William Augustus Larned (professor)

At the close of this period a change in his religious convictions led him to abandon the course of law studies on which he had entered, and devote himself to theology under the guidance of Rev.

In the spring of 1834 he was ordained Pastor of the Congregational church in Millbury, Massachusetts, and he remained there till October of the next year, when the loss of health compelled him to resign.

From its commencement in 1843, he was one of the most constant contributors to The New Englander, about thirty articles on political, literary, and philosophical topics having been published by him in that magazine.

His increasingly useful career was suddenly terminated by a stroke of apoplexy as he was returning home, in a snow storm, from a walk on which his last known act was an example of the unselfish Christian kindness which had adorned his life.

A discourse by President Woolsey, commemorative of Mr. Larned, has been printed, (New Haven, 8vo) and an article from the same pen appeared in The New Englander for April, 1862.