwavs abreast of
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the investigations of the time, whatever subject he might under-
take, it was the man ratlier than the instructor tliat chiefly
impres.sed his classes. Probably all win; have met him in the
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class-room will unit<' in tcstit'vini;- that wliil.- tlicy liiu'lily cstt'ciii
liis iiisti-nctioiis, tli<' I'i-'nicinlii'anpc oF the man is the most valualilf
acinii>.ifi()ii olimiiii'il liy assuciatioii with him. A natural an<l
haliitual clfvatioti of thoimhr auil cxpri ■^si()ll, impatienc'c with
trifles. I'ra'ly appreciation oi' ^raml princi|»li.'s ami sym])athy with
all that is purifying' an<l eniioiilin^- in character, with pi-rt'ect
courtesy of manner, cause(l jiim to standi (ait in the mcmorv of all
his stu<lenls as the iijeal cliristiau gentleman ami scholar. This
memory and example ha\c made the lives ot many others nohler
and Ijetter. Such a life may not till a lar^e phu-e in the e-enei'al
history of the time, and yet what life can di-serx-r? hio'lifi- praise '
Perhaps I may he pardoned for a sinirle pei-sonal reference.
When I assumed the dutie's of tlie Presitlency of tla: C'olleg'o,
nin»'teen years ae-o, jt was repir<led hy some as an unfortunate
circumstance foi' me that 1 would he associated with two
ex-Presidents c^f the C'olleee in the lioard of instruction. Hut 1
knew the men ami trusted them, and never has there heeu on my
part a moiiKMit's anxiety arisine; from mv otiicial C(auiection with
theiii. ( )n the contrary, times without numlier theii- unfailinj.;-
tid(.'lity and delicate considei'ation of my wishes have e-reatly
sti'enetheiied and comforted me. And now, as the last (jf these
true fri(.'nds has ]iassed from us. and 1 call to mind the uniform
coui'te.sy, forheaivince and faithfulness exhihited hy tlu.'m in such
\-.;ried circumstances, I would, in e-rateful I'emembi'ance, lay a
wreath on the tomh (»f each. May we^ all have grace to till up
the nu'asure of oiu' lives with like ndelity an<l useful service."
Rev. David Fi'eeman spoke iirielly and t.-nderly of his
reverence and ati'ection for the deceased. |[e described the first
address he heard hy J)r. Crawley, and how he was thereby le(l to
seek an education : how mui'h he owed to the character and
work of that ])i'ince of men whom he admired and esteemed
more and more as the years passc^d.
Rev. l)r. lirock ( IO])iscopalia)i) expressed the pleasure it had
g-iven him as Prt'sident of Kinn''s t'ollege at the last Hneo'nia to
confer the deerce of J). V. \j. on J)r. ( "rawley.
The liymn conunencing, " There is an hour of peaceful rest"
was sung to the tune " Peace," and while the friends looked for
the last time on the face of their honored Christian teacher and
preacher, the "Dead March in Saul " was played. The interment
took iilace in the old cemeterv. the praver at the ijrrtve being
oli'ered by Rev. M P. Freeman. And so at the close nf the
beautiful Sei)tember day was left asleep in .Fesus the !nan whose
life and inlhience have been so potent among us for many years.
In due time, no doubt, a memorial service will be held, when
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proprifite nttt'iviucc will hv given to ^lie appreciation of liis
ciiamctcr and laliors l)y the pe(»j)k' he served. Many of onr
readei's will ])erii.se this hrief account of the closing scenes cjf J)r.
Crawley's life with mournful interest.
TRIBUTE TO DR. CRAWLEY.
The Board of (Jovei'uors of Acailia Colletie at this theii' first
niec-ting since the decease of llev. E. A. Crawley, D.J)., make
this recoi'd of their a])]')reciation of his life and eminent services.
For sixty years, witli the e.\ee])rion of a fi-w years spent in tlie
United States, he gave his strength, ahilities and great learning
to the Baptist denomination in the Mai'itime Provinces — especially
in connection with their eilucational work. As Pi'esident,
Professoi' and Principal of the Theological de[)artment of Acadia
College, Ids services wi-re inestimahle. His maidy dignity, his
great energy, his hopefid enthusiasm, gave inspiration to all with
whom lie lahoreil. His charactei- as well as his teachings
imjiressed itself npon his students in a mai'kt'd manner.
Dr. Crawley occupied an important place among the founders
of our Educational Institutions. So so(jn as converted to Christ
he united with the Baptists, an<l to tlie hest interests of the de-
nomination he at once devoted the enei'i>ies of mind and liodv.
He hiid aside plans and purposes of life, previously cherished, and
devoted liimself to the ministry of the Gospel, in which he was
eminently successful. Being a nnnister of tlie Word he knew the
needs of Ins brethren in the ministi'V whose earh' advantages
were limited, and sympathized fully with the Hrst pi'oposal made
made in the denomination for supplying this need. How success-
ful his etibrts were is ninv a matter of historv to tlu; voungi.'r
ministers among us, and of grateful recollection to those who are
older. His name will ever be cheri.shed in the denomination as
long as we recall the iiames (jf the foiniders oi' our Educational
and Missionary Entei'prises.
At the ensuintr aimivo'sarv exercises, in June next, more
enlarged and just consideration of his life and labors will be
given.
The Board desires to express their sincere sympathy with
Mr.s. Crawley atid her family in their great l)ereavement.
A copy hereof to be transmitted to Mr.s. Ci'awley.
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Memorial Services and Addresses,
Tuesday Evening, June 4, 1889.
Rev. a. vV. Sawyer, 1).])., LL.D., PRE.sii)iN(i.
Anthem.—" liLKssEU ahk th;; Dead."
Prayer i?y Rev. J. W. iAIannino, B.A.
Hymn— No. 6CG— Canadian IUi>tist IIvmnal : " Hear wiiat tlio vnica
Tune—" Byefield."
ADDRESS
ON THE PERSONAL IJISTORY AND CHARACTER OF THE LATE UEV.
E. A. CRAWLEY, D.D., B.C.L.
By Judge J. W. Johnston, D. C. L.
Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Senate, and of thr Governvna
Body:
Members of the Faeidty, Gradiudes and Undergraduates,
Ladles and. Gentlemen :
His feet had travelled many a weary mile in advance of tlie
line that niarks for the vast majoi-ity the margin of life's
journey. The frictions of the swift-\vvo"lvin,L;- wlieels of time had
worn the threads woven in the subtile weft that curtains oti' tlie
border land. The silver cord, strained to its utmost tension, had
at last snapt asunder, and lie was gone !
Gone ! the wise and ct)urao-eous leader, the Father and the
Patriarch of the Body. He had waited by the deep, dai-k
rolhng river, watching the tlow and the retiow of the slowly-
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risiiiu' ti<l».', fiiiil wlicii tlif {'(ill, lionir iu-i-oss tlit^ iiinniniiL^' wattTs
tlifit liii4 Just ('()iniiicnc(Ml to hive liis t'crt, fell on his listfiiiiii,^
uai', witii ulinl wiiju's ill' liail s]n'd to liis lioiiic aliovc
'J'lic tiiliiin's liui'ricil fi'oiii one to tin' otliri-, aiul with full
hrarts the ]ic()|ilc liowcd their licads, sail that a Pfiiicr iti Israel
hail ])asse(l from eai'tli, wliile they I'ejoiceil that a fresh jewel had
Ijei'll set ill the diadulil of l■e(leeIlliil^• lose, to hlazoll there ill
uniliiiiiiieil lustre throiinh the a^es, and that oiu; more sheaf,
fully rijie. had lieeii oatlu'rei! in to enrich the Li'ai'ner house of
Hea\-en.
He is n()ne ! ami now ^riexinu- their loss, the Ijitei'ati of the
Colleex' press forward to honor the man who lirsL tau^'ht that
lii^her intellectual culture was a necessity to the n-i-owth and
de\clo|)inent of Baptist life, and who, prompt to sei/e the tittin^^
liour, with wisdom planiieil and with skill and eiieri^^y founded
these scholastic institutions, and watcheil over and guarded their
o])enini,'' years with all the assiduity, love and care with which a
fond mother temls her halK-. and with u;iant streiie-th huried to
the e-i'ound anil crushed the many llerods who from time to time
souu'ht the vouiiLL- child's lieinef.
To all his was an honored name To those who knew liim
when the activities of life pressed him hardest, it was, in addition,
a lujusehold word. And this nieiit thei'e clusters round that
name recollections of a home in which he was a constant and e\-er a
welcome and valued iruest. And memor\-. with all lier husv train,
eoujtling the links in the lont;- chain that ltridi;-es over the chasm
of yi'ars and hlends the past into one with the present, would lin;j,"<'r
a niomont over his shriiu; and place thereon a few simple Howers,
culled liy affection's hands, a token of the lifc-lonuf attachment
and the lii^'li appreciation of his worth of one who has driftt.'il
over the sea of life, and a trihute of esteem ami renaril from the
pupil to his ]»astor, tutor, instructor, and in his riper years a
friend.
1 approach the sultject committi'd to my care in this
nu'inorial service, painfully conscious of the feeldeness of my
powers and the poverty of the langua;;'e at my comm;i.nd, to do
aih'ijuate justice to the personal history or i)en-])aint the character
of the orand old man who was. and this eveninii- is not.
Th(^ C'rawlev famih' sin-ane- from an old JMiolish stock, and
traced their descent from Judge Crawdey, one of the' jud<ies who
I'cfused to sign the death wan-ant of king (."harles the First, of
England.
Edmund Alhern C'rawdey, tlie subject of this sketcli, was liorn
at Ipswich, Sutlblk, England, on tlie 20th January, 1799, and was
JlJKiK .liiIINsTK.N S Ali|»l!i;.SS.
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tlic y()uuu'f>t of four sons, lli^ ;^raiiilt'iitlici' ^\•;l^ /UMUiitry nviitlc-
iiiaii, vcsiiliii^ ami li\in^' on liis mciiiis in l^nu'lai-.il. !lis fatliiT,
("apt. 'riioiiia> ( 'lawicy, luM rani': as a coninianijci' in \\u- iSriti^'i
na\y, ami. v.liriia iiiidsliijjinan, liaij lli" lioiMr ot' MT\iiiM' uii'Iit
tlif iiiiiiidrlal N'l'lsoii. iii> niotlicr's name was l^stlicr Hfrnal ; li.'i-
parents were citizens of Ivaidnn. i Irr lu'otlicr. Il;il]ili llcrnal, who
for soiiif I'cason took the name of Mernal < >sli(irne, ^at for. and,
\\\\ to the liliir oi' liis deatl), re) irescnted in tlie Uriti-li llon-e of
< 'oiiiiiions, t lie coiistitnency ol' ftoi'liester. Miss jiermil, was a
Jewess, lull ]irevi(nisly to her mari"ia<,i,e with Caitt. Trawley. she,
as Well as her jiareiits and hrtitln'r, had einlii'aced the ("hristian's
faitli.
When Mr. ( 'raw ley was ahont livt.' yeai-s of a^■e his fjither
left Kn^land and settled in the Islaml of ("ape Ih'eton, seleftiii;;'
as his residence i'oint Ami/lia, a Vir'autifnl location jnttiiiL; ont into
the hai'lioiir opposite the town of Syiliiey, and was for many
years Crown Snrxeyor ol the Island.
From a document in his hand wi'itini:' and with his signature
attached, found amon;4' his papers after his de.ith, dated March,
1S2.S. and headed, "Solenni foi'm of self dedication," we learn the
|)leasinn' fjit't that ("a})t. ( 'raw ley was a man of stron^■ and <leep
relie'ious con\ ictions. This self deilication he renewed year hy
yeir with expressions of deep soi-row, humiliation, self-ahaseinent
and shame, on acciMuit of his unwort hiness. and the ill manner in
which he had jiaid hi ; vows and kept ins iirondses, hut sup[)licat-
uv^ the niei"cy of the Loi'<l for His dear Son's sake.
