,,the ,,life ,,of ,,the ,,departed3     
,a ,,sermon  ,,occasioned ,,by ,,the    
,,death  ,,of ,,the  ,,rev4 ,,joseph    
,,crandal  ,,of ,,salisbury             
,,preached ,,in ,,the ,,baptist         
,,chapel1  ,,germain ,,street1 ,,city   
,,of ,,st4 ,,john1    ,,by ,,the ,,rev4 
,i4 ,e4 ,,bill  ,,march #g1 #aheh4      
,know ye not1 that there is a prince and
 a great man fallen this  day in        
,israel8  #b ,,sam4 ,,iii4 #ch4         
,published by ,request4    ,,saint      
,,john1 ,n4,b4  ,,printed ,,by ,,barned 
,,and ,,company1  #ff ,,prince ,,william
 ,,street            ,,the ,,life ,,of  
,,the ,,departed4    ,your ,fathers1    
where are they8 ,your ,prophets1 do they
 live  forever8  ,,zechariah #a3e       
,the time was when ,jehovah commanded   
his prophet ,isaiah to  make a public   
announcement4 ,what was the import of   
the message  with which the prophet was 
charged8 ,was it that a new world had   
been created8 or that some new law was  
about to the introduced  by the ,supreme

 ,divinity1 which should give direction 
to the  destiny of empire8 ,nay4 ,he has
 a declaration to make1 which was       
suited to the case and experience of    
every son and daughter of  ,adam2 and   
the truth of which would be confirmed in
 the history  of universal man4 8,the   
voice said1 ,cry2 and he said1 ,what    
shall  ,i cry8 ,all flesh is grass1 and 
all the goodliness thereof is as  the   
flower of the field2 the grass          
withereth1 the flower fadeth1  because  
the ,spirit of the ,lord bloweth upon   
it3 surely the  people is grass40 ,what 
a solemn proclamation6 ,what an         
impressive  spectacle6 ,entire humanity 
withering1 drooping1 dying1 under the   
righteous indignation of a sin-avenging 
,god6 8,dust to dust10 is  indelibly    
inscribed upon our physical nature1 as  
,god's  unchanging law4 ,to this law1   
the wisest1 holiest1 and best of  men   
must bow in humble submission1 as well  
as the most polluted  and degraded of   
the race4 ,from its sovereign authority 

there is  no exemption4 ,the bright and 
glorious stars that shone with so  much 
lustre in the religious firmament of    
other days1 have long  since been       
extinguished in the darkness of the     
sepulchre4  ,righteous ,noah lived to   
witness the burial and resurrection of a
  world2 but at length was compelled to 
submit to the reign of  death4 ,the     
fathers and prophets of ,old ,testament 
renown1 who in  their day proclaimed    
,god's law1 unfolded the mysteries of   
his  will1 and stood boldly forth in    
vindication of his truth1 all  fell in  
this mighty conflict4 ,so in all        
succeeding ages1 those  who have served 
their sovereign ,lord in all fidelity1  
and  devoted their best energies to the 
highest interests of mankind1  have     
passed like others to the land of       
shadows4 ,such is the  decree of heaven4
 ,the mysterious cords which connect    
matter and  mind must be severed4 8,it  
is appointed unto man once to die40     
,and die he must--the good as well as   

the bad must feel their  8heartstrings  
break40    8,the tall1 the wise1 the    
reverend head1  ,must lie as low as     
ours40    ,your ,fathers1 where are     
they8 your prophets1 do they live  for  
ever8 ,inspiration propounds these      
questions4 ,what shall we  say8 ,where  
are the fathers8 ,their bodies are in   
their graves4 ,do  the prophets live8   
,all that was mortal of them is dead4   
,but they  are nevertheless alive4      
,their souls are alive--their characters
  are alive2 these can never die4       
,the thought which my text suggests1 and
 to which ,i invite  your prayerful     
consideration1 is1 ,,the ,,life ,,of    
,,the ,,departed1 ,,or  ,,the ,,living  
,,dead4    ,the popular idea is1 that   
when man dies1 his work on earth        
terminates4 ,this1 in one sense1 is     
true2 but1 in another1 it is  not true4 
,you may cover up a man's body in the   
grave2 but you  cannot confine his      
influence to these narrow limits4 ,man's
  character is immortal4 ,our words and 

our actions reverberate  through all    
succeeding ages2 and their echoes are   
repeated amid  the solemn scenes of     
eternity4 ,man1 as he passes through the
  world1 inscribes his name in          
imperishable lines upon its  tablets2   
and these will be read and re-read by   
those who come  after him2 and every    
reading will make its impression1 and   
exert  its influence1 for weal or for   
woe--for life or for death--for  heaven 
or for hell4 ,this is true of the wicked
 as well as the  just4 ,cain speaks as  
well as ,abel4 ,we hear them both1 and  
are  influenced by the testimony which  
they give4 ,the utterance of  once is a 
word of awful warning2 but the language 
of the other  is full of consolation and
 hope4 ,it is true of every man that    
has slept in death from the days of     
,adam1 that 8he being dead  yet         
speaketh10 no matter where he lived1 or 
when he died4 ,he may  have dwelt amid  
the splendours of a gorgeous palace1 or 
have  occupied a hut in the wilderness2 

he may have swayed the  destinies of    
empire1 or have been ruled with a rod of
 iron2 he  may have luxuriated in       
boundless wealth1 or have felt the      
crushing power of pinching poverty4     
,still1 when he departed this  life1 he 
transmitted an influence to his         
successors1 which can  never be         
extinguished4    ,there is no such thing
 as a perfect blank in human life4 ,we  
cannot be neutral if we would4 ,the     
author of our being has so  linked us in
 association with those around us1 that 
we must  necessarily live and act in    
them and through them1 when our  bodies 
have returned to dust4 ,such is the law 
of our being1 and  from this law there  
is no appeal4    ,how awfully           
impressive1 therefore1 are the          
responsibilities  of life--the life of a
 ,christian--the life of a sinner4 ,it  
is a  solemn thing to die2 but is it not
 equally solemn to live8 ,death  is     
solemn1 because it is the gateway to    
eternity4 ,life is  solemn1 because it  

is a preparation for eternity1 and      
because it  is all the time uttering    
words1 and performing acts which are    
invested with the attributes of         
immortality4    ,we all know the anxiety
 of men to be remembered after  death4  
,warriors1 statesmen1 poets1            
philosophers1 and divines1  are all the 
subjects of this aspiration4 ,it seems  
to be an  inherent element in human     
nature1 and is cherished to a greater   
or less extent by all4 ,and man will be 
remembered4 ,no epitaph  may mark the   
spot where his body lies2 but he has    
been rearing  monuments around him all  
through life1 more enduring than        
marble2 and though he die1 and turn to  
dust1 these monuments  will live1 and   
they will speak1 too1 with a power that 
shall  mould and fashion human          
character1 and give direction to human  
destiny4    ,it were easy to illustrate 
this fact1 by calling up those  of past 
generations4 ,abel lives in the         
sacrifice which he  presented when he   

offered the firstlings of his flock1 as 
typical of the sacrifice of the ,cross4 
,enoch lives in the purity  of a        
spotless life2 ,noah1 in his marvellous 
preservation amid  the wide waste of    
waters by virtue of his obedience to    
,god4  ,abraham lives1 in the power of a
 matchless faith2 ,joseph1 in the       
unsullied purity which resisted         
temptation4 ,moses1 in his  renunciation
 of the honours and treasures of an     
,egyptian court1  for the sake of a     
connection with the despised and        
persecuted  people of ,god4 ,elijah1 in 
the omnipotence of prevailing prayer4   
,job1 in a patient submission to the    
will of his ,god1 when  stripped of all 
earthly comforts4 ,david1 in those      
choice  utterances of his own           
experience1 which have been the comfort 
of  the ,church in all ages4 ,isaiah1 in
 the glowing strains of his  evangelical
 prophecy4 ,jeremiah1 in his weeping    
lamentations over  a rebellious people4 
,daniel1 in the undaunted courage of a  

