He was tolerably eloquent.
The subject of his sermon was charity.

He urged the rich to give to the poor, in order to avoid hell, which he depicted in the most frightful manner of which he was capable, and to win paradise, which he represented as charming and desirable.

Among the audience there was a wealthy retired merchant, who was somewhat of a usurer, named M.
Geborand, who had amassed two millions in the manufacture of coarse cloth, serges, and woollen galloons.

Never in his whole life had M.
Geborand bestowed alms on any poor wretch.

After the delivery of that sermon, it was observed that he gave a sou every Sunday to the poor old beggar-women at the door of the cathedral.