Produced by Julia Miller, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) 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. [Illustration] CONTENTS. I. INTRODUCTION II. CHILDHOOD 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. III. MENTAL AND MORAL CULTURE 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. IV. DISCIPLINE AND CHARACTER Mr. Pickard's Embarrassments.--His Correspondence with Mary.--Her Sympathy and Faith.--Her Teacher's Testimony to her Piety.--She leaves Hingham.--Her Grandfather's Death.--Devotion to her Grandmother.--Visit to Northampton.--Her Self-distrust.--Interest in Dr. Churning.--Letters on his Preaching, and Interview with him.--Correspondence with Miss Cushing.--Death of her Grandmother. V. CHANGES AT HOME Leaving Pearl Street.--Fears for the Future.--Pecuniary Means.--Business and Travel.--New York and Baltimore.--Mr. Pickard's Displeasure.--Return to Boston.--Letters 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. VI. VISIT ABROAD 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. VII. SCENES OF SUFFERING