religious integrity4 ,and ,habakkuk1 in 
his importunity for the  revival of     
,god's work4    ,the holy ,apostles     
still live in their apostolic acts1 in  
their mighty triumphs over the powers of
 darkness1 and in their  inspired       
utterances to the ,church and to the    
world4 ,the dead  martyrs encompass the 
pathway of the living ,church1 by the   
light  and glory of their               
self-sacrificing example in life1 and by
  their fidelity to the truth amid the  
shame and torture of an  ignominious    
death4    ,martin ,luther sleeps in the 
dust of ,wittenburg1 but he             
nevertheless lives in the spirit of the 
glorious ,reformation  kindled by his   
instrumentality4 ,the voices of ,calvin 
and  ,melancthon are still ringing loud 
and loud through all the  congregations 
of the redeemed4 ,shakespeare1 ,milton1 
,young1 and  ,kirk ,white1 still live in
 8thoughts that breath and words that   
burn40 ,the eloquent and successful     
preachers of other days yet  live in the

 subduing influence of the sermons which
 aroused  multitudes from the slumber of
 sin1 to call upon the name of the      
,lord4    ,an elegant writer has said1  
8,the earth is a vast whispering        
gallery1 and the centuries are but      
telegraphic wires1 which  convey the    
thoughts of one age to another4 ,the    
nineteenth  century sits at one end of  
the electric telegraph1 and the first   
century at this other2 and the former   
hears transmitted to it  lessons from   
the latter1 that mould and shape it for 
heaven--for  happiness or woe40         
,nothing that ever man says or does is  
annihilated4 ,its  duration is coeval   
with the immortality of the soul4       
,professor  ,babbage1 an able writer    
says1 8,the air is one vast library1 on 
whose pages are forever written all that
 man has ever said1 or  woman ever      
whispered40 ,it is an understood        
principle in  philosophy1 that the      
pebble thrown into the sea1 will produce
  its undulations as long as the sea    

endures2 and that the blow  struck1 will
 transmit its vibrations through all    
succeeding  ages4 ,so with the words and
 deeds of men4 ,the influence they      
exert will live on1 making their impress
 of the minds and  characters of        
humanity1 while time lasts1 or eternity 
endures4  ,the brave ,havelock fought   
his last battle1 and went to his  grave1
 with many laurels upon his sainted     
brow2 but his heroic  acts in the war   
camp1 and on the battle-field1 and above
 all1  his deeds of self-sacrificing    
piety and religious devotion1  speak as 
with trumpet-tongues to the living1 and 
will continue  to do so1 until the      
funeral fires of the last day shall     
kindle  upon these lower grounds1 and   
the earth and all things that are       
therein shall be burned up4 ,how        
truthfully has the ,apostle said1  8,no 
man liveth to himself1 or dieth to      
himself40 ,in life and in  death we are 
bound up with others1 and through them  
transmit  ourselves from age to age4    

,coronets1 station1 rank1 riches1       
honours1 are all temporary and fleeting2
 but character bears the  impress of    
immortality4    ,how many ways there are
 of living after death2 some of  course 
that are much more impressive than      
others4 ,your  magnificent paintings1 so
 true to life2 the monuments in your    
grave yards1 and in your public places2 
and the institutions  founded by the    
spirit of benevolence1 are all invested 
with the  mysterious power of life1 and 
exert their influence for good or  for  
evil4 ,but the most effective mode is   
probably through the  wondrous power of 
the press4 ,thousands of years have     
passed  since the five books of ,moses  
were written2 but they still  exist1 to 
tell the wondrous story of creation's   
birth1 the  burial and resurrection of  
the planet upon which we dwell1 and  to 
unfold the history of ,god's dealings   
with a people that he  had chosen for   
his own inheritance4 ,the laws          
promulgated from  ,sinai's burning      

mount1 live in many of their essential  
features  upon the statute books of all 
,christian nations4 ,by the mighty      
power of the press1 the thoughts that   
glowed in the minds of  prophets1       
stirred the souls of the ,apostles1 and 
came fresh and  pure from a ,saviour's  
lips1 are taken up1 borne on from age to
  age1 and scattered like drops of      
morning drew amongst the  nations of    
mankind4 ,bunyan wrote his enchanting   
dream in the  solitude of ,bedford      
prison2 but the press seized hold of it1
 and  has gone one repeating the        
dreamer's story in all the languages  of
 christendom1 and multiplying its copies
 beyond the power of  human calculation4
 ,through this medium the influence of  
,bunyan  will go on accumulating and    
gathering strength1 so long as there  is
 a ,christian to be comforted1 or a     
sinner to be saved4    ,through this    
same channel1 ,baxter1 ,alliene1        
,doddrige1  ,scott1 ,hall1 ,fuller1     
,foster1 ,wesley1 and a host of others  

that  we might name1 live in the        
libraries of ,christians of the  present
 age1 and are heard with telling power  
in all the  evangelical pulpits of      
christendom4 ,the man whose thoughts are
  thus transmitted through the press1   
possesses an influence over  human minds
 and passions1 which no figures can     
compute or  imagination conceive4 ,for  
example1 ,spurgeon preaches on of his   
best sermons2 it is heard by two or ten 
thousand people1 as the  case may be1   
and they are deeply moved by it4 ,it is 
then taken  up by the press1 published  
by tens of thousands of copies1 and     
read by multitudes in every section of  
the globe4 ,in the first  instance1 he  
speaks simply to a ,london congregation2
 but in the  second case1 his audience  
is the world4    ,the first ,mrs4       
,judson sleeps beneath the hopia tree1  
and  ,judson himself found a watery     
tomb2 but through the press1 their      
sufferings1 labours1 achievements1 as   
given in their own  touching1 eloquent  

strains1 are giving direction to        
millions of  hearts1 and rousing the    
missionary impulses of the ,church      
universal4 ,the same may be said of     
,buchanan1 ,swartz1 ,brainard1  ,carey1 
,marshman1 ,ward1 ,williams1 ,cook1     
,knibb1 and many more1  whose names and 
memories are embalmed in the hearts of  
untold  millions4    ,but let me remind 
you1 my hearers1 that life after death  
as  well as before1 is invested with the
 marvellous power of speech4  ,it is    
said of righteous ,abel1 he 8being dead1
 yet speaketh40 ,is  not this true of   
those with whom we once held sweet      
communion  and delightful association on
 the earth8 ,do we not hear their       
voices echoing from the other side of   
the flood1 and saying1  8,fear not--be  
not dismayed2 the struggle will soon be 
over1 and  the victory will soon be won4
 ,gird on thy armour1 be faithful  unto 
death2 a crown is in reserve for thee40 
,some of those living dead who address  
us1 were once our own  flesh and blood4 

