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THE GRAV/LEY
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
liY
Judge J. W. Johnston, D.C.L. '^
llKLIVERKU
Tuesday Evening, June 4, 1889.
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THE 0RAWLEY
MEMORIAL ADDRESS.
BY
JUDGE J. W. JOHNSTON, D.O.L.,
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TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 4, 1889,
WOLFVILLE.
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OJ^ THE PEESO.MAL HI STOP. Y AND
CHARACTER OF THE LATE
Rev. E. a. Crawley, D.D., D.C.L
By Judge J. W. Johnston, D.C.L.
Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Senate, and of the Governinc/
Body :
Members of the Faculty, Graduates and Undevgraduaien,
Ladies and Gentlemen :
His fpet, had travelled iiuiny « weary mile in advance of the
line that marks for the vast majority the marj^in of life's
ourney. The frictions of the swift-revolvin<r wheels of tnne had
worn the threads woven in the subtile weft that curtains off the
border land. The silver cord, strained to its utmost tension, had
at last snapt asunder, and he was gone !
Gone ! the wise and courageous leader, the Father and the
Patriarch of the Body. He had waited by the deep, dark
rolling river, watching the How and the retlow of the slowly-
•"•'>''^' •""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,<l ol<| man who was, and t i ^'^-P'""*^ the character
The CrawJev f'-imn,. '^ evenincr i.^ not
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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 a<a' his father
left Kni^fland and settled in tin- Island of Cap*; Bret(/n, selectin<,f
as his residence Point Amelia, a htautifnl location jiittin^'out into
the harh(jur opposite the town of Sydney anil was for many
yea)s Crown Surveyor ot tlie Island.
From a document in his hand writin;- and with liis sicjnature
i attached, found amon<T hi i papers a^ c his death <lated March,
•j 18!';^ ,rid headed, " Sokinn form of .self dediiatiun," we learn the
. pleasHig fact that Capt. Crawley was a man of stron*^ and deep
') reliu'ious convictions. This self dedication lie renewed year hv
ycxv with expressions of deep sorrow, humili.'tion, solf-ahasemeiit
and shame, on account of his unwortliine.ss, and the ill manner in
which he had paid his vows and kept his promises, but supplicat-
ini; the mercv of the Lord for His dear Son's sake.
On the 10th .January, 1847, he wroi"^', " Bv the ijreat mercv
of (Jod, 1 this day enter my 90th year, and most joyfully and
thankfully do I renew this .solemn detlication." The last renewal
is found under date 10th January, 18.50. Capt. Crawley died
July, 1851. Mrs. Crawley was also a lady of fervent piety.
The.se incidents are interestini^r in this connection, .so far as
they may ju.stify the conclusion, that Mr. Crawley's early traininj,'
was relij^ious an<l that his parents niiplanted in his young an<l
ini[)re.ssible heart the good seed that, springing up in after years,
yielded such rich and luxuriant fruit to the honor and glory of
God.
Mr. Crawley's early life was pas.sed at Point Amelia. He had
the companionship of few young persons beyond his bi-i)tliors, but
monotonous and unexcitini,^ as such a life miyht seem to the voutli
of to-«lay, the remini.scences of it to him were very plea.sant, and.
in after yt^ars. he fre(juentl\ referred to his lioyluxiil spent at
Point Amelia, as being very happy and enjoyaltle times. All the
sports incident to the country were engaged in. There was plenty
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JUDGE JOHNSTONS ADDRESS.
of tisliing and shooting, Vioating in the .summer, and skating on
the liarboui- in tlie winter. He was an expert swimmer, and
sometimes ran no little risk in diving- and other a(|uatic exploits.
In additioi., there was a large and well stocke<l garden which he
took great delight in working, and where he imbibed that pas-
sionate love of rtowers which he iT'tained unabated to the en<l of
his life. Mr. Crawley and his l>rothcrs 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 an<l noble and imposing presence which distin-
guished him nnd ranked him a Saul among men.
