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Johnston, D.C.L. '^ llKLIVERKU Tuesday Evening, June 4, 1889. AT WOLFVILLE. f i HALIFAX, N. S. PRINTED BY HOLLOW AY BROS., 69 GRANVILLE STREET, 1889. ♦ A CS THE 0RAWLEY MEMORIAL ADDRESS. BY JUDGE J. W. JOHNSTON, D.O.L., UELIVBBEU TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1889, WOLFVILLE. I HALIFAX, N. S. PRINTED BY HOLLOW AY BROS., 69 GRANVILLE STREET. 1889. fcl . P ■■ "i t 9 I 1 y^ ''-Crt-<^''^''^' •""I.VS'n.X's AlUUiKSH. feliliuTl "'■'■'' ^''•' -'^ ^''Hu. across fh '^'i'l thehio) ' ?'.'T'''^' 'I token of tlu If """I''" 'J"U>r.s, "V.Ttl.esea -^^r"^'^"'" ^'^* J"'« Worth f ''^"■''^^^ '^"ad„M..nt t/ 1 sea of life, and a tribute of ' ^ . ^ '^'"'; ^^'''« J^as <|,ift,, I^^P-I to l„s pastor, tutor, instruitr j' rr^''^'^ ^-- the ~?!fE^'^^ ;">;,-- in ti.is ;^McU, '^", ™^'-i™' °f ""•« sketch w ,. 1 '.if' Mafri-s isffnifi-r yit'i full '"'» /si-a..| '^v-''l lia.i tlid'c in <' sIi.'mF, ' "nil., 't tlinf Mi nil. I 'iindcl I rli.-i,. liifli ,1 ■'•■'I to ' fiiiic '■ iiiiJi ifii.ri, thnt Vfl- ;i 'aiji, lasiii lll^CI' I' 'lit tlir N a J.is II \- • lo ;er ul . io 3f .HlXiK .lollNSToNS ADlHtKSS. J the younfjcHt of four souh. Mis Mnimlfntlit r wns a country ^cutlt!- iii.ui, ifsidiiiu' and lisiiiif on his mm aiis ii» ICu^iland. His father, ('apt. Thomas Crawlry, lidd rank as a coniinnn(K'r in the Hritish navy, ami, when a nddslnjunan, had the honoi' of sn'vin;^' under t}ieiiMinoi-tal Nelson. His mother's name was I'^sther Bernal ; her jiaiiiits were (Mtizens of London. Hei- laothei', Kalph liernal, wIkj for some reason took the mini' of Ht-rnal < >sl)orne, sat Vor, and, U|i to the time of Ids death, jcpresi'iited in tlu' British House of ( 'ominon.s, tilt! eonstituency of Rochester. Miss Hernal, was a Jewess, l)ut |)i-eviously to her niarria^'e witli Capt. Crawley, she, as well as her parents and bi'other, had embraced tlie Christians faith. When Mr. Crawlev was altout tive veai's of arothcrs were (grilled by a sergeant, and tauirht the art of fencinfj. To this outdoor life and these exei-cises and athletic sports, he was largely indebted for the graml phvsi(|ue ank his first degree in liSi9 he was acknowledged to be, in p(jint of literary attainments, the peel' of any in the galaxy of JUDGE JOHNSTONS ADDRESS. 9 skafcino- on »">Gr, and ic exploits. } which he t'lu-fc pas- ^'ie end of a sergeant, and these 1 for the ch distin- 'Gf-, whose '"intended ^g hi'ii in as a pro- fcuj-e was iry, and •scientific •/nd was ith wise ith him, aiy, but nnnuni- shut up vent of* ited by ^i^> Was o/Hcers Person- great id the B fund these board. \ who 'ell to I, and iiigh oing 1 peof and o be, :yof orudite and learned men tliat Kinii's Colh'ge had previous to and at that time graduated into tiie world of letters. He received his demree of M. A. in course in 1S22. Mr Crawley studied law in the office of J. W. Johnston, the latt; Judge in Eijuity, and the same indomitable antl persistent, uiiHagging assiduity aiid jxji'severance, that had distinguished liiiii at eolleu'e, mirkc.'tl him as a law student. The studv was rich food for his logical mind to feast on and his (juick perceptive fuiulties to grasp, and befoi'e he was called to the Bar in 1S22, a brilliant and suc(tessful j)rofessional cancer had been predicted tor bill). His first I'ctainer was twentv truineas, a large fee in those of the newly-admitted lawyer. There are few left now to tell tlie story of Mr. Crawley's professional career, but one who, tliougli his junior in years, was well ac(|uainted with him, states that he was eminently successful at the bar, and it is believed that he never lost a suit. This success was, in part, undoubtedly, to Ik; attriVjuted to a rule which he had laid down for himself at the outset, and to which he always endeavored conscientiously to adhere, " Never to be en- gaged in a case in which there seemed to him to be any reasonable