( )n the lOth .lainiarx', IS47. he wrote, " 1>\' the ereat niercv
of (iod, I this day enter my DOtli year, ami most )oyfnll\' and
tlnud<fully do I renew this .solemn dedication. 'I'he last renewal
is found tnider date 10th .lanuary, ls.')(). ("apt. ("rawley died
.hil\'. IN")1. Mrs. ( 'rawle\- was also a lad\- of fervent nietv".
These in.'idents are interesting' in this comiection, so fai- as
they may justify the conclusion, that Mr. ( 'rawley "s early training
was I'elie'ious and that his parents nu])!anted in his youne' and
imj)ressil)le heart the n()()d seed that, spi'in^iuiLi' u[) in after yeai's,
yielded such I'ich and luxuriant fruit to the honor ami n'lory of
(Jod.
Ml'. Ci'awley's early life was |)assed at Point Amelia. He had
tile com[)anionship of few youne- persons l)eyon(l his lirotlu'rs, hut
monotonous and unexcntine- as such a life miu'ht seem to thevoutli
of to-day, the reminiscences of it to him wci'e very pleasant, and,
in after years, he freipiently i'( t'erreil to his lioyliooil spent at
Point Amelia, as lioine' very hapjiy and enjoyable times. All tlu;
sports incidi'Ut to tiie country were engaged in. Tliere was plenty
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.inuiK JOHNSTONS ADDRESS
of tisliiiit;- and sliootiiiy', lioatiii:,' in tln' suimiii'i-, and skatiiiLf on
tlic liai'lMHir ill tlic wiiitrr. lie was an cxjicil swiiiniHT, ami
suiiictinics laTi ni) liltli- i-isk in di\inL;' and ntlifi" a(|Uati(' cxMloits.
In addition, tlicrc was a lan^i' and well stoid-ccd ^ai'dcn whicl> lie
took i;r('at delight in working-, and wlicic lie iniliilird that pas-
sionate love of tlowiTs whicii 111- I'ftainrd nnaiiatcd ti) the end nf
Ids life. Mr. Ci'awlcy and Ids lirotlicrs were drillt'd liy asci'i^'cant,
and tau,i,dit' tlu' ai't of fcncinL;'. To this ontdnor life and thcsL'
exercises and atldetic sjiorts, he was hirii-cly indelited for tlie
grand pliy:>iiiU(' and nuhh' and iniposiiiL;' jiri'scncc which distin-
H'uislit'd hini an<l raid\rd him a Saul aiiion;^' inen.
His mental trainin-^' was not nej^lccti'd ; his fathci", whose
scholarly attainments well-fitted him for the otHce, superintemletl
his studies and took sole eha!'i;e of his education, teaehinu;' him in
adtlition to the chissies, French, in which lall^•uaL;•e he was a pr(j-
ficient. Mr. Ci-awley was a i^reat reader, hut his literature was
Contined to the liooks in his father's ])rivate lihrai'y, and
consisted almost entirely (jf historical, Itio^i'aphical and .scientific
works, which he rea<l and I'e-i'ead with a\idity. ITis uund was
not emasculateil liy works of lietion, for his father had witli wis(j
forethoueht destroved all the novels he hrouuht out with him,
exce]^t a si'lect few of the hinhest cla.ss.
Cape Bi'cton winters ar>'. at the hest, long and drear}', hut
at that period, when tliei'c was for mi>nths little or no communi-
cation with the outei' world, the family at Point Amelia, shut u]»
within themstdves, haileil with no little delight, the advent of
spi'ing and summer, for then Sydney hai'hor was visited hy
Pjritish and French men-of-wai', and Captain ("rawley, who was
a truly-hospitalile man, took pleasure in enti'rtaiinng the olticers
of the .ships, some of whom wei-e titled and distinguished person-
ages. And Mr. Crawley has freijuently ex[)ressed the gi'eat
gi'atitication with which these visits were anticipated, and tlu^
delight with which lie and his hrothei's listened to. and the fund
of information they gained from, the convei'sations of these'
guests with their father whih' seateil round his well-sj)read hoanl.
In the year iSKi, when 17 years of ag(.', xMr. Crawley, wIkj
had been prepared l>y his father for college, bade fai'cwell to
the .scenes of his early youth and his life in Cape Bi'eton, and
matriculated at Kinu''s Colleiie. Windsor. There he took hiiih
stand as an indiistrious, jiatient and labijrious stmlent, doing
infinite ci'edit to his earlv traininu'. He had a classical tvi)e of
mind, was fond of language, ami excidled as a scla)lar : and
when he took his first detjn'e in FSlij he \\'as ackncjwlede-ed toVte.
in point of literary attainments, the })eer of any in the galaxy of
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(.'i-nditf and learned men tluit Kiijn's Collcifc had previous to and
at that time L,n'adnatfd into tlif world oF letters, lie nrrivi'd
his <l('nrc'e of M. A. in course in \s2'l.
Mr Crawlfv studied law in tlic (jtliec of .1. \V. Johnston, the
late Jud^•e in K(juit_\-, an<l the saiiu' indoiiiitalilc and jx-rsistrnt,
untlai^uin-- assiduity and pfrsrvcranee, that had distiiiniiislujd
him at eollcMC. markrd him as a hiw .stud'-nt. The studv was
rieh food t'oi- his loo'ical mind to feast on and liis (juielc j)er(;e))tive
facuhics to L''rasp, and lirforc he was callrd to the Har in I.s2l', a
hrilliant and sueecs.sful proffs.sional earerr hail licen jirtMlictt'd i(»r
liim. His lirst retainer was twenty i;'uineas, a larn*- fee in those
days for ('Veii old and estahlished practitioners to receive. It
was e'iven to him by an I'jinli.sji gentleman who had had oppor-
tunity of notin;;' his Isahits as a student an<l the strong- and
comprehensive ,i;rasp that formed one of his most prominent
intellectual features, and who felt that he could commit the
conduct of a suit in which he had hecome in\()Ived, into \u> ahler
hands than those of the' newly -aduutted lawyer.
There are few li-ft now to tell the story of Mr. Crawley's
professional career, Imt one who, thoiinh his junioi' in yeais, was
well acijuaintt'il with him, 4ates that h(3 was endnently successful
at the har, ami it is heli ed that he ne\-er lost a suit. This
success was, in part, undoubtedly, to be attributed to a rule which
he )iad laid down for himself at the outset, and t(j whi<'li he
always endeavored conscientiiaisly to adhere, " Never to be eii-
<j:;aged in a case in which tlu're seemed to him to be any reasonaltle
<.loubt of the righteousness of his clie'iit's cause".
The same authority tells that Mr. C'l'awley was most e'cnial
and pleasant in conr,)any, and that his compani(^nshi|) was eagerly
sought. H(! was brilliant in conversation, fond of a joke, and
([uick at repai'tee.
His conversion occurred while in the practice of his profession.
He attributed this change and his new religious experiences
undi'r CJod, to the Kev. Hil)bert Biiniey, tlie father of tht; late
Bishop of Nova Scotia, and he has freijuently remarked on the
extraordinary intluence that that man exercised over those with
whom he conv(;rsed ; he ma<le etei'iial realities seem so near, and
so tremendously in»portant that few could resist his words.
He had been brought up an Episcopalian. All Ids family
were members of that connaunion and so continued to the end,
with the exception of his mother who, wdien advanced in life,
became a Baptist and was baptized by the late Father Richardson.
His religious opinions, however, underwent a change shortly
after his conversion, and finding tliat his views of divine truth
i:),s
.IIDUK .lollNSION S ADDIIKSS.
anTcril witli tlin-~i' IicLl liv tin- ii.'wlv or^'iinizci I ( Ji'unvillt! Stivet
Diqiti^t ( 'liurcli, lie aii|>iitMl for ailiiiiNsioii into that Society, ami
liaviiin' rclatfd Iiis ('liristiaii i-xpi-rifiu'c, aiul his rciiL;ioiis charac-
U'V hcitin' tivstitii'il to, he was on May 2, lS2s, I'cccivcil as a candi-
date for l)aj)tisni, and on tlie t'ollowine' 1st .Inne, he was liajiti/ed.
ami on the same afternoon was L;iven the rii^'ht hand of fellow-
shi|i. ( )n the sixth djiy of same .lune, he was appointeil one of
the messene'ei's from the ehui'ch to tiie Association.
At that assemlilx' the llaptists detel'udned to conuiience the
^v^rk of eihication anmnu' then- ])e(jple, in the ])rosecution of
whicli, Ml'. ( 'rawley was afterwards such a potent factor, and
then and thei'e, the •' N'o\a Scotia I'.ajitist Ivhication Society " was
()re'jini/<'d, havine' for its oliject the ju'omotion of education and
the estalilislmii'nt of Literarv and Theolon'ical Institutions. ( )f
4. ~
this Society lie was appointed one iA' the Secretaires and was
(dected memliei'of tliv .Maiia;;in^' ( 'omnnttee.
Thus early in his eliristian career ilid he heconie identifieil
witli the interests and ohjects of the Uaptist hody, and enter \\\)un
tlie woi'k that was tliereafter s(.> hiri^ely to occupy his time and
attention. He also foi- man\' \'ears lillcd the oli'ce of Seeretar\'
to the l-'orei^ii Missionary iSoard.
With his coiixfrsiiai the current of Ins life was cliauLicd)
anil turned into other channels; the ])rofession of whicli he
seemed destineil to hecoiiie so liriL;'ht an oi'nament, lost for him
its charms, ami hinher aspirations took possession of his soul.
The !!ilile was to liim a new hook, and as he rt.'ad its ])ag'L'.s
there sometimes seemeil to hiiii that thei-e was a halo of n'!<>i'y
slU'roundill;;' the verses. The desire to try and l)rini;' others to
the same Sasiour he had found, now swallowed up all mere
worldly amhitions, and. at last .so over))owered him that he
detei'iiiined to l'a\e his liusiness that he mi^'lit, in ipiiet and
seclusion, hearken for the still small voice he was assureil would
whisper in his ear the path he was to trea<l. Hi' acconline'ly
Went to .\ndo\('r 'I'lieolon'ioil Institute, and er( loii;.;'. as miu'ht
have lieen expected, he lii'ai'd the call, " preach the word."' To
j)repare himself eliiciently to take U]) his life woi-k, lu' entere'! as
;i resident e|';ldii;ite at Andi)\; r, and attende(l the lectures (;f
Professor Moses Stuart in Hebrew and (Jreek oxewsis, and those
of the lve\'. J)r. l^eonard Wood on Chi'istian Theology. While at
this Seminary he a[)plied to the church of which he was a
memliei", comnnuiicating' his feelines with regard to the Christian
niinisti-y, and in i-esj)on.se to h".; I'eiiuest, on April 24, LS29, by
unanimous vott.', it was directed tliat a licen.se ir the usual form
to pi'each be forwarded to JJro, Cmwley.
.U'lHJK .lOllNSToNS AKDUKSS.
From Andnvfr lie wuut to I'rowii Tniv i-rsity, wlicrr lie
t'uitliiT |iursuc<l his stuilit's, iiuil wliicli institution, in l>i+.')
c'onrciTcil on hini tin- ilct^rcc of Doctor ot" Disinity. lie was
onliiiin'il as an uvan^flist at Providence, Kliode Island, in the
year ls:j(). The hite Ke\-. Dr. \V)< laml, I're-^ideiiL of lli'own
rnist-rsity, and other (Hstiiii^uished liajjtist nunisters, composed
his orihiinin^' council.