His mental training was not neglected ; his father, who.se
.scholarly attainments well-titted him for the olKee, .superintended
liis studies and took sole charge of his education, teaching him in
addition to the classics, French, in wdiich language he was a pro-
ficient. Mr. Crawley was a great reader, but his literature was
confined to the Ixjoks in his father's private library, and
consisted almost entirely of historical, biographical and .scientific
works, which he rea<l and I'e-read with avidity. His mind was
not emasculated by works of fiction, for liis father had with wi.se
forethouijfht destroyed all the novels he brought out with him,
except a select few of the highest cla.s.s.
Cape Breton winters are, at the best, long and dreary, but
at that period, when there was foi* months little or no comnmni-
cation with the outei* world, the family at Point Amelia, shut up
witliin themselves, hailed with no little delight, the advent of
spring and summer, for then Sydney liarbor was visite<l by
British and French men-of-war, and Captain Crawley, who was
a truly-hospitable man, to()k pleasure in entertaining the officers
uf the ships, some of whom were titled and distinguished person-
ages. And Mr, Crawley has frequently expressed the great
gratification with which these visits were anticipated, and the
delight with which he and his brothers listene<l to, and the fund
of information they gained from, the conversations of the.se
guests with their father while .seated round his well-spread board.
In the yeai" I-SIG, when 17 years of age, Mr. Crawley, who
had been prej^ai'eil by his father for college, bade farewell to
tilt' scenes of his early youth and his life in Cape Breton, and
uiatricnlated at King's College, Windsor. There he took high
stand as an industrious, patient and laborious student, doing
intlnite credit to his early training. He had a classical type of
mind, was fond of language, and excelled as a scholar; and
when he t(K>k 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.
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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
<lays ff)r even old and establisluMl practitioners to receive. It
was given to him by an Knglish gentleman who had had o])por-
tuiiitv of notinu" his liabits as a student and the stronu' and
comprehensive grasp that formed one of his most ])rominent
intellectual features, and who felt that he could couuuit the
conduct of a suit in which he had become involved, into no abler
hands than thost> 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
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From Aii'lovfi' In- went to lirowii University, wlicrt' he
fmtliL'r pursUL'il his stu<lit's, and whieli institution, in 1S4')
ei'idVi-rcd on him tlu- decree of Doctor of Divinity. Iff was
ordaiii'-d as an ('van^•eIist at Providence, Rhode Ishmd, in the
year I S'iO. Tiic lite Kev. Dr. Wayhmd, PresicU'nt of Hrown
rni\(']-.sity, and oth^r distini^uislied liaptist nnnisters, coinjiosed
his or'lamui^' council
A cousidiiatioji of all that this chan-jje of hase meant for
Mr. ("rawley will aH'ord an insinht into his cliaracter that cannot
fail t(j command our adnnration and I'cspect. To-day the siatus
of th(^ I:>a[>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 with<nit a
regret ? Was there no struggle between the human and the
s[iiritual in his nature ( Whencti the strength of will that made
such a choict) possible for Inm 'i In a blank-book in which ho
had written some passages of Scripture antl other items, was this
text: " Who receiveth honor from one another, and seeketh not
the honor tliat cometh from God ;" and underneath the following
prayer was inscriberl : '' O Lord enable me to seek, with my
whole heart, the honor that cometh from Thee. For hast Thou
not shown me that all other honor is in comparison utter vanity.
And in regard to the things for which worldly honor is sometimes
oli'ered me, how ijuestionable is the spirit of mind with which I
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haye acted, how mucli self seeking prevailed even in what may
have seemed unselfish. Truly, it is not in man that vvalki'th
to direct Ids steps. If this is true of all bodily movements,
it is surely true of the mind, of all mental operations and
purposes".
There was a strurfgh; indeed, but out fi'om that struggle Dr.
Crawley came a victor, his first great battle had been fought and
won ; he had wi'estled and priivailed. And now, gifte<l with
heaven born sti-enffth he could toss awav the baubles of earth,
and esteem it an honor to range himself alongside of the humb-
lest and the lowliest in this world's estimation, though, with
Moses, he might in consequence, Ite called upon to suffer the loss
of temporal good, or even have to endure affliction. When at
the baptismal waters, he consecrated his life, his talents, and his
all, to his God, and his Redeemer, the surrender was complete,
made once and for all. And he never after stretched forth sacri-
legious hand, to steal away the gift he had freely laid upon the
altar. Thenceforward he was given over to a chosen work, he
was to be in the world, for the world's good, but not of the world.
