The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-13
Firmness in the Truth
Defied Ills Of
the Flesh.
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE
Eminent Divines and sor-
rowing Laymen Mourn
DR.. Gould.

The funeral of Rev. George H Gould,
D. D., was held yesterday after
noon at Piedmont church, and
was attended by hundreds of his
friends who came to pay the last
tribute to the one who had made him
self so dear to all Worcester. The
church was filled by 2.3O o'clock, the
time set for the services, which were
preceded by prayers at the residence at
2 o'clock. The service was opened with
Batiste's Funeral march,, played by
W. A, Gaylord. Rev. William Scott, D.
D., pastor of Piedmont church, read the
professional scripture sentences and Of
fered the invocation. The Schumann
quartet sang "Roek of Ages, followed
by the reading of the scriptures by Rev.
Alexander Lewis. Phi. D., of Pilgrim
church.
The quartet sang Jesus Lover of My
Soul" and addresses were made by Rev.
DIR. Conrad of Old South, Rev. DR. IA
HI. Plumb of Boston, Rev. DR.. L. HI.
Coan of Springfield, and Rev. DR.. john
e. futile Of Union church. Dr. Tuttle's
remarks were followed by prayer, and
after singing In Heavenly Love Abid
| ing" by the quartet. the benediction
was pronounced by Rev. DR.. Scott.
The bearers were George L. New
ton, H. B. Lincoln, c. f. Haynes, A. c.
Estabrook, A. M. Stone, 2. w. Hoxie,
e. T. Marble and f. e. Fay. The ushers>
were Fred Hopkins, Frank Knowles, e
A. Kimball, E. G. Micker, George A.
Putnam, George F. Ward, William
Woodward and Horatio L. Miller.
| Among the floral tributes were a cross
of roses, easter lilies and lilies Of the
valley from the Christian Endeavor So
English ivy and roses from the Ladies'
Benevolent society, wreath of white
roses from Mrs. Andrew Clark, and an
other of red roses from Miss Clark of
Hartford, and numerous other flowers
from friends and relatives In front of
the pulpit was placed the portrait of
DR.. Gould, recently presented to the la
dies of the church, surrounded with
palms and Easter lilies. Among those
present were nearly all the pastors of
the city, and large delegation from
| the Crusaders of IA
DR.. Conrad spoke first and said in
part:
tOur revered and beloved friend, DR..
Could having fought a good fight, end
ed his course with joy and has gone to
receive the crown OF glory which the
Lord hath prepared for them that love
| Him. With unwavering faith and I'M
| daunted courage he passed out of the
| here into the otherwhere triumphantly
and with the stateliness of conquer
| or That his courtly presence may not
| again grace our religious assemblies is
thought that gives us pain. That his
able judgment and wise counsel may
not more be sought is a deep regret.
| 1T is hard to think that those mar
! bled lips, so often opened in fervent
| eloquence and impassioned appeal, will
| part no more in testimony and tender
greeting 1t is quite impossible to real
ize that the hand through whose thrill
| ing touch was poured comfort, hope
and courage, may not again, bear to us
| friendships sweet token. His depart
ure is an emphatic loss to our city,
which he so dearly loved; to the church
| of God, which he revered and served,
and, above all, to those who had the
| privilege of closest acquaintance. AIDE
quately to express the deep sense of
| bereavement felt by this community is
not possible.
Here within these sacred walls,
| from which comes to us today the
echo of his SURPRISING eloquence, in
| this temple made doubly sacred by the
memories of his consecrated personal
/ ity, we shall best answer the appeal Of
| his life and teaching, and best pay
| tribute of love and esteem to his fra
grant memory by an unreseryed sur
render of all we have and are to Him
\ who is the resurrection and the life,
and by a rededication of our lives upon
| the altar of God to the services and
| sacrifices which will aid most in max
| ing the kingdoms of this world the
| kingdom Of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ
DR.. Coan. emeritus pastor of Olivet
church, Springfield, followed DR.. Con-
rad and said in part:
Il come with but a brief message, but
with the full sympathy of the people
of Springfield So many said to me
when they heard / was to be present:
] am glad you are going to Worcester,
for you can tell the people there that
we mourn with them. In 1862 I was
with DR.. Gould in the seminary. He
was ahead of me. and I was taught to
look UP to him. Years passed; he was
engaged at Olivet church, I at Chico
pee, and I still felt the benefits of his
presence. One thing that he taught
me I like to remember above all others,
and it is this expression which he al
ways used when in a church other
than his own: God bless the pastor of
this church. our beloved brother That
last word has had more effect on me
than any other.
Springfield Christians and Hampden
county Christians have a warm place
in their hearts for him. When he
spoke Of Christ, everybody believed
him. When he began his ministry,
there We're times when it would seem
that his frail body would fly to pieces,
but he had the spirit of God in him.
God sent DR.. Gould into the world for
large work. On the places he has
been he has left his mark, and today
and for days, they viii talk of DR..
Gould. We Join with you in heart and
hand to thank God for this saint and
for the work he has done"
In introducing DR.. Plumb of Boston,
Dr. Scott said:
Anticipating this hour, our beloved
brother said: Send for DR.. Plumb. He
knows more about me than any one
else.
DR.. Plumb said in part: "a Christian
and especially a Christian minister,
whenever he departs from a place,
leaves always there the result of his
influence. for he has been a well-spring
of light. A Christian is always doing
good. Wherever a Christian minister
has been. there is an imperceptible diff
fusion of the truth through all So
ciety.
zone element in Dr. Gould that we
all think of has already been alluded to.
He was faithful to his trust. Our broth
er was ever engaged in the manifesta-
ton of truth and We love to think of
him meeting in the other world with
Al DnuoUfs