doubt of the righteousness of his client's cause". The same authority tells that Mr. Crawley was most genial and pleasant in company, and that his companionship was eagerly sought. He was brilliant in conversation, fond of a joke, and quick at repartee. His conversion occurred while in the practice of his profession. He attributetl this change, and his new religious experiences under God, to the Rev. Hibbert Binney, the father of the late Bishop of Nova Scotia, and he has frequently remarked on the extraordinary influence that that man exercised over those with whom he conversed ; he made eternal realities seem so near, and so tremendously important that few could resist his words. He had been brought up an Episcopalian. All his family were members of that communion and so continued to the end, with the exception of his mother who, when advanced in life, became a Baptist and was baptized by the late Father Richardson. His religious opinions, however, underwent a change shortly after his conversion, and finding that his views of divine truth ]() ■""""■ •'^".Nsro.vs ,„,„„j,,. f'r '"•'••'Wish,,,,, ^ ™ • ;"''j-ct ti,. ..•on,ot on ; : t"''"'-'" ""-^ . , '■'">•< «.ri>- ;,, ,;^ •''">."K".«' co„„„itt^„ "«"-''"'■"-■>' ""J «■«,. ;^"™">''in,tJ.o C:;^^ ^^,;'"- tlutt there ^?^s a H' ^^ '^f^^« *''^\^'in,o .Saviour h j , \? ''^'^"'^ to trv lul ? • ''"^ °^ «''"-v •'^'^^•'•'"ined to k,: •' 'f ''^^t so overn, rV''^ ^^'' i""'-o ^7i-''-,hoa I< ;r :, ;: '-;-- that n^:;^;^ .'•"" that he ^^""tto An.lover nV'^-^'' ^'" ^^''^^ to tre , fl''^'"'^^'' ^^''>''M ^'^"" ''^'^'" expec' I r^^^^'''^' Institut, am f^' ^^^ordin^^lv I! ■f JUDGE JOHNSTONS ADDHKSS. 11 ■'(/e Street ^^'^'ty, and "•'^ c/iai-ac- '^ 'lean.li- hI one of enco fj)e uti(ni of ^y " n-as •ns. Of nd ^^..^^ L'ntificI '^" upon •le ;u),l M'OtfUy anoetl^ u] pages J-.s to 3 Jie and MjJd ^■/it io a,s of •so It a 11 1 From Aii'lovfi' In- went to lirowii University, wlicrt' he fmtliL'r pursUL'il his stua[>tists is such that to ahaiidon even a learned ami lucrative profession for the vocation of a Ha])tist minister mi;_;ht in\olve litt'e of sacrifice and no loss of prestige. P>ut tui'U a glance l>ackwards, sixty years o-one, and we rind the Jiaptists, as a liody, poor, illiterate, without influence, and desj)ised. Their peculiar views contemned alike liv the i-eliuious and the st/cular worM, and themselves ridiculed as fanatics. In Halifax, where he had ndxed in the most ■ioli-;hed and erudite societv, with the excej)tion of tin* small and strui^gling infant church, the sole i-ep- resentatives of Baptist sentiment, were a hiindful of colored folk, led hv a man of verv moderate ])arts. The ministrv, too, we're composed of men. none of whom had excr enj(»yed the advantages of a liberal or thtioloi>ical training', and many of whom were prejudiced against the teaching of the schools. Was thei'e much in the prospect of such environments to allure an amliitious voun<'- man — hi^i-hh' educated, u'ifted in no ordinarv de-jTee, con- .scious of his (jwn [xnvers and his gras[) of intellect, the most recherche circles open to him, and secure in his ability tt) st-ize the highest prizes at the Ijai", the Forum or the Bench. The step, it is true, was not taken as the result of momentary excite- ment. His decision was arrivtjd at, only after a calm and patient deliberation, and a full counting of the cost. But still the eiuiuirv jirises, were all these grand po.ssil)ilities yielded up withe ascertainetl. Dr. Ci'awlev was in the hiyhest and in every sense of the term a polished gentlemIe all further attem])t to secui'e an education, applied to him in their trouhle, were advised to struggle on and maki' one more etiort, while he conrses were always carefully prepared in his study, and that done, he left the choice of the lan<4uaL;e in which to clothe his thou;.fhts to the insj)iration of the moment, hut his diction was nevei- on that account pnor