The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-05-26

reasoning and all the enthusiasm of
an earnest belief he would argue by
the hour in support of the funda-
mental truths of the Christian faith.
With regard to his own religious
experience, he was inclined, as in
other matters which concerned him
intimately and moved him deeply
to say but little. He was not a man
of words but of actions. 1t is told
of him by his own mother, that when
he was a young man he came home
one day from his law-ofice with a
faded thread. bare cloak on his
shoulders instead Of the new one
she had made for him. And when
she asked him in surprise what he
had done with his cloak, he replied
with some hesitation and apology
that a poor man had called at his
Office and having nothing else to
give him he exchanged cloaks with
him. And it is this same quiet
unostentatious benevolence which
has characterized the whole course
of his life. A simple and beautiful
testimonial to his generous charity
was the boquet Of choice flowers
which lay at the foot of his casket.
1t was the grateful remembrance Of
n of the several institutions Of
learning which have benefited by his
liberal donations. Olivet and Oberlin
colleges and the Chicago Theologi-
cal Seminary have lost in him one
of their readiest supporters.
Churches, not a few, have appealed
to him for relief from financial dis
tress, and found it. And the number
of private individuals who have been
assisted in one way and another by
his timely generosity is known
only to themselves and to God, but
it is by no means insignificant.
1t is occasionally said Of him that
in affairs of business he was apt to
be stern and severe and sometimes
too exacting. And in some in
stances it is very possibly true that
he was. But if you consider his
record fairly and as a whole you
will probably find that where one
such instance of undue severity can
be cited against him there could be
mentioned a score of others to attest
the tenderness and generosity Of
his nature. We have to remember
that he was a man of strict business
habits and as such was naturally
impatient Of those who were not so,
and possibly enough he was ome
times uncharitable. 1t is the con
slant temptation of every man who
engages in business, and especially
Of one whose business was so varied
and extensive and of a nature
peculiarly adapted by contact with
all classes of uncertain, irresponsible
and often dishonest men, to devel-
ope the harsher qualities of human
nature. l only know this from my
own observation that during the
long death.sleep which came on him
his feeble, pale hand was held
tenderly and lovingly, for hours
together, in the grasp of the rough
hand Of one of his own laborers.
And | thought as looked upon that
scene, that when that sympathy and
affection there manifested between
the servant and the master, the
laborer and the capitalist, shall have
become universal, the world will be
rid of half its misery and we shall
not have long to wait for the millen-
ium. Those who became acquainted
with Judge Gould only in the sphere
of his active business relations, when
he was oppressed with cares and
absorbed in meditation, can
have no conception of the quiet,
loving ~gentleness and freedom of
his life at home. l have often COM
pared him, as he went forth to the
business Of the day, to a soldier who
reaches down his sword and helmet
and buckler from the wall and goes
out to battle. And his coming
home at night was like the soldiers