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 THE LIFE OF THE DEPARTED : 
 A SERMON 
 
 OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH 
 
 OF THE 
 
 REV. JOSEPH CRA^J^Di^L, 
 
 OF SALSBURY. 
 
 PPwEAClIED IN THE BAPTIST (JIIAPEL, 
 
 CEKM.UN STliKET, CITY OK ST. .lOIIN. 
 
 BY THE REV. I. E. BILL, 
 
 MARCH 7, 1858. 
 
 : Know ye not, that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? 
 
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 :][.^ulili3!irii liij llnjnrst. 
 
 SAINT JOHN, X.B. 
 
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THE LIFE OF THE DEPARTED : 
 A SERMON 
 
 OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH 
 
 OK TIIK 
 
 REV. JOSKi^H Cli^VISTD^VL. 
 
 or SALSBUBT. 
 
 PREACnED IN THE BAPTIST CUAPEL, 
 
 GERMAIN STREKT, CITV OF ST. JOHN, 
 
 BY THE REV. I. E. BILL, 
 
 MABOH 7, 1858. 
 
 Know jre not, tliat there Is a prince and a great man fallen thii day in larael ? 
 
 2 Siu. III. S3. 
 
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 SAINT JOHN, N.D. 
 PRINTED BY BARNES AND COMPANY, 
 
 tiO FBJMCG WILLUM STREKT. 
 
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THE LIFK OF 'HIE DEPAUTED. 
 
 Vour Fathers, where are they ' Yuxr Prophets, do they live forever ? 
 
 XliCUifll.ill <. Ti. 
 
 The time was when Jehovah connnandoil his prophet Isaiah to 
 make a public announcement. What was the import of the mcs- 
 s..ge with wliich the prophet was charged ? Was it tliat a new 
 world had been created ? or that some new law was about to be 
 introduced by the Supreme Divinity, which shwild give direction 
 to tho destiny of empire ? Nay. He had a declaration to make, 
 wliich was suited to the case and experience of every son and 
 daughter of Adam ; and the truth of which would be confirmed in 
 the history of universal man. "The voice said. Cry ; and he said, 
 What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof 
 is as the flower of the field ; the grass withereth, the flower fadeth, 
 because the Spirit of the lK>rd bloweth upon it : surely the people 
 is grass." W^iat a solemn proclamation ! What an impressive 
 spectacle ! Entire humanity withering, drooping, dying, under the 
 righteous imlignation of a sin-avenging <jod I " Dust to dust," is 
 indelibly inscribed upon our physical nature, as God's unchanging 
 law. To this law, the wisest, holiest, and best of men must bow in 
 humble submission, as well as the most polluted and degraded of 
 the race. From its sovereign authority there is no exemption. The 
 bright and glorious stars that shonj with so much lustre in tho 
 religious firmament of other days, have long since been extinguished 
 in the darkness of the sepulchre. Righteous Noah lived to witness 
 the burial and resurrection of a world ; but at length was compelled 
 to submit to the reign of death. The fathers and prophets of Old 
 Testament renown, who in their day proclaimed God's law, unfolded 
 the mysteries of his will, and stood boldly forth in vindication of his 
 truth, all fell in this mighty coJiflict. So in all succeeding ages, 
 those who have served their sovereign Lord in all fidelity, and 
 devoted their best energies to the highest interests of mankind, have 
 passed like othera to the land of shadows. Such is the decree of 
 heaven. The mysterious cords which connect matter and mind 
 must bo severed. " It is appointed unto man onoo to die." And 
 
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4 IIIK I. IKK ni- iiir. DrPAIlTF.n. 
 
 (lio lio must— the f,'ood as well as the lt«<l must iVcl tlioir "iionrt- 
 stiiiiLfs !)roak." 
 
 "The tall, the wise, llie reverend heaJ, 
 Muit lie ai low as ours." 
 
 Your Fatlicru, wlioro arc tlioy ? your prophets, do they live for 
 over } IiiHpiratioii propounds tliesc (jucBtions. What slinll we say i 
 Wlicre aro the futhci-s? Their Lodies are in tlieir ^rraves. Do 
 tlio prophets live i All tliat wjw mortal of them is dead. But 
 Ihey aro nevertheless ai=ve. Their souls are alive — tlieir characters 
 aro alive; these can never die, 
 
 The thought wiiich my text sugfgcsts, and to which I invito yonr 
 prayerful consideration, is, Tiik Life of tiik Dki'autkd, or tuh 
 Living Dkad. 
 
 The popular idea is, that wlien man dieP, his work on cartli ter- 
 minates. This, ill one sense, is true ; but, in another, it is not true. 
 You may cover up a man's body in the grave ; but you cannot 
 confine liis intjuence to these narrow limits, Man's character is 
 immortal. Our words and our actions reverberate through all 
 succeeding ages ; and their echoes arc repeated amid the solemn 
 scencB of eternity. Man, jw he passes through the world, iiiBcribes 
 liis name in imperishable lines upon it* tablets ; and these will be 
 read and re-read by those who come after him; and every reading 
 will make ita impression, and exert its intlnence, for weal or for woe 
 —for life or for death— for heaven or for hell. This is true of the 
 wicked as well jib the just. Cain speaks as well as Abel. We hear 
 them both, and arc influenced by the testimony which they give. 
 The utterance of one is a word of awful warning ; but the language 
 of the other is full of consolation and hope. It is true of every man 
 that lias slept in death from the days of Adam, that ♦' he being 
 dead yet speaketh," no matter where he lived, or when he died. 
 He may havo dwelt amid the splendours of a gorgeous palace, or 
 liavc occupied a hut in the wildernofts ; he may havo swayed the 
 destinies of empire, or have been ruled with a rod of iron ; he may 
 have luxuriated in boundless wealth, or have felt the crushing power 
 of pinching poverty. Still, when he departed this life, he transmit- 
 ted an influence to his successors, which can never be extinguished. 
 
 There is no such thing as a perfect blank in human life. We 
 cannot bo neutral if we would. The author of our being has so 
 linked us in association with those around us, that we must neces- 
 sarily live and act in them and through them, when our bodies 
 shall have returned to dust. Sudi is the law of our being, an.l from 
 tlii*; law tluTo is no appeal. 
 
IIIK LIKK OK I UK riKPAniKD. 
 
 I low iiwliilly impressive, therefore, are llie rosiwnsibilities of life 
 — llie life of a Christian — the life of a Kiiiner. It i» a solemn thing 
 to die ; but is it not cqnally Holcnm to live ? Death is solemn, 
 because it is the gateway to eternity. Life is solemn, because it is 
 a preparation for etern ty, and because it is all the time uttering 
 words, and peribnning acts which are invested with the attributes 
 of immortality. 
 