,it may be a beloved mother1 who died in
 the  triumphs of the gospel1 that      
speaks to us from the celestial  hills4 
,hark6 what does she say8 8,son1        
daughter1 weep not for me1  but weep for
 yourselves4 ,the moment ,i closed my   
eyes in death1 ,i  opened them to gaze  
upon the transcendant beauties of these 
celestial regions4 ,all that ,i ever    
conceived of the bliss1 the  joy1 the   
glory of heaven1 is as a dreamy shadow  
compared with  what ,i know see1 hear1  
and feel4 ,what disclosures of the      
,infinite are here made6 what songs of  
victory and praise break  upon my ear6  
what rapturous joy swells my bosom6 ,i  
left my  church in conflict below1 to   
join my church in triumph here4 ,i  am  
separated from some ,i love on earth2   
but ,i am joined with  those ,i love in 
heaven4 ,prepare1 dear children1 to meet
 your  glorified mother in glory40      
,of all the beings that speak to living 
man1 it appears to  me none speaks so   
impressively1 so tenderly1 so lovingly1 

as a  departed1 ,christian mother4 ,for 
myself1 ,i seem to hear ringing  in my  
ears1 the lullabys of my mother1 that   
she sung in the days  of my childhood4  
,i seem to listen to that voice1 as it  
went up  in prayer from a mother's      
loving heart1 that her sinful boy  might
 be regenerated1 sanctified1 saved4 ,the
 counsels and  admonitions of my        
mother's tongue1 long since silent in   
death1  come echoing over the hills and 
across the waters1 and make  their      
appeal direct to my heart1 with all the 
pathos and  tenderness of maternal love1
 bidding me onward1 onward in the  path 
of duty1 in the way to heaven4 ,the hand
 that smoothed my  pillow in the hour of
 sickness1 and administered the needful 
remedies to counteract disease and      
restore to health1 appears to  be still 
stretched out in love to perform the    
same motherly  acts4 ,i speak from      
experience1 then1 when ,i say1 that a   
pious  mother1 though dead1 speaks in   
accents sweeter and more  impressive    

than those which angels use4    ,cannot 
you1 my hearers1 call to mind some      
departed one1 in  whom you feel a       
special interest--a father1 mother1     
husband1  wife1 child1 brother1 sister1 
relative1 friend8 ,listen4 ,is it a     
father that speaks from the heavenly    
hills8 ,what does he say8  8,son1       
daughter1 ,i once wrestled with doubts1 
fears1 temptations1  trials1 as you do  
now2 but here ,i am1 reaping the laurels
 of  victory4 ,urge your way in the path
 to heaven1 and ,i will stand  at the   
gate of the celestial city1 to bid you  
welcome4 ,is it a  mother8 how tenderly 
does she say1 8,my dear child1 ,i once  
pressed thee to my bosom in all the     
ardor of a mother's love1  and my       
prayers for your salvation1 unworthy as 
,i felt them to  be1 have been          
graciously answered2 and ,i am just now 
waiting for  the blissful moment to     
arrive1 when ,i shall say to my         
,saviour1  here am ,i and the child that
 thou hast given me40 ,is it a  husband 

that speaks8 ,what does he say8 8,my    
loved wife1 we were  united on the earth
 with strong ties--death came1 and those
 ties  were severed2 but other cords    
bound us in perpetual union1 these      
shall never be sundered4 ,the separation
 is momentary2 we shall  soon meet where
 parting is unknown40 ,is it a wife that
 speaks8  ,what does she say8 8,husband1
 in girlhood and in riper years1 ,i     
loved you with all the enthusiasm of my 
firth love4 ,that love  was ultimately  
tempered and sanctified by the region of
 the  ,cross1 and then how earnestly ,i 
prayed to ,god for you when you  knew it
 not4 ,you loved the society of the gay 
and of the  worldly2 and when watching  
for your coming the midnight hour1      
strong cries and tears were sent to     
heaven in your behalf4 ,early  ,i went  
to my grave1 drooping as a frost-nipped 
flower1 and ,i  told you not the reason 
why2 but in solitude you pondered1 and  
that prayer that had been lying before  
the altar1 and that had  been baptized  

in scalding1 burning tears1 gushing from
 a woman's  loving1 confiding1 but      
aching heart1 was at length answered2   
and  as ,i looked down from my seat of  
glory1 ,i saw you a penitent at  the    
foot of the ,cross2 and now ,i bid you  
be of good cheer3 you  will soon join me
 in the triumphs of the skies40 ,is it a
 child  that speaks8 ,what does he or   
she say8 8,father1 mother1 early you    
taught me the way to glory1 not thinking
 ,i should reach this  blessed place    
before you2 but my master called--,i had
 to obey2  and while you were weeping in
 sadness1 ,i was singing hallelujahs  to
 ,god and to the ,lamb2 and while you   
committed my clay-cold  body to the     
grave1 and mingled my tears with the    
clods that  covered it from your sight1 
my soul1 released and glorified1 was    
filled with the unutterable joys of this
 celestial state4 ,come1  come1 ,i long 
to greet you on these blissful shores40 
,is it a  brother or sister that speaks8
 ,what does he or she say8 8,my dear    

brother1 my darling sister1 once we were
 intimately associated  under the same  
parental roof4 ,we lay upon the same    
mother's fond  bosom1 and listened to   
the same father's prayer2 we read the   
same ,bible1 attended the same school1  
engaged in the same plays1  went to the 
same church1 and the same blood coursed 
in our  veins4 ,i was taken1 and you    
were left2 heaven is now my home--,i    
partake of its delicious food1 and drink
 from its pure  fountains2 ,i mingle in 
its glorified society1 and join in its  
sublime anthems4 ,are you1 oh6 are you  
prepared to meet me here8  ,if so1 all  
is well2 if not1 hasten1 hasten to make 
your peace  with ,god40 ,is it simply a 
friend that speaks1 or one who was  once
 our neighbor1 or a member of the same  
community1 or of the  same church8      
,still the voice is powerful1 urging us 
to a  diligent improvement of all the   
means of grace1 that we may be  prepared
 for a better inheritance4    ,but1 my  
hearers1 be reminded1 that not only     

voices from  glory speak1 but tongues   
scorched with the fire of hell speak4   
,the profane swearer1 the guilty        
,sabbath breaker1 the boasting  infidel1
 the painted hypocrite1 the arch        
seducer1 the reeling  drunkard1 the     
polluted sensualist1 the avaricious man 
and the  moralist1 the worldling and the
 almost ,christian4 ,all speak to  us   
from their shroud of flame1 and say to  
us in the language of  the rich man in  
the parable1 8,come not to this place40 
,ten  thousands times ten thousand      
voices are continually speaking in      
thunder tones to the wicked1 warning    
them to escape the fury of  eternal     
fires4 ,young man1 ,i hear a voice      
coming up from that  dark world4 ,who   
speaks8 ,your associate in sin4 ,he was 
once with  you in the theatre1 at the   
card-table1 in the ball-room1 and  where
 the sparkling glass went round1 and    
boisterous mirth was  heard4 ,by his own
 folly he cut short his days1 and where 
is he  now8 ,in hell he lifts up his    

eyes1 and in wailing accents cries      
aloud to you not to add to his          
unutterable torments1 by becoming  his  
companion in suffering1 as well as his  
associate in guilt4    ,o friends6 the  
dead speak to us4 ,they speak to us from
 the  past2 they speak to us from their 
graves2 they speak to us from  heaven2  
they speak to us from hell4 ,let us see 
to it1 one and  all1 that we heed the   
solemn message4    ,but ,i selected this
 passage1 8,your fathers1 where are     
they8  ,your prophets1 do they live for 
ever80 feeling that it is  peculiarly   
appropriate to the painful event which  
we are called  upon to improve4 ,i refer
 to the death of our venerated ,,father 
,,crandal4 ,he has for some time        
constituted the only connecting  link   
between the fathers of our denomination 
and their  successors in the ministry4  
,thomas ,handly ,chipman1 ,edward and   
,james ,manning1 ,harris and ,theodore  
,ansley1 and ,joseph ,crandal1  for many
 years stood prominently before the     

people as the  8,fathers0 of the        
,associated ,baptist ,churches of these 
lower  ,provinces4 ,a class of most     
excellent and useful men were united    
with these valiant soldiers of the      
,cross in their day2 such as            
,estabrooks1 ,hammond1 ,ennis1 ,peter   
,crandal1 ,reece1 ,davis ,harris1       
,potter1 ,towner1 ,burton1 ,m',culley1  
and others of the precious  memory4 ,all
 those first mentioned were converted to
 ,god about  that same time1 and        
embarked together1 with the exception of
  ,thomas ,ansley1 in the great work of 
winning souls to ,christ4  ,these men   
were all preserved to a good old        
age--all of them to  three score years  
and ten1 some of them to upwards of four
 score  years1 and one1 ,harris         
,harding1 to the extraordinary age of   
ninety-six years2 and what is           
remarkable1 they all retained  their    
pastoral connection with the churches   
over which they were  called to preside 
in the days of their youth1 until their 