A consideration of all that this chanin'e of liase meant for
Mr. ('rjiwley will atl'ord an insinlit into his character that cannot
fail to command oui' a(hniration and I'espect. 'l\)-(hiy the status
of the l)n[itists is sucli that to ahandon e\-en a Uwirned and
lucrative profe-ssion for the \oc)\tion of a IJiiptist minister miyht
involve little of sacritice and no loss of in-t'sti^e. l»ut turn a
L^'lance Itackwards, sixty yeai's ^oni-, and we find the llaptists, as
a hody, ])ooi', illiterate, without, inllueuce. and deNpi^ed. Their
peculiav \iews contemned alike liy the ivlin-ious and the si.'cular
World, and themseKes ridieulecl as fanatics. In Halifax, whei'e
he had mixed in the most ]iolisheiI and ei-ndite society, with the
excei)tion of the small and stru!L;L;linL;' iid'ant church, the sole rep-
resentati\es of Uajitist sentiment, were a liantlful of cohu'ed folk,
led hv a man tA' verv moderate parts. The ministr\', too, were
coipposed of men, none of whom had ever enjoyed the ailvanta^cs
of a liheral oi' theoloi;'ical trainiuLi,'. a)id many of whom were
prejudiced a;4ainst the teachiuL!,' of the schools. Was there nnieh
in the })i'ospect of such envinjiunents to allure an amhitious
vounii' n)an— luLildv edueateil, gifted in no ordinary deiiree, con-
scions of his own powers and his n'ras]) of intellect the most
recherche circles open to him, and secure in his ahility to seize
tlu' highest prizes at the liar, the Forum oi' the J'ench. The
step, it is true, was not taken as the result of momentary excite-
ment. His decision was arrived at, oniy after a calm and patient
deliberation, and a full counting' of thet-ost. But still theeiKpiiry
ari.ses, were all these grand possiliilities yielded up witluuit a
regret? Was there no struggle between the human and the
spiritual in his nature ? Whence th(> stivngth of will that madt;
,«uch a choice possible for him :* In a blaidc-book in which he
had written some passages (jf Scriptui'e and other items, was this
text: "Who receiveth honor from one another, and seeketh not
the honor that cometh from G<jd ;" and underneath the following
prayer was inscribed: "O Lord ena)>le nu^ to seek, with my
wliole heart, the honor that cometh from Thee. I'^or hast Thou
not shown me that all other honor is in comparison utter vanity.
And in reuard to the tliinus for which worldlv honor is .sometimes
ofteretl me, how ([uestionable is the spirit of mind with which 1
lOO
JIIMIK .lollNSTON S AKDUESS.
Imvi; acted, how iiiiieh si'lf si-nkinn' incNuilcd cvfii in what may
have scciiumI miscltish. Truly, it is not in man that svalUcth
to direct his steps. 11' this is true ol' all lio(iily moV"ments,
it is surely true of the mind, ut* all mental o[)i'rations and
|)urj)oses".
There was a strut;j;'le imleed, hut out fi'om tjiat struy'e'lc Di-.
Crawley came i victor, his Hrst i,n-eat luittle had Iteen fought and
W(ai ; ho had wrestled ami prevailed. And now. j.,dt'ted with
lieaven horn sti'i'nt;'th lie could toss away the liauhU-s of earth,
and esteem it an Imnor to ran^'i' himself alongside of tiie hnmh-
lest and the lowliest in this world's estimation, thoun'Ii, with
M(wt's, he mi^^'ht in conse(|Uence, he; called upon to sull'er the loss
oi temporal ^oud, or even have to endure atHiction. When at
tlu; haptismal waters, he consecrateil his lifi', his talents, and his
all, to his ( iod, and his Keilccnier, the snn'eiider was ('om|»|t'te,
made once and for all. And he ne\er nfter stretcheil forth sacri-
lei'ious hand, to steal awav the liift he had freelv laid upon tliL'
altar. Thi'iiceforwai'd he was ^ivi-n over to a chosen work, he
was to he ;"// tlu." woi'ld, for the w>)rld's f^ood, hut not o^-' the world.
lie would let no mean self-interest pronn)t his actions (a- min<4'le
in his piety, lie would rendei- no service, in tlu- exj)ectation that
he would he paid for it, hut all should spring fi'om tlu' gcner-
(Uis impulses of a loving heart.
(■ount not him the only hero who can march, with cheek
unhlanche(l, uj) to the cannon's mouth, hut nuirk that man who,
setting hefore himself a higli and nohlc purpose, makes tlie
attainment of that oliject his life's work, ami who in its prosecu-
ti(jn is lifti'd ahove the connnon run of his fellow-men, who does
nothing for the reason that it is convenient, money-making or
gratifying to the senses ; who is not governed hy fear, held back
hy shame, daunted by ridicule or this world'.s scorn, who is
not ruled hy custom or careful to win the applause of men, and
who stays not in his course to pluck the flowers of amus(Mnent or
pleasure that may skirt and ])ert'ume the road-side, hut who
presses upward and onward to the goal nor falters, though the
ascent be steep and rugged and the struggle kjng and ])ainful.
Yes, mark him well, for he— he too — is a hero. But the higliest
type of true lieroism is readied when, in addition, the man draws
tlie inspiration for his work from above. When he is single-
eyed, devout, humble ; when the glory of his God is the main
spriiig of his actions and the uplifting of humanity his grand
motive. Such were his incentives and his purposes, such the
objects and such the ambitions for which he lived and labored,
and of a surety on Heaven's scroll against the name of Edmund
JllXil. JullNS'l'dN S AlH)l!i:S.S.
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All'Ciii ('niwlrv tl 'rt' i^ wrli in letters id" liviiin' liu'lit, whoso
Itl'itllltlless sliull lle\ V ;i!lle tile Wol'ils ( liristiilll llel'o !
Tlieie weie iwotnuK tlijit shone out ci iiisjiiciiuusly in Dr.
( 'l'fl\vle\''s J'eli^ioiis cli.iriiete)', The one \v;is his unselfishness,
which preser\eil hiinlVoin leiviiit; tho-«e low .Mini nierceniiry \ie\vs,
wliich lend their possessor to rest sutislie(l when his own personal
sivl'etv is seciireil. The loii^iiin's of his loNiiii;' soijl craved far
more- -e\ en that lie MiiL;iit enjoy th(! personal fi'icndslii|) of his
Saviour. Thi' othei' wiis his hund)le-inindeiine.ss, which was no
superstrnctiiie ;-eai'e(l to cijiiceal pride, lait was the evnuine
explosion of the low estimate he hud of himself, and his attain-
nieiits in comparison with what to him was the ideal of a
(hristian life, which was no less than to have the life of Christ
llowine- throueh him as tlie life of the vine Hows throuyji tlie
luai.ches. It was, like Mai'y, to sit low at the feet of Jesus
and learn of Him. It was to have all the aM'ections, fet-lines,
desii'es and activities of his heart l)rou<j;ht into suhjection to
C'iirist. Hut however far short Dr. ("i-awh-y may have deemed
that he came from reachine- his ideal, thos(> who knew him best
knew that he dwelt in the secret place of the Most Hi_i;'l.
aho(le under tlu; shadow of the Almi^'hty. They knew that sii ^
conscieiitiou,...ess e-overned iiis conduct, even to the smallest
luinutiie ". that he followeil tlu- Mastei' eloselv, and had imhihed
somethini;' of the intinite loveliness of Mis character, and that the
intimacy of hi;> relations with his Saviour had puriHed his sinful
nature, made him strong and hrave, and hroueht out the richest
and sweetest eraces of his mind and s))irit.
Dr. Crawley was so ivticent and sjioke so rarely aliout
himself, that it was ditlicult to obtain an insii-ht into his inner
thought and feelings, except us they might be indicated from his
outer life. But he has 'eft on record one ex|)erience so remark-
able, as revealing soMiething of his stjcret and still life with God,
and the close and tender I'elations that had grown u[) between
him and his Sa\i()ur, and wliich, dt'Cpening as the years went by,
at last tilled his sinil w ith the; beatitudes of Heaven, that I make
no ai)oloiiv for introduciiie' it in this connection. He relates that
in speaking about ri'ligiou to a young man who had then lately
joined the Methodist (.Tiurch, and who had called uj)on him, he
told his visitor that "believers might exj)eet great joy in believingV
and that immediately on saying this he was aware in himself of
an experience of mental exaltation that he could designate by no
more tittino- term than that it was miraculous, so loftv it was and
so utterly al)Ove the region of p(irsonal approval or disapproval ;
self seemed wholly out of sight, while there was, however, present
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1G2 JUDGE Johnston's address.
a consciousness of that wonderful elevntion above evervt'liinix
earthly. There was no selt'rlaudauion ; he seemed to occupy a
region in which that was impossible. He also wrote that he had
long wIsIkmI to make a nsvelation of this extraordinary visitation,
but doubting his al)ility to do it justice, he had <lefei'red it until
then, when he was not (piite satisfied with the above attempt,
which he further stated was only an approach to an account of
the matter, and thai a persf)n reading it might i)ossil.)ly think
that h(.' was dreaming, but adds that thei'e was nothing that he
was jiiore sure of than that the occurrence was a waking reality.
On readinu' this account wo insensiblv recur to the vision of the
Apostle Paul, the grandeu)" of which left him in doubt whether
he was in the body oi* out of the body. This vision occurred
about the close of the year IMS.') ; how long aft.'r, it was committed
to paper can not now be ascertainei.l.
])r. Ci'av.-ley was in the highest and in every sense of the
term a polished gentleman. He was high-minded and lionoi-able
in all his tliouHits and dealings : he was ever considerate of the
feel ini>-s of others : he was dignified without beinn' haui'-htv, and
never fawned or cringed to those in power. To his e((ualshe was
respectful and polite, while he lu'ver gave his inferiors cause to
complain that his bearing towards them was one of patronizing
superiority or that his condescension concealed aught of pride or
arrogance. In liis private and public intercoui'se he was urbane
and courteous, never dogmatized, but listened [latiently to all
that was advanced, and after having mastered the views of those
opposed to him, sought to convince by reason and ai-gument
rather than to crush bv the weight of an intellect that could
silence all opposition, or to win a victory by the force of a
rhetoric that, sweeping like a tornado, could carry all before it.
But few who had not the privilegi^ of intimac}^ with his
private life knew how lai'ge, tender --ind loving a heart he had,
how far-reaching were his sympathies and liow generous his
impulses. He never harshly judged the conduct of any or
disparaged their motives, but his mantle of charit}^ was never
used to cloak sin in others, nor did he by silence ever seem to
acquiesce in wrong-doing.
In his family he was considerate, kind and gentle, and his
rule was one of love, thouifh he never laid down the reins of
government, but could be stern and inflexible when occasion
demanded. The very sweetness and amiability of his disposition,
which so endeai'cd him to others, was at times a source of pain to
himself, for it rendered him .sensitive to such a degree that an un-
kind word or a slight from a frieml cut him to the heart. He could
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163
no-ver boar Lo sec others sun't'i- Ixxlily puiii, and shrank from tlio
thon-ht of ciKhirin-' it liimself. H(' sonietinics remarked that he
feared that he would make l)nt a pooi- mai'tvr, 1»ut ahvavs ad(h'd
that he .snj)i)osed that yi-ace and stivui^th wcjuld lie oi\en liini
when the time of trial came.
Pi.'rliajis Dr. Crawley's kindliness and liis In-nevolent sympa-
thies were in n()thin<r nion; ii)p;irent than in his conduct towards
the stuilents of the CoUcm-o. \ir was not content with heini,^
their instruct(jr in the class-room, hut he sought to l)e their
counsellor, friend and n'uide. He visited tliem In tlx-ir rooms,
converse'! with them, entered into all their feelings, and ohtained
their eontidence, (h'licately informeil liimself of their difhculties,
and .sought to remove them : encoui'aged them, and strove to rai.se
them to a higher intellectual and moral plane. Students cast
down and discouraged, jn-e.ssed by financial embarrassments
which seemed to compel their leaving the institution and aban-
doning as im))racticaltle all further attem})l to secure an education,
ap))tied to him in tlieii- ti'ouble, wei'e advised to .struggle on and
make one more effort, while he did all in his j)ower tofighten the
weight of their burden.s, and suggested how the obstacles^'might be
best removed from theii- ])ath. More than one student has lie helped
in their necessities fron) hi> own slender pur.se. And few passed
thnnigh the colle^-e without having contracted for him a wai'm
personal friendship and admiration, that lasted during a life-time.