 We all know tlie anxiety of men to be remembered afler death. 
 Warriors, statesmen, poets, philosoplicrs, and divines, are all the 
 subjects of this aspiration. It seems to be an inherent element in 
 Imman nature, and is cherislicd to a greater •)r less extent by all. 
 And man will bo remembered. No epitaph may mark the spot 
 where his body lies ; but lie hiis been rearing monuments around 
 him all through life, more enduring than marble ; and though he 
 die, and turn to dust, tiiosc monuments will live, and they will speak, 
 too, with a power that shall mould and ftishion human character, and 
 give direction to human destiny. 
 
 It were easy to illustrate this fuct, by calling up those of past 
 generations. Abel lives in the «acrirtce wliich he presented when 
 he oft'ered the firstlings of hi« flock, as typical of the sacrifice of the 
 Cross. Enocli lives in the purity of a spotless life ; Noah, in liis 
 marvellous preservation amid the wide waste of watei-s by virtue of 
 his obedience to (jiod. Abraham lives, in tlic power of a matchless 
 faith ; Joseph, in the unsullied purity which resisted temptation. 
 Moses, in his renunciation of tlie honours and treasures of an Egyp- 
 tian court, for the sake of a connection with the despised and per- 
 secuted people of God. Klijali, in the omnipotence of prevailing 
 prayer. Job, in a patient submission to the will of his God, when 
 stripped of all earthly comforts. David, in those choice utterances 
 of hia own experience, which liave been ■;! comfort of the Church 
 in all ages. Isaiali, in the glowing strains of his evangelical pro- 
 phecy. Jeremiah, in his weeping lamentations over a rebellious 
 people. Daniel, in the undaunted courage of a religious integrity. 
 And Habakkuk, in liis importunity for the revival of God's work. 
 
 The holy Apostles still live in their apostolic acts, in their mighty 
 triumphs over the powers of darkness, and in their inspired utter- 
 ances to the Church and to the world. The dead martyrs encompass 
 the pathway of the living Church, by the light and glory of their 
 self-sacrificing example in lif'^ and by their fidelity to the truth 
 amid the shame and torture of an ignominious death. 
 
 Martin Luther sleeps in the dust of Wittenbui-g, but he ncverthe- 
 loss !ivo< ill the spirit of tho glorious lloforniiition kimllod l>v his 
 
TliK LIFK or Tlir. DKI'ARTED. 
 
 iiistrHincntiility. Tlio voices of Calvin nnJ Meluiuthon aw olill 
 riiiginj^ loiijjHiul loud tliroiigli all the coiij^rcgatioiis of the ro.lifine.l. 
 SliakoHpt'iuo, Milton, Young, an.l Kirk White, »Ull live in -ihoughtH 
 that breathe and words that burn." The tlo^jucnt and MUtosHfiil 
 preachei-s of other days yet live in the sulnhiing influence of the 
 hornions which aroused uiultitudeH from the slumber of sin, to call 
 upon the name of the Lord. 
 
 An elegant writer has said, " The earth is a vast whispering' gul- 
 lery, and the centuries are but telegraphi.; wires, which convey the 
 thoughts of one age to another. The nineteenth century sits at 
 one end of thy electric telegraph, and the first century at the other ; 
 and the former hears transmitted to it lessons from the latter, that 
 mould and shape it for heaven— for happiness or woe." 
 
 Nothing th. ever man says or does is annihilated. Its duration 
 is coeval with the immortality of the soul. Professor Babbagc, an 
 able writer, sjiys, "The air is one vast library, on wIjoso pages are 
 forever written all that man has ever said, or woman ever whis- 
 pered." It is an nndcrstood principle in philosophy, that the pebble 
 thrown into the sea, will protlucc its undulations as long as the sea 
 endures; an I that the blow struck, will transmit iU vibrations 
 throu'di all succeeding ages. So with the words and deeds of men. 
 The influence they exert will live on, making their impress on the 
 minds and characters of humanity, while time lasts, or eternity 
 endures. The brave Uavelock fought his last battle, and went to 
 liis grave, with many laurels upon his sainted brow ; but his hen)i.; 
 acU in the war camp, and on the battle-field, and above all, hi.. 
 tieeds of self-sacrificing piety and religious devotion, speak as with 
 trumpet-tongues to the living, and will continue to do so, until the 
 funeral fires of the last day shall kindle upon these lower grounds, 
 and the eartli and all Uiings that are therein shall be burned up. 
 How tnithfully has the Apostle said, " No man liveth to himself, or 
 dieth to liimself." In life and in death we are bound up with others, 
 and through them transmit ourselves from age to age. Coronets, 
 station, rank, riches, honours, are all temporary and fleeting ; but 
 character beai-s the impress of immortality. 
 
 How many ways there are of living after death ; some of coinsc 
 that arc much more impressive than others. Your magnificent 
 paintings, so true to life; the monuments in your grave yards, and in 
 your public places; and the institutions founded by the spirit of 
 benevolence, are all invested with the mysterious power of life, and 
 exert their influence tor good or for evil. But the most effective 
 mndo is probably throiiffh the wondrous power of the press. Tho\i- 
 
TiiK Liri:: or tuk. Dicr.suiKt). 
 
 Nnn<l!- nf ypftrs have pawed sinrc the five lK)oks of Mo=o<» were writ- 
 Ini ; but they htill t-xiat, to tell tho wondrous htory of creation's 
 hirth, the burial and resurrection of the planet upon which we dwell, 
 iintl to unfold the history of God's dealinpf^ with a people that he 
 had choHcn for his own inheritance. The laws promulgated from 
 Sinai's burnirg mount, live in many of their essential features upon 
 the statute books of all Christian nations. By the mighty power 
 of the press, the thoughts that glowed in the minds of prophets, 
 stirred the souls of the Apostles, and came fresh and pure from a 
 Saviour's lips, are taken up, borne on from age to age, and scattered 
 like drops of morning dew amongst the nations of mankind. Bun- 
 van wrote his enchanting dream in the solitude of Bedford prison ; 
 but the press seized Jiold of it, and lias gone on repeating the 
 dreamer's story in all the languages of Christendom, and multiplying 
 its copies beyond the power of human calculation. Through this 
 medium the influence of Bunyan will go on accumulating and 
 gathering strength, so long as there is a Christian to be comforted, 
 or .1 sinner to be saved. 
 
 Through this same channel, Baxter, AUiene, Doddrige, Scott, 
 Hall, Fuller, Foster, Wesley, and a host of others that we might 
 name, live in the libraries of Christians of the present age, and arc 
 licard with telling power in all the evangelical pulpits of Christen- 
 dom. The man whoso thought" are thus transmitted through the 
 press, possesses an influence over human minds and passions, which 
 no figures can compute or imagination conceive. For example, 
 Spurgcon preaches one of his best sermon* ; it is heard by two or 
 ten thousand people, as the case may be, and they are deeply moved 
 by it. It is then taken up by the press, published by tens of thou- 
 f^ands of copies, and read by multitudes in every section of the globe. 
 In the first instance, he speaks simply to a London congregation ; 
 but in the second case, his audience is the world. 
 