,master  called them to their reward4   
,they lived to see the third and  fourth
 generation called1 sanctified1 and     
saved1 and to  introduce them in person 
into the churches which they had        
planted in the morning of their         
ministry4 ,no marvel1 therefore1  that  
they should be spoken of as the         
8fathers0 of the  denomination4 ,father 
,crandal was the last of the eight      
patriarchs to leave the conflict below4 
,one after another took  his departure1 
in the full assurance of a blissful     
immortality4  ,joseph ,crandal1 last but
 not least1 has gone also4 ,your father1
  where are they8 your prophets1 do they
 live for ever8 ,these  fathers all     
sleep in death2 ,father ,manning in the 
old grave-yard  at ,cunard2 ,father     
,chipman at ,nictaux2 ,father ,harris   
,harding at  ,yarmouth2 ,father ,ansley 
at ,st4 ,andrews2 and ,father ,crandal  
at  ,salisbury2 all side by side with   
the precious dust of those  whose souls 
they had been instrumental in bringing  

home to  ,christ4 ,sleep on1 ye heralds 
of salvation1 until your ,master  bids  
you rise6 ,the trumpet will ere long    
sound long and loud1  and yon and your  
beloved associates in death will hear   
that  sound1 and start from death's     
sleep1 to meet your ,lord in the  air4  
8,sown in corruption1 raised in         
incorruption2 sown in  dishonour1 raised
 in glory2 sown in weakness1 raised in  
power2  sown a natural body1 raised a   
spiritual body40 ,yes1 8death shall  be 
swallowed up in victory40    8,so ,jesus
 slept4 ,god's dying ,son  ,passed      
through the grave1 and blessed the  bed4
  ,rest here1 blest saint1 till from his
 throne  ,the morning break1 and pierce 
the shade4  ,break form his throne1     
illustrious morn2  ,attend1 ,o earth1   
his sovereign word2  ,restore thy trust 
a glorious form1  ,called to ascend and 
meet the ,lord40    ,these remarkable   
men of whom we speak1 though slumbering 
in  death1 as we have said1 are         
nevertheless invested with all the      

elements of a breathing1 living1        
speaking power4 ,their souls1           
regenerated1 justified1 sanctified1     
glorified1 live in heaven1  and         
celebrate together the anthems of       
redeeming love4 ,and they  live also in 
the influence of their ministry1        
example1 labours1  successes1 conflicts1
 and triumphs1 in the ministers they    
ordained1 in the churches they planted1 
and in the souls they  were instrumental
 in saving from eternal burnings4 ,in   
this  respect they will never1 never    
die4    ,but it may be expected in this 
connection1 that ,i should  make a      
special reference to the revered father 
that has so  recently taken his         
departure to the spirit world4          
,joseph ,crandal was the son of ,webber 
and ,mary ,crandal  7originally ,mary   
,vaughn7 of ,friertown1 ,rhode ,island4 
,his parents  emigrated to ,nova ,scotia
 the year before the ,american          
revolution1 and settled in ,chester4 ,he
 was then in his infancy4  ,his mother  

died when he was thirteen years of age2 
and not many  years after his father    
died also1 leaving him a lonely orphan  
in  a cold-hearted world4 ,but ,god was 
merciful to him1 and in his  providence 
made all needful provision for his      
support4 ,it would  appear that his     
mother was a pious woman2 for when she  
was about  to depart this life1 she     
summoned her son to her bedside1 took   
him by the hand1 and said1 8,joseph1 the
 ,lord has a great work  for you to do  
when ,i am dead and gone40 ,had she     
spoken by the  spirit of prophecy1 she  
could not have spoken more truthfully4  
,these words1 uttered with all the      
pathos of a dying mother's  love1 made  
an impression that never left him4 ,his 
convictions of  sin and of the need of  
salvation1 were greatly strengthened by 
the ministrations of ,handley ,chipman1 
and ,joseph ,dimock1 who  visited       
,chester to proclaim the gospel message4
 ,years1 however1  passed before he     
obtained peace in believing4 ,these were

 long  years of anxious concern about   
his soul4 ,while thus troubled in       
spirit1 business called him to ,onslow1 
and on the ,sabbath he  attended a      
meeting conducted by ,harris ,harding   
and ,joseph  ,dimock4 ,in that meeting  
the power of ,god was signally manifest3
  and suddenly this young man had such a
 discovery of the glorious  majesty of  
,jehovah as to fill him with the utmost 
dismay4 ,his  sins rose up before him   
steeped in crimson guilt1 and he saw    
himself justly condemned to endless     
misery1 and could behold no  way of     
escape4 ,anguish and horror             
inexpressible filled his soul1  and he  
expected soon to sink in eternal woe4   
,but unexpectedly to  himself1 the way  
of salvation by the cross was opened to 
his  view4 ,he saw that it just suited  
his case as a lost condemned  sinner and
 he embraced it with his whole heart4   
,it was a  glorious moment in his       
history4 ,so overpowered was he by what 
he  saw and felt1 that he could not     

refrain from telling all around  him of 
the preciousness and fullness of a      
,saviour's love4    ,in a series of     
letters addressed to the ,visitor by    
,mr4  ,crandal in #ahec1 he thus speaks 
of this wondrous change--8,my mind  was 
completely absorbed in the solemn and   
marvellous scene4 ,it  appeared to me   
that the whole human race were exposed  
to endless  ruin1 and were altogether at
 the disposal of that holy being  whose 
glory had so overwhelmed my soul4 ,i saw
 mercy so connected  with the justice of
 ,god1 that they were both one2 that    
what ,god  had done in the person of    
,christ was alone sufficient to save    
all that would come to ,god for mercy   
through ,jesus ,christ2 and ,i  felt as 
though the whole creation ought to know 
what ,i felt and  saw2 for indeed it    
appeared of more importance to me than  
the  whole world4 ,i continued speaking 
for more than an hour4 ,i could  not    
hold my peace1 for it was like the      
bursting forth of an  overflowing       

fountain4 ,a world of sinners came up   
before men1  like a vast field1 to which
 ,i could see no end4 ,when the scene   
had passed from me1 ,i looked around me1
 and the two ministers1  ,joseph ,dimock
 and ,harris ,harding1 were weeping1 and
 many more  wept for joy40    ,such1 my 
hearers1 were some of the most important
 features  in the early experience of   
,joseph ,crandal1 and is highly         
characteristic of the religion of the   
early ,christians of these  ,provinces4 
,the truth of ,god1 as revealed in his  
,word1 by a long  process of conviction1
 followed by a distinct and in many     
cases  marvellous conversion1 became to 
them a matter of personal  experience2  
and this prepared them to speak the     
truth in the  love of it4    ,by this   
experience of the power and grace of the
 gospel1  ,father ,crandal1 though dead1
 still lives1 for in his case we see    
the riches of ,divine goodness          
wondrously displayed4 ,was he a  lost   
sinner8 ,so are we4 ,did he need a      