or common place, (»n the contrary, it was always, pui'e, clwiste, ^i-ace- ful and elo({Uent. Later in life, ".nd on special occasions, he sometimes wrote out his sermons in full. Di". Ci'awley never preached hi msr/f, ]i\\t wassoinduied with the importance of his theme that htj lost his own pei-sonality, was swallowed up in his suhject. ami seenx'd only intent on rjiisinii;' his hearer.s up to the o-randeur of the truth that he sought tf> present. His style was truly Pauline, clear, lnoical, coy'ent in arifu- ment and inci.sivc ; he reasoned of rinhteousness, temperance and judgment, and strove to reach the hearts of his hearei-s through theii' rea.son and their consciences i-ather than hy work- ing on their feelings. He never demanded of them th.at tluy should take his deliverances ns trui; on his ipse d'lx'it alone, hut stating his premises, he r(!asoned out his p-ojiositions to their logical conclusion.s. He lield the doctrines of the liihle with a firm grip and never sugar-coated his message to suit the palate of his hearer.s. He was somewhat metaphysical in the exposition of his subject, but his n\etaphysics were not of the kind that pulls to pieces, but rather that builds up. He did not finish one part of his discourse and then lay it aside as if he had no fui'ther use for it before proceeding to the next, l)Ut carried each along as component parts of the whole, and at the winding-u]i lie gathered all into one focus antl then flashed a strong and brillimt light upon it, when the symmetr\' of the whole burst u[)on the listener; and he saw, appreeiatc^d and admired the grand struc- ture, its beauty, its design and its logical completeness. He never stopped short and left his auditors to make the a[)plicatit}n of his diseour.se for themselves, but presse(l the matter on which he had been preaching, home on the C(mscience with power and pathos. One now himself a veteran Father, who liad the privilege of frequently sitting when a young man, under his preaching, has remarked of Dr. Crawley that he was so persuasive in application that when listening to him he "often felt that all the unconverted present must be not almost but (|uite persuaded to embrace the Christianity of the Gospel." It has been said of him that he was not a popular preacher, is .uiMiK Johnstons Aimunss. I ' l»ut siicli II criticisin is not cori'cct. T^iidoiihtiMlly lie ooul*! and • liil in'cncli scniioiis, so lofty in conception, so loj^'ifiil, so ,iri,'inni'n- tnti\i' )iM(l so iiltstrusc, tlmt only thf most <'ni(lit(' conld tlioi-ou^lily enjoy liim. Hut it is (.'(|Uiilly true tlmt lie could nnd did Jiccoin- niodate liiniselt' so as U> |ireMcli witliin the cn[)Hcity of the iiveraj^'e intelliu'ence, luid that the coiiMMon people h(.'anl him gladly ; and till- annonnceiiicnt that Dr. Crawley was to occupy the puli»it was at all times sutficient to ensun; a full house in city or country, lie was a rre(|Uentcontrilttitoi- to the reliu^ious and secular pn-ss. His wi'itint;'s were chiefly coiiHnecl to the advMjcacy of tlie claims of the collc;;-e, and to uryiiiL;' the necessity of the hiulu'i- education. l*)arly in his puhlic life he wrote a work on Kaptism, of wliieh there are now hut few copi<'s extant, but at the time, the pro- duction was admitted to he a learned and exhaustive ex])osition of the suhject. And at the meeting of the Association in 1h scholarlv attainments were univi-rsallv achnitted, and thi'ough his absence he had retained in unabated nu^asure the diristian contldeuce of Ins brethren, by wliom the resolution was welcomed as an invitation to an absent parent to come back to the embrace of his cliildren. On his return to Nova Scotia he was appointed to tlie chair of Rhetoric, and was made Principal of the Theological depai't- nient and Professor of Exegesis and general interpretation of the Greek scriptures. Dr. Ci-awley possessed the somewhat rare gift of knowing