 T'hc first Mrs. Judson sleeps beneath the hopia tree, and Judson 
 himself found a watery tomb ; but through the press, their sufferings, 
 labours, achievements, as given in their own touching, eloquent 
 btraihs, arc giving direction to millions of hearts, and rousing the 
 missionary impulses of the Church universal. The same may be 
 ^aid of Buchanan, Swartz, Brainard, Carey, Mar^hman, Ward, Wil- 
 liams, Cook, Knibb, and many more, whose names and memories 
 arc embalmed in the hearts of untold millions. 
 
 But let mc remind you, my hearers, that life after death as well 
 as before, is invested with the marvellous power of speech. It is 
 Kaid of righteous Abel, he " being dead, yet spcaketh." la not this 
 
TUk: LIFE OF THIi Ulil'AKTEl). 
 
 true of those with whom we once held awcet conniiimioii aiid 
 delightful association on the earth ? Do we not licar their voices 
 echoing from the other side of tlic flood, and saying, " Fear not— 
 be not dismayed ; the struggle will soon be over, and the victory 
 will soon be won. Gird on thy armour, be .faithful unto death ; a 
 crown is in reserve for thee." 
 
 Some of those living dead who address us, were once our own 
 flesh and blood. It may be a beloved mother, who died in the 
 triumphs of the gospel, that speaks to us from the celestial hills. 
 Hark! what does she say ? «* Son, daughter, weep not for mc, but 
 weep for yourselves. The moment I closed my eyes in death, I 
 opened them to ga.;o upon the transcendant beauties of these celes- 
 tial regions. All that I ever conceived of the bliss, the joy, the 
 glory of heaven, is as a dreamy shadow compared with what I now 
 see, hear, and feel. What disclosures of the Infinite are here made ! 
 what songs of victory and praise break upon my ear! what rapturous 
 joy swells my bosom ! I left my church in conflict below, to join 
 my church in triumph here. I am separated from some I love on 
 earth ; but I am joined with those I love in heaven. Prepare, dear 
 children, to meet your glorified mother in glory." 
 
 Of all the beings that speak to living man, it appeai-s to me none 
 speaks so impressively, so tenderly, so lovingly, as a departed, 
 Christian mother. For myself, I seem to hear ringing in my ears, 
 the luUabys of my mother, that she sung in the days of my child- 
 hood. I seem to listen to that voice, as it went up in prayer from 
 a mother's loving heart, *hat her sinful boy might be regenerated, 
 sanctified, saved. The counsels and admonitions of my mother's 
 tongue, long since silent in death, come echoing over the hills and 
 across the waters, and make their appeal direct to my heart, with 
 all the pathos and tenderness of maternal love, bidding me onward 
 onward in the path of duty, in the way to heaven. The hand that 
 smoothed my pillow in the hour of sickness, and administered the 
 needfiil remedies to counteract disease and restore to healtli, appeai-s 
 to be still stretched out in love to perform the same motherly acts. 
 I speak from experience, then, when I say, that a pious mother, 
 though dead, speaks in accents sweeter and more impressive than 
 those which angels use. * 
 
 Cannot you, my hearers, call to mind some departed one, in whom 
 you feel a special interest— a father, mother, husband, wife, child, 
 brother, sister, i-elative, friend f Listen. Is it a father that speaks 
 from the heavenly hills ? What does he say ? " Son, daughter, 
 I once wrestled with doubts, fears, temptations, trials, as you do 
 
nil: j.ii'i; m juk iikiautkii. 
 
 
 
 now ; but Ir-iv I am, ifju.ino- tlic laurels of viulun . fruf vuur w av 
 in tlio piith to hi'aven, ami 1 wi.l stand at the gato of thecelostial 
 city, to bill you wclcomo." Is it a iiiotlior ? liow toii.lorly iloos sin- 
 say, "My dear oliild, I onco prcstst'd tlico to my bosom in all the ardor 
 of a mother's love, and my prayers for your salvation, unworthv as 
 I felt them to be, have been -,'raeiuasly answered; and I am just now 
 waiting for the blissful moment to arrive, when I shall say to my 
 Saviour, here am I and the ehild that thou hastn'iven mo." Is it a 
 husband that speaks? What does he .say? "My loved wife, we 
 were united on the earth with strong ties— death eame, and those 
 tics were severed ; but other eords bound us in perpetual union, tlie^e 
 shall never be sundered. The separati.ui is momentary; we shall 
 soon meet where parting is unknown."' Is it a wife tliat speaks ? 
 What does she say ? " Ilusbami, in girlhood and in riper years, 1 
 loved you with all tlie enthusiasm of my first love. That love was 
 ultimately tempered and sanctiHed by the ^ giou of the Cross, and 
 then how earnestly I prayed to Cod for you when you knew it not. 
 You loved the soeiety of the gay and of the worldly ; and wlieu 
 watching for your coming in the mi(hiight hour, strong cries and 
 tears were sent to licavcn in your behalf. P:arl>y 1 went to my grave, 
 drooping as a frost-nipped flower, and I told you not the rcason'why ; 
 but in solitude you pondered, and that prayer that had been 
 lying before tlie altar, and that had been baptized in scaldinsr, burn- 
 ing tears, gushing from a woman's loving, confiding, but'^aching 
 heart, was at length answered ; and as I looked down from my sea" 
 of glory, I saw you a penitent at the foot of the Cross ; and now I 
 bid you be of good cheer : you will soon join mo in the triumphs 
 of the skies." Is it a child that speaks ? What does he or she say ? 
 •' Father, mother, early you taught me the way to glory, not think- 
 ing I .should reach this blessed place before you ; but my master 
 called— I had to obey ; and while you were weeping in sadness, T 
 was singing hallelujahs to Cod and to the Lamb ; and while you 
 committed my clay-cold body to the grave, and mingled my tears 
 with the clods that covered it from your sight, my soul, released and 
 glorified, was filled with the unutterable joys of this celestial state. 
 Come, come, I long to greet you on these blissful shores." Is it a 
 brother or a sister that speaks ? What does he or she say ? " My 
 dear brother, my darling sister, once we were intimately associated 
 mider the same parental roof. We lay upon the same mother's fond 
 bosom, and listened to the same father's praj-er ; we read the same 
 IJible, attended the same school, engaged in the same plays, went 
 to the same church, and the same blood coursed in our veins. I was 
 
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 taken, aiul you were left ; heaven is now my Iionic— I partake of 
 its delicious food, and drink from its pure fountains ; I mingle in its 
 glorified society, and join in its sublime antliems. Are you, oh ! arc 
 you prepared to meet me here? If so, all is well ; if not, hasten, 
 liasten to make your peace with God." Is it simply a friend that 
 speaks, or one who was once our neighbor, or a iueml)cr of the same 
 community, or of the same church ? Still the voice is powerful, 
 urging us to a diligent improvement of all the means of gi-ace, that 
 we may be prepai'cd for a better iTihcritancc. 
 
