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Show REVEREND WILLI! CRAWFORD ; OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH DIES j OF MALIGNANT PNEUMONIA sad news was heard In the city List night of (ho death of Rev. William t Crawford, D. D., ralnlator of the First I Baptist church of this city who has Ibccn suffering for thirteen days from Influenza which was followed by ma-llKn.nt ma-llKn.nt pneumonic complications and the large frame of one of God's true gpn'lomcn succumbed to the attack II )ferday. f I'r. Crawford had not long been, in I tin- city, coming hero from the state J of Colorado where he had been a f frirnd and neighbor in Christian work I ,th Jtfv. Christian R. Carver of the ' Flrt Methodist Church df this city. i Vr. Crawford wns a Southerner, born In Texas, and only some forty years of .t?c when ho passed away. In the '-' Soih he had preached In churches j (t of s denomination a large and liberal j h cvngellcal Christian faith even in n (hf days when "black men" were . j I nruly considered as humans by many j o"'' rwiae right minded and decent ' " j I' I''e H,s courae was often called 1 furt'i and it was never wanting. He . had a Iovg for all God's children of j v.'h.itcver name and creed, and he evl- i iknred by his strongly scholastic pur-I pur-I Bill'", his pulpit utterances, and his ; Innring amongst his fellow men the i pp'rlt of one who never lost sight of j j the Master he loved and served and iU people In whose names he served. ; Singularly Unfortunate i j Since coming to this city Dr. Craw- ( i ford has been singuarly unfortunate in health; In conversation with one of his f friends shortly before going away for r his summer vacation he said he never .i knew what a moment's rest from pain a meant, and yet that fact did not alter t the gentleness of his disposition, nor Y did it cause him to be slack In his g ministry. 1! f Dr. Crawford roturned from a vacation vaca-tion spnt in Texas Just two weGks age yesterday and telephoned friends saying say-ing that he was feeling well. The next day he was stricken with the epidemic disease. - Many Friends to Mourn As a scholar, a gentleman, a preacher preach-er and friend his loss will bo felt by many besides those who knew him as pastor. In an interview Rev. J E. Carver, president of the Ogden Ministerial Min-isterial Association of -which Dr. Crawford was a member, said: "It Is difficult to rightly estimate tho value of a man to the place and day in which he lives. Character Is gifted with the power of reproducing Its best qualities unconsciously. Wo move amidst our fellow men and they are continually made better or weakened weak-ened by our presence. Ogden has lost one of the best of her citizens in the home going of Rev. Crawford. lie was a strong character and his personality per-sonality was recognized by those who know him to bo of tho positive determining deter-mining type that must have large place In the future development of all who knew him." ' His short service in Ogden has been a fruitful one. Ho has moved quietly nmong us and impressed us with the ijreat truths that were so attractively smbodied In his thought and life. As l pulpit speaker ho was one of tho most gifted Ogden has known. As a jounselor he was wise and dependable. s a pastor ho was efficient and faith -ul as his strength would permit As i friend he was steady and true. Lov-ible Lov-ible in disposition, magnetic in per-;onalIty, per-;onalIty, firmly sottled In his convfe-ions, convfe-ions, ready In every kind of service, lis was an active, fruitful, strength -;iving friend -making, Joy-engendering ifc and none can take his place. . |