He would let no mean self-interest prompt his actions or mingle
in his piety, he would render no service, in the expectation that
he would be paid for it, but all should spring from the gener-
ous impulses of a loving heart.
Count not him the only hero who can march, with cheek
unblanched, up to the cannon's mouth, but mark that man who,
setting before himself a high and noble purpose, makes the
attainment of that object his life's work, and who in its prosecu-
tion is lifted above the common run of his fellow-men, who does
nothing for the reason that it is convenient, money-making or
gratifying to the senses ; who is not governed by fear, held back
by shame, daunted by ridicule or this world's scorn, who is
not ruled by custom or careful to win the applause of men, and
who stays not in his course to pluck the flowers of amusement or
pleasure that may skirt and perfume the road-side, but who
presses upward and onward to the goal nor falters, though the
ascent be steep and rugged and the struggle long and painful.
Yes, mark him well, for he — he too — is a hero. But the highest
type 01 true heroism is reached when, in addition, the man draws
tlie ins|)iration for his work from above. When he is single-
eyed, devout, humble ; when the glory of his Go<l is the main
spring of his actions and the uplifting of humanity his grand
motive. Such were his incentives and his purposes, such the
objects and such the ambitions for which he lived and labored,
and of a suretv on Heaven's scroll against the name of Edmund
JUDGE JOHNSTON S ADDRESS.
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AU'.-rn Crawley there is writ in letters of livniig light, whose
Itri^htnes.s shall nev.'r pale the Wijrds Christian Hero !
There were two traits that shone out c'onsj)icuously in Dr.
r^rawlt'v's reliyiou.s charactei'. The one was his unselHshni'SS,
which ])reserve(l him from having those low and mercenary views,
wliich lead their poss(3s.soi" to rest satisfied when his own personal
.safetv is secured. The lon<jinri;s of his lovinjj- soul craved far
nioi'i' — even that he might enjoy the personal friendship of his
»Sa\ iour. The other was ins liuml)le-mindedness, which was no
,su[u'rstructurG reared to conceal pride, hut was the genuine
expivssion of the low estimate he had of himself, and his attain-
ments in comparison with what to him was the ideal of a
(Christian life, which was no less than to have the life of Christ
fiowiii'^ throufjh him as the life of the vine flows throujjh the
hranches. It was, like Mary, to sit low at the feet of Jesus
and learn of Him. It was to have all the affections, feelings,
(h.'sires and activities of his heart ])rought into suhjection to
Christ. But however far short Dr. Crawley may have deemed
that he came from reaching his ideal, those who knew him best
knew that he dwelt in the secret place of the Most High, and
abode under the shadow of the Almiohtv. Thev knew that strict
conscientiousness governed his conduct, even to the smallest
minutiae ; that he followed the Master closely, and had imbibed
something of the infinite loveliness of His character, and that the
intimacy of his relations with his Saviour had purified his sinful
nature, made him strong and brave, and brought out the richest
and sweetest graces of his mind an<l spirit.
Dr. Crawley was so reticent and spoke so rarely about
himself, that it was difficult to obtain an insight into his inner
thought and feelings, except as they might be indicated from his
outer life. But he has left on record one experience so remark-
able, as revealing something of his secret and still life with God,
and the close and tender relations that had grown up between
him and his Saviour, and which, deepening as tlie years went by,
at last filled his soul with the beatitudes of Heaven, that I make
no apology for introducing it in this connection. He relates that
in speaking about religion to a young man who had then lately
joined the Methodist Church, and wlio had called upon him, he
told his visitor that "believers might expect great joy in believing,"
and that immediately on savinf; this he was aware in himself of
an experience of mental exaltation that he could designate by no
more fitting term than that it was miraculous, so lofty it was and
so utterly above the region of personal approval or disapproval ;
self seemed wholly out of sight, while there was, however, present
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JCnGE JOHNSTONS ADDRESS.
a consciousness of that womlorful elevation above every thinf(
cartlily. There was no self-hiudation ; h(,' seemed to occupy a
re,L;'ion in whicli that was iiiipossiljle. He also wi'ote that he had
lont( wished to make a revelation of this extraordinary visitation,
hut douhtinjf his ability to do it justice, he had defeiTed it until
then, when he was not (juite satisfied with the above attempt,
which he further stated was only an approach to an account of
the matter, and that a person reading it might possibly think
that he was dreaming, but adds that there was nothing that he
was more sru'e of than that the occurrence was a waking reality.