Mr. Crawley, on his i-eturn to tliis Province after completing
his theological studies in the United States, accepted the pastoratt'
of the Grranville Street Baptist Church in tlie year bS.SO, whicli
office he continued to hold until the winter of IKV.), when ]u'.
resigned in order to fill the chair of Moral and Intellectual
Pli!lo,sophy in tlie newly-foumled Queen's, now Acadia College.
In 1S47 he returned to Malifa.x and resumed the pastorate of his
old church, and after iive years of service he was again called to
Acadia College as its Pi-esident, and resumetl the chairs he had
previously occui)i»Hl. This position he filled for four years, when
matters of a private and [jublic nature demanding his presence
in the rnited States, he applied for and was granted leave of
absence f(;i- one year, in the hope that l)y the end of that time lie
would be able to return and resume his position antl duties in the
College. When the year of absence terminated, the business that
had necessitated his Iea\ lug was not satisfactorily concluded, but
ret[uired his further time ami attention, and in the interest of
the College he .saw it to be his duty, July 12, 1«5G, to resign
the ofHce and position he held in that institvition.
Some time after he received and accepted a call to become
1(11 .ii'Dt;!': .i(»iinst()n's addhess,
j>!isti>r of the Uiiptist clmrcli at Mount Autiiii-ii, ( 'iiicinnati, Ohio,
toyctlicr witli the in'csidcncy oi" n Kciu.-ilc ("ollcn'r in that city.
Ill |S(i() \\v Im'c;iiii(' joint rrcsidciit with the Rev. W'illifUii
("uitis, of the Ki'Mialc ('oljcm', IJnic Stoiif S]iriiii;s, South
Carolina, which j.ovirion he lidd until the hrcaking out of tlie
■,vai' iirccssitalt'ij flic closiim'-uj) of thi- schooK
The train ol" circunistanccs that h'd to tliisconncxioii hctvvcen
J)r. Crawley and ])!-. Curtis is iiitcrcsrin^ inasmuch as it cxcinj)-
litics a jircvioiisly noticed yrand cliaracteiistic of the Crawley
fiiinilw I heir Liciiei'ous sviiiltathv foi' those in distress and their
hirgc liearted hospitality.
^'e;irs ) el'orc, ] )r. ( urtis, tlie father of the ahove named
gentleman, was returning from Kngland, when his shij» w;i.s
wrecked on the shores of Cape IJreton and tht- family were cast
friendless on tlie island, ("apt. Crawley lieard of their distres.s,
took them to liis home at I'oint Amelia, carecl for tliem in every
way, and su])plied all their necessities. When the family reached
}lalifax, en route for the United States, J)r. Crawley, who was at
that time pastor of (iranville JStret-t Ha])tiNt Church, showed them
everv attention an<l kindness and hosi)ital)lv entertained them.
The father suhseciuentiv lost his life l>v the burninir of a steamer
on wdiicli he was ti-avelling, but his sen, who was of the a\ recked
party and who liad })ecome intimately ac(|Uainte(l with Dr,
Crawley, never forgot the kindness that had been shown the
family in their sore need, and wlien he heard that Dr.
Crawley was in tlie Southern States, sought him out and
offered to make him ioint associate with himself in the larcfe
school of some two humlred young ladies, over which he piesided
and whicli he luid (.'stablished out of his own private fortune.
Gratitude nowadays is too often a lost virtue, and it is, there-
fore, all the more i)leas!iig to be able to record that the truth
still remains, " Pliafc bread cast upon the waters will return,
though it may l)e after many days."
In his business transactions he was not always a success.
High-minded, honorable, truthful and honest to the last cent, and
scorning all meanness, he looked for the same qualities in tlujse
with w hom he ha<l dealings, and that Ids conriilences were some-
times misplaced and his trust abused, was more discreditable to
the morale of those who took adx'antage of his unsuspicious
nature, than a relU'ctit^n on his own want of j)rescionce. l.)ollars
and cents were not stamped on his brow, he was not cast in any
mei'cenary mould, nor was there in liis composition any of tiie
stuff out of which they make unscrupulous and strictly business
men.
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165
As a preacher of tlie (Jospel, Di-. C'i'avvle\' liail i"e\v ('([uals and
no superiors in the province, possibly not on this eontinmt.
Durini;' the e'ai'lier yeai's of his ministry his prcachini;' was extt-ni-
poraneous and henseil but f(nv notes. I lis <li.seoiii'ses were alwjiys
carefully pi'epared in his study, anil thiit done, 1h> left the choice
of tht! lane'uai^^e in which to clothe his thou^'hts to the inspiration
of the moment, hut his diction was never on that acccjuiU, [)oor or
connnon place, on the contrary, it was always, jiui-e, chaste', erace-
ful and eloipient. l^ater in life, >uid on s[)ecial occasi(!ns, he
sometimes wrote out his sermons in full.
])r. ('rawley never pi'eache(l hniiself. \iut wassoimhued witli
the importance of his theme that ha lost his own personality, was
swallowed up in his subject, and seemed only inti'Ut on raising-
hi.s hearers up tt> the orandeur of the truth that he soueht to
present.
His style was truly Pauline, clear, loe-ical, coi^^ent in argu-
ment and incisive : he reas(jne(l of rie'hteousness, tempi'rance
and iude'inent, and strove to i-each the hearts of his hearers
through their reason and their consciences rather tlian by work-
ine" on their feelino's. He ne\er demanded of them that they
sliould take his delivei'ances as true on his iusi' <li.ri/ alone Imt
statinn' Ins ])re,nises, 'h- I'easoneil out his propositions to theii-
logical conclus'ons. He held the doctrines of the Bible with a
firm gri)) and. nevi^r sugar-coated his message to suit the ])alat(>
of his hearers. He was somewhat, metaplu'sical in the expdsitiun
of his suliject, t)Ut his metaphysics were not ni' ihe kind that
pulls to i)ieces, but rather that builds up. He did n )t iinish one
part of his discoui'si' and then lay it aside as if he had no i'ln'thei'
use for it liefio'e proceeding to the next, but carried each along
as component parts of the whole, and at the winding-no he
gathered all into one focus and then llashed a strong and bi'illi mt
light upon it, when the symmeri'v ot ihe whole burst n])oii the
listener; and he saw, apju'eeiated anil admired the gi';ind >truc-
ture, its beauty, its desjen and its logical completeness. lie
never stopped shoi " and left his .auditoi's to make the applicaiion
of his discourse for themselves, but pressed the matter on which
he had been preaching, home on the conscience with power and
pathos. ' )ne now himself a veteraji Father, who had the
pi'ivilege of frequently sitting when a young man, under his
preaching, has remarked of Dr. (.'i-awley that he was so persuasive
in ap|)lication that when listening to him he '' often felt that all
tile unconverted preseni must b(! not almost Itut ijuite [)ersuailed
to embrace the Christianiiy of the tiospel."
It has been said of hi.u that he was not a poimlar preaclier,
166
jriMJH JolINsntX S ADDHKSS.
but suc'li a criticisiii is not t-orrt'ct. UndouljttMlIy ho could and
did jH'cat-li srrnions, so lofty in conccj)tion, so loy,'ical, so arijunion-
tati\t.' and so alistruse, tliat only tin- iiiost cvudif: mid tlioronu'lily
enjoy liiin. But it is i'(jually trui' that he could and ilid acconi-
niodatc himself so as to ])Vrach within the ca[)acity of the aA'cra^'e
int(■lli^•('nc(^ and that the couiuion pcojije hcanl Iniii j^ladly : anil
the announcenifnt that 1 )i'. ('rawley was to occupy the pulpit
was at all times suflicient to ensure a full house incit\- or country.
He was a freiiueiit contrihutor to the reliM;i(iUs and secular ))i'ess.
His wiMtinn's Wen- chiefly conHneil to the advocacy of the claims
of the collee'e, and to uriiini'' the necessity of tlie lii."hei' e(hication.
Pearly in his piililic life he wrote a work on haptism, of winch
there are now hut few copies extant, hut at the time, tlie jtro-
duction was admitted to he a learneil and exhiuistive ex])osition
of the snhject. And at the meetine- of the Association in 1S:}4,
which tlien emhraced all the churches of the province of Nova
Scotia, a resolution was passed, ct^nveying to J)r. Crawley the
hi<,di appreciation in wduch the Body held his valuable puhlication
on Baptism, in reply to Mi'. Will^ iiii Klder. and assurine- him that
they would cordially sustain him in any future production on the
same subject he might be imlueed to send forth.
At the Convention of th»> Baptist body held ... (1'), on it.s
l»ecoming pulilie that the chair in Classics in Acadia College was
vacant, a resolution was moved rec()minending the Board of
Governors of the (.'ollcge to extend to Dr. Ci'iiwley a cordial
invitation to a Professor's cliaii' in that institution, lb- was
emphatically the Father and one of tlie Founders of the College ;
his hiiih seholarK' attainments wiM'e universally admitted, and
through his absence he had retained in unabated measure tlit;
Christij'.n confidence of his brethren, by whom the resolution was
welcoiiiijd as an invitation to an alo-ent parent to come Itack to
the embrace of his children.
On his return to Ni>\a Scotia he was ap]>ointed to the chair
of Rhetoric, and was made i'rincipal of the' Theological dejtart-
nu'Ut and Professor of l^xegesis and general interiu'etation of the
(b'eek scriptures.
])r. ( 'rawley ]iossessed the somewhat rare gift of knowing
when he had grown old, and the still rarer grace of the
ability to acce])t the ine\itable with (piiet dignity. And in
Au<2'ust, IMN^, he felt that the tinn' had arrived wdu'ii it
was incumbent on him to resign the ]positions that he (jccupied in
the college. His resignation was reluctantly acce[tted, and, in
recognition of his long, \aluable ami arduous services to the college
and the denomination, he was retired on a pension. And in order
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tlmt tlio institutioji inii;-lit retain the intluence of liis immo and
iT'ceive tlie beiielit of any fni'tlier work lit; nii^ht be able to per-
foi'ni, he was ajipointed JMiU'iitus Professtrr.
Failing- nicuiury was to him the first indication of weakening
faculties: and, as this increased, he spoke hut little except when
addressed, possilily fearful of coimiiittinn- himself.
In othei- Inspects his mental ])owers were liur slightly ini-
])!dred, f(ir though his eye hiid lost its tire, and his feet their
(dastic trrad, and his once erect form was lieiit with the weight of
years: yet the pruning kiufe of time exi'rcisi.'d itself slowly and
gi-adually, as if the l()pj)ing otf of even a twig from the giant tree
was a sacrilege and an ungi-aeious and distasteful W(jrk.
The Colh'ge Juhilee drrw nigh : lifty years gone, and he had
laid the corner stone of these institutions, and now that they
wei'e ahout entering upon a new^ cycle, had an angel whispered
in his e;ir that ere many weeks he, too, would eonnnence a new
life in that land of glory and repose whose eternal Juhilee is
uimieasured by the span of time. For leaning on the arm of one
of his sons, he\'ame upon the hill, visited the library, museum,
class )-(Mims and other ])laces of interest, as if he would take a last
look and bid a long farew(;ll to spots around wdiich gathered
associations, so tender and so loving, that even a fast-receding
memory refused to forget.
