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in 1828, and he was desirous of being relieved from the arduous 

 labors demanded by a pastoral charge. At the same time a pro- 

 fessorship in the Divinity School at Cambridge was offered him, 

 and he resigned his pastorate. His parish refused to accept his 

 resignation, but proposed that he should retain his pastoral con- 

 nection with the assistance of Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson as a 

 colleague, who was ordained March 11, 1829. Mr. Ware had by 

 this time accepted the professorship at Cambridge, but before 

 entering upon his duties he made an extended visit to Europe, 

 hoping for an improvement in health and strength. He returned 

 home in August, 1830, and again requested his dismissal from his 

 parish, which was granted, and he soon afterwards entered upon 

 the duties of the professorship of Pulpit Eloquence and the Pas- 

 toral Care, in the Divinity School, at Cambridge. He received 

 the degree of S.T.D. from Harvard University in 1834. Dr. Ware's 

 health was so essentially impaired in 1841 that he found great 

 difficulty in performing his duties, and he resigned his professor- 

 ship early in 1842. During that year he removed to Framingham, 

 Mass., where he died Sept. 22, 1843. 



Dr. Ware was a Unitarian. He was a voluminous writer and 

 author of numerous publications. His fame is too well known to 

 call for extended comment on his abilities as a scholar, writer, or 

 preacher. 



William Ware [III. 277], son of Rev. Henry Ware, was born 

 in Hingham, Aug. 3, 1797. He was graduated at Harvard Col- 

 lege in 1816, and at the Harvard Divinity School in 1819. He 

 began preaching in 1820, his first public service being at 

 Northborough, Mass.. and for some time was engaged in preach- 

 ing in various places, principally in Brooklyn, Burlington, Vt., 

 and the city of New York. He was ordained pastor of the First 

 Conareo-ational Church in the Citv of New York, which was the 

 first Unitarian Church established in that city, Dec. 18, 1821. 

 His labors in New York were very arduous, as there was no Uni- 

 tarian clergyman in the city or in the immediate neighborhood 

 from whom he could receive assistance. In June, 1837, he re- 

 moved to Waltham, Mass., having accepted an invitation from the 

 Second Congregational Church in that place to supply their pulpit. 

 Here he continued until April, 1838, when the church was united 

 with the elder church in that place. Mr. Ware then removed to 

 Jamaica Plain, and about the same time became proprietor and 

 editor of the " Christian Examiner," which remained in his hands 

 until 1844. In January, 1844, he terminated his connection with 

 the " Christian Examiner " and accepted an invitation to become 

 the pastor of the Unitarian Church in West Cambridge. He was 

 soon after taken ill and resigned in July, 1845. In November, 

 1845, he removed to Cambridge, and after this, his health having 

 improved considerably, in 1847 he engaged in the ministry at 

 large, in Boston, and continued in this employment for about 

 a year. In 1848 he went to Europe, where he remained more 



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