The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-10-07
Memorial Services.


in the Congregational church Sunday
evening. The address was given by >.
E. Parkill and summary is herewith
given
/ am asked to say few words In
memory of my friend Lucius q. Could
who passed into the Great Beyond last
August. am glad to do so because Mr..
Gould was my friend, because believe
it is fitting and proper that chursh
and community take notice of the
passing of member and citizen who
has for years been identified with the
life about us. have no patience with
that narrow view Of the influence OF an
Individual upon the life about him that
compares his passing to the withdraw
ing of a finger from a pool OF water,
leaving no trace behind. 1t is pes
simistic view of the value OF effort that
is abhorent to every earnest, unselfish
soul. There can he no living, creative
force that does not leave its imprint be-
hind. We are not all Gladstones or
Lincolns to elevate nation; thank God
there are few Alexanders, Caesars or
Napoleons leaving memories drowned
in blood and tears, but every village,
every hamlet must be the better or the
worse because some men and women
have lived and struggled and achieved
therein.
1t is not the boisterous citizen, the
one of glib tongue, the one ever in
evidence while he lives whose influence
abides beyond his funeral.
Think for moment of the men and
women who have been instrumental in
shaping thought and action in Owos-
so for the better things of life for the
past so years, who are they?
The politicians, the men who have
held Offices and managed partisan poll
tics? No, they are soon forgotten.
The professional men and men of high
er education, rarely; ministers, not al
ways. They are the men and women who
have walked steadily along the paths Of
life, who have stood for something vital
to the life of the community in which
they lived.
For instance there is DR.. Barnes, the
first aggressive apostle of freedom in this
county. He received his Baptism at
the hands of the great Garrison, raised
the standard in Shiawassee and by his
earnestness and oneness of purpose
swept it on to victory. He organized
the first Ornamental Society in this city,
the object of which was to beautify the
town, encouraging men to put out shade
trees when nearly everybody was busy
cutting them down, and the beauty of
shade and tree Owosso enjoys is largely
due to him and his example. 1t consti-
tutes living monument to his memory.
Who that ever knew him does not
recall good, gentle, christian Deacon
Guile. A man who rarely spoke in
public except at church and prayer
meeting and yet his name was a
synonym for honesty and integrity.
In trade where the opportunities for
deception were unlimited his simple
statement of value went unquestioned.
What grand example he gave in his
quiet way
DR.. Champion and Mrs. Church who
for years watched and inspired every
boy in the city who had ink in his blood,
standing for honest, painstaking, con-
sderate work in journalism.
Mrs. Rebecca Williams, the guild
ing spirit of the library in its younger
days; the young people all loved her and
her keen intellect inspired us ALL
Generous, impulsive, kind hearted B.
o. Williams, who could not stand the
sight of suffering or sorrow and not try
to relieve the distress.
Lucius E. Gould also stood for some
things that are vital to the higher and
better community life. Not the bold
aggressive things that are heralded from
the hill tops, but the gentler attributes
that abide in the valleys and are as po-
tent as unobserved.
Mr.. Gould was not business man, he
built no blocks, he founded no business
and though member of the bar did
very little at his profession, especially
in the last 10 years of his life. He was
not politician though always interest
ed in good government, trusty officials
and reputable administration.
He was not active in those practical
matters, the exclusive Importance of
which the purely business man is likely
to overestimate, but he was keen and
intelligent observer of affairs.
Mr.. Gould's claim to remembrance
rests on different but equally important
foundations.
/ knew Mr.. Gould intimately fol
years in a friendship that believe was
reciprocal and in all that time I never
heard him SANDER man or women. II
Lucius had no good word he excused OF
was silent.
He was man of singularly pure
mind. / think / never heard HIM use