On the occasion of the afternoon College Jubilee exerci.se.s,
Dr. Ciawley once more took his place with the faculty of the
eolleac and, at the <'onclusion of his address to the Senate, the
President, ecntly placing his hand on the shoulder of his aged
fi-ieiid and broth'er, the veteran pi'ofessor, kindly invited him to
sav a few words to the audience: he hesitated, wdien tiie people
shouted. 'M)r. ("rawley :'■ - Dr. Crawley :" Do you (lonbt that
thatman was beloved as few men have evei' been loved before '. See
this spacious hall, tilled to its utmost cai.acity with I'epi'esentatives
fi-om these Maritime Pi'ovinces far and near. Listen to their
jdaudits on jilaudits, h>ng continued, tlie echoes of which have
scarce yi't died away, as that grand and magnitieent old man
slowly rose from his seat, and, with the light of other <lays kindling
in his eyes, in kind, courteous, grai-efu! and gi'atel'ul words, thanked
them for the honor they had done him, and then bestowed on
them his hiving beneiliction. All in that assenddy had heard «/
him, for his imme and his praise were in all the churches, lint
many had never s(hmi or heard h'un lud'ore, and to them it was to
be a'lifedong memorv that tlu-y had once looked ui)on and listened
to the great'l)r. Crawley. But moistm-e gathered in eyes unused
to tears as thev beheld that revered and venerable man, thought
Ki.S
.in )(;!•: Johnston s addimiss.
of all that ill- hail hceii, and of all tliat he had achieved for the
J^a|)tists, and knew that they would soi; liis IovimI face no more
on earth, or ever a^'ain hearken to his voico.
Dr. Crawley w;is twice married, the tirst time in IS:}:! to
Julia Amelia Will.y, of Boston, .Mass. Slit; ilied Au^-ust 1!», 1 S42,
IcaviuL,' one son, who, liowevei", si)on followed his mother, ilc
marrieil au'ain, Decendier ■'), 1N4.'J, l'".liz;d)el !i .lolmston, dauehter
of i)i'. jjcwis Johnston, of Annandnle, \\'olf\ille, hy whom he had
six children, live of whom, three daut;htei's and two sons, to^'ether
Avith .Mrs. Crawley, still survive.
The eveiiini;" of his life was iieaiitiful, calm and S'-rene : a
.smile, the sunlieam of Heaven, [)layed at timivs over liis ;tl;icid
face. His countenance had not lost its intellectual cast and his
massive hi'ow, all unfurrowei], i,oive assurance of what he had
been, and. as he sat leanine" on his stall', patic/ntly waitine", he
furnishec! no ina|)t illusti'ation of a niau;-niHceMt old eastlr, once a
tower of streiieth and a power in the land. 'lUt now criuidilinu' in
process of decay, covered with ivy and overi^i'own with the moss
of a^es, y(,'t nol)ler, grander in its ruin than any architecture of
moilern times.
In th(; sunnner of ISSS Kiiie-'s ('ulle^'e coiil'erreil (,ii i)r.
Crawley the dcM-ree of Doctor of t "i\'il Law, the hi^'lii'st honor
which that institution, modelled after the l']nglish Cniversities,
had to bestow. Si.\ty-niiie years befoi-e she had |ilaeed her
parchment in his hand and hade him e() forth ;uid win for iiimseH"
a name and a [dace amonnst. the siir((iits df (Ik' land. Well hail
he obc; ed her liehests, and as lie neai'ed the end of his careei' it
was u'raceful and Httiiie- that his Aliint Mafcr should come
forward and crown with lavn'el wreath, the brow of him who had
pi'oved himself one of tlie most illusti'ious of her sons.
The curtain which had so long' hune; down now eounnenced
to roll back, and throu^'h its openini;' folds !)r. Crawley could
catch e-lim])ses of the distant gloi-y land, hut his wm'k on e;;i-th
was not yet all accomi)lislied. 'I'liere was a stray sheep, wandei'inn"
on the mountains cold, to he soueht out. There was ;inotliei'
troj'hv fill' him to win before his feet nn^'ht press those Howery
meads. In the crown that years ago for him had l)een woven
and that now waited for his lu'ow there was room for one more
star. Few were the words In.' spoki; — " My dearest wish for you
is that you may become a Clirlstian." Simple woi'ds ! hut
barbed arrows of conviction when shot from the Holy Spirit'.s
bow. And when the news Wfis heralded to the courts above that
the lost had hi'cn found and \\ as safe within the fold, no voice
.1 r I K ; K ,1 o 1 1 N si( ) N s .\ I ) 1 ) i{ Kss.
I GO
rail!,'' out, so lofty a note of |)i'aist' as his, no crown than liis mofc
gl iilly ca-;t at the feet of the rjaiiih that had hccn slain.
Tlu: \vinL;v(l nu'sseniyer toucli(Ml hiiu li^'htly and nfutly
coM was the missive. At first it was fondly anti('i]mtcd thar ....
wouM soon rall\'fi'om the attack. 1-Jut that iiiii;'lit not he, for tlu>
Mastef liad come and was calliiiL;- foi- him : and ere loni; an e\'er
weaki'iiin^- pulse warned him that the sands wer<' fa^t I'Uiniini,^
out, and drew from him the assured exclaim, " I shall soon lie
at rest."
Dr. ( 'i-awley was mercifully sjiared all ])hysical suliei-ini,'.
When asked if he was in pain, he answered " No I only intensL'
discomfort." Ife was heard fi-e(|uently j)rayinii- in a low voice for
patieuce for himself, and that hi^ loveil ones mii^dit lie resin'Ued to
tile will of (iod, whatever that will mio'ht he.
Of his nuMJical attendant he on one occasion enipiiiN'd, " Ifow
lont;- tills was j^oint;- to last /" The physician pjiused hefore i-eply-
iiiij!'. l)i-. Crawley, lookin^■ him steadily in the face, asked : " Why
do you hesitate :' Do y(;u think that lam afraid!*" Afraid'.'
why shouM he fear, who had worn i'or loiii;'. long years, the white
flowei- oi' a hlameless life, who could recall a record so pure and
Hu unselfish as his, a consi'cration so coiujtlete, a love so devout
and a ffuth so grand and sti'oug ? Against liim, thus panoiilieij,
the king (jf terrors could hurl no shaft so keenly i)oiislie(l that it
would not glance one side and leave him unharnied. Mis armory
contained no dart tip[ied with remorse to (|ui\er in his iircasr, and
poisou his last: hours. 1 Jut as the tii'ed child nestles in its mother's
aruis ami all thought of jiossihle hariu anodyned hy her kindly
pressure, composes itself to ipiiet rest, so he pillowed his weary
h(vid on the hosom of that IJrothei-, who had for him a wealth of
love no mi)thei''s heart could hold. And tiu'hth' elasiied in the
emiirace ol Jntinite goodni;.ss without a pain, without a fear, with-
out a struggle, hreathing iievei- a sigh, with simple childdike,
loving trust, acnjss which there floated not tl;e fleeciest cloud of
doultt, he dropped into a slumber, so peaceful and so pdacid, that
those who hung ovr his couch, knew not the UKjment when his
freed s|)irit soareil aloft to its (Jod.
Thus Ho giveth His lieloved sleep; and thus on the 27th
day of Septeinhor, LS.SS, in tlu.' DOth year of his age, ripi' for
glory, venerated, iionored, esteemed, respecti^d and lovei], the
Kev. Dr. (.'rawley closed his eyes in time, to open theiu in the
Beulah land.
There was uiouruing in the household : those were blind-
ing tears that fell as the family gathered at the eventide
around tfiei:- hearthstone ami missed him from hi.s accustomed
170 .irixiK .Johnston's addulss.
s<>at ill tilt' cliiiniiry coriKM-, ami rfuli/rd that that sacnMJ old
anil chair woiihl no iiioi'c he tilli'il hy tin- liusliainl ami the latluT
\v!i() had never 'Teeteil them lait with woi'ds ot" love and LTeiitle-
iiess. Such was the incense expressed from stiicken hearts, tin;
smoke of which ascended Upward and U])Vvard,till at last it circle(l,
a sweet jiei't'ume, anauid the throne ot the I'trrnal, t'orthe(!od
Hi-ad had hallowed the tears of atl'ection W hen the Jesus lielldinij
over the urave. Wept his dej)arted friend. Stranne coiiti'ast to
this the purest otl'crinn' that the strun^c^t human love ciaild
brinn'. 'Hie hells of Heaven rani;' out a louder, more joyous, hioim,'
tiMUiiij>liant ]ieal as the peai'ly yates Hew hack in liaste to let tin;
Christian hero in, while the hlood-washed, w hitr-rolied myriad
thronn' liiiinu,' the golden streets and wa\iiiu' [)alms of victoi-y,
liaileil his c(»min,n' with holy son^'. And softest, sweetest har-
monies liicathed tVoni harps touched by aiit^el hands, warblinL,^
tliroui4'li the arclu'd corridors I'fivished, his ears with the melodies
of ffea\en and bathi.Ml his soul in tloods of liliss and g'lory.
They tell that Dr. C'rawley is dead, but they err who say
it. The i,a'eeii grass may cover all that was mortal of him, and
thither, vear on \'ear, ati'ectioii shall steal and i)lant his to'avc
witli the swi'et summei' ilowers he loved so well ; but he is not
(lead ; he was an inspiration, and an inspiration can never die.
A cord ran from bis heart straight up to the heart of the
very Christ, down which flowed a ilivine currtint that controlled
his every action. This holy impulse he infused into the minds
of other men until they were In-ought in touch with his own
lofty purposes. And now that his tongue is stilled and his hands
folded, the magic spell he cast over all shall not be bi-okeii, for
his s])irit, hoveling namd, will continue to intlueiice, guide and
dii'rct. And in the \-eai's to cniiie, maii\' a Nouth. treadinu' these
halls, and hearing of the noble motives, that stirred him to acti(/n,
of his struggles, and of his success, of his devotion, and of his
consecration shall be inspired, liki' him to link on to a star, — to
live his lite- t'Uiulate his example and follow in his steps.
The name of Edinuii<l Albei-n Crawley, will lie immortal till
evei'v sand be levellecl in the jilain btdow, that now heaju'd the
one on the other, rises up, till they crown the apex of this hill
top.
His memory shall, iloui'ish green, in tln' Ba])tist heart, while
history rectn'ds, how po(jr, unlettered, and insignificant, he found
the people of his choice, how he labored, and toile(l, and sacrificed
for their elevation, and the intluential and proud position, in
which h(> li'ft them.
He has reared for hiniself a monument, more enduring than
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71
inarlth^ iiuinsolfiiin. Mis nin-autic iiitcllcct, liis lou'ical iiiiinl, liis
sti'oiij;' ))('rc('|»tiv(' faculties, liis iji'oad swcc]) of th(iUL,^lit, liis llowiii;^'
I'lirtDi'ic, his lini'niii;^" fln(|uciici- and his m-iiius, arc all stoiics in the
editicc. I)iit till' ca[i stone, that which i^ixcs coni|)leti'ni'-s, lieauty,
syniincti'y, and sti-eneth to the whole, is his pui'c and unstained life,
his o'oodness and L;'i'eatness cond)in<'d, his yrand and nohle chai'ac-
tci-, his devotion to ti'tith, his ('•cnuine huinilit\' and his sweet
unselfish and loving' disposition.
And shall he never speak to us an-ain ! The tierce Idast as it
suM-eps round the cornei-s of this hiiildine', drivine' hefore it in
('ddyin_n' circles the autumn leaves that strew thcLfrouiKl -will he
but the I'e-eclio of Ids i^'i'and and inijtetuous diMiuncisitions, of all
sin, all wi'oni;', and all injustice.
His tones, plaintive, and plcadin^^ uri^ini;" to a life of piety,
virtue and haj)piness, \' ill come trilline' hack, in the soft sie-hinn-s
of the evening- /e[)liyi's, whose mild hreath scarce stirs the foliag'e
of tlie trees.