 But, my hearers, be reminded, that not only voices from glory 
 speak, but tongues scorched with the fires of hell apeak. Tlie pro- 
 fane swearer, the guilty Sabbath bi-eaker, the boasting infidel, the 
 painted hypocrite, the arch seducer, the reeling drunkard, tlie pol- 
 luted sensualist, the avaricious man and the moralist, the worldling 
 and the almost Christian. All speak to us from their shroud of 
 flame, and say to us in the language of the rich man in the parable, 
 "Come not to this place." Ten thousand times ten thousand voices 
 are continually speaking in thunder tones to the Avicked, warning 
 them to escape the fury of eternal fires. Young man, I hear a voice 
 coming up from thaf dark world. Who speaks ? Your associate in 
 sin. He was once with you in the theatre, at the card-table, in the 
 ball-room, and where the sparkling glass went round, and boisterous 
 mirth was heard. By his own folly he cut short his days, and where 
 is he now ? In hell he lifts up his eyes, and in wailing accents cries 
 aloud to you not to add^to his uinitterable torments, by becoming his 
 companion in suffering, as well as his associate in guilt. 
 
 O friends ! the dead speak to us. They speak to us from the past ; 
 they speak to us from their graves ; they speak to us from heaven ; 
 they speak to us from hell. Let us sec to it, one and all, that wo 
 heed the solemn message. 
 
 But I selected this passage, " Votir fathers, lolierc are they? Your 
 prophets, do they live for ever?" feeling that it is pccxdiarly 
 appropriate to the painful went which wc arc called npon to improve. 
 I refer to the dcrth of our venerated Father Crandal. lie has 
 for some time constituted the only connecting link between the 
 fathers of our denomination and their successors in the ministry. 
 Thomas Handly Chipman, Edward and James Manning, Harris and 
 Theodore Harding, Joseph Dimock, Thomas Ansley, and Joseph 
 Crandal, for many years stood prominently before the people as 
 the " Fathers" of the Associated Baptist Churches of these lower 
 Provinces. A class of most excellent and useful men were united 
 with those valiant soldiers of the Cross in their day ; fuch as Esta- 
 
lilt; 1. 
 
 uK rUK Ufcl'AUTKU. 
 
 II 
 
 Ju'ooks, llainmoiiJ, Knnis, IVter Cnimhil, llcoce, David llairis, I'ut- 
 tor, Towiicr, Burton, M'Cullcy, and others of precious memory. A 1 1 
 tliose fii-st mentioned were converted to God about the same time, 
 and embarked together, with the exception of Thomas Ansley, in 
 the great work of winning souls to Christ, lliese men were all 
 preserved to a good old age— all of them to three score years and 
 ten, fiomc of them to upwards of four score years, and one, Harris 
 Harding, to the extraordinary age of ninety-six years; and what is 
 remarkable, they all retained their pastoral connection with the 
 churches over which they were called to preside in the days of their 
 youth, until their Master called them to their reward. TJiey lived 
 to see the third and fourth generation called, sanctified, and saved, 
 and to introduce tliera in pei-son into the churclies which they had 
 planted in the morning of their ministry. No marvel, therefore, 
 that they should be spoken of as the "fathers" of the denomination. 
 Father Crandal was the last of the eight patriarchs to leave the con- 
 flict below. One after another took his departure, in tlie full 
 assurance of a blissful immortality. Joseph Crandal, last but not 
 least, has gone also. Your fathei-s, where arc they ? your prophets, 
 do they live forever? These fathers all sleep in death; Father 
 Manning in the old grave-yard at Cunard ; Father Harding at Wolf- 
 ulle; Father Dimock in Chester; Father Chipman at Nictaux; 
 Father Harris Harding at Yarmouth ; Father Ansley at St. Andrews ; 
 and Father Crandal at Salisbury ; all side by side with the precious 
 dust of those whose souls they had been instrumental in bringing 
 homo to Christ. Sleep on, ye heralds of salvation, until your Mas- 
 ter bids you rise ! The trumpet will ere long sound long and loud, 
 and you and your beloved associates in death will hear that sound,* 
 and start from death's sleep, to meet your Lord in the air. " Sown 
 in corruption, raised in iucorruption ; sown in dishonour, raised in 
 glory; sown in weakness, raised in power; sown a natural body, 
 raised a spiritual body." Yes, " death shall be swaJlowed up iu 
 victory." 
 
 "So Jesus slept. God's dying Son 
 Passed through tlie grave, ond blessed the led. 
 Rest here, blest saiut, till from bia throne 
 The morning break, and pierce the shade. 
 IJreak from his throne, illustrious morn ; 
 Attend, O earth, his sovereign word ; 
 liestore thy trust a glorious form, 
 Called to ascend mid meet the Lord." 
 
 These remarkable men of whom we speak, though slumbering in 
 death, as wu have said, are nevcrtholoss invested with ail the ele- 
 ments of a breathing, living, speaking power. Their souls, re<>-ene- 
 
'- I""!-; I 'IK (.r Till'. DKl'AUTKl). 
 
 '•■•if.'.l. jnsfill,. I, ^allL■tifuHl, ,s,'l..nflo<l, live in liouvcn, aii.l c<.|el.rato 
 loijothor tli.^ aiitlKMtis of rodeominir lovo. An.l tliov live also in tiie 
 luihicnoo of their mini -try, exan.ple, lal.ours, successes, conflicts, an.l 
 tniunj.I.s, in tli,. ministers they ordained, in the <hiirchcs they 
 planted, and in the souls they wore instrumental in saving from 
 eternal burnings, fn this respect tliey will never, never die! 
 
 But it may l)e expected in this connection, that 1 should' make 
 special reference to the rcvere.l father tliat has ho rcpenfly taken 
 Ills departure to the spirit world. 
 