change of heart to fit him  for ,god's  
work8 ,so do we4 ,were the blood and    
righteousness of  ,christ his only hope8
 ,so in respect to us4 ,we1 my hearers1 
must  experience the same grace1 or we  
shall perish in our sin4    #b4 ,notice 
his call to the ministry of the ,gospel4
    ,this1 like his conversion1         
occasioned a painful struggle in  his   
mind4 ,shortly after he had tasted the  
sweetness of the  ,saviour's love1 he   
became impressed with the idea that he  
ought  to devote his life to the        
,christian ministry2 but how could he   
think of doing so--no education1 no     
means of obtaining it2 and  how could he
 venture to embark in so great a work   
without it4  ,conscious insufficiency in
 himself held him back1 while the holy  
impulses of the love of ,christ in his  
soul impelled him forward4  ,while      
labouring under severe trails in        
reference to his call to  the ministry1 
he became convinced1 from reading the   
,scriptures1  that he ought to be       

baptized1 and accordingly he was buried 
with  ,christ in baptism by ,elder      
,joseph ,dimock4 ,shortly after this    
event1 he was induced to accompany      
,harris ,harding on a preaching  mission
 to ,liverpool1 not intending1 as we    
suppose1 to preach  himself4 ,it so     
happened that he attended several       
meetings before  the ,sabbath4 ,here    
again we will quote his own language4   
,he says--  8,on the ,lord's day we met 
at the meeting house2 ,elder ,payzant   
preached in the morning1 and ,harris    
,harding in the afternoon4 ,at  the     
close of ,mr4 ,harding's sermon1 he     
called upon me to pray4 ,i  had not     
expected to be called upon1 and felt    
much cast down in  my mind4 ,it seemed  
as though a dark cloud of spiritual     
gloom  surrounded the whole meeting2 but
 as soon as ,i commenced praying  the   
scene changed--the light of heaven shone
 into my soul4 ,how  long ,i was engaged
 in prayer ,i know not2 but when ,i     
opened my  eyes and looked round1 ,i saw

 the two ministers weeping in the       
pulpit1 and the whole congregation      
seemed overpowered with an  awful sense 
of eternity4 ,from this time the work of
 the ,lord  commenced4 ,the two         
ministers said ,i had a special call to 
preach1 and the next day insisted on my 
ascending the pulpit4  ,but oh1 how ,i  
trembled6 my great fear was that ,i was 
not called  of ,god to the great work of
 the ministry2 but when ,i began to     
speak my fears all left me40 ,this was  
his first attempt to  preach a sermon1  
and the result satisfied ministers and  
people  that he was a chosen vessel to  
bear to a perishing world the  glad     
tidings of salvation4 ,the call of this 
young man to so  important work1        
distinctly proclaims the sovereignty of 
,god in  the dispensations of his grace4
 ,as in the case of the primitive       
preachers of christianity1 the learned1 
the wise1 and the noble  were passed by1
 and the unlearned fishermen of         
,galilee1 and  those humble birth and   

attainments1 were chosen to be          
instrumental in founding the infant     
,church1 and extending the  glory of the
 ,redeemer's name4 ,so in regard to the 
youthful  ,crandal and his coadjutors in
 the work of the ,lord4 ,without the    
aids of scholastic attainments1 and     
without riches or rank1 they  were      
chosen by ,god to do a might--thus      
proving that 8,god10 as the  sovereign  
disposer of all1 8hath chosen the       
foolish things of  the world to confound
 the things that are mighty1 and base   
things of the world and things which are
 despised hath ,god  chosen2 yea and    
things which are not1 to bring to nought
 things  that are1 that no flesh should 
glory in his presence40    ,let it not  
be supposed however that those heralds  
of the  cross to whom we refer1 were    
satisfied with their intellectual       
attainments1 or despised learning4 ,they
 applied themselves with  much assiduity
 to the acquisition of sound knowledge1 
and sought  by every means in their     

power to 8approve themselves workmen    
that needeth not to be ashamed20 and as 
they advanced in the  ministry1 it      
became obvious to all that they were    
scribes well  instructed in the things  
of the kingdom of ,god4    #c4 ,notice  
the success which attended his          
self-sacrificing  labours4    ,these    
labours were abundant4 ,having completed
 his visit in  ,liverpool he returned to
 ,chester4 ,some of his old associates  
were surprised to hear that he had      
commenced preaching1 but as  the        
,minister of the ,church was absent the 
deacons invited him to  preach4 ,he     
complied with the request1 gainsayers   
were  confounded1 and the christian     
people bade him ,god speed4 ,from       
,chester he travelled #cj miles through 
a dense wilderness to  ,windsor1 and    
held meetings in ,windsor1 ,newport1    
,falmouth1 ,horton  and ,cornwallis4 ,in
 all these places he had seals to his   
ministry4 ,in the summer following he   
visited ,onslow and ,amherst1  and in   

these places ,god made him instrumental 
in the conversion  of souls4 ,he spent  
the following winter in ,sackville1 and 
in the  district of the ,petitcodiac1   
preaching the word with power4  ,saints 
rejoiced1 and sinners were converted to 
,god4 ,in the  spring he revisited      
,cornwallis1 spent a few months         
labouring  successfully with ,elder     
,manning1 and then returned to          
,salisbury4  ,here he became united in  
marriage to the eldest daughter of ,mr4 
,young ,sherman4 ,as there was no       
,church to provide for his  temporal    
support1 and having married a wife1 he  
naturally felt  that it was his duty to 
provide for her4 ,the result was that he
  procured a tract of land in the       
wilderness1 and engaged in  manual      
labour4 ,this subjected him to severe   
mental conflicts4 ,in  speaking of his  
trials at that time in the letter       
referred to1  he says1 8,i thought there
 was a probability ,i had deceived      
myself1 and if so1 ,i had deceived      

others4 ,under these  overwhelming ,i   
came to the conclusion that ,i would    
preach no  more4 ,i went out to work on 
a new farm1 and determined ,i would  be 
like other people4 ,i used to meet with 
the people on the  ,lord's day1 and when
 urged to open the meeting ,i could not 
deny4  ,i continued in this way about   
eighteen months2 but one ,sabbath       
morning as ,i entered the meeting in a  
place called ,pollet ,river1  about     
three miles from my house1 the cloud of 
darkness that had  so long rested in my 
mind disappeared1 and the ,lord so      
blessed  my speaking that a number of   
people cried aloud for mercy1 and  the  
meeting continued a number of days4 ,o  
it was wonderful to  see groups of      
people at the hour of midnight returning
 home from  the meeting with torch      
lights1 making the wilderness echo with 
the praises of ,god4 ,surely these were 
happy days4 ,this work  spread in all   
the regions round4 ,the doctrines       
preached were  man's total depravity by 

