A sermon, preached at the Church in Brattle Square, Boston, on the Lord's day after the decease of John Warren, M.D. Hersey Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in the University at Cambridge, president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, corr. member of the Lond. Medical Society &c. &c. &c. who died IV. April, MDCCCXV. aged LXII.

  • McKean, Joseph, 1776-1818.
Date:
1815
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Credit: A sermon, preached at the Church in Brattle Square, Boston, on the Lord's day after the decease of John Warren, M.D. Hersey Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in the University at Cambridge, president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, corr. member of the Lond. Medical Society &c. &c. &c. who died IV. April, MDCCCXV. aged LXII. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Not diligence alone, in the pursuit and commu- nication of knowledge, and the discharge of those duties, to which he had peculiarly pledged himself; but ardour of soul, in all that he thought or did, emphatically characterized him. Who so active in business, as he? Who more fervent in spirit? What could have carried him through such a course of duty, especially with his slender habit of health, but an eagerness, which nothing could repress, a zeal which nothing could abate, a resolution which nothing could impede ? This assiduity and fervour were directed and controlled, by elevated motives. He did good to men, as serving the Lord. Sentiments of purest virtue, of unfeigned piety, appeared to govern him. Reverence for the seasons and services of religion was ever manifested ; and nothing, but the para- mount claims of necessity and mercy, kept him from attending its stated publick offioes. His attentions and attainments were, by no means, exclusively professional. None, who heard him converse; who noticed his cooperation, in so many important literary designs ; the ability, with which he discussed the questions which arose, and the dignified facility, with which he presided, in any social, benevolent, and learned association; hesitated to give him a respectable rank among general scholars. His pupils will allow that but few, so preeminent in one department, are so well versed in the circle of the sciences. All who re-