 Joseph C'rajidal was the son of Webber and Mary Crandal (ori-ri- 
 nally Mary \aughn) of Friertown, Khode Island. His parents 
 emigrated to Nova Scotia the year before the American revolution 
 and settled in Chester, ile was then in his infancy. His mother 
 died when he was thirteen years of age; and not many years after 
 ins father died also, leaving him a lonely orphan in a cokl-hearted 
 Avorld. But God was merciful to him, and in his providence ma.lo 
 all needful provision for his support. It would appear that his 
 mother was a pious woman ; for vdien she was about to depart this 
 life, she summoned her son to her bedside, took him bv the hand, 
 and said, *' Joseph, the Lord has a great work for you to do when I 
 am dead and gone." Had she spoken by the spirit of prophecy, she 
 could not have spoken more truthfully. These words, uttered with 
 all the pathos of a dying mothers love, made an impression that 
 never left him. His convictions of sin and of the need of salvation, 
 were greatly strengthened by the ministrations of Hundley Chip- 
 man, and Joseph Dimock, who visited Chester to proclaim the 
 gospel message. Years, however, passed before he obtained peace 
 in believing. These were long years of anxious concern about his 
 soul. While thus troubled in spirit, business called him to Onslow, 
 and on the Sabbath he attended a meeting conducted by Harris 
 Harding and Joseph Dimock. In that meeting the powc'r of God 
 was signally manifest : and suddenly this young man had such a 
 <liscovery of the glorious majesty of Jehovah as to fill him with the 
 utmost dismay. His sins rose up before him steeped in crimson 
 guilt, and he saw himself justly condemned to endless misery, and 
 could behold no way of escape. Anguish and horror inexpressible 
 filled his soul, and he expected soon to sink in eternal woe. But 
 unexpectedly to himself, the way of salvation by the cross was opened 
 to his -ew. He saw that it just suited his case as a lost condenmed 
 sinner and he embraced it with his whole heart. It was a glorious 
 laotnei. in ^ris liistoiy. So overpowered was ho l)v what he saw 
 
TIIK r.IKK OK TIIK DKI'AHTKI). 
 
 ia 
 
 aii<l felt, tliat lie coiiKl not rcfmin from toll iiig all aronn<l liim oftlio 
 pn^cioiisness and fullnoss of a Siiviour's lovo. 
 
 In a scries of letters addressed to the Visitor by Mr, C'ran<lal in 
 1 fi.33, he thus speaks of this wondrous chanjro— " My mind was 
 completely absorbed in tlio solemn and marvellous scene. It a[)- 
 poared to me that the whole human race were exposed to endless 
 ruin, and were altogether at th^ iisposal of that holy being whoso 
 glory had so overwhelmed my soul. I saw mercy so connected with 
 (he justice of God, that they were both one ; that what God liad 
 •lone in tlie person of Christ was alone sufficient to save all that 
 would come to God for mercy through Jesus Christ ; and I felt as 
 though the whole creation ought to know what I felt and saw ; for 
 indeed it appeared of more importance to me than the wliole world. 
 I continued speaking for more than an liour. I could not hold my 
 peace, for it was like tlie bursting forth of an overflowing fountain. 
 A world of sinners came up before me, like a vast field, to which I 
 could sec no end. When the scene had passed from me, I looked 
 around me, anrl the two ministers, Joseph Dimock and Harris Hard- 
 ing, were weeping, and many more wept for joy." 
 
 Such, my hearers, were some of the most important features in 
 the early experience of Joseph Crandal, and is highly characteristic 
 of the religion of the early Christians of these Provinces. The trutli 
 of doi], as revealed in his Word, by a long process of conviction, 
 followed by a distinct and in many cases marvellous conveision, 
 became to them a matter of pei-sonal experience ; and this prepared 
 them to speak the truth in the love of it. 
 
 By this experience of the power and grace of the gospel, Father 
 Crandal, though dead, still lives, for in his case we see the riches 
 of Divine goodness wondrously displayed. AVas he a lost sinner i 
 So are we. Did he need a change of heart to fit him for God's 
 work i So do we. W^as he justly condemned on account of sins ? 
 So are we. Were the blood and righteousness of Christ liis only 
 hope ? So in respect to us. We, my hearers, must experience the 
 same grace, or we shall perish in our sins, 
 
 2. Notice his call to the ministry of the Gospel. 
 This, like his conversion, occasioned a painful struggle in his mind. 
 Shortly after he Iiad tasted the sweetness of the Saviour's love, he 
 became impressed with the idea that he ought to devote his life to 
 the Christian ministry ; but how could he think of doing so— no 
 education, no means of obtaining it ; and how could he venture to 
 embark in so great a work without it. Conscious insufficiency in 
 himself held liim back, while the holy impulses of the love of Christ 
 
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 iHK LIFE OF filK DKl'AUTKU. 
 
 n h.sHo„I„..pellea Inm forward. WJ.ile lalmuring „„.|or sevo.o 
 
 i^ If "';r 'I ''• "" *° ^'" '"'^'«^''^'' '- ^— -"Vine 
 f.om rca. .ng the Scnpturcs, that he ought to be baptized, an. 
 
 1 .mock Shortly after tins event, ho was induced to aceonmany 
 Ilarns llard.ng on a preaching naission to Liverpool, not intend" / 
 as we suppose, to preach himself. It so happened that he att n d 
 several .neetmgs before the Sabbath. Here again we will 2te ^ 
 
 ho Be Elder Payzantpreached in the morning, and Harris Hardin: 
 m the afternoon. At the close of Mr. Harding's sermon, he callecl 
 upon me to pray. I had not expected to be Called upon, and fe 
 nueh east down in my mind. It seemed as though a Li cloud 
 spintual gloom surrounded the whole meeting ; but as soon as I 
 IZZZ^nl"^ f"" T' ^'»^"g«*^-«- J'gl^t of heaven shone 
 when I opened my eyes and looked round, I saw the two minilters 
 wcepmg mthe pulpit, and the whole congregation secured oe! 
 powered w.than awful sense of eternity. Ln this time the Zl 
 of he Lord commenced. The two ministers said I had a special 
 cal to preach and the next day insisted on my ascending the p^u ^ 
 But oh how I trembled ! my great fear was that I was not ea^^d 
 of God to the great work of the ministry; but when I began o 
 speak my fea.-s all left me." This was his first attempt to prfa h ^ 
 sermon, and the result satisfied ministe,. and people that he was t 
 
 t:r^:iJ: )7' '^ ^ ^"''^"^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ «'^^ ^^'^^^ ^^ -' v ■ 
 
 ,r;, • V * "' ^^""^ '"'" *° '"^ ^"P^'t^^t a ^'ork, distinctly 
 proclaims the sovereignty of God in the dispensations of his grace 
 
 As m the caseoftheprimitivepreachei-sof Christianity, the learned 
 ho w.se aad the noble were passed by, and the unlelrned fisW- 
 
 chl t K '' T^ '^''' °^^"'"*^'° ^''""^ ^^^ attainments, were 
 cho en to be mstrumental in founding the infant Church, ami ex- 
 
 tthful CV' T^ '' the Redeemer's name. So in regard to the 
 W .. , ?\^'' '""^^J"*"'"^ '» ^^' ^<'rk of the Lord. 
 
 hat God, as the sovereign disposer of all, "hath chosen the foo! 
 sh thmgs of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chose'. 
 
 and base thmgs of the world and things which are despised hath 
 God chosen; yea and things which are not, to bring to nonoh 
 thn.gs that aro, that no flesh .should glorv in his presence " ' 
 
THK IJFK OK TIIK DKIAKIKH. 
 
