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it could not , as you may well suppose , be accomplished without a master spirit—that master spirit is Dr . Crucefix . Four years after the Doctor submitted his plan to the Craft , I met him , ancl although the plan was not then very encouraging , he told me that he was determined to persevere , and that we must erect the Asylum . I know the energy , zeal , and perseverance with which he has worked
to promote this noble object ; and let nie tell of that noble manwho has gone on without turning to the right or to the left , and despite the frowns of power and the many attempts wdiich were made to induce him to give up Ms object , ancl who has not swerved from that course which he had laid down for himself , to raise an asylum for the father ancl the child—that he has had many a sleepless night in his maturing exertions . No committee meeting has
been called without his presence , and no step taken without his advice and support ; and to him is due the crown and the laurel for the successful issue of the institution—he is the man who has called this institution into existence , and who has supported it
since , amidst many difficulties and differences of opinion , and who has now realised his object , and placed the coping stone upon the top of the edifice . I cannot but feebly do justice to the merits of Bro . Crucefix , but I am sure , feebly as I have expressed those merits , you will willingly and cordially join me in dedicating this glass to his health—or rather , I should say , to his better health , for he has come here labouring under indispositionin order to carry forward
, the labour in which he has been so long and so successfully engaged . " Such testimonies were highly gratifying to the Doctor , and tended to support him under the moral and physical attacks which were making terrible inroads in his constitution . On the 6 th of July his nephew says , in a letter to the Author— " Since I wrote to you last my uncle has been a good deal worse . It has been deemed
advisable to observe perfect quietude , and to keep his mind free from all thought of business , at least as far as possible . Your letter , therefore , has not yet been delivered to him . " In August he seems to have rallied once more , for he himself writes thus : —
" To THE REV . DK . OLIVER . HASTINGS , Aug . 16 , 1849 . " My very dear Friend , —The merciful Dispenser of all good has vouchsafed me a respite from great personal suffering . I have removed the interdict on correspondence , and , commencing with yourself , purpose to send a few brief lines to very many enquiring and kind friends .
" How grateful do I feel to the Almighty for this great mercy ! and next to that to the affectionate devotion of my wife , her niece , and my own nephew . Indeed it is good to be afflicted—not merely in a selfish view , as proving devoted attachment , but in a higher sense , by the elevation of thought to the great mystical change ; to
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Obituary.
it could not , as you may well suppose , be accomplished without a master spirit—that master spirit is Dr . Crucefix . Four years after the Doctor submitted his plan to the Craft , I met him , ancl although the plan was not then very encouraging , he told me that he was determined to persevere , and that we must erect the Asylum . I know the energy , zeal , and perseverance with which he has worked
to promote this noble object ; and let nie tell of that noble manwho has gone on without turning to the right or to the left , and despite the frowns of power and the many attempts wdiich were made to induce him to give up Ms object , ancl who has not swerved from that course which he had laid down for himself , to raise an asylum for the father ancl the child—that he has had many a sleepless night in his maturing exertions . No committee meeting has
been called without his presence , and no step taken without his advice and support ; and to him is due the crown and the laurel for the successful issue of the institution—he is the man who has called this institution into existence , and who has supported it
since , amidst many difficulties and differences of opinion , and who has now realised his object , and placed the coping stone upon the top of the edifice . I cannot but feebly do justice to the merits of Bro . Crucefix , but I am sure , feebly as I have expressed those merits , you will willingly and cordially join me in dedicating this glass to his health—or rather , I should say , to his better health , for he has come here labouring under indispositionin order to carry forward
, the labour in which he has been so long and so successfully engaged . " Such testimonies were highly gratifying to the Doctor , and tended to support him under the moral and physical attacks which were making terrible inroads in his constitution . On the 6 th of July his nephew says , in a letter to the Author— " Since I wrote to you last my uncle has been a good deal worse . It has been deemed
advisable to observe perfect quietude , and to keep his mind free from all thought of business , at least as far as possible . Your letter , therefore , has not yet been delivered to him . " In August he seems to have rallied once more , for he himself writes thus : —
" To THE REV . DK . OLIVER . HASTINGS , Aug . 16 , 1849 . " My very dear Friend , —The merciful Dispenser of all good has vouchsafed me a respite from great personal suffering . I have removed the interdict on correspondence , and , commencing with yourself , purpose to send a few brief lines to very many enquiring and kind friends .
" How grateful do I feel to the Almighty for this great mercy ! and next to that to the affectionate devotion of my wife , her niece , and my own nephew . Indeed it is good to be afflicted—not merely in a selfish view , as proving devoted attachment , but in a higher sense , by the elevation of thought to the great mystical change ; to