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IV.

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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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.
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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

IJIE MFK Ut TIIK nKl'AKTEI).

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.

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).

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

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

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,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.

Mr. Crandal in his letters makes spcci,,! reference to this visit, rind

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^vas tl.c Lord', work. F .? or fi , '""' V'""^^'^"' "'^'"'^''-^ ^'""^

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i» cvory diroction." ^ ^^" '' ^''^' ^^ ^ho Lord sprca. 1

Bible 'on the sul.joro?4;t;:trsf '"" ""'^^'"'"-" *'-
to the conclusion that it C r dutv to l"","' ;"' '"' ^"""
room where they were isseml.ln T H r^ . ^"J'*''"^'' I" tl»o
in great power. ^M ; o e^^^^^^^^^ ^'^ '''"""' "''""■'^■^'

gregational Church, but th ^"0^ t o bo7 •'"'"' ^"^ '^ ^'-'■
tized. Their leader Mr vlu T . *'''"' ""^^ ^o be ban-

.nicl.110 aged, X^'^'^r^;:Jt:t::T H^ ''' ''^^
souls, and were immersed bv \fr r' , . ''"'' *^''"*^ ^'^'' t^^^'ii'

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oftho Spirit upon the people M;r?.."'"'^''''^'""*i'«""''g

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/ -ai tne seconcl conference manv relator] f !.«,•- • ''

An aged man arose from his seat- it Z F t '^•'P«"«"«c-

England Congreirationalis tl i 7 '^""''' ^'*^'' ^" ^^^I ^^^v

o ^'^"brtL,aiionalist, rooted and grounded in fhr..^u n -.
practice of infant sprinklino- TTn , """"^a m the old Puritan

saidtom^ iT 'P""^''"S- -tie was a man much beloved Jfo

Uo took up his Lat and walked ouT^' " h^ltrr^^^^^

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themselves, not being baotizod ' m,n 1 ^ "^^'^^^

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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
tin-,' did not breaic up until the mniicr down ot

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the

^ ii;,' <lowu ot tlie sun. It was
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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His (loctriiiiil vitnvs wore of tli,. (M,:. w a

aiiiplc provisioiiR l'i,.,„l,- .1; 1 1 . '-"luLno it.-, rich an.l

in ..HiU „e » tit L:L;!:ir;:r;i::"':: -ii^iie :r'

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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'

(t;-.

: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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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

'HE LIKK OF THE DEPAUTED.

I. 'i

^y the iin.uiiiiions wish of InV J.vnti . i

tack ,,ai„ att;.L :;' t w '; T 1 r ""*' "■"' "■""

•'•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'"' =""»'■

lime «nt;„u! i^ ; :!^^^^^^^^^ 7*'«i -p- «•- ..h.

It IS Avorthy of remark, that while Father Crindil wL\i

''■-'feK«*teW„

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
oal from

circum-
anguage
ess, that
hat his
nd.

as thus
ition of
pressed

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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

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

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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