On reading this account we insensibly recur to the vision of the
Apostle Paul, the grandeur of which left him in doubt whether
he was in the body or out of tlie body. This vision occurrrd
about the close of the year 1885 ; how long aftei', it was committed
to paper can not now l>e ascertainetl.
Dr. Ci'awlev was in the hiyhest and in every sense of the
term a polished gentlem<in. He was high-minded and honorable
in all his tlujuuhts and dealintjs ; he was ever considerate of the
feelings of others ; he was dignified without being haughty, and
never fawned or cringed to those in power. To his equals he was
resj)ectful and polite, while he never gave his inferiors cause to
complain that his bearing towards them was one of patronizing
superiority or that his condescension concealetl aught of pride or
ari-ogance. In his private and public intercourse he was urbane
and courteous, never dogmatized, but listened patiently to all
that was advanced, and after having niastered the views of those
opposed to him, sought to convince by reason and argument
rather than to ci'ush by the weight of an intellect that could
silence all opposition, or to win a victory by the force of a
rhetoric that, sweeping like a tornado, could carry all before it.
But few who had not the privilege of intimacy with his
private life knew how large, tender and loving a heart he had,
liow far-reaching were his sympathies and how generous his
impulses. He never harshly ju<lged the conduct of any or
disparaged their motives, but his mantle of charity was never
used to cloak sin in others, nor did he by silence ever seem to
accjuiesce in wrong-tloing.
Ill his family he was considerate, kind and gentle, and his
rule was one of love, though he never laid down the reins of
government, but couhl be stern and inflexible when occasion
demanded. The very sweetness and amiability of his disposition,
which so endeared him to others, was at times a source of pain to
himself, for it rendered him sensitive to such a degree that an un-
kind word or a slight from ^ friend cut him to the heart. He could
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novo- Ih'RI- to sec otluM's sntier lif)(lily pain, ami slirank from tho
tlioiiu'Iit of" ciKluriniJ- it hitiisclf. He soinetiincs i-cumrkcfl that lu*
tVaicil that lie wouM luakc hut a ])()or iiiartA'r, hut always !i<iilc<l
that 111' supjxt.si'd that ^o'aci' and .streii<,^th would he oiven hini
when the time ot" ti'ial came.
Pcrhajis T)r. Crawley's kindliness ami hi-; henevolent sympa-
thies were in nothinj^' more 'ipjtarent than in his eonduet towards
the students of the College. He was not content with heinjjf
their instructor in the class-room, l)ut he sou'dit to he their
con
nscilor. friend and ixuiile. He \isited tlu'ni in th<'ir rooi
MS,
conversed with them, entei'ed into all their feelings, ami ohtnini'(l
theii* contidence, delicatel}' informed himself of their ditliculties,
and soiiM-ht to remove them ; encouraged them, and strove to raise
them to a higher intellectual and moral plane. Students cast
down and discouraged, pressed hy financial emharras'^ments
which seemed to compel theii' leaving the institution an<l ah;in-
doning as impractical >Ie 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 <lid all in his j)owei' to lighten the
5£
Aveiglit (Ji their burdens, and suggested how the olistacles might Ix?
best removed from theii' ))ath. More than one student has he hel|)ed
in their necessities from his (nvn slender })urse. And few passi.'d
through ttie college without having conti'acted for him a warm
personal friendship and a<lmiration, that lasted during a life-time.
Mr. Crawle^^ on his rcjturn to this Province after com[»1eting
hi.s theological studies in the United States, ac(;e{)te(l the pastorate
of the Granville Street Baptist Church in the year l.S.'JO, which
office he continued to hold until the winter of LS.'?(), when he
resigned in order to fill the chair f)f Moral and Intellectual
Philosophy in the newly-founded Queen's, now Acadia College.