the fall of ,adam1 salvation wholly and 
alone through the ,lord ,jesus ,christ1 
regeneration by the ,holy  ,spirit1 and 
sanctification progressive1 producing   
obedience to  the ,lord's commands4     
,many believers followed ,christ in     
baptism40    ,the ,lord so blessed the  
ministry of ,mr4 ,crandal at this  time1
 that the friends called him to         
ordination1 and a ,council  was         
convened1 composed of ,elders ,edward   
,manning1 ,theodore ,h4  ,harding1      
,joseph ,dimock1 and others4 ,a ,church 
was formed1 and ,mr4  ,crandal was      
ordained its ,pastor4 ,mr4 ,harding     
continued after the  ordination for some
 time1 aiding his youthful brother in   
the  work of the ,lord4    ,he travelled
 extensively in this revival1 visiting  
,salisbury1 ,moncton1 ,coverdale1       
,hillsborough and ,sackville1 and       
proceeded on to ,parsborough and        
,cornwallis1 preaching the gospel       
frequently in log houses--thus verifying
 the ,saviour's utterance1  the poor    

have the gospel preached to them4       
,multitudes gladly  received the word1  
and were baptized4    ,about this time  
he was filled with an anxious desire to 
visit the people on the ,river ,saint   
,john4 ,it was the dead of  winter1 and 
how to go he could not tell2 but he     
could find no  rest4 ,finally1 in       
company with a young man going in that  
direction1 he girded on his snow-shoes1 
and hastened forward  with ,god's       
message4 ,this was in the last of       
,january1 #ahjj4 ,not  being accustomed 
to this mode of journeying1 he endured  
much  fatigue2 but he travelled on1     
preaching on all the village the  ,lord 
,jesus4 ,he visited ,norton and         
,bellisle1 and in the latter  place many
 were brought to know the truth4 ,among 
the number was  ,mr4 ,drake1 afterwards 
,deacon ,drake of this church--a man of 
precious memory4 ,from ,bellisle he     
passed on to ,canning1 where he  made   
the acquaintance of the late ,elijah    
,estabrooks1 a devoted  man of ,god1 and

 a successful preacher of the gospel4   
,in this  district he saw the work of   
,god revive4 ,thence he passed up the   
river1 preaching in different places4   
,on his way he met a ,mr4  ,cole from   
,kingsclear1 who was in pursuit of him  
to engage him to  preach a funeral      
sermon4 ,he preached--the word was      
attended with  the ,spirit's power1 and 
many were converted to ,god4    ,mr4    
,crandal in his letters makes special   
reference to this  visit1 and says--8,a 
pious sister asked for baptism1 and ,i  
answered that she would be immersed at  
#aj o'clock1 ,a4,m4 the next  day4      
,accordingly1 before the hour arrived1  
people came from all  directions for    
many miles around1 and the ice having   
been  opened1 the candidate related a   
clear ,christian experience1 and  ,i    
baptized her4 ,when we came out of the  
water1 two more told  what ,god had done
 for their souls1 and we could not leave
 the  water until fourteen happy        
converts had been immersed in           

conformity to the ,saviour's example4   
,surely this was the ,lord's  work4     
,four or five hundred people were       
present1 and it was a  great day of     
,god's power4 ,the work of the ,lord    
spread in every  direction40    ,he     
remained on the river for some time     
above ,fredericton1  preaching the      
gospel and immersing believers as far up
 as  ,woodstock4    ,on his return he   
called again at ,canning1 and was       
immediately met by crowds of people1    
many of whom had been  searching the    
,bible on the subject of baptism during 
his  absence1 and had come to the       
conclusion that it was their duty  to be
 baptized4 ,in the room where they were 
assembled1 the ,lord  made himself      
manifest in great power4 ,many of these 
people had  been united in a            
,congregational ,church1 but they now   
saw it to  be their duty to be baptized4
 ,their leader1 ,mr4 ,estabrooks1 led   
the way1 and the aged1 middle aged1 and 
young1 declared what the  ,lord had done

 for their souls1 and were immersed by  
,mr4 ,crandal  in the name of the       
,father1 of the ,son1 and of the ,holy  
,ghost4  ,there was a mighty outpouring 
of the ,spirit upon the people4 ,mr4    
,crandal notes it in the following      
style--8,at the second  conference many 
related their experience4 ,an aged man  
arose from  his seat2 it was ,esquire   
,esty1 and old ,new ,england            
,congregationalist1 rooted and grounded 
in the old ,puritan  practice of infant 
sprinkling4 ,he was a man much beloved4 
,he  said to me1 #8,i see you are going 
to break up our church4' ,i said  to    
him1 #8,sir1 if your church is built on 
,christ1 the gates of  hell cannot      
prevail against4' ,he replied1 #8,do you
 not call us a  ,church of ,christ8' ,i 
said1 #8,i consider you a company of    
pious  ,christians1 but not walking in  
the order of the gospel as ,christ  has 
commanded4' ,he took up his hat and     
walked out1 saying1 his  parents had    
given him up to the ,lord in infancy1   

and from that  he would not depart4 ,as 
he was going out1 ,i said1 #8,esquire1  
,i  have one word to say to you--the    
,scribes and ,pharisees rejected  the   
counsel of ,god against themselves1 not 
being baptized4' ,the  next morning     
being ,lord's day1 we met at the water  
at nine  o'clock1 ,a4,m4 ,a great host  
assembled to see the effects of the  new
 religion1 and to my great surprise1 the
 old gentleman who  had said he would   
never depart from his infant sprinkling1
 was  the first to yield obedience to   
the commands of ,christ4 ,such a  day of
 the ,lord's saving power was rarely    
witnessed on earth4  ,nearly thirty     
candidates were baptized1 and the       
meeting did not  break up until the     
going down of the sun4 ,it was truly    
solemn  and delightful to hear the      
praises of the ,lord sun by great       
numbers of happy converts in boats      
returning home from the  delightful     
scene4 ,the work of that day ,i can     
never forget4 ,the  clear setting sun1  

the large expanse of unruffled water1   
the  serenity of the atmosphere1 the    
delightful notes of the  feathered      
songsters1 and the solemn sound of hymns
 sung by many  happy voices1 presented  
to me an emblem of the paradise of ,god4
  ,it seemed as though heaven had come  
down to earth1 and that ,i  was on the  
brink of the eternal world40    ,the    
next day he crossed the river and       
baptized a number  more1 and then       
proceeded on his way1 preaching the     
gospel and  baptizing believers1 as the 
,saviour had commanded4 ,at ,long       
,island his preaching was much blessed1 
and many were baptized4  ,on his return 
he visited this city1 and was joyfully  
received by  the ,christians of that    
day4    ,time would fail us to detail   
further the labours and  successes of   
our departed friend4 ,suffice it to say1
 that during  these early years of his  
ministry1 notwithstanding the newness   
of the country1 and the badness of the  
roads1 and many other  inconveniencies1 

he was impelled forward in his          
evangelical  labours by the holy        
impulses of love ,divine4 ,frequently he
 went  forth weeping1 bearing precious  
seed1 but he returned again with        
rejoicing1 bringing his sheaves with    
him4 ,in all these lower  ,provinces the
 fruits of his evangelical ministry are 
abundant4  ,hundreds1 we doubt not1 were
 at heaven's gates to greet him1 on  his
 entrance into that bright world1 as the
 honoured instrument  in ,god's hand of 
leading them to a knowledge of the      
truth1 and  many more will follow after4
 ,his name and his memory is embalmed   
in the best affections of thousands now 
living1 who have  listened with joy and 
delight to the message of mercy from his
  lips4 ,in this city his labours have  
been much blessed1 and by  many highly  
prized4 ,some of you now think of him as
 your  spiritual guide in the path to   
heaven4    ,does he not still live in   
the success of his ministry8 ,that      
success testifies to his devotedness to 

