Introduction

Biography

Henry was the son of Uni­ta­ri­an min­is­ter Hen­ry Ware, Sr., and Ma­ry Clarke, and hus­band of Eliz­abeth Wat­son Wat­er­house and Ma­ry Lov­ell Picka­rd.

He at­tended Har­vard and be­came an as­sist­ant teach­er at Exe­ter Aca­de­my in New Hamp­shire.

In 1815, the Bo­ston Uni­ta­ri­an As­so­cia­tion li­censed Ware to preach, and in 1817, he was or­dained and be­came pas­tor of the Se­cond Church in Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts. He was al­so Pro­fess­or of Pul­pit Elo­quence and Pas­toral Care at the Har­vard Di­vi­ni­ty School (1829–42).

He ed­it­ed the Chris­tian Dis­ci­ple (lat­er re­named the Chris­tian Ex­am­in­er), and ran the So­ci­ety for Re­li­gious Im­prove­ment at Har­vard Uni­ver­si­ty (his fa­ther was on the fa­cul­ty there, as well).

Works

A two vol­ume Mem­oir and a four vol­ume Works were pub­lished three years af­ter his death.