In 1S47 h'' returned to Halifax and resunieil the pastorate of his
old church, and after fivo years of service he was again called to
Acadia College; as its Pivsideut, and resumed the chairs he had
previously occupied. This jjosition he tilled for four yeai's, when
matters of a private and puhlic nature <lemanding Ids presence
in the Ignited States, he applii^l for and was granted leave of
absence foi* one year, in tlu' hope that by the end of that time he
would be able to return and resume his position and duties in the
Colleu'i'. When the year of absence terininated. the business that
hud necessitated his leaving was not satisfactorily concluded, but
re<iuire<l Ids further time and attention, and in the interest of
the College he saw it to he his duty, duly 1:^, l.s')(j, to resign
tlie office and position he held in that institution.
Some time after he received and aceejited a call to become
1(5
JUIMJE JOHNSTONS ADDRESS.
pustor of the Baptist chiircli at Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio,
toLjetlic!!" with tho presidency of a FeinaUi CoUene In that city.
In l.S(30 he heeanie joint Pre.si(h;nt with tlie Rev. William
Curtis, of the Female Colle^^e, Lime Stone Sprinj:^s, South
Carolina, which positi(»n he held until the breaking out of tho
war necessitated the closing-up of the school.
The train of circumstances that led to this connexion between
Dr. Crawley and Dr. Curtis is interestinj^' inasmuch as it exemp-
liHes a pi-eviously noticed ^i-and characteristic of the Crawley
family, their <,a'nerous sympathy for those in distress and their
large hearted hospitality.
Years before, Dr. Curtis, the father of the above named
gentleman, was returning from England, when his ship was
wrecked on the shores of Cape Breton and the family were cast
friendless on the island. Capt. Crawley heard of their distress,
took tliem to his home at Point Amelia, cared for them in every
way, and supplied all their necessities. When the family reached
Hfvlifax, en route for the United States, Dr. Crawley, who was at
that time pastor of Cranville Street Baptist Church, showed them
every attention and kindness and hospitably entertained them.
The father subsecjuently lost his life by the burning of a steamer
on which he was travelling, but his son, who was of the a\ recked
party and who had become intimately ac(]uainted with J)r.
Crawley, never forgot the kindness that had been shown the
family in their sore need, and when he heard that Dr.
Crawley was in the Southern States, sought him out and
ott'eifcd to make him joint associate with himself in the large
school of some two hundred young ladies, over which hepiesided
and which he had established out of his own private fortune.
Gratitude nowadays is too often a lost virtue, and it is, there-
fore, all the more pleasing to be able to record that the truth
still remains, "That bread cast upon the waters will return,
thougli it may be after many days."
In his business transactions he was not always i success.
High-minded, honorable, truthful and honest to the last cent, and
scorning all meanness, he looked for the same qualities in those
with whom he had dealings, and that his confidences were some-
times misplaced and his trust abused, was more discreditable to
the morale of those who took advantage of his unsuspicious
nature, than a reflection on his own want of prescience. Dollars
and cents were not stamped on his brow, he was not cast in any
mercenary mould, nor was there in his composition any of the
stuff out of which they make unscrupulous and strictly business
men.
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As n preacher of the Gospel, Dr. d'awley had few equals and
no snperiijrs in tlie province, possil»ly not ot) this continent.
Dnrinu' tlie earlier veai's of his niinistrv his preach in;j' was extern-
poraneous and he used but few notes. Mis di>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,
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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 1<S'S4,
which then omhraced a'l the (churches of the ])rovince of Nova
Scotia, a resolution was passed, conveying to ])r. Crawley the
high appreciation in which th(.' Body held his valua))le {)ublication
on liaptisni, in reply tt) Air. William Elder, and assuring hiiii that
tlu'N' would cordially sustain him in an v future liroduction on the
same subject he might hv induced to send forth.