his ,master's work1 and  to his         
reliance1 not upon human wisdom1 but    
upon the prowess of  an arm ,divine4 ,no
 man believed more firmly than ,joseph  
,crandal  that the salvation of the     
sinner was not by might or by power  but
 the ,spirit of the ,almighty4 ,this    
sentiment inwrought deeply  in his own  
individual experience made him a man of 
earnest  prayer1 and brought him into   
close and intimate converse with  the   
,deity4 ,like ,jacob he wrestled with   
,god1 and like him he  received the     
blessing4 ,the enlarged success of such 
a ministry1  imbued with such a spirit1 
speaks most loudly to all ministers  and
 churches1 calling upon them to bestir  
themselves to the  exercise of faith and
 prayer and labor in the ,master's work4
    ,his doctrinal views were of the    
,calvinistic type2 hence in  his        
ministry he gave much prominence to the 
doctrine of the  universal depravity of 
man through the first                   
transgression--,god's  choice of his    

people in ,christ before the world      
was--the  co-equality of the ,lord      
,jesus1 and of the ,holy ,spirit with   
the  ,eternal ,father--the vicarious and
 perfect sacrifice presented on  the    
,cross by ,jesus1 the sinner's          
substitute1 in accordance with  the     
conditions of the immutable covenant of 
grace--regeneration  by the sovereign   
grace of ,god--justification by the     
imputed  righteousness of               
,christ--sanctification progressive     
under the  guidance of the eternal      
spirit1 and producing holiness of heart 
and life--the certain perseverance of   
all the saint of ,god to  eternal       
glory--the resurrection of the dead and 
eternal judgment4  ,he1 however1 held   
these sentiments as being in perfect    
harmony  with the full and free         
proclamation of the gospel to every     
creature1 and with the obligations      
resting upon all who hear the  gospel1  
to repent of their sins and embrace its 
rich and ample  provisions4 ,firmly did 

he advocate the right of private        
judgment1 calling upon all to examine   
for themselves the ,holy  ,scriptures of
 the ,old and ,new ,testament1 as       
constituting the  only rule of faith and
 practice1 and as the book that will    
judge  us at the last day4 ,in the      
advocacy of these sentiments1 both in   
public and in private1 he was bold1     
zealous and persevering2 but  he at the 
same tie cherished towards the pious of 
every name who  differed from him1      
christian love and good will4    ,to    
what appeared to him as the truth and as
 the path of  duty he adhered with      
unwavering fidelity4 ,we might refer to 
many  incidents in his life as          
illustrative of this trait in his       
character1 but let the following        
suffice4 ,some thirty-five years  ago1  
he was induced by the urgent            
solicitations of his numerous  friends  
in the ,county of ,westmorland1 to      
accept a seat in the  ,provincial       
,legislature1 as a member for that      

,county1 and was  returned by a large   
majority4 ,at that time the ,government 
of the  country was entirely in the     
hands of the high ,tory party3 those    
who believed most firmly in the doctrine
 of 8vested right10 and  in the right of
 the 8select few10 to govern the many4  
,to dissent  from the ,church and ,state
 notions of that day was1 in the        
judgment of some1 treason against the   
laws of the land4 ,when ,mr4  ,crandal  
appeared in the ,legislature1 he found  
himself surrounded  by men of this type2
 but he had resolved upon a             
straightforward  manly course4 ,hence   
whenever a question came up implicating 
the  rights of the people1 ,mr4 ,crandal
 stood up as the bold and               
uncompromising advocate of equal rights4
 ,this very soon  subjected him to a    
severe trial4 ,he1 of course1 had no    
idea when  he entered political life of 
abandoning the ministry1 and hence  he  
continued to preach the ,gospel as      
usual4 ,when in ,fredericton  he        

preached regularly to the ,baptist      
,church in that place1 and  they were   
much edified by his ministrations4 ,this
 fact was known  to the ,government1 and
 as ,mr4 ,crandal had taken a stand in  
the  ,house in favour of popular rights1
 to the great annoyance of the  men in  
high places1 they determined by a       
marvellous expedient to  get rid of him4
 ,hence in their sovereignty they       
decreed that no  avowed preacher of the 
gospel should have a seat in the        
,legislature4 ,mr4 ,crandal and his many
 friend felt that the  decree was       
arbitrary and unjust1 but they had no   
alternative but  to submit4 ,then came  
the question of duty4 ,should he pursue 
the  labors of political life1 share in 
its emoluments and honors1  and abandon 
the christian ministry8 or would he     
abandon the  former and cleave to the   
latter8 ,this question he was not long  
in deciding4 ,like ,moses he esteemed   
the reproaches of ,christ  greater      
riches than all earthly treasures4 ,the 

matter was up for  discussion1 and he   
was given to understand that if he      
preached  in ,fredericton as usual on   
the ,sabbath1 he would be dismissed     
from the ,legislature early in the week4
 ,sabbath morning came1  and he was     
found in his place in the sacred desk1  
declaring with  more than usual energy  
and power the unsearchable riches of    
,christ1 and exclaiming with an         
,apostle1 8,god forbid that ,i  should  
glory save in the cross of the unto the 
world40 ,as was  expected1 early in the 
week an order passed the ,government    
forbidding him to occupy his seat as the
 representative of the  people4         
,accordingly he left1 feeling that it   
was 8better to obey  ,god than man40    
,such1 however1 was his influence in the
 ,county of  ,westmorland1 that for many
 years after the event to which we      
refer1 no man could succeed in a        
contested election in that  ,county     
unless he had ,mr4 ,crandal's interest  
on his side4 ,this  extensive influence 

was invariably in favor of civil and    
religious liberty1 and to the           
countenance of equal privileges4  ,for  
many years before his death he took no  
active part in  politics2 yet his       
sentiments were very generally known1   
and  probably to him more than to any   
single individual1 this  ,province      
stands indebted for the diffusion of    
correct sentiments  regarding the matter
 of civil and religious liberty4    ,as 
might be expected1 his influence in the 
denomination was  very extensive4 ,he   
took part in the formation of the first 
,baptist ,association organised in these
 lower ,provinces4 ,this  event occurred
 in ,lower ,granville1 ,nova ,scotia1 on
 the #bdth of  ,june1 #ahjj4 ,the       
departed was then in the vigour of his  
youth1  and preached on the occasion    
with great power from ,zach4 xiii4      
#g--8;,awake1 ,o sword1 against my      
shepherd1 and against the man that  is  
my fellow1 saith the ,lord40 ,strong as 
he was in faith at that  time1 he       

probably had not the remotest idea that 
he should live  to see that infant      
,association extending its membership   
and  ministry over the three ,provinces1
 and ultimately becoming  sufficiently  
large to form five ,associations1 and   
the smallest  of the number four times  
as large as the one then organized4 ,but
  so it was2 and to this remarkable     
increase1 he1 with the ,divine          
blessing1 contributed in an abundant    
measure4    ,fifty years from the date  
of the first ,association1 ,fathers     
,crandal and ,e4 ,manning met at an     
,association held at ,nictaux2  and     
these veterans of the ,cross both       
preached in their turn to  the assembled
 multitude4 ,the effect of their        
administrations was  overpowering4 ,many
 felt that they were hearing them both  
for the  last time2 and so it proved to 
be4 ,at the close of the session1  they 
took their leave of each other1         
expecting not to meet again  until they 
should meet in the great association    

