XiOSliiel, George Henry, a bishop of the Moravian Church, celebrated as a preacher, hymnologist, and au- thor, was born Nov. 7, 1740, at Angermiinde, in Cour- land, where his father had charge of a Lutheran parish. In early life he joined the Moravians, and studied both theology and medicine at their college at Barby, in Germany. After practicing medicine for a time, he de- voted himself wholly to the ministry, in Holland, Ger- many, and Livonia. In 1802 he was consecrated a bishop, and came to the United States in order to fill the office of president of the provincial board which governs the Moravian churches in this country. Fail- ing health and other circumstances constrained him to retire from this position in 1810. Two years later he was elected into the general board of the Church at Berthelsdorf, in Saxony; but the war with Great Brit- ain and the state of his health prevented him from leav- ing America. He died Feb. 23, 1814, at Bethlehem, Pa. His two principal works are Geschichte d. Mission der Eranq. Briider iinter den Indianern in N. A. (1789), translated into English by La Trobe, and published in London (1794), a standard on the Moravian missions among the Indians, with a fnll account of their manners and customs, based upon the reports of the missionaries, and Etiras firs Ilerz aif dem. Weye zur Ewiylxit (Re- ligious Meditations for every Day in the Year), a book which passed through eight editions (the last in 1848), and is still read with great profit by thousands of Chris- tians in Germany. See De Schweinitz, Life and Times of David Zeisberyer (Phila. 1871, 8vo), p. 662 sq. (E. deS.)
Ldsner, Christopher Feiedricii, a German the- ologian, noted in the department of exegesis, was born at Leipsic in 1734, and was educated at the university of that place. He aftenvards held a professorship in his alma mater. He died there in 1803. His chief work is Observationes ad Xovnm Testamentum, e Philone Alexandrino (Leipsic, 1777, 8 vo\ In this work '-the force and meaning of words are particularly illustrated, together with points of antiquity, and the readings of Philo's text. The light thrown upon the New Test, by the writings of Philo is admirably elucidated by LiJsner" (Home). Another valuable production of his is Obser- vationes in reliqiiias versionis Proverhiorum Salomonis Grwan A quihe, Symmachi et Theodotionis.
Loss (prop, some form of the verb T3X, c'tTroWi'/ji, but likewise a frctpient rendering of several other Heb. and Gr. terms wliicli usually imply an idea of damaye). According to the Mosaic law, whoever among the He- brews foimd any lost article (ri"3!S;) was required to take it to his home, and then endeavor to discover the proper owner (Dcut. xxii, 1-3). This woidd, of course, particularly apply to stray animals, and Josephus gives some special details \di\x respect to money so foimd
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{Ant. iv,.8, 29 ; compare the IMishna, Shel-al vii, 2). In case of the abstraction of property while in the posses- sion of the finder, the latter had not only to make it good, but also to add one fifth of its value, and even to make a sin-offering lilvcwise (Lev. vi, 3 sq.). The Mishna makes many casuistical distinctions on this sub- ject {Baba Mczia, i, 2), especially with regard to ad- vertising (T""^-!!, i. e. KijpvTTitv) the discovered prop- erty.— Winer, ii, 651. See Damage.
IiOSS, Lewis Homui, a Presbyterian minister, was born in Augusta, N. Y., July 1, 1803, and was educated at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. (class of 1828). In 1829 he was licensed and ordained by Oneida Presby- terj', and installed pastor of the Church in Camden, Oneida County, N. Y. In the pastoral office he after- wards served in Elyria, Ohio ; in Kockford and Chicago, lU.; and in Joliet and ]\Iarshalltown, Iowa. He was synodical missionary three years to the synod of Peoria, III. ; also prominent in bringing into existence institu- tions of learning, as Beloit College and Rockford Female Seminar}', 111. He died July 10, 1865. Mr. Loss was an eminently successful preacher, erecting many church- es, and especially prominent in the Sabbath -school cause. He always had the fullest confidence of the men of the world ; they recognised his worth as a man and a citizen. See Wilson, Presb, Histor. Aim, 1866, p. 217. (J. L. S.)
LossiilS, Caspar Friedrich, a German theologian, was born at Erfurt Jan. 31, 1753, and was educated at the university of that place, which he entered in 1770. Dissatisfied with the innovations which Bahrdt under- took in theology, he removed in 1773 to the University of Jena ; and again, not quite satisfied with the ration- alistic innovations of the day, he was obliged to ac- quire the greater part of his learning by private study. In 1774 he became school-teacher at his native place ; in 1781 dean of Andreas Church, and in 1785 dean to the Prediger Church of the same place. He died March 20, 1817. Lossius was a man of great learning; the liter- ature of the Reformation ^vas almost his daily study. Having seen the danger which threatened his country, both religiously and morally, from the rationalistic inno- vations, and from the consequences of the French Revo- lution, he dedicated most of his time and talent as a pop- ular author to the cause of the faith and principles of the fathers of the Reformation. Some of his produc- tions passed through several editions in a short time. Some were even translated into French, and rescued thousands from moral degradation and spiritual destruc- tion. A complete list of his works is given by Doring, Gekhrte. TheoL Deutschl. vol. ii, s. v.