The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 . trustfulness of a confident faith, and with all the humility of a true penitent. During all the years of his connection with St. James Church he responded to itsmany calls and claims with unstinted hand. And there is many a church now standing inthe West in whose walls he freely invested, and many a poor missionary who had beenmade more comfortable by his benefactions. And this is after all a practical Christianity ofmore worth than empty pretensions or osten
The Ogden family in America, Elizabethtown branch, and their English ancestry; John Ogden, the Pilgrim, and his descendants, 1640-1906 . trustfulness of a confident faith, and with all the humility of a true penitent. During all the years of his connection with St. James Church he responded to itsmany calls and claims with unstinted hand. And there is many a church now standing inthe West in whose walls he freely invested, and many a poor missionary who had beenmade more comfortable by his benefactions. And this is after all a practical Christianity ofmore worth than empty pretensions or ostentatious lip service. He was not only ready to contribute largely to every missionary enterprise, but tomake up every shortage in the oflferings of others. He was in failing health during the lastyear of his life, but despite much suffering, he maintained a cheerfulness and manliness evercharacteristic of him. IN MEMORIAM. In a work entitled, Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago, publishedabout 1867, the following estimate is given of Mr. Ogden ten years before his death. It is 210 o o Dmz mm ?si 5« > > r o. ^ebenti^ (lE>enemtion here repeated to show the appreciation of his Hfe and efforts while Uving: William is a man of noble mould. We claim not that he is faultless, or free from the imper-fections and failings of our common humanity; but as a man, a brother, a citizen, a public-spirited, a charitable, a benevolent, and capable man, we acknowledge no superior, and noname in the Northwest calls up so many acknowledgments of public indebtedness for generalbenefits resulting from individual energy, enterprise, and ability, as that of William Former generations have commemorated the deeds of the worthy in monuments ofbronze and marble. It is the glory of the nineteenth century, that general utility and theelevation and amelioration of the condition of all classes are its primary objects. In thiscentury, men are to be measured and praised
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