Shall his voice he hushed for evermore ! Nay, even now,
that .saintcfl Hero sjieaks. Hai'k I Hark ! I to the sounds, they
ascend not ghastly and grim from yonder city of the dead,
but soft, .sweet, and clear as the music of Heaven, they i-ip[)le
down thi'ouu'h the vaulted dome :
80 livt", that wlien thy summons comes t'» Join
The innumerahK' caravan which moves
To that mysterious i-ealm where each shall take
His chamhei' in the silent hails of death,
Thou go not like the ([uari'y slave at night,
Scoui'ged to his dungeon : l)Ut sustained and soothed
By an urd'altering trust, appi'oach thy gravis
Like one wlio wraps the drapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
17*J IlKV. 1)1!, IIICCINs' AODRKSS.
Anthem. — " ()nk hv Oni:.''
ADDRESS
(»N 'llli: IM I'.LIC AND l'i:(»l'i;s>l()NAI. WOUK UK liKV. I" A.
(•l{A\Vl,i;V, i).|)., D.C.L.,
By Rev. T. A. Higgins, D.D.
Mf. I* ri's]:l(' 1)1 , Ij'nil'rnirn nf l/ir S(iHih', ii ii<l ot tlw I iorrrii I iiij
Mcmhci '<f the J'^iic/ill i/, <,', ■ml miles dinl Cmhiyrad iintcs
Liiihcs iiinl (ii'iillcniiii:
The tliity a.ssit';iu'(l iiic hy the coinniittcc- in c'luirt;e of tlii.s
Memorial service was the presentation oF a paper on the jtnhlie
worlc oi' the late Dr. Crawley and als.» his lal>ors in the elass-rooni.
]^ut to tlo this ]U'operly I'eipiiretj more time and n'reatt'r ability
than I eonld eonnnand. The liistory ot a life, whether j)i'ivate oi*
puhlie. is not easily written. The past so soon Fades away from
the memory, the impressions (d" one t'Vent mingle with those of
another, as the waters of the diiVerent streams nnnnle and are lost
sij;ht of in the ocean, so tliat it is dit'Hcult to rcali/.e what ])art
anyone, however !.';ood or ^ real, has jn-ri'ormed to make np the snm
total of the <;'ood which comes down as u I'ich Ic'^'acv to those who
live after. I>nt it m:iy he safely affirmed that the body assembled
heri' on this the iirst anniversary of the second half-centui'y of
educational effort owes no t;'i'eater debt ti» \\w memory of any one
man than to his wliose memorial services we are atti-ndiuL;' to-
day.
Mr. Crawley's pnltlic life may be said to have eonnneneed
when at tiie associntion h(dd in .June. ItSliH. at W'olfville,
he ])roposed to the religious body there assendded that
the Baptists should establish and carry on. as a branch
of denonnnational work, a school of a higher j>ra(le than
the ordinary scho(ds of the day. This proposition was warmly
su})poi'ted : the plan was adopted and oi)erations commenced
forthwith. Hut the denomination was poor and without iufluem-e,
and it was to be no easy task to raise the needed funds. In this
extremity it was resolved to look abroad for help. Mr. Crawley
undertook an agency in this behalf, and visited the United States
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iiiiii Kn<;laiul, as well as iii;iiiy |>aits nf t.lu'sc l*i'i>\inc('s. I lis)
n|>))('als in Ijchalf of liij;lit'r t'diicatiuii amoni,^ the in'opl." with whom
his lot was now cast ivsnltcd in n'l'i'at i^ood. If the money vahio
of the avvrncy was not as L;r<'at as hop.-d for. the valii" in othi-r
respects was ^I'calei'. for the people were leil to see I hat Uiiowleih.;!' as
Well as piety, wisdom no less than i;raci', may lie made availai»h*
in the work of the Lord. Tiiis jmcncv work was |)Mrs(ied dnriiii;'
the years IHIIO and iH-'il. In the' latt.'-r part of {H:\[ Mr. Crawley
assnmed the ]);istoral care of the (iran\ille Street liaplist clmrch
in the citv of Halifax. Perhaps from his hahits (tf close stndv
and logical I'easonini;' he was not so well ailajjttjd to pastoral work
and to reach the nnthinkin^' masses as some men of a diiVerent
monld. lint his |»reachinL;' was soimd. learneil and ehxpuMii. For
pul])it al)ility, persnasive oratory, masterly eloipience, espei-ially
on occasions where there was somethiii!;' to call out the fidl force
of the man. he was generally acknowh'dn'cd to he the ])ei'r of any
of the ])reachers of those times.
At this period in the histoiy of the Province; of Nova Scotia
there was hnt one Collcj^iatc Institution in Xova Scotia, Kin^"'s
College, Windsor, hnt the policy there pnvsned was to the last
decree restrictive. None nii^ht (Miter its hails or enjoy the advant-
aj^es it offered whose relij^ious scru])les forl)ad their snhscrihinijj to
the thirty-nine articles of the (dnn-ch of England. Thus colleniate
enlture and literary honors were denied to all not v/ithin the ])ale
of the church of Kn^land.
Lord Dalhonsie, who was then Lieutenant-(Jovernor (tf the
Province, and hims(df a Presbyterian, saw the repressive effects
that this ))olicy was having- on the rising;' youth of the day, and to
remedy the evil detei'mined to found a non-sectarian collej;t!, whose
doors should he closed to none on account of their religious belief,
and where the edu(!ational wants of the people could hi; ni (t.
The ^'enerous t;'ift of the British (ioviu-nmtuit to the Province,
of £975U, (nine thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds), known
astheCastineFund, and which was placed in Lord Dalhousie's hands
with instructions to dispose of it as nil!j;ht hest advance the interests
of xSova Scotia, enabled his Lordship to ,<;'ive practical form to his
benevolent intention, and he determined to ex]>end this fund in the
erection of aeolle^e that shonldl)e])erf ectlyf reef i'om all sectarian bias.
In the proseention of this desi<;n Loi'd Dalhonsie laid tlie foundation
stone of the building' which l»ore his name, which was situated at
the north end of the Halifax Parade, and which, for nearly seventy
years, has been one of the prominent city land marks, a link con-
necting a past with the present generation until the vandalism of
civilized life rased its stones to the ground, in order to rear upon
174 l{i:V. |)K. lllClilNs' ADDUKSS.
tlif site a nt'W (Mty Hall. The iiiiiounfc rt'ccivftl from the Casfiiu'
Fund was from time to time supplcmciittMl Ity tlif Legislature at
the re(|uest of Lord I )allioiisie, to the <'xteiit of some ten thousand
])oiinds or more. The hiiildiu!;' lay idle for several years when the
trustees determined to open the institution. Hi'. MeCuUoeh. a
Preshyterian. was (derted as President, and one pi-ofessor was ap-
pointed, tint the chair of elassies remained untilled. Mr. Crawley
was solieite(l Ity his fi-iends and advised hy one of th.e trustees of
the eoUei^'e to apply for the va>'aiit |)rofess()rship. lie did so.
when to his eha^■rin and mortitieation. his application was i-idused.
His rejection was in (lireet violation of the principles on
which the cojlenc li;i(l hrcii fouiideil. It was not occasioned hy the
incapacity of tiie applicant to lill the position, for his hi^h liti'rary
attainments and his eminent tpialilications were universally
acknowlediu'ed. and Ity none mori' friudy than by the trustees
tliemselves. and when they <>ave as the reason for their action that
they felt hound to connect the ('ollei;'e ex(dusively with the Kirk
of Scotland, Mr. Crawley, who up to tliat time had favored the
I'stahlishment of onci unseetarian university for the whole people,
saw that while this narrow sectai'ian policy doniinati'd such could
never he. and his friends coincided with him in liis opinion, for
how could the i)a])tists rally round and support an institution
which had tlun<>' its doors to in the face of their representative
man, and all hecause his religions praetice and belief did not tally
with those entertaiiu'd hy the college authorities.
Despairing of any change of base that would make Dalhousie
Colic ;\^ nnsei-tarian in more than name, the next step to be taken
caused Dr. ('rawley anxious thought. He had pledged his life to
furnish the Haptists with the means of obtaining the highest
intellectual culture, and having i)ut his hand to the j)longh he
might not withdraw it. After })rayer for guidance, long delibera-
tion, full consideration of the subject in all its bearings, and
consultation with the leading men of the denomination. Dr.
Crawley arrived at the (!onclnsion that the necessities of the
Baptists could only be efficiently met l)y the establishment of a
college wdiich. while its basis should be free in every respeirt,
would yet be under Bajitist control, and so ensure to the; sons and
daughters of Baptists the advantages of higher education and
enable them to win thosi; collt^giate honors wdiich they had thereto-
fore been denied.
In this conclusion the hand of a guiding Providence may be
dearly traced, but for the sectarian exclusiveness of the trustees
of Dalhousie college, who, in violation of the avowed intention of
its founder, seized upon that institution and transformed it into a
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Prcshytt'iiiiM ( "i)ll( •<;■<'. tlic li;i|)tists winild not Imvf had fo,' ii»:iiiy
yt'iirs it" at all, a collcj;'!' ot" their <»\vii. The use tht'V foiihl have
made ot" Dalhoiisic ('(dh-m' woidd hasc Ikm-ii very limitfd, f(»v the
siniph' (MHiiitry lift- of the Maptist pcoph- h'd thciii to (htsul »'X|tosiin;-
their chiMreii to the teiii|>t;iitions which they ('(»iisidered hovered
around a city lite, while the narrowness (d' the purses of a majority
would have prevented them fi'om meetin;;' the additional «'xpens(!
involved \)\ a residence in a city. Jiiit, with a c(dlei;e of their own,
around which their sympathies couhl entwine, whose fast ;;rowiiii;'
wants a]>pealed almost daily to their henevolence. and where the
liaj)tist youth could oi»tain a lil)eral education at a moderate co.st,
the denomination has. in the ey<de of fifty yeai's. moved forwai'd at
ii rate that tills with astonishment and is a cause for devout thank-
fulness to those who can compare the status r»f the liody then with
the stand they occupy to-day. From heini^' lowly, desj)ised and un-
learned, they have leaju'd alu'east of the other rtdii^ious hodies, and,
tired with a laudable and)ition, l»id fairhefore lon<;to lead the van.
Truly man's extremity is (iod's op|)oituiuty. He can make
paths throu<;h the desert, and cause })ools of water to abound in
the dry ])laci'S.
1 laving' determined upon the estaldishment of a colle<;e for
the Baptists, a pulilic meeting' was convened in the ffd^ . 1838 in
the old Academy huildini;- in Wcdfville. The > teran fathers
gathered there : stalwart nuMi from east and west: the lionc; and
.sinew of the Baptist j)e()ple came obedient to thi; summons. The
proposed new departure was laid before them, soul-stirriun' s[)ee(dies
were made by Dr. Crawley, Hon. .\. VV. flohnston and others, and
when at last, as the shades of evenin<>' <^atli(a'ed in, tlu^ momentous
question was put — '" Shall the Bai)tists have a college of their
own T no dissentient voice cried nay, while the cheer on chetM- that
went up from that representative meeting' shoved that the Baptists
were in scdemn earne,-l.
At the meeting of the Legislature, chartered, rights and
privileges were sought for tlu; College fi'om that body. Dr.
Crawley ap])eared at the bar of the House, and ehxpiently and
forcibly, with all the powders of his gigantic intidlect, advocated the
measure, hut the bill nii't with hostility. The (diurch of Knuland
members thought that there was a covert design to injure in some
way, King's College. The Presbyterians wanted one eollegi' and
that Dalhousie, while the politicians clamored for one i)rovin-
eial university ; the combination of these forces defeated the
a})plied for charter by a majority of two. Disappointed, but not
daunted, Dr. Crawley employed the recess in writing np the (!ause
lie advocated, in a series of letters in the secular press and in the
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KEv. DK. Hi(i(;i.\.s ai»dhp:ss.