 1.-1 
 
 Lot It not 1.0 supposcl however tl.at those Iicral.ls of tlic cross to 
 whom we refer, were satisfied with their intellectual attainments, or 
 .lospisod learning. They applied themselves with much assi.luity 
 to ho acquisition of sound knowledge, and sought by every moans 
 in heir power to "approve themselves wokrmen that neodcth not 
 to bo ashamed r and as they advanced in the ministry, it became 
 obvious to all that they were scribes well instructed in the thin.^ 
 of the kingdom of God. ° 
 
 3 Notice tlte success which atteruied his sclf-sacrljidng labours. 
 These labours were abundant. Having completed his visit in 
 Liverpool he returned to Chester. Some of his old associates were 
 surprised to hoar that ho had commenced preaching, but as the 
 Minister of the Church was absent the deacons invited him to 
 preach. He complied with the request, gainsayers were confounded, 
 and l,hc christian people bade him God speed. From Chester he 
 travelled 30 miles through a dense wilderness to Windsor, and held 
 nioetings m Windsor, Newport, Falmouth, Horton and Cornwallis 
 In all these places ho had seals to his ministry. In the summer 
 following he visited Onslow and Amherst, and in tliesc places God 
 made hira mstrumental in the conversion of souls. He spent the 
 following winter in Sackville, and in the district of the Petitiodiac 
 preaching the word with po.ver. Saints rejoiced, and sinners werJ 
 converted to God. In the spring he revisited Cornwallis, spent a 
 tew months labouring successfully with Elder Manning, and then 
 returned to Salisbury. Here he became united in maniago to the 
 eldest daughter of Mr. Young Sherman. Astliere was no Church 
 to provide for his temporal support, and having married a wife, he 
 naturally felt that it was his duty to provide for lier. The result 
 was that he procured a tract of land in the wilderness, and engaged 
 m manual labour. This subjected him to severe mental conflicts. 
 In speaking of his trials at that time in the letters referred to he 
 sap, « I thought there was a probability I had deceived myself 
 and If 80, 1 had deceived others. Under these overwhelming fears' 
 I came to the conclusion that I would preach no more. 1 went 
 out to work on a new fam, and determined I would be like other 
 people. I used to meet with the people on the Lord's day. and 
 when urged to open the meeting I couUi not deny. I continued in 
 this way about eighteen months; but one Sabbath morning as I 
 en erod the meeting in a place called Pellet River, about three 
 miles from my house, the cloud of darkness that had so lonr. rested 
 'u my mind disappeared, and the Lord so blessed my speakingthat 
 H number of people nried aloud for mercy, and the mooting oonti- 
 
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 ...K-cI u wvnWv of days. O it was « on-h-rf,.! to s.e y,o„,.. uf .Kuplo 
 at t .0 hour of niidiiiglit roturnin^r I,o...c from tl.o ....otiin. will, 
 torch lights, Miaking the wihlcrncss echo with the praisen of (Jod 
 Surely those were happy days. This work spread in all tho romons 
 round. 'J he doctrines proaehed were man's total depravity bv the 
 tall of Adam, salvation wholly and alone through the Lo'rd Jcsuh 
 Christ, regeneration by tho Holy Spirit, and sanetitication pro,r,,.s- 
 Kive, producing obedience to tho Lord's commands. Many beli °vers 
 followed Clirist in baptism." 
 
 The Lord so blessed the ministry of Mr. Crandal at this time 
 that the friends called him to ordination, ami a Council was con- 
 vened, composed of Elders Edward Manning, Theodore ll.llar.lin- 
 Joseph Dimock, and others. A Church was formed, and Mr. Cran- 
 dal was ordained its Pastor. Mr. Harding continued after the 
 ordination for some time, aiding his youthful brother in tho work 
 of the Lord. 
 
 lie travelled extensively in this revival, visiting Salisbury, Mouc- 
 ton, Covcrdale, Hillsborough and Sackville, and proccedJd on to 
 Parsborough and Cornwalii., preaching the gospel frcjuontlv in lo- 
 houscs-thus verifying the Saviour's utterance, the poor liave th" 
 gospel preached to them. Multitudes gladly roecivou the word 
 and were baptized. ' 
 
 About this time he was filled with an anxious desire to visit the 
 people on the River Saint John. It was the dead of winter, and 
 bow to go he could not tell; but he could find no rest. Finally, 
 in company with a young man going in that direction, lie <rirdJd' 
 on his snow-shoes, and liastened forward with God's message. " TJiis 
 was in the last of January, 1800. Not being accustomed to this 
 mode of journeying, he endured much fatigue ; but ho travelled on 
 preaching in all the villages the Lord Jesus. He visited Norton' 
 and Bellislc, and in the latter place many were brouglit to know 
 the truth. Among the number was .Air. Drake, afterwards Deacon 
 Drake of this church— a man of precious memory. From Hollislo 
 he passed on to Canning, whore he made the acquaintance of the 
 late Elijah Estabrooks, a devoted man of God, and- a successful 
 preacher of the gospel. In this district he saw the work of God 
 revive. Thence he passed up the river, preaching in different 
 places. On his way he met a Mr. Cole from Kingsclear, who was 
 m pursuit of him to engage him to preach a funeral sermon. lie 
 preachcd-tho word was attended with the Spirit's power, and many 
 were converted to God. 
 
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 o ^'^"brtL,aiionalist, rooted and grounded in fhr..^u n -. 
 practice of infant sprinklino- TTn , """"^a m the old Puritan 
 
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 Uo took up his Lat and walked ouT^' " h^ltrr^^^^^ 
 
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 infant xpiiiikliM^r, WHS tho Hrst to yield ul.cdieiico to tl 
 
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 sse.J on earth. xNearly thirty caiRliJatoswero hai.tizcJ, an.l tl 
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 truly solen.M and deli^ditful to hear the praises of the Lord sun^r hy 
 f,'reat numbers of happy converts in boats returning homo from the 
 deli-htful scene. The work of that day I can never forget. The 
 clear setting sun, the large expanse of unrufHed water, the serenity 
 t.t the atnwsphere, tho deh'ghtful notes of the feathered son^tcrs 
 and the solemn sound of hymns sung by many happy voice." pre- 
 sented to me an emblem of tho para.lise of (Jod. It seemed a.s thou-h 
 heaven had come down to earth, and that I M'as on the brink of the 
 eternal world." 
 
 The next day he crossed the river and baptized » nuTnbcr more 
 and then proceeded on his way, proivching the gospel and baptizin.. 
 believers, as Jie Saviour had commanded. At Lon-v Island his 
 preaching was much blessed, and many were baptizwi. On Lis 
 return he visited this city, and was joyfully rocoivcd by the Chris- 
 tians of that day. 
 