At the Convention of the Baptist body held in I (SO"), on its
liccoming public that the chair in Classics in Acadia College; was
vacant, a resolution was moved recomnKnuling the Board of
Governors of the College to extend to \)v. Crawley a cordial
invitation to a Professor's chair in that institution. He was
emphatically the Father and one of the Founders of the College ;
his hi<>h 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.S<S2, lie felt that the time had arrived when it
was incumbent on him to resign the i)ositions that he occupied in
the college. His resignation was reluctantly accepted, and, in
recognition of his long, valuable and ai-duous services to the college
and the denomination, he was retired on a pension. And in order
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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
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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<ars hall, iilled to its utmost ca))aeity with I'epresentati ves
from these Maritime Provinces far and near. Listen to their
plaudits on plaudits, Ion;;' coritinueil. the echoes of which have
scarce yet diied away, as that erand and maeiiiticent old man
slowl\' rose fnan liis seat, and, with thelii;htof other days kiiellin^'
in his eyes, in kind, cou)'teous, eracefu' an<l e-rateful words, thanked
them for the lionoi' they hail dom.' him, and tiien hestowed on
them his lovinu' benedictiia;. All in that assendilv had heard of
liini, ft)r his name and his pi-aise were in all the churches, lait
many had never seen or heai'd //.'/»- !;efore, and to them it was to
bo a life-lone' nieniorx' that tlie\ Iwel once looked u))ou and listeneil
to the j^'reat Dr. Crawley. But moisture j^athered in ♦;yes unused
to teai'.s as thev beheld that revered and venei-able man, thouiilit
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JV\»iV: .lollNSTOXS ADDHKSS,
of nil flint lit' luitl Ih'cii. ami of all that li(> 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
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niariiiMJ aifain, Dt'ccndxT '>, I.S4M, l<!,lizali('tl> .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
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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^
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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<l leave him nnhai'iiied. His armory
containt.Ml no dart tipped with remorse to ((uiver in his breast, .-uid
poison his last hours. But as the tired child nestles in its mother's
arms and all tliought of possible harm anoilyned liy her kinilly
pressure, composes itself to (piiet rest, so h<> 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<l him from his accustomed
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seat in tlie chimney corner, and realized that that sacred okl
arm chair would no moi-e be filled by tlic husband and the father
wlio had never greeted them but with words of love and ij'cntle-
nc.NS. Such was the incense; expressed from stricken hearts, tlie
smoke of wliich ascended u])ward and upward, till at last it circled,
a sweet perfume, around tlie throne ot the eti'rnal, for the God
Head had liallowed the tears of affection when the Jesus bending
over the grave, we|)t his departeil friend. Strange contrast to
this the purest ottering that the stnjngest human love could
bring. The bells t)f Heaven rang out a louder, more joyous, more
triumphant peal as the pearly gates Hew back in haste to let the.
Christian hero in, wliile the blood-washed, white-robed myriad
throng lining the golden streets and waving palms of victory,
liailed his coming with holy song. And softest, sweetest har-
monies breathed from hai'ps touched by angel hands, warbling
through the arched corridors ravished, his ears with the meloilies
of Heaven and bathed his soul in floods of bliss and glory.
They tell tliat Dr. Crawley is dead, but thev err who sav
it. The green grass may cover all that was mortal of him, and
thither, year on year, ati'ection shall steal and plant his grave
with the sweet sununer flowers he loved so well ; but he is not
dead ; he was an inspiration, and an insjiiration can never die.
A cord ran from his heai't straight up to the heart of the
very Christ, down which flowed a tlivine cui'rent that controlled
his e\ery action. This holv imindse he infused into the minds
of other men until they were brought in touch with his own
lofty purposes. And now that his tongue is stilled and his hands
folded, the magic spell he cast over all shall not be broken, for
his .s])irit, hovering round, will continue to influence, guide and
direct. And in the years to come, many a youth, treading these
halls, and hear! ig of thi; nc^ble motives, that stirred him to action,
of his struggles, and of his success, of Ids devotion, and of his
consecration shall be ins[)ired, like him to link on to a star, — to
live his life — emulate his example — and follow in his steps.
The name of Edmund Aliiern Crawley, will be innnortal till
every sand l»e levelled in the plain b(,'low, that now heaped the
one on the other, rises up, till they crown the apex of this hill
top.
His memory shall, fiouri.sh green, in the Baptist heart, while
history records, how poor, unlettered, and insignificant, he found
the people of his choice, how he labored, and toiled, and sacriHce<l
for their elevation, and the influential and proud position, in
which he left them.
He has reared for himself a moinnnent, more enduring than
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