above4 ,the sight  was deeply affecting4
 ,they wept1 embraced each other1 and   
rejoiced together in the prospect of a  
speedy re-union in the  skies4 ,they had
 entered the field of conflict about the
 same  time1 had fought many a hard     
battle with the principalities and      
powers of evil1 and had witnessed on all
 hands the mighty  triumphs of that     
,gospel which had been committed to     
their truth2  and now that they         
contemplated the moment as drawing nigh 
when  they should exchange the helmet   
and the sword and the  breastplate for  
laurels of victory at ,god's right hand1
 and for  crowns of glory studded with  
many precious gems1 is it any  matter of
 marvel that they should be deeply moved
 in the  retrospect of the past1 and at 
the opening prospect of the  future8    
,at all our denominational gatherings1  
,father ,crandal filled  a distinguished
 place2 frequently chosen1 especially in
 younger  life1 to preside1 and was     
always expected1 when present1 to       

preach4 ,when the ,new ,brunswick       
,baptist ,education ,society was        
formed1 he was elected its ,president4  
,this was nearly thirty  years ago1 and 
by the unanimous wish of his brethren1  
he  continued to fill this important    
office until removed by death4    ,his  
pastoral relations were extended1 and   
somewhat  peculiar4 ,having been so     
extensively blessed in the ,counties of 
,westmorland and ,albert1 he seemed to  
feel that he was called to  exercise a  
special oversight over all the ,churches
 in that  extensive district4 ,hence he 
was sometimes the pastor at  ,salisbury1
 then at ,sackville1 then at ,moncton1  
then at  ,hillsborough1 then at         
,coverdale1 and then back again at      
,salisbury4 ,if he had confined his     
pastoral labors more to one  given      
point1 and satisfied with simply        
visiting the ,churches in  the other    
sections1 enquiring after their welfare1
 it probably  would have been better for
 him1 and for the cause in which he  was

 engaged4 ,the tendency was1 though not 
designed by him1 to  unsettle younger   
pastors1 and to induce in the people the
 love  of change4 ,the fact is1 that    
steady1 pastoral guidance1 in           
connection with an individual church1   
was not his strong forte4  ,his mission 
was more in the direction of            
evangelization1 and of  an extended     
proclamation of the ,gospel of peace1   
and hence his  love for itinerancy1 and 
his success in winning souls to ,christ4
    ,as a preacher1 he was very         
effective4 ,his appearance in the       
pulpit was calm1 dignified1 and         
impressive2 his voice  commanding1 and  
his intonations at times peculiarly     
touching4  ,his topic was generally     
,christ1 and him crucified4 ,to whatever
  branch of the great system of truth he
 turned his attention1 he  generally    
found his way to the ,cross1 as the     
great central point  in the christian   
economy4 ,to him1 ,christ was the ,alpha
 and ,omega  of salvation2 hence he     

loved to proclaim him in his ,divine    
original1 in his complex character as   
the ,god-man1 in the  infinitude of his 
love1 in the purity of his obedience1 in
 the  agonies of his death and passion1 
in the all-sufficiency of his           
ascension1 and in the prevalency of his 
intercession before the  ,throne above4 
,as he expatiated upon these sublime and
  soul-stirring features in the great   
mystery of godliness1 his lips  not     
unfrequently seemed as if touched with a
 live coal from  ,god's burning altar4  
,the effect of his ministry under such  
circumstances1 was thrilling and        
impressive1 beyond the power of         
language to express4 ,it was this       
unction from the ,holy ,one  doubtless1 
that gave him such power over human     
hearts4 ,god grant  that his mantle in  
this respect may rest upon those he has 
left  behind4    ,it is worthy of       
remark1 that while ,father ,crandal was 
thus  honored by his brethren1 and      
blessed by ,god in the salvation of     

souls1 and in the extension of ,zion1 he
 was habitually impressed  with a sense 
of his own unworthiness to enjoy such   
distinguished  favor4 ,he felt that1 in 
himself1 all was imperfect1 and that his
  proper place was that of an humble    
suppliant at the foot of the  ,cross4   
,often have we heard him exclaim in the 
language of ,paul1  8,by the grace of   
,god1 ,i am what ,i am40 ,while we speak
 of him1  therefore1 as a good man1 let 
us at the same time be reminded  that he
 was perfected but in part1 and that we 
should follow him  no further than he   
followed ,christ4    ,we have already   
remarked that in youth he was married to
  ,miss ,sherman4 ,by her he had three  
sons1 ,david1 ,john1 and ,james1  and   
three daughters ,mary1 ,lucy and        
,rebecca4 ,his son ,david has  long been
 a successful preacher of the ,gospel of
 ,christ1 and  still continues a        
watchman on ,zion's walls4 ,his son     
,john is also  an office bearer in the  
church1 and valiant for the truth4      

,his first wife having been removed from
 him by death1 he  married ,miss ,martha
 ,hopper1 of ,sackville1 by whom he had 
five  sons and three daughters1 all of  
whom are living at the present  time4   
,the second ,mrs4 ,crandal still lives4 
,may ,god be her  support in the decline
 of life1 and her comfort in the hour of
  death4    ,finally1 we notice his     
quiet1 peaceful1 triumphant death4      
,notwithstanding he was in his          
eighty-seventh year1 he  nevertheless   
died with his armour on4 ,his was the   
death of a  truly ,christian hero3 only 
six weeks before he died he preached    
the gospel to the people supported by   
two of his deacons1 and  took his leave 
of his affectionate and weeping church2 
and  during his last illness1 though his
 suffering were at times  severe1 yet he
 staggered not at the promise through   
unbelief1  but was strong in faith      
giving glory to ,god4 ,sensible to the  
very last1 he met the ,king of terror   
with perfect composure1 and  feeling    

that death was doing its work1 he closed
 his eyes and  his mouth1 and died      
without a struggled or a groan4    ,thus
 old and full of years his sun went down
 without a  cloud1 leaving a dazzling   
splendor in its train4 ,he had indeed   
fought the good fight1 finished his     
course and kept the faith1  and for him 
the crown of righteousness was in       
reserve4 ,of all  the messages which his
 protracted ministry and his entire     
history addresses to man1 none speaks in
 louder or more touching  tones than    
that calm and peaceful death4 ,it tells 
us how a  christian warrior can die with
 glory in his view4    ,i have only to  
remark in conclusion1 that the removal  
of  ,father ,crandal from the scenes of 
his earthly connexions1 is an  event not
 unexpected it is true1 but which       
nevertheless produces  a sensation that 
is deeply felt1 not only by his own     
church1 but  throughout the ,provinces  
generally4    ,all feel that 8a prince  
and a great man has fallen in  ,israel40

 ,his form so manly rests in the grave1 
and his tongue  once so eloquent is     
silent in death4 ,what remains for us   
but to  prepare to meet him in a        
brighter and better world4 ,by faith we 
see him standing before the throne of   
,god and the ,lamb1 in white  robes and 
palms in his hands1 crying with a loud  
voice1  8,salvation to ,god that sitteth
 upon the throne1 and to the ,lamb      
forever and ever40    ,to that state of 
felicity all godly ministers and people 
are tending4 ,the wheels of nature1 by  
an immutable law1 are  rolling forward  
and hurrying to the eternal state4      
,meanwhile  heaven is attracting to     
itself all that is virtuous and good    
upon the earth1 and peopling its pure   
mansions with the spirits  of just men  
made perfect4 ,let us1 dear friends1    
follow in the  track of those venerated 
,fathers1 who instructed us by their    
counsels1 and cheered us by their       
example1 that like them we may  at last 
finish our course with joy1 enter into  

rest1 and unite  eternally with them in 
the employment and bliss of the heavenly
  world4    8,no chilling wind1 no      
poisonous breath1  ,can reach that      
healthful shore3  ,sickness and sorrow1 
pain and death  ,are felt and feared no 
more40