Memoir of Mary L. Ware, wife of Henry Ware, Jr.

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Parentage. — Character of the Mother. — First Training of Mary Pickard. — Early Visit to England. — Friends there. — Voyage Home. — Extracts from Letters. — Residence in Boston. — Pearl Street. — First Friendships. — Nature and Education. — A Friend's Description of Mary.

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School at Hingham. — A Teacher's Reminiscence. — Sickness and Death of Mrs. Pickard. — Mary's Position. — Her Father's Circumstances. — Dr. Park's School. — Earliest Letters. — Thoughts and Themes. — Chosen Friend. — Peculiar Confidence. — Return to Hingham. — Teacher's Account. — Moral Decision and Declaration. — Letters. — Joining the Church. — Henry Ware.

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Mr. Pickard's Embarrassments. — His Correspondence with Mary. — Her Sympathy and Faith. — Her Teacher's

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Testimony to her Piety. — She leaves Hingham. — Her Grandfather's Death. — Devotion to her Grandmother. — Visit to Northampton. — Her Self-distrust. — Interest in Dr. Channing. — Letters on his Preaching, and Interview with him. — Correspondence with Miss Gushing. — Death of her Grandmother.

Leaving Pearl Street. — Fears for the Future. — Pecuniary Means. — Business and Travel. — New York and Baltimore.

— Mr. Pickard's Displeasure.^ — Return to Boston. — Let- -ters on Providence and Bereavement. — Death of J. E. Abbot. — Living in Dorchester. — Morbid Feelings. — Marriage of her Friend. — Her own Trials. — Influence upon others. — Interesting Case. — Dr. Channing's Absence and Return. — Death of her Father.

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Loneliness. — Invitation to go Abroad. — Letters relating to it. — A Friend's Admiration. — Arrival in England. — Mrs. Freme. — Letters from London and Broadwater. — Isle of Wight. — Paris. — Her Friends' Return to America. — She remains with Relatives in England. — Chatham. — Burcombe House. — Many Letters. — Arrival of E. P. F. from America. — Letters from Sydenham. — Tour to Scotland.

— Description of the Country.

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The Poor Aunt. — Osmotherly. — Sickness and Sorrow among Kindred. — Mary the Chief Nurse and Devoted Laborer.— Details in Successive Letters. — She goes to Penrith. — Recalled to Osmotherly. — Further Changes. — Her own Sickness. — Anxiety of Friends in England and America. — Joy at her Escape.

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Return from England. — Welcome Home. — Labors of Love. — Henry Ware's Preaching. — Interest and Engagement.— Their Letters to Eriends. — Views of the Relation of Stepmother. — Parish Relations and Duties. — Sense of Responsibility. — Desire of Usefulness. — Visit to Northampton.—Disappointments. — Husband's Illness at Ware.

— She goes to him. — Thence to Worcester. — Birth of her First Child. — Husband's Journey for Health. — Poetical Epistle to his Wife. — Newton. — Return to Sheafe Street.

— Attachment and Removal. — Brookline. — Plan for Cambridge. — Thoughts of Europe. — End of Parish Life.

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Sailing for England with her Husband. — Her Feelings at leaving the Children. — Difference between this and her former Visit. — Her Husband's Sickness and Depression. — The Great Trial. — Their Route. —England and Scotland. — The Continent. — Geneva and Letters. — The Treatise on Christian Character. — Italy. — Naples and Rome. — Annual to Mrs. Paine. — Birth of a Daughter. — Mr. Ware's Discouragement. — Mrs. Ware's Anxiety. — Her Account of Sufferings and Exertions. — Their Return to France and England. — His Excursion alone. — Her Provision for her Aunt. — Letter to her Children. — Passage Home.- — Husband's Illness. — Arduous Offices. — Her View of her own Constitution.

Final Leave of the Parish in Boston. — Removal to Cambridge — New Position. — Chief Anxieties. — Pecuniary Straits. — Mrs. Ware's Sickness, long and serious. — Husband's Feelings. — Emma's Visit. — Letters to Mrs. Paine and Emma. — Mrs. Ware's Recovery and Summons to Con-

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cord. — Mr. Ware's Illness there, and Apprehensions. — Her Use of the Warning, and Habit of Preparation. — Death of her Son Robert. — Her Account. — Devotion to her Children.

— Letters to John. — Cases of Hospitality. — Crowded, but never worried. — Journal to John. — Letters at the End of 1832 and 1833. — Dangerous Illness of a Child.

XI. Life in Cambridge. (Continued.) . . . 270

Prudence in Sickness. — Mrs. Ware's View of it, and Experience.— Her Principle and Practice in Regard to Dress. — Exemption from Sickness. — Social and Private Efforts for Others — !Moral Cases. — General Intercourse. — Sympathy with Children. — Hatred of Gossip. — Husband's Severe Illness in 183G. — The Aid she rendered him. — Her Interest in the Theological Students. — Their Testimony to her Kindness and Influence. — Pecuniary Embarrassment. — Death of a Sister. — View of Events and Circumstances. — Continued Mercies. — Pleasant Letters. — A Change approaching.— Various Records. — Her Husband goes to New York.

— His Sickness there, and her Joining him. — Return, and Resignation of Office. — Dark Prospects. — Strong Faith and Hope. — Leaving Cambridge.

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Pain of Removal, — New Residence. — Generosity of Friends. — Extracts from Letters. — Faithful Domestic. — Views of Service. — Larger Extracts. — Death of Dr Channing. — Kindness of Neighbors. — Mr. Ware's Illness in Boston. — Her Feelings. — Return to Framingham. — His Jaunts and final Sickness. — His Death. — First Sabbath. — Burial at Cambridge. — Letters to Children and Friends. — Isolation and Suffering. —Labor, Mental and Manual. — Preparation of a Memoir. — Communion with her Husband and the Departed Ones. — Letters to her Son. — Looking for a new Residence. — Decision for Milton. — Last Record of Framingham.

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Mrs. Ware's Fears of Loss of Power. — First Letter from Milton, describing her Condition. — Progress of Mind seen in her Letters. — Views of Education. — Reliance upon her Children. — Various Records. — The New Cottage. — Love of Nature. — Beginning of Disease. — Continued Work. — School. — Views of separating Children. — Trust for Things Temporal and Spiritual. — Annuals for 1845 and 1846. — Letters of Sympathy. — Letters to her Children. — Son at Exeter. — Her Visit there. — Views of Preaching and Preachers. — Tribute of a Pastor. — Family Religion. — Important Letters. — Equanimity in Sickness. — Death of Emma. — Visit to Cambridge. — End of the Year. — The Time yet remaining.