 Time would fail us to detail further the labours and successes of 
 our departed iriend. Su.lice it to say, that during these early years 
 of his ministry, notwithstanding the newness of tho country, and 
 the badness of tho roads, and many other inconveniencies, he was 
 impelled forward in his cvangeliciU labours by the lioly impulses of 
 love Divine. Fre(juently ho went forth weeping, Injaring precious 
 seed ; but ho returned again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves 
 with him. In all these lower Provinces the fruits of his evangelical 
 ministry arc abundant. Hundreds, wc doubt not, were at heaven's 
 giites to greet him, on his entrance into that bright world, as the 
 honoured instrument in God's hand of leading them to a knowledgu 
 of the truth, and many more will follow after. His name and his 
 memory is embalmed in the best aftcctions of thousands now livintr, 
 who have listened with joy and delight to tho message of mercy 
 from his lips. In this city his labours have been much blessed, and 
 by many highly prized. Some of you now think of him as your 
 spiritual guide in the path to heaven. 
 
 Does ho not still live in the success of his ministry? That success 
 testifies to his de\otedness to his Master's work, and to his reliance, 
 not upon human wisdom, but upon tho prowess of an arm Divine! 
 No man believed more firmly than Joseph Crandal that the sal- 
 vation of the sinner was not by might or by power but the Spirit 
 "f the Ahnio-hty. This scntiiiicut inwrought <lcc])!y in his own in- 
 
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 (iftli4^ Jay was, iit » i", * )>»<1(/»l)f nt ol soirif, ti\fiH)n aj,Miiist tlio laW» 
 of A«> Imnl. WIkti Mr. Crnii-Jal appainvl in tfi Li-^isliituro, lio 
 {Un)..IIiiniHoir»iirroun(l('i| liy men of tliistypo; lull lit Imd rcHolvcd 
 Itji^Mi ^stiai/Iitforwiiril in;iiil} 'urso. Ilonco wlioncvi-r n question 
 i-nw op implicalinjr tlio r'v^hU of (lio pcopl.-. Mr. (Vamlal Hto<.(l tip 
 lis th.> li()|i/ . .j)'l uiiconiproiui.Hiiig a'lvocatc *" oipial riylits. This 
 \ory soon suLjc 'led liim to a Pi'vcro trial. Jic, of coiusc, lintl no 
 i<k'a when lio cntereil political life of aliantloniiijj; tlic ministry, and 
 lioncc he continued to preaoh the (Jospol as tisiial. When in Frc- 
 doriL'ton lie preached rej^ularly to the IJaptist Churcli in that place, 
 and they were mudi edified by Iiia ministrations. This fact was 
 known to the (Jovcrnnient, and as Mr. Crandal liad taken a stand 
 in the House in favour of popular rij,dits, to the great annoyance of 
 the men in higli places, they determined by a marvellous expedient 
 to get rid of liiin. Ilencc in their sovereignty they decreed that 
 no avowed preacher of the gospel should have a seat in the Legis- 
 lature. -Mr. Crandal and liis many friends felt that the decree was 
 arbitrary and unjust, but tlitn- had no alternative but to dubmit. 
 Then came the question of duty. Should lie pursue the labors of 
 political life, share in its emoluments and honors, and abandon the 
 christian ministry ? or would he abamlon the former and cleave to 
 the latter? This question he was not long in deciding. Like 
 Moses he estceujed the reproaches of Christ ^'i cater riches than all 
 earthly treasures. The matter was up for discussion, and lie was 
 given to understand that if he preached in Frcderieton as usual on 
 the Sabbath, he would be dismissed from the Legislature early in 
 tlic week. Sabbath morning came, and he was found in his place 
 in the sacred desk, declaring with more than usual energy and 
 power the unsearchable riches of Christ, and exclaiming with an 
 Apostle, " Cod forbid that I should glory save in the cross of the 
 Lord Jes:u • Christ, by whicli the world is crucified unto me, and I 
 unto the world." As was expected, early in the week an order 
 passed the Government forbidding him to occupy Ids seat as the 
 representative of the people. . Accordingly lie left, feeling that it 
 was " better to obey God than man." Such, however, was his influ- 
 ence in the County of Westmorland, that for many years after the 
 event to which we refer, no man could succeed in a contested elec- 
 tion in that C-'-nty unless he had Mr. Crandal's interest on his side. 
 
 This extensive 
 liberty, and .'-) 
 years before hi 
 sentiments wci' 
 
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 :nce was invariably in favor of civil and religious 
 I,: ntcra"cc of equal privileges. For many 
 h' look no active part in politics; yet his 
 Ti. orally kncw.i, and ]>robabIy to him more 
 
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 91 
 
 llmii l»» :iny Hiiij^lc in.livi.Ii il, tliis I'mviiico h(;inils in(lfl)U'il fur iho 
 •lill'iision of correct soiitinictita n-pinling tlio iiiHtUT of civil ninl 
 ri'Ii;4ioiis liberty. 
 
 Ah mi^lit l»c oxpiM'ted, his iiifliiencp in tlic ilcnotninntion wns vory 
 ONtoiisivo. lie took piirt in tlu* fornmtioti of the first Jlaptij^t Asso- 
 ciation or;;anisi'il in IIk-sc lower I'rovinceH. 'I'liis ovciil oecnrre<l 
 in Lower (Jninville, Nova S((»tia, on tlic 'iUli of Jnno, 1800. The 
 tiepailcd WHS then In tlio vij;our of liis yontli, and jireaelied on tlic 
 occasion witli I'leat power from Zaeli. xiii. 7 — " Awake, <) sword, 
 aj,'ainst my hlicpJM v.!, ami a;,'ainst the man that is my fellow, snith 
 the Lord." Stroiia; as he was in faith nt tliat time, he probnMy had 
 not the reiiiotoHt idea that ho slioiild live to sec that infant Asso- 
 t'ijaion cxtemlinj^ its iiiend»ership and ministry over the three 
 Trovinecs, and ultimately hecoming Kuflicicntly Iarj,'e to form fi\o 
 Associations, and the smallest of the number four times as larj^e as 
 the one then orfjanizeil. lint so it was; and to this remarkable 
 increase, lie, with the Divine blessing, contributed in an abundant 
 measure. 
 
 Fifty years from the date of the first AsRociation, Fathers Crandal 
 and IL Manning met at an Association held at Nictaux; and these 
 veterans of the Cross both preached in their turn to the assembled 
 multitude. The elTect of their adtninistrations was ovcrpowerinj^. 
 Many felt that they were hearing them both for the last time ; and 
 so it proved to be. At the close of the session, they took their leave 
 of each other, expecting not to meet again until they should meet 
 in the great association above. The sight was deeply affecting. They 
 wept, embraced each other, and rejoiced together in the prospect 
 of a speedy re-union in the skies. They had entered the field of 
 conflict about the same time, liad fought many a liard battle with the 
 principalities and powers of evil, and had witnessed on all liands the 
 mighty triumphs of that Gospel which had been committed to their 
 trust; and now that they (.'ontcmplatcd tlio moment as drawing 
 nigh wlien they should exchange the helmet and the sword and the 
 I'jiistplate for laurels of victory at God's right hand, aiid for crowns 
 of glory studded with many precious gems, is it any matter of marvel 
 that they should be deeply moved in the retrospect of the past, and 
 at the opening prospect of the future ? 
 