when he had grown old, and the still rarer grace of the ability to acce]»t the inevitable with (piiet dignity. And in August, l.SMnh-\'. t'''n'iii,s V I'V tile [" t/iat •Ji t/u. >n its ' \vas '•'i of '■'h'al ^^•a,s tiio to 'lir ft- rr o O 1 t i tlmt the instittitinn iiii^ilit n-tMin flic inflticiicc of Ins iniiuc mul fi-crivt' tll»' liclirlit »»f any i'lirflirr WOlU he Iiii«;lit lie iilili' to jMT- I'nri II, hf u'lis ii)ii»i>Mit( .iiK.'i ihi" I'rnt' t'SSdl", FiiiliiiH' iin'iiioi'v WHS to liiiii tlic lirst iiiii of wiakcniim' fjUMiItics ; mill, as this iiK-rciistil, In- spoke lnit little <\('r|if wlien fuMrt'sxt''!, |M)ssilily i'eail'ul of coiniiiittiii;,'' liiinself. In othci" resjucts lli^ mental j)o\\ers were \>n\ sliM|itl\- im- )»aii'e(|, for tlioui;li hi- eye had lo^t. its tiiT, and his \'vft their lii-nt, with the weii^ht of was 'lastic trt'»id, and liis oni lect fmin yeai's; yet the pfuiiin;,:; knife ol' time exei'ci.,e(j itself" s|()wl\' and uradually, as if tli'' loppinn' oil' of e\-en atwi^from theejaiii tree was a sat-rilee'e and an inim'acious and distasteful woi'k. Tln' C'(»lle^■e didiilce drew id^li : fifty years y-onc, and he had laid tl.t,' corniT stone of these institutions, and now that thev wi.'i'o aliont entefinn' upon a new cycle, had an aiiLfel whispefetl in his eai' that ei'e many weeks he, too, would connnence a, new life in that huid of ;4ioi'y ami repose whose eternal .lidiilee is unmeasured hy the span of time. For leaniiiL;' on the arm of one of his sons, h(! canu! ujxai the hill, visited the lilaviry, museum, class rooms and other places of interest, as if he w(add take a last look and hid a lonj;' fai'ewell to spots around which eatheri'd tendt r an that fast- di fissoeiations, memory refused to fore'i-t. ( )n the oc'casi(ai of the af'ernoon Colleee ,Iuhile(- exei'cises. Dr. ('iawle\' once ii.orc took his place with the faculty of the colle;,'o, and, at the conclusion of his aildi'ess to the Senate, tin' J'resident, ^'cntly [)lacin,e' his hand on the shoulder of hi^ aecd frii'ud and l)rothei-, ihc veteran jirofcssor, kindly invited him to say a few words to the audii'uce : lie hesitated, when the jieople shouted, " Dr. (,'rawlev .'" " J)i-. ( 'rawlev :" Do von doul»t that I,' u that man was helovedasfew men ha\ i' ever been loveil liefore { See this spaci liad achirvctl for tlio Baj)tists, lunl kiit'W tluit tlu'V would sec liis lovi-d {'iwr no nioro on ciii-tli, or rvfi' a^ain lit-arkrii to Ids voici.'. Dr. Craudcv was twice niarricd, the first time in \SIV.] to .Iidia Amelia Will.v, of Boston, Mass. Sho .lied August IJ), In42, loavni'' one son, w lio. 1 lowcvcr, soon f..ll( d 1 owfMi Ins iMotMci th II( niariiiMJ aifain, Dt'ccndxT '>, I.S4M, l .lolnisfon, dannliter of |)r. Li'wis .lohnston, of Ainiandnii', Wolfvillf, by wlioin he had si.\ I'hildrcn, H\e of whom, three daiightt-rs and two .son.s, toj,^ether with Mrs. Crawley, still survive. The eveiiini;' of his life was heantiful, calm and serene ; a smile, the sunheam of Henven, played at times over his placid face. His countenance had not lost its intellectual cast and his massivi; hrow, all unfurrowed, i<;a\'o. assurance of what Ik; had Ijcen, and as ho .sat leaninn' on his stati' ])atiently waiting?, ho furnished no inapt illustration of a ma^^'nificcnt old castle, onco a towe)' of streuifth and a power iji the land, hut n(nv crumhlin^' in f decav, covered with iv\' and overgrown with the moss "J > process o of ai^es, yet nobler, iLjrander in its ruin than any architecture of modern tinu'.s. In the summer of 18.S,S Kinjjf's (^)llego conferred on ])r. CrawlcN' the dejfree of Doctor of Civil Law, the hinrhest honor which that institution, modelled after the English Universities, liad to hestow. Sixty-nine years before she had placed her parchment in liis hand and bade him go forth and win foi* himself a name ami a place amon^-st the t^iwdiifs of the land. Well had he