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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    ganized, the selection of the particular sphere of action, becomes to every rational and responsible agent a concern of incalculable moment. We sup- pose a youth, favoured by indulgent providence, with parents who, in a good degree, realize and fulfil the high trust committed to them. He is bles- sed with a sound mind, in a healthful body. He has been guarded from the physical dangers and moral snares, which beset infancy and childhood. He has arrived at years of some discretion and con- sideration. What question can be stated, of com- parative magnitude, respecting the present world, with that which involves the choice of the path to be taken, in order to most comfort and usefulness. In proportion to the talents possessed, the previ- ous means and opportunities of cultivating them, and the measure of knowledge,acquired ; does this election become, in an increased degree, impor- tant. Take the case of one, who has had the ad- vantages of a liberal education; who has used, with a reasonable share of diligence, the benefits of some well endowed and conducted seminary. On such au one, the eyes of the community, as well as of family and friends, are turned. The streams, of which he has partaken, are, in part, derived from the publick; and society has peculiar claims on all, who drink at the fountain which the wealth of the whole helps to supply ; that they repay the boon, by giving of the strength and health, which have