Ch ri.^fic ii il/r'.s'.sf /? r/r r, and by stirring- addresses and a])poals at
l)ul»lic iiuH'tinf;s convened in various j)arts of the I'rovinee ; and
wlien tlie Legislature again ]net. in 1840, he had worked sueii a
revulsion in the puhlie sentiment that, (h'spite the seeret opposition
of the Hon. fIose]th Howe, who spoke against the measure on the
Hoors of the House hut (hired not ri'eor( his vote again-t it, the
Charter ])ill was triunijdiantlv carried by a majority of twelve.
I'he hill was successfully })iloti'd through the Legislative Council
1)V the Hon. Mr. Johnston, and was assented to on the 27th
March, 1840.
Li that year Dr. Crawley resigned the ]iastorate of the church
in Halifax, and took the chair of moral and intellectual phih)sophy
in Acadia college. It is true that his nanu; is associated with
that of Dr. Pryor as one of the first ])rofessors, and that the o])en-
ing (U- founding of the cidlege is dat.'d 1838. It would a))pear
then that for a time Dr. Crawley must have filled the two positioris,
that of pastor and professor ; supplying tlie puli)it on Sunday and
teaching college classes during the w ek. It is niso true that from
the nature of the circumstam'cs under which the college started,
the work t)f the class-room was the smallest labor the original
teachers had to ])erform. To a])])oint (diairs and .'dl them with
able instructors would be p5 little avail with nobody to receive
instruction. The materials liad to l)e gatiiered in, and so the
parents had to be lectured in their homes before the boys could be
taught in the school. This remark will })re})are the way for a just
estiniatf; of Dr. (Jrawley's work in the class-room.
He was not a s])ecialist in any department of learning-
He had no op})ortunity to beconte such. In fact, there was no de-
mand for specialists in the then existi]ig condition of education in
the country. And i^ i*' doubtful whether, unilev any conditions, he
could ever have become a si)ecialist, settling down to the thousand
minor and nnnute details of any one branch of knowledge. The,
dissecting ol' the butter-fly's wing, the s})ider's eye, and the chasing
tlie minute ^ hades of meaning in greek particles may add to our
stores of accurate knowledge. But the work belongs to a ver;;,
iiifl'erent class of mind from his who would awaken a thirst to
know, in the i)ublic sentiment, and lay the foundations for a br^ad
culture.
This latter was Dr. Crawhjy's work. The class, therefore,
assend)led to receive his instruction did not find an enthusiast in
that ])articular branch of study, so much as they did an enthusiast
-f a l)roader typt'. ^^^ was riot with him, ^ This is everything, and
everything else is nothing," l)ut rather. This branch and all otl.ers
combine into one grand total of Jnunan encpiiry. Grasp the great
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principles on wliich truth rests, and niak<' ycnirselves men by know-
ing what can he known and hy h>vinL( what is nohle and true."
Princi])h's, rather than details, were what he liked to deal with.
Was lie tiien a successful teacher?
If the idea of education were to enal)le boys or younfj; men
rapidly and mechanically to pick up a threat many facts, and get
ready for an examination, in this narrow and technical sense, prob-
ably many men with far less ability would have been regarded as
better teachers. ]iut if to awaken thought is the aim, if to kindle
.ambitions, if to inspire the young in view of the possibilities lying
before them, and cause them to see the broad contrast between the
true ai>d. the false, the nohle and the ignoble, then h(^ would rank
in the first class of teachers. And even then it was not always by
what he taught so much as what he was. lie was with his class
gentlemanly and genial. He was dignified and yet simple in man-
ner. There was nothing Ix.rdering on the rough or the coarse in
his nature. He was himself so far above double dealing and all
vindictiveness of s])irit ; in a word, there was so much of true manli-
ness reposing behind the teacher, that his simplest words wei'e
weighty words, and his influence on the life and thought of the
college was very great. In fact some of the earlier students
almost worshiped the man, and carried away such impressions of
his greatness and nobilitv, that his peer was not found after.
From 18:59 or 1840" till 1847, Dr. Crawley devote<l himself to
the interests of the college, both in the class room and out among
the people. They were years of anxiety, toil, self-denial and hope-
fulness. And humanly speaking, except for the efforts then put
forth Acadia College would have no existence to-day. The obsta-
cles to be overcome were very great. There was apathy, indifference
and even opposition within our own borders, and outside most
determined hostility. The grantiui', of the charter by the provin-
cial legislature was o])jH)sed by all the force of a strong politicjal
party. Every appeal for aiiy shiire oi the })ul)lic funds was re-
garded as an attem})t to rt)b tlie treasury and build up a denomin-
ation at the country's cost. A,i;ong the men who stood the tire of
this fierce opj)osition no one tool; a bidder stand than did Dr.
Crawley. Ilis pen was employcl and his voice was heard in many
an appeal foi- eijual rights and evi'u-handed justice. And the right
was made to [)revaii when founthition after foundation was knocked
away from umler the old theoric.-; of pri ilege and power.
One of these battles was fought Octol r 9 1843. The follow-
ing is Dr. Crawley's very modest account of it: "'One ease of
political opposition is still remembered in Onslow, where the late
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KKV. I)l;. IIKidlNS ADDKESS.
Mr. llowc. will) liad talvtii liioimkI aLiainst our rcccivinir Ictjfislativo
sii)>]Ktrt. liad called a piii'lic iiicctinn' <^"> discuss tlic (lucstioii. lie
was opposed i)\ myself and ollieis in a contest continued till ni^'ht-
fall, when on talcin;;' llie votes oi those jji-cscnt, n considenible
niajoiity appeared in our favor.
Ml'. Howe at that time was the most popular and perhaps
powerful ])oliti''!an in this counti'V. I lis fnrlr was in swaying
])ul)lic assemlilies. \N hen arnunu-nt failed he had an inexhaustihle
stoi'e of wit. humor and sarcasm more forciiilc than the soundest
lo^i '. lie had espoused the popular side of the (piestlon and was
sure of victory. \\u\, l)r. ("iawley was ai'oused on that occasion
as never itefore. llis fervid eloquence jirevailcd and the politician
was lu'atcu on his own ground !)y the theologian. The orator of
eipial rii;'hts. a ••f.dr iield and no favor," was ackir')ViIe !u'''l to be
a c!iain)'ion worlhy of any casisc. 'i'he impres.iion made on the
minds of those prc.-.ent liii'^t red wiih them as lonii,' as tliey lived.
Hut let no one suppose that tin- (pti^lior at issue was sim])ly
whether ;; few dulj'iis more or less should lie taken from the public
treasury and. put into the fiurls of ,\eadia College. It was. in Dr.
Ci'awley"s estimation, a broader issue than this. It was whether
in these ]!i()\iiie(s there should l)i' any juivileucd classes.
AVl'.etlK'r any l.'ody of ('hiistians should be under tiie ban, and
suffer disabilities, ;!nd be dcnii'd the ri<i-hts that others enjoyed,
Lecause tlii'V (decied to ludieve and do according;' to their own
intei-pretation of the <livine law. It was the sani;: l)attle that was
often fought bel'ore and has been since with varied results, and
perhajjs not yet thially settltMl.
In the yeai- 1847 Di-. Crawley resi<;ned his position at Acadia
College and became a^ain the pastor of tin- ( n-mville Street Church.
In 1H4!) tlie membership had increased to 201. llisl!il)ors contin-
ued here till 1^02; and although the increase in ni mbers was not
hir<;'e (luiiu,<;' the last few years, it is manifest that a great work
was being done. The iidluence was deepening and spreading.
The parent churidi began to send out colonies. For in 1844 a
(duirch was organized in Dartmouth: in 1848, another in the north
of the city of Halifax known as tin- North Baptist (Jluireh. Both
of which received their fust impulses and some of tlu'ir first mem-
bers through the eaiaiest efforts of Dr. Crawh-y in the (iraiiville
Street Church. And lioth of them have provt'd themselvt's to be
worthy descendants of the First liaptist Church t)f Halifax.
in flune, 1852, at the (dose of the late Dr. Cramjj's first year
at Acadia, a sad event occurred whitdi overturned juany })lans.
I^rof. Chipman who had been almost from the outset one of the
piUars of the institution was suddenly removed by the iipsett'ng of
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170
u boat in Mines P);isin an<l f'oi- a lime it ii])])i'aii'(l as tlioiinli tlui
colle^^i' must close. At'tei' nmeli earnest deliheiation. however, it
was resolved to invite Dr, ("I'av. ley to return. l)ut tlien^ were difli-
eulties in t!u> way. After his eaily eonneetidn with the eollenc,
and lonjj;' sei'viec!. it was (h'cnied inexpedient to asU him to takeanv
sul)ordinat(^ jiosition. W hat the ( Jovernors weie unal)le to et'feet
was, however, vei'v amieahlv arrauLicd hv Drs. ('rami) and Crawley
in a personal eonfeicnee. The •> liveisity of Aeadia (olleo-e was
to he recognized hereafter a.-; e iilti'aeing two distinct <h'partments,
one for liteiniy and scientiiic instruction, the othei- to he called
the, theological institute. Di'. ('rawley was made president of the
arts course and pn.fessoi- of hehi'cw in the institute: Dr. ("ram[)
was a])pointed ])iincipal of the theological institute and pi'o-
fessor of ])olitical economy and history in the college.
This ])lan was luiiig worked out harmoniously and el'liciently
till the v<'ar 185;"). 1 he few followint' vears sp^nt in the I'nited
States may he given in his own words : " 1 resigned th<' presidency
in IS;");'), on l)eing suddeidy called to ( 'iiicinnati hy pi'ivate husiness,
where, as already said, I took a church and school on Mount
Auburn, and there remained till IfSdO. in the spring of whi,h year
I heeam*^ associate ]irinci])al with Dr. William (uitis of tlu;
Limestone S})rings I'cmale Scminai'y. in South Carolina. On its
elos(^ on account of tin; war with the nortiiern States. I taught for
some months in a private school in Shi'lhy. North Carolina, where
I found occasion to preach frcipiently in the neighlioring
churches."
In IS(lt) i)r. ('rawley returned to tliis provliice [wid was again
a])pointed a professor in Acadia coll-ge to lill t'l" cliaii' of rhetoric,
and logic. A yeai- oi- two nfier, he resigned tlili cliaii' ;i)ul w.is
a])pointed [ti'incipai of the theologi.Ml (h-partnicut and to lill the
chair of exegesis of New Testanu')it (Jrt'ck.
In referring to tlu'se changes whi.-h marked his denomination!
life, al one time as a pastor and tii<n as a proh'ss;)]'. he has h-ft iiis
own explanation. lie says: " Tliese ciianges were not made
through any dissatisfaction on oik- side or the (alirr. hut iVom the
necessity in the infant condition of our cduciilional syst.-iii :inil of
our churches of a]»plying help in suddt-n em< rgeiicies. sumetinies
at one })oint, sometimes at ;iuolher."" a remark which coiiohoiates
a statt>nient already made ^ tluit the place for the specialist had
not then been found."
Dr. Crawley continued, with (he assistance of Di'. \\ Clton. to
carry on the theological deparduent in Aciidia university till
August, 1882. IJy this time he began to feel ])ublic duties to be
somewhat burdensome, although in some respects his force
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REV. DU. HIGOIN'S ADDRESS.
remained unabatt'd. He then tendered liis resitiiiation to the
board and retired from active service. Of course those stuch'nts
who met him only in chiss-room. iind that (hirini;' the hist few
years of his coHege life, could form only a j)artial estimate of the
man. That he was ocntleujanly, j^cnial, kind, refined, lai'g'e-
hearted and <i^enerous they could hardly fail to see. I'nt the force
of his natural loi^ic an<l the enthusiiism of manner which is horn of
large purposes still nnfultilled. this, of course, they would not Hud,
but there was siich a charm in his manner, such beauty in the choice
of language and broadness in his mental grasp.Jand all coupled with
such unostentatious dignity of manliood that all who ever received
instruction from his lips were made to feel that he was one of
"• nature's noblemen.''
