The New York herald., 1879-09-13
THE LATE LEONARD MONTEFIORE
EI-DR. aorrHErLs EuLoaY OF THE DE
CEASED

FUNERAL SERVICES IN THE TEMPLE EMANU-
EL-DR. aoTTHErLs EuLoaY OF THE DE-
CEASED.
The funeral services over the remains Of the late
Leonard MonteAore, OF London, who died ut New
port, II. l., on Saturday, held ut tho Temple
Emanuel yesterday morning. The beautiful temple
Forty-t third street and Fifth avenue was crowded
with the prominent Hebrew families Of this city.
and many woll known Gentiles. among the number
ex-Secretary Hamilton Fish, were in the pews. Tho
body. enclosed In Q hermeticsily sealed metallic
coffin. was placed at tho hcad OF the main aisle.
where it remained during tho service. The pail
bearers Maurice dc Bunsen. Secretary of tho
British Legation at Washington; Edward NJ.
Archibald. tho British Consul General &C
this port; Mr.. Cyrus w. Field. DIR. Wat
son. of Ncwburg; Mr.. Macmillan, Mr.. Il. Mcssorat.
Lewis May. President of tho Temple Emanu-El; /;
william Sulzbachor. Treasurer of the Temple; Dcn-
jamin /. Hart President Of tho Forty-fourth Street
Synagogue. and Harry II. Marks and Monragu
Marks, sons OF Professors Marks, of London. and
college friends Of the deceased. Tho funeral was
under tho charge OF Myer Stern and the trustees of
the Temple, and ON the altar during the service
seated the Rev. DIR. s. Adler. formerly OF tho
Temple EmanuEl; the Rev. DIR. Einhorn Of Beth. .El ;
the REV. Dr. s. H. Jacobs of Thirty-fo,,rth street:
the Rev. DR.. Monde Of Forty.io1rth strsot. ths
Rev. DR.. Mendez. of Nineteenth street, tho Rev. DIR.
Weiss. Of Clinton street. and the Rev. DR.. Hucbsch.
the Rev. DR.. 9ottheil assisted by the Rev. A. Rubin
THE RABBI's DISCOURSE.
At precisely ten o'clock the service began. and
passages from the Scriptures and then delivered n
short enlo',gy Of the deceased. In the prime and
were the brightest and his talonts and zeal gave
promise OF future usefulness, separated from
friends among whom his on every lip
and where his immediate surroundings were full OF
his praise he died In foreign land. All that med-
cal skill and devotion could do tor him was done.
The rabbi then paid tribute to tho Montenore
family. saying tho which this young man bore
was name written In gold. which had done much
for the honor OF Israel. IL was not the gold which
the family possessed, not the coronet which
adorned the head Of the house, but good
deeds which made the name OF Monte
forc. II Is impossible to take up paper
In which there IL not record Of his charity In the
great English metropolis. He would do the de-
ceased wrong the rabbi said. IL ho left II to be In
ferred that Leonard Montefore relied upon name.
Unlike many young men who were born In afliuence
and waste their days In tho ideness OF fashionable
dissipation. from his very childhood he had plan
by which he would make his life dignihed; he was
resolved to find field for himself whore he would
the seed OF usefulness. He would study social
ism. not simply TO denounce IL, but to understand
IL. The nrst trust of his study and the last was .
letter to tho London Times on the Oneida Commu-
nifty.
After the funeral services the procession pro-
ceeded down Fifth avenue Eighth street, and then
the body taken to the house OF Mr. kafales. In
Forty-ninth street. to DO prepared for shipment by
ho Britannia to-day.