 At all our denominational gatherings, Father Crandal filled a 
 distinguished place ; frequently chosen, especially in youngei life, 
 to preside, and was always expected, when present, to preach. 
 Wlien the New Brunswick Baptist Education Society was formed, 
 lie was elected it^• riosidciit. This was nearlv thirl v vcars a^o, ami 
 
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 'HE LIKK OF THE DEPAUTED. 
 
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 ^y the iin.uiiiiions wish of InV J.vnti . i 
 
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 •'•ore to o„o given „„i,t anl ,b .^ ?"'" P""°™' '"'""' 
 love of change. The Ct'TTl T , ' '" '" "'" P'"'"" "'^ 
 
 an.1 Iii» inlonaionf,,, ', ™' '"" "'"= commanding, 
 
 »y»ten, of truth ,o tnrZTkt^lIl t '°™' ^""f "' "'« «™' 
 to the Cros, n, f1,„ ; ■■'"onlion, he generally found his way 
 
 To n, S 1,1 v!,l'°" ■?'''"' '"'"' '" ""> *™«»» '""""•ny^ 
 loved to pr ::■„': ;. t ™" "^^S" "' '"'™''°"' "-- l'« 
 tor a, t/e GoS™ "iM e M^dToTh ' T "' "T'"' =""»'■ 
 
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 It IS Avorthy of remark, that while Father Crindil wL\i 
 
 1^ 
 
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Hi to fill tInV 
 
 lis 
 
 Iiat peculiar. 
 iVcMtinorlanJ 
 ccrcise a spc- 
 iive district, 
 at Sackvillo, 
 lie, and then 
 toral labors 
 iply visiting 
 leir welfare, 
 lie cause in 
 Jesigned by 
 people the 
 nee, in con- 
 fortc. His 
 \ of an ex- 
 liis love for 
 
 ice in the 
 nmanding, 
 
 topic was 
 if the great 
 id his way 
 economy. 
 
 hence lie 
 3X charac- 
 
 pnrity of 
 1 the all- 
 Jction, in 
 
 interces- 
 hese sub- 
 iness, Jiis 
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 circum- 
 anguage 
 ess, that 
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 witliasenseof his own nnworthiness to enjoy such distinguished 
 favor. lo felt that, in himself, all was imperfect, and that hi 
 P opor place was that of an humble suppliant at the foot o I 
 Cross Often have we l,eard hin. exclaim in the language of Taul 
 By the grace of God. I am what I am." While we^sp:ak of l^m.' 
 therefore, as a good man, let us at the same time be reminded tha 
 he was perfected .ut in part, and that we should follow him no 
 further than ho followed Christ. 
 
 We have already remarked that in youth he was married to Miss 
 Sherman. By her he liad three sons, David, John, and James, 
 and three daughters Mary, Lucy and Rebecca. Ilis son David has 
 long been a successful preacher of the Gospel of Christ, and still 
 contmues a watchman on Zion's walls. His sou John is also an 
 office bearer in the church, and valiant for the truth. 
 
 His first wife having been removed from him by death he mar- 
 ned Miss Martha Hopper, of SackviUe, by whom he had fi 013 
 andthree daughters, all of whom are living at the present, t me 
 I^u. second Mrs Crandal still lives. May God be her suppoit in 
 the decline of life, and her comfort in the hour of death 
 
 Finally we notice his quiet, peaceful, and triumphant death. Not- 
 withs^nding he was in his eighty-seventh yea, he neverthelel 
 died with his armour on. His was the death of a truly Christian 
 hero : only six weeks before he died he preached the ga.pel to the 
 people supported by two of his deacons, and took his leave of \l 
 affectionate and weeping church ; and during his last illness, tbou^di 
 his sufferings were at times severe^ yet he staggered not at the pro- 
 mise Uirough unbelief, but was strong in faith giving glory to God 
 Sensible to the very last, he met the King of terrors with perfec 
 composmj), and feeling that death was doing its work, he closed his 
 eyes and his mouth, and died without a struggle or a -roan 
 
 Thus oU and full of years his sun went down witirout a cloud, 
 leaving a d^zhng splendor in its train. He had indeed fought the 
 good fight, finishea his course and kept the faith, and for him the 
 crown of righteousness was in reserve. Of all the messages which 
 his protracted ministry and his entire history addresses to man, none 
 speaks in louder or more touching tones than that calm and peace- 
 ul death. It tells us how a christian warrior can die with glorv in 
 his view. ° •' 
 
 I have only to remark in conclusion, that the removal of Father 
 Cramial honi the scenes of his earthly connexions, is an event not 
 luiexToctcd U ,s true, but which nevertheless produces a sensation 
 
2i 
 
 iUK Ui-K Of THE Diil.AKiED. 
 
 quent is silent in death WhJT -. '*'"^*' *'"<^« «« eio- 
 
 -et hin, in a bngl.^^ J^^ J^^ ^^ -;^^^ prepare to 
 
 standing before the throne of God and tt T^ t "^' '"^ ^'""^ 
 
 and palms in his hands, cryin. with at. . '°'^' '" ''^^' ^^^^^^ 
 
 that sitteth upon the throne fndt^ tl r 'T?' ^''^'^*'^" ^^^od 
 
 To that state of felicity ^1 "o ^ ""^ ^"'"'^^^^ «"d «v«r." 
 -g- The wheels of natle Ifa? """^'f '''' P^^P'« -« t-^- 
 ward andhurryin. man lltL ot T"'"^'*^ ^^^' ^^'^^ '«"-« ^r- 
 attracting to iLlFartha^is ^tl^^^^^^^ '"'^^'^'''^ ^-- « 
 peopling its pure mansions witHr f ^'.''^ "P°" ^^'^ ^''^t''' «"d 
 ^f us, dear friends, mZt'^^XTuofT' "" ™^'^ P^''^'^^^' 
 who mstructed us by their cLntu V u '° ^'"'''"*'^ ^^^tJ^^rs, 
 pie, that like them we mTv atTs fi '"i '''*^ "' ^^ *^^'^ ^•^^"^■ 
 [nto rest, and unite tSly I 1 tl '" T " "'^'^ J^^' -^-• 
 bliss of tixe heavenly wS ^ ^^''^ '" *^° employment and 
 
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 Are f!if'"^ w"*"'' P''" ""d Heath 
 Are felt and feared uo more." 
 
I^ut throughout tlio I 
 
 IS fallen in Israel." 
 ongue once so do- 
 ' but to prepare to 
 faith we see him 
 nb, in white robes 
 " Salvation to God 
 ■ever and ever." 
 i people are tend- 
 tv, are rolling for- 
 anwhile heaven is 
 on the earth, and 
 icn made pcrtcet. 
 ^nerated Fathers, 
 IS by their exam- 
 3 with joy, enter 
 niployment and 
 
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