As already sttited the denomination here assend>le(l to-day
owes a great debt of gratitude to the memory of Kdnnuid Albcrn
Crawley, (iiving full credit to the many nol)le men who faithfully
wrought at his sid". he may be called the originatoi" of llorton
Collegiate Academy, the founder of Acadia College, lie may be
regarded as the chief agt'ucy undei- (iod in calling a host of ycnuig
men from the woods, the ])l()\v. the lishing l>oats, and the mines,
into the greater work of saving men. Jt was through his iuHuence
that the old monthly magazine, the first organ of the IJajjtist de-
nomination in these provinces. gave place to a weekly religious paper.
And so if our schools have done or are doing anything for us, if we
occupy any vantage ground to-day l)ecausc men of trained intellects
have defended our principles and pr;ictices, if the Mcsst'iKjcr
iiiid Vlsiior. now ha])})ily l)lended into one, has done or is
doing anything for us as a peo|»le. then we do well not tM) soon
to forget those who laid tlu; foundations on which we are nuil
building. Edmund Aibern Crawley under (iod laid some of the
first stones.
And was it a men^ accident or was it according to the divine
plan and intended for an inspiration in the future, that the last
public act or service of the founder of Acadia College, should
have been in this hall on the day of jubilee, lie fought for the
college in its weakness. He taught it in its rudeness. He shared
in its rougher fare, and simjdy lived long eiu)ugh to see with his
own eyes its grandest day. He stood like a prince among you
August 29th. listened to your ])Iaudits, meekly received the
well-timed respect shown him, exi)ressed in w.ll ciiosen wor'ls his
own gratitude to Cod for what he saw and heard, and then went
home to die. This was his last ap])earance in public. It is surely
worthy of note that the first reconled denominational public act of
Edmund A. Crawley was his rising in 1828 in an association then
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181
representiiifj^ the three niaritime ])r<)vineos. to propose a school of
learning for ii!i])tist yoimi;' men, and that the hist public act of Kev.
E.A.Crawley, O.D.. D.C.L., was liis rising in 1888, sixty years after,
in a convention representing precisely tlie same constituency and
assembled in the same village, jniblicly to thank (iod that a college
had been founded, had now reached its jubilee year, and was living
in the hearts of the ])eople with whom he had toiled and prayed.
This was on the '2\h\\ of August, lie was to all appearance in
his usual health. On the 29th of Septendx'r liis sorrowing friends,
and they were many, looked for the la.st time on all that was left
to them. For the spirit had g(tne to (iod who gave it. And it
was a fitting end to a very noble and yet unostentatious life.
Kev. Hugh Thomjjson's connnents on the various kinds and
closing scenes of life a])i)ear ajjpropriate, "' There are deaths that
come upon us with the sense of a coni])leted nu^mory : deaths that
end lives as sunset ends the day : deaths when the woi'k is done,
when the story is all told, when the long, full day's travel is
finished. Youth ])repare(l for the work in a faithful i)renticehood ;
manhood did the work lik(; a master. Patiently, as the years
passed, the appointed duty was fulfilled, the prescril)ed Inirden
borne. And now, at last, all linished, death c(nnes to summon the
laborer to his rest.
These are deaths to thank God for : they end a long and
fruitful life with a perfect close. They come with the calmness of
sununer sunsets that end the day, with the dreamy regret of t!ie
Indian summer that ends the year. They seem to belono- to the
divnier harmonies of the other world, to be visitations f)f God'.s
eternal order here among the uncertainties and confusions of time."
182
CLOSING HY'M\.
HYMN.
Sux of my soul, Tliou Saviour dear,
It is not night if Thou be near;
may n(j earth-born cloud arise
To hide Thee from Thy servant's eyes !
Wlu'n the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids g(;ntly steep,
Be my last thouoht, how sweet to rest
For ever on my Saviour's l)reast !
Abide with mc^ from morn till eve,
For without Thee I cannot live ;
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not dii; !
If some poor wandering child of Thine,
Have spurned, to-day, the voice divine ;
Now, Lord, the gracious work liegin ;
Let him no more lie down in sin !
Watch by the sick ; enrich the poor
With blessinu's from Thv boundless store ;
Bo every mourner's sleep to-night.
Like infant's slumbers, pure and light !
Come near and bless us when we wake,
Ere tiirougli the world our way we take ;
Till in the ocean of Thy love
We lost ourselves in heaven above.
BENEDICTION BY KEV. DE. HIGGlNS.
INDEX.
Page.
Asterisks, denoting cleceaKe of person before whom placed . .67, 08, 0!», 70, 138, 141
Academy at Wolfville, founding of 31 57
Acadia Seminary '*"
Alnmni reception '~^'*
Address tn Rev. Dr. Sawyer 21 -'24
Alumni rcc.sption speeches ■^■*
Acadia, new ^
Acadia, old '**
AUine, Henry ^^
Allison, Dr.'s address 13^
Academy boanlingdiouse ^^
Bishop, Miss Blanche's poem ^'^^
Bill, Rev. Pr.'s portrait •■*"^
Bill, Rev. Dr., references to. . . . • ■ 49-69
Brock, Dr., remarks at funeral of Dr. Crawley 151
Baptit<t Education Society '58
Baptist Convention •'
Cramp, Rev. Dr. 's portrait •^■*
Cramp, Rev. Dr. 's work for Acadia 54-56
Chipman, Prof, l.saac L 56-57
Christian Messenger, founding of "0
Child of Providence, Acadia, when so named 62
Crawley, Rev. Dr. , memorial services lo-^
Congratulatory addresses °^
College grounds, plan of ^^
Calkin .1. B.'s addiess ''^5
College graduates 138-142
College consolidation 5, 40, 80
Chipman Hall ^^
Castiue fund ^{^
College charter first defeated by a majority of two 'j'-
College choir, music by '-> ■"' '•''
Crawley, Dr. , portrait of ■'*"
„ „ date, place of birth and ancestry 154
„ „ leaving home for King's College 15t>
,1 ,, studying law ^^'
„ M conversion, baptism lo^-o
„ I, studying theology 158-9
„ „ at the.Tubilec, 1S88 1^7
„ ,, peaceful falling asleep '69
„ I, public and professional work ^ ' *
1 84 INDEX.
Page.
Decoiations f>f college Imililing 7, 8
Deceased .'iliiiiiiii, nii'niorials of 4."-;").^
F)('oi'ii-itMl f(iiii)(U'rs and governors of Acadia ri4-()r)
Disaster in Mine-* Hasin JJS, oC)
Drowning accident I^S, "ili
Dallionsie ColU'gt*, broad ]pi'inciple8 on wliich it was founded i?.*?
Dalhousie'.s rejection of Dr. Crawley ".s apiilication for a jirofessonsliip. ... 174
Eaton, A. W.'s ode 20, '21
Eaton, U. H."8 address 110 h>l
Elder, I'rof.'s address 45-05
Founders of Acadia ( 'ollege 45
Ferguson, .John ♦>0
F<\aculty of Acailia, 1888 71
Fellows of Acadia 71
Foster, Hon. (!. E.'s address 9!t-110
•bounding of Horton Academy 31, 57
F'reeman, Hev. David's remarks at the funeral of Dr. Crawley 151
Gold watch and chain presented to Dr. ."^awyer 21-24
Granville .street Church organized 5!)
Governors of the college 00-70
Goodspeed, Rev. t'.'s address 121-131
Graduatesof Acadia, 1S43-1SSS 138-142
Harding, Father 5S
Higgirs, Prof, "s address on presentation of degree 84
Harri.'^on, Dr. "s addre.^s 134
Howe, Hon. Joseph, references to 40, 176-178
Hospitality of Wolfville citizens during convention and jubilee
Horton Academy, founding ot and other references to 31, 57
Higgins, Hev. Dr. "s address on the public atid professional work of Dr.
( rawley 1
'>
Higgins, Rev. Dr. 's address at the funeral of Dr. ('rawley 140
How the necessity for the Wolfville institutions came to b» felt 50
Instructors of the college 67-08
Jubilee hymn, by Rev. Dr. Rand 25
Johnston, lion. J. W., portrait of 61
Johnston, Hon. J. W.'s work for / eadia 01-03
.Jubilee ode, by 0. C S. Wallace 10
Jubilee ode, by A. W. Eaton 20
Jubilee ode, by Rev. Dr. McKenzie 00
Jubilee comments 133-133
Jubilee fu:. 1 of .§50,000 131
Judge Johnston's address in memory of Dr. Crawley 163
INDEX.
King, Mr. .lolui, at tliu ()iif<lu\v iiK-etiiig.
Lockhin't, Ilfv. II. \V.'sa.lilivs<
Latin triuislitidn cf Dr. MfKfii/.ic's <mIc.
Letters tioin al)si'nt tiiemls
Meiii.iiial iviai'D.ss by B. H. Katon
Maniiiiii,', KatlitM-
Messeni^cr ami Visitor
Me.ssi;iii;t!r ( 'lu'istian
Marshal of tli.> collugi-
Morse, , lames S,, co' ''■1 ■
Men ami women
Mines Basin il'
McKenzie, ' .ee ode
le).
>:..
\e\v j'
(879.
,tist Ivlucation Sdciety
1
i
S.'j
Page
()3
S6
87
88
4.".
-(•>,')
.>S
m
(10
72
72
1 .'?S-
14-2
:<s
. ,-)()
0(5
2
('.()
l.-)S
, ' S Wallace on Acailia's semi-centennial •"' -'^
"O-'il
0<le by A, W. i'.atoii
(VA. 178
(')7-()8
!)0
01(1 Acadia buiiied, December '2, 1877
Onslow, the great meeting at
Officers (!i instruction of Acadia
Old red house where Horlou Academy was first opened
I'oeni by Miss lilanche I'.ishop
Prayer l)y Dr. S. 'V. Hand
Presidents of Acadia
Pryor, Kvv. Dr
Professors of Acadia
Principals of Morton Academy. . . .
Presentation of Degree to Dr. Saw>
Pioneer (loveriiors
Plan of college grounds
Portrait of 1 h'. ( 'I'amp
I, I, Hon. .1. W. .lohnston,
„ „ Hrv. Dr. Tu]>i)>r
,, ,, President Sawyer, .
„ „ K.v. Dr. Hill
„ „ ILv. Dr. Crawley....
Presentation of address to Dr. Saw
Question of denominational or [irovincial colleges fought out.
Queen's ( 'oUege. Acadia so first named
n-i;
2r)-2-
<)7
So, .')it, (;7. 8S
07 08
09
84
8S
90
54
01
i:?7
143
. .. . 14.")
84
40
:
IcSG INDEX.
ra«e.
Hand, Htv. Dr.'s Jubilee Hymn ''^">
,1 1, Latin translatiiiii of l>r. McKi'iizie's liyinii H7
Roll (.all of living ji,'i'a<luates ''^•'
Roll ol Acadia's Alumni 1 88-142
Senii-cent*nuial sermon '2S-4I?
SauiuU'i's, Ruv. Dr. '.s sni-moji .... 28-48
Senate of Acailia, 188.S ' '
Senate, meeting of August 21), 1 888 ' -
Sawyer, Kev. Dr. 's address 72-8.S
Sawyer, Rev. Dr. '.s portrait ^'•^>
•Steele. Rev. D. A.'s address !'!-!)!)
Sawyer, Dr.'s address at the funeral of Dr. Crawley . 1 ")0
Site of old Acadia '^^
Tupper, Rev. Dr. 's portrait <>4
Tutors of the college G7-t)8
Theological department, principals of <>"
Theological graduates 1'*-
Tributo to Dr. Crawley from the F.oard (jf Governors li)2
Very, Rev. E. D 38
Wallace, 0. C. S. 's semi-centennial ode lG-20