New-York tribune., 1879-03-11
OBIIUAEY.
.LOuN MEISS.

The death is ANNOUNCED in Boston, on sun
day last o. Jonu Weiss, well known a. radical writer
thinker aud preacher Nr. We.-s Aad been cOnhAed tc
u. Dou-e slc l-t June with pulmonary troubles, but
tt VIA not until wIn lew weeks tuat II was feared
That bis .i1 1es, would prove fatal About werk ago
the symptoms bcca alarming, ana the disease made
rapid progress He IN tul pJsse-son OF Ills menta
faculties up 10 the moment. but during nc -t
da5 o. his lie he u-lOle to speak tJ maze
himself understood.
Nj Weiss was IN Boston. June %, 1878, and was
flied fr the III versy the Caauncy Hal scnool aud
Franngnain Academy. In 1897 be was graduated 4. b.
t Harvard College After some tune spent IN teaching
Al the Chauucy Hall sclOCl, aud Jamaica PLAIN. ho
cutofed the cam bridge Divinity school (IsiO). He
passed tDe Wuter Of 1872 i3 ii Hle!de0erg Germany.
md VIA graduated T. ID. - the Divinity school 10 l543.
During the same year De Was settled pssEvr Oi he
Unitarian Churcn II WatertOwn, Mas-., but he rein
au-ned us charge in 1915 account Of his advanced
,uti-,iaSrry opinions. lie recalled, however in
April lsl7 but soon signed again. In lsi7 lie be
came minister of the First Co, grcgaonal Church IL
NeWBedOrd. Mass Where Ac remained Tor Two or tuite
years when Ie resi-ncd his position, partly on accUun
og ia health After some ears er rcp0se from his pull
Dill layoIs, be asan became minister OF the Unlarau
church al WatertOwn ia 1859 anu 50 continued until
1-78 lie tlen removed TO Boston, aliI devoted Inn
-.if tu general literary pursuits.
M Weiss, b. published traLalation of ScLi.-
l.f', philosophical and aesthetic eessys-the Ksthotic
/ Prose" lie contributed q preface, In 1916. 10 AL
Atp.r.,4ln editloi7of smiths Memoir OF FIchte" In
l-6l he wrote auI edited Lie Corrrs pondcuce
! of Theodore P.racr." aud be published ls7Ia work
entitled American Religion" He also delivered az
different times aud In different places courses Of lee
lures on The Greek Religious Ilra," on The HumOr
1f Shakespeare AMI on the Women OF Shakespeare"
The last two series were collected and published III
nook form. He published several sermons, aud was a
! frequent contributor to many periodical works. Mr..
/ Weiss in matters OF gOn, Of the advanced
type Of American thinker. and usually casscd with
Theodore Parker samuel Johnson o. B. Frothiug ghan,
" j. Potter and others OF The liberal school At q time
when 10 cost something fUr q clergy man be So he
| openly aypwed in his pulpit uucolIprouisiug anti
slavery sentiments. He had ways the cOnfagc of his
ouiuin- small ol stature. aud ID hat feeble
voice, his prca chm. became exceedingly i'm
pres,ye and marked 10y almost p1 s.ouafe earnest
r.~. y, matter hoN dI.t.t.t.tu4 mIg be A, Up.u0ns
20 is congregations. they always listened with ,pes,'
and usually with patience. H. need never have lct %
pastoral charge II he had taken the ts pains 70 retain
I Al S.-B GDrI he had, u the bce INNING one Of thc
most conservative cOuErc CATIONS u ssdchusctts but
h, so moulded .-d modified its opinions that when he
left Mr. Potter who was ot the same scAooi' Was
called to take Dls place Nothing cou.u Withstand Mr.
We-s's aiudy aud generous nature Always cheerful
/ eeplt ANA aGrctIoratc IN his ways and speech, he
] made friends 0t ~ Who knew LIN. auI EtIt them
" rrevfr Dee ui-bt 20 whatever De might think Tie
lectures Oh SNAKE spcaTc III this city where thcV
are still pl-a-4ujiy remembered 40 Iu OI EiatgIul
Thought and Of sharp AID pro Ouna cfluc,m hs ihsl
cour-r "a lecture Boston. on lHpcd L-Hlscda7
ia shakespeare gwen Ia the spring o. ls11. II IS
understood M. elss had urcu engaged lately On
nearly comDieted may left IT, whether hC lett
/ any directions IOr Its publication