New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-07

Illness which was declared DO tonsiltis.
favorable. Last Monday and Tuesday DR.. Watson
was able to be UP and around and transacted
some business. An abscess formed the right
on Wednesday, The system absorbed pus. and in
twenty-four hours he developed serious symptoms.
The physicians regarded the critical, but
hoped to stem the tide of the disease. Blood poi
soning set In, however, and Saturday other
assesses started to form in the left and
throat The patients condition aggravated by
bad attack of rheumatism. This morning the
ply, physicians sent for Chicago specialist. who ar
Pected and was FASTENED by weak heart DR..
in his last ilness. left the room at Ii o'clock this
Iloornng. she was gone about fifteen minutes and
returning found her husband lfeless
The Rev. John Watson. more widely known by
his pen name "Ian Maclaren." born in Man
ningtrea, Essex. England on November g. 1880. He
was however. OF Highland blood. his father having
been born at Braemar while his mother. who
a Mnclaren, came from Loeb Fay and spoke the
Gaelic tongue. did his paternal GRANDPA Their.
The elder Watson collector of inland
nue. and his duties which had taken him to Man
ningtree later led him London He returned to
Scotland, however in time to have his pre-
pared for Edinburgh University at the Stirling and
Perth grammar schools The young man obtained
his Master OF Arts degree the university and
studied afterward at New College. Edinburgh. and
at Tubingen. Germany At New College he q
friend and fellow OF DR. Stalker. Professor
Henry Drummond and DIR. George Adam Smith.
Robert Louis stevenson was attending the Ensnsn
literature class at the time. but seldom that his
occasional appearances were greeted with applause
ministry. Mr. watson was licensed to preach in
1874 and became assistant at Barclay Free Church.
raa 81 ;ts9 "a SO aa IN $50 vas sailed
where he Vas pastor Until 1890 He received Ins
DR.. Watson's success writer of fiction came
20 him suddenly and without previous literary
effort when he WAS about forfyfosr ysar ws Sid
and urged him write some sketches on the same
tween the pastor and the editor the little stories
that were afterward gathered together in Beside
their publication in a separate volume in 1884 the
book had a large sale In England and America
and was followed by The Days of Aud Lang
dssS) "A Doctor Of the Old School" Csg11. AFTER
wards and Other Stories QS9S Ra6bie Sau El1.
Majesty Baby Os02l All these volumes were writ
I0giealmond the nttie clachan under the shadow
OF the Grampian Hills. which was the authors
Stories bat he always declared that the
dTa erns s pefsoha this
parish were helped by his early experiences on the
daily contact with much the same types OF people
DR. W9tsons success as ian MaGlaTe1 caused
serious s and & his own 3 ne he 9e
ter Qss5t The Cure Of Souls his Yale lectures
on Practical Theology Gsse> The Potter,s
ass9. Church Folks, $500. The Iife. Of the
Master Q90D, The Homely Virtues" QSo2), and
The Inspiration of Faith" 1885.
DR. Watson's theology. as expressed In the fore
going works. proved to be of a lberality that gave
rise to no little CRITICISM by the strcter members
Of his NJ @ both in =, Great Britain and and
We're presented to the synod in London, but were
dismissed by that body. which three years later
further indicated him by appointing him its mod
orator.
Dr.. watson had made two earlier trips to Amer
ica: He came IN 1895, at the invitation OF Yale
University 10 deliver the Lyman Beecher lectures
rd Ia W. on leCf-
ure tour through the United States and Canada.
He again to fill another series OF lecture
gagements In 1899. His present trip was taken at
the instance of the Western Theological Seminary.
OF Pittsburg, to be its lecturer extraordinary for
1907. He and Mrs. Watson arrived in this city on
February @ and the following Sunday DIR. Wat
son preached in the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church,
the new pastor OF which the Rev. DR.. Aked. had
long been his close friend. Lectures at Haverford
College, Pennsylvania, and at Nashville Univer-
sity Mississippi were also included in DR.. Wat
sons programme.