“OBITUARY.

Died in Cambridge, August 31. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ware, widow of the late Rev. Professor Henry Ware, Senior, aged 74.

In the beautiful memorial tribute to the late Hollis Professor of Divinity in Harvard College, by his fellow Professor, Dr. Palfrey, mention is made of the domestic traits and the enjoyment of home happiness which were so richly granted to him whose honored and beloved partner has now followed him to the believer’s rest. A companionship of more than forty years was allotted to them. Most pleasantly do their images rise up before us. One path through the College grounds will always recall to us those images. He was a man of rare candor, of great gentleness of speech, and of an excellent spirit. He had a frugal home, yet always a crowded table. With a quiver like that of which the Psalmist speaks (Psalm cxxvii.), alike remarkable for its fulness and the character of its contents, his family also embraced for many years a very large number of students. His dependence upon his partner, therefore, was such as to engage all virtues and all good energies in a wife. She was equal to her station, and worthy of it. The impression made by her calm and faithful spirit, her friendliness and wise care, endeared her to those who were members of her household. She was uniformly respected by all who knew her through every period of her life, the close of which, though somewhat sudden, was attended by many mercies, and met by a spirit resigned and prepared for death.”

Reference Data:

The Christian Examiner, Vol. 49, 1850, pages 520-21