obe; ed her behests, and as he nt'ared the end of his careei' it was !j;'raceful and fitting that his Alma Mofer should come forward and crown with laurel wreath, the brow of him who had proved himsedf one of the most illustrious of her son.s. The curtain which had so long hung down now commenced to roll back, and through its opening folds Dr. Crawley could catch glimi)ses of the distant gloi'V land, but his work on eai'th was not yet all acconiplished. There vva.s a stray sheep, wandering on the mountains cold, to be sought out. There was another tr(jphy foi- him to win before his feet might press those flowery meads. Jn the crown that vears ago for him had been woven and that now waited for his brow there was room for one more star. Few were the words he spoke — " My dearest wish for you is that you may become a Christian." Simple words ! but bai'bed arrows of conviction when shot from the Hol,y Spirits liow. And when the news was heralded to the courts above that the lost had been found and was safe within the fold, no voice k^ jrnr.E .iohnston's address. 91 rs:{;{ to '■K \si-2, ''iii.ylitcr lie IiikI "^'••'fclicr •''»•' ; a awl li/s 'k' Iiad once a <• moss 'Ure of »n J)r. hojior •sitius, had iict'd ould xj-fch I'ing cry oi'e "ou >ut fs at ce rang out so lofty a note of praise as his, no crown than liis niorc ghully cast at tlio fotst of the Lainli that had horn slain. Tht! wingi'd nu'ssengcr touched hita lightly and gently. A cold was the missive. At first it was fondly anticipated that ]\v would soon rally from the attack. Hut that might not he, for the Mastt-'r had come and was calling for him ; and ere lonj^ an evt.-r weakening pulst; warniMl him that the sands were fast running out, and drew from him the assured exclaim, " I shall sonn be at rust." Dr. Crawley was mercifully spared all physical sutlei-ing- When asked if he was in j)ain, he answei'ed "No! only intense discomf(jrt." He was heard freipiently praying in u low voice for patiejuM! for himself, and that his lovetl ones might he resigneil to the will of God, whatever that will might he. Of his medical attendant he on oni' occasion eutpiired, '" How Icng this was going to last !'" Tlu; ph}'sician paused before reply- In^. ])r, Crawley, looking him steatlily in the face, asked : " \\'hy do you hesitate ? Do you thiid< that I am afraid f" Afi-aid ! why should he fear, wdio had worn for long, long veai's, the white tlovver of a blameless life, who could recall a record so pure a'^d so unselfish as his, a consecration so complete, a love so devout and a faith so grand and str(;ng ? Against him, thus panojilied, the kin<:j of terrors could hurl no shaft so keenlv ooHsIkmI that it would not glance one side an pillowed his weary heail on the bosom of that Brother, who had for him a M'efilth of love no mother's heart could hold. And tiglitly clasped in the embrace of Infinite goodness without a pain, without a fear, with- out a struggle, breathing never a sigh, with simp)" eliiid-like, loving trust, across which there Hoated not the tleeciisst cloud of doubt, he dropped into a slumber, so peaceful and so placid, that tho.se who hung ovr his couch, knew not the moment when his freed s|)irit soar(Ml aloft to its God. Thus He giveth His beloved sleep; and thus on the 27th day of September, IS.S.S, in the 90th year of his age, ripe' fa- glory, venerated, honored, esteemed, respected and loveil, the Rev! Dr. Crawley clo.sed his eyes in time, to open them in the Beulali Ifind. Thei-e was mourning in the household : those were blind- ing tears tliat fell as "the family gathered at the eventide around their hearthstone and misse^ disposition. . ^^^.,, Wast as it uuselhsh an' V- .;:^r sl^ • s:-IVf rt' i^s V,nt soft, »««•*; '™.' „u„,i ,Uiu.o •. ,l,rougli tiie X , come-, t- Km To that '"5-*':""^;^: lus of aoatl. ^-^tf;i;:i^--Sav!;-'.j>>^^^^^^ BV an untaltiiii'o , drapeW ot ins tuu About hull, and a^^