MEMOIR OF MARY L. WARE,

WIFE OF HENRY WARE, Jr.

BY EDWARD B. HALL.

Seventh Thousand.

BOSTON:
CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES S. FRANCIS AND COMPANY
1854.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by
CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CAMBRIDGE:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
METCALF AND COMPANY,
PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

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CONTENTS.

I.

II.

Parentage.—Character of the Mother.—First Training of MaryPickard.—Early Visit to England.—Friends there.—VoyageHome.—Extracts from Letters.—Residence in Boston.—PearlStreet.—First Friendships.—Nature and Education.—A Friend'sDescription of Mary.

III.

School at Hingham.—A Teacher's Reminiscence.—Sickness andDeath of Mrs. Pickard.—Mary's Position.—Her Father'sCircumstances.—Dr. Park's School.—Earliest Letters.—Thoughtsand Themes.—Chosen Friend.—Peculiar Confidence.—Return toHingham.—Teacher's Account.—Moral Decision andDeclaration.—Letters.—Joining the Church.—Henry Ware.

IV.

Mr. Pickard's Embarrassments.—His Correspondence withMary.—Her Sympathy and Faith.—Her Teacher's[Pg iv] Testimony to herPiety.—She leaves Hingham.—Her Grandfather's Death.—Devotionto her Grandmother.—Visit to Northampton.—HerSelf-distrust.—Interest in Dr. Churning.—Letters on hisPreaching, and Interview with him.—Correspondence with MissCushing.—Death of her Grandmother.

V.

Leaving Pearl Street.—Fears for the Future.—PecuniaryMeans.—Business and Travel.—New York and Baltimore.—Mr.Pickard's Displeasure.—Return to Boston.—Letters onProvidence and Bereavement.—Death of J. E. Abbot.—Living inDorchester.—Morbid Feelings.—Marriage of her Friend.—Her ownTrials.—Influence upon others.—Interesting Case.—Dr.Channing's Absence and Return.—Death of her Father.

VI.

Loneliness.—Invitation to go Abroad

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