Hosea Ballou

Hosea Ballou
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Short Name: Hosea Ballou
Full Name: Ballou, Hosea, 1771-1852
Birth Year: 1771
Death Year: 1852

Ballou, Hosea, a celebrated leader of the sect of Universalists, was born at Richmond, New Hampshire, April 30, 1771. He was entirely self-educated, and began to preach when about 21. In 1807 he settled at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, passing to Salem, Mass., in 1815, and to Boston in 1817. He died in 1852. To the Universalist Hymns composed by different Authors, published in 1808, he contributed 199 hymns. A few of these are still used by the Universalists, but one only, and that probably his best, has passed beyond their ranks. It is:—
When God descends with men to dwell. The Second Advent. Ballou also edited with Turner a second collection in 1821, and a third in his own name, 1837. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Wikipedia Biography

Hosea Ballou D.D. (April 30, 1771 – June 7, 1852) was an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. Originally a Baptist, he converted to Universalism in 1789. He preached in a number of towns in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. From 1817, he was pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Boston. He wrote a number of influential theological works, as well as hymns, essays and sermons, and edited two Universalist journals. Ballou has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism.

Texts by Hosea Ballou (215)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A crown of thorns the Savior woreH. Ballou (Author)3
Accept this house, O LordHosea Ballou (Author)4
According to His holy willH. Ballou (Author)3
Adieu, all earthly thingsH. Ballou (Author)5
All earthly lovers, now adieuH. Ballou (Author)3
All earthly pleasures I'll forsakeH. Ballou (Author)4
All things shall work for good, To them who love their GodHosea Ballou (Author)4
And why do Christians thus contendH. Ballou (Author)5
Another wonder now beholdH. Ballou (Author)3
Arise, expand your wingsH. Ballou (Author)3
Be still, ye blustering windsH. Ballou (Author)3
Behold, on Zion's heavenly shoreH. Ballou (Author)9
Behold, on Zion's mystic wallsH. Ballou (Author)3
Behold the light, now see it riseH. Ballou (Author)4
Behold the long expected lightH. Ballou (Author)7
Behold the prodigal returnH. Ballou (Author)3
Behold, the visions brighter growH. Ballou (Author)5
Behold, what poor imperfect thingsHosea Ballou (Author)3
Blessed are they, in spirit poorH. Ballou (Author)3
Blessed are they who suffer painHosea Ballou (Author)3
But few of all the human raceHosea Ballou (Author)3
By faith may Jesus dwellH. Ballou (Author)8
By grace the great salvation comesHosea Ballou (Author)5
By men conditions are proposedH. Ballou (Author)3
Can wisdom infinite misjudgeHosea Ballou (Author)3
Christ crucified we preachHosea Ballou (Author)4
Christ is our righteousnessHosea Ballou (Author)3
Christ is the Lord our righteousnessH. Ballou (Author)3
Come, fellow sinners, come awayHosea Ballou (Author)7
Come from the wildernessH. Ballou (Author)3
Come, let us join in grateful songsH. Ballou (Author)3
Come, let us join in sacred songsHosea Ballou (Author)4
Come let us join in worship trueH. Ballou (Author)4
Come let us raise our voices highH. Ballou (Author)5
Come, pleasant youth, your voices raiseH. Ballou (Author)3
Come, saints, and drop a tear or twoHosea Ballou (Author)3
Communion with our friends is sweetHosea Ballou (Author)3
Could I but raise my notes as highH. Ballou (Author)4
Dark unbelief, strange arrows flingsH. Ballou (Author)3
Dear Lord, behold thy children hereHosea Ballou (Author)5
Dear Lord, behold thy servants hereHosea Ballou (Author)11
Dear Shepherd, didst thou lieH. Ballou (Author)3
Did heavenly wisdom give to manHosea Ballou (Author)3
Far better 'tis to goHosea Ballou (Author)English3
From God the immortal spirit cameH. Ballou (Author)3
From worldly noise I would retireHosea Ballou (Author)3
From worship now thy church dismissH. Ballou (Author)17
Go, saith a risen Savior, goHosea Ballou (Author)5
Go search the fields of nature throughHosea Ballou (Author)6
God, in each attribute, is loveHosea Ballou (Author)3
God's power and wisdom do agreeH. Ballou (Author)3
Grace, 'tis a sweet, a charming theme (Ballou)Hosea Ballou (Author)7
Grant unto us a visit, dearest LordH. Ballou (Author)7
Had Jesus taught the ancient JewsHosea Ballou (Author)3
Hark! a glad voice, from yonder daleH. Ballou (Author)3
Hark! hear the great Jehovah's wordH. Ballou (Author)3
How bright is thy example, LordH. Ballou (Author)3
How bright the sun that makes our dayHosea Ballou (Author)3
How charming is the graceful sightH. Ballou (Author)3
How fast time's holy moments runHosea Ballou (Author)3
How glorious was the vision brightH. Ballou (Author)3
How good, how pleasant 'tis to seeH. Ballou (Author)3
How happy is the ground, On which the brethrenHosea Ballou (Author)3
How many blessings we receiveHosea Ballou (Author)3
How pleasant is the sight, Where brethren all agree (Ballou)H. Ballou (Author)English3
How pleasing is the lovely sightS. Ballou (Author)5
How rich the blessings wereH. Ballou (Author)3
How sweet is the union of souls in harmonyH. Ballou (Author)3
How transient and how vainHosea Ballou (Author)1
How vast the love of God to sinful dying menH. Ballou (Author)English3
I bid farewell to written creedsH. Ballou (Author)3
I long my Savior's grace to seeH. Ballou (Author)3
I shall no more in darkness roamHosea Ballou (Author)3
I sing the titles of my LordH. Ballou (Author)3
I will adhere no moreH. Ballou (Author)3
I would exalt the Lord my KingH. Ballou (Author)3
If God be love, why should there beHosea Ballou (Author)3
If sun and moon and stars of lightH. Ballou (Author)3
In all thy work perfection shinesH. Ballou (Author)3
In freedom's song let millions joinHosea Ballou (Author)1
In God's eternityHosea Ballou (Author)English17
In heaven, behold the woudrous sightH. Ballou (Author)3
In songs of highest praiseH. Ballou (Author)7
In the example, Jesus gaveH. Ballou (Author)3
In union let our voices join Hosea Ballou (Author)3
Indulgent God, accept this youthHosea Ballou (Author)3
Into thy temple, Lord, descendH. Ballou (Author)3
Is man more just than GodH. Ballou (Author)3
Jesus his empire shall extendH. Ballou (Author)16
Jesus is knocking at the door, His locks are wet with dewH. Ballou (Author)English3
Jesus, our King, his scepter swaysH. Ballou (Author)6
Joy to the world below, the Lord himselfH. Ballou (Author)3
Let all the powers of music joinHosea Ballou (Author)3
Let the disciple of the LordH. Ballou (Author)3
Let these dear friends who mourn their lossHosea Ballou (Author)3
Like grass of earth our bodies areH. Ballou (Author)3
Like Israel's tribes on Egypt's floodH. Ballou (Author)2
Lo from the heaven of the lawH. Ballou (Author)3
Lord, from thy holy hill descendHosea Ballou (Author)4
Lord, may thy humble servants hereHosea Ballou (Author)3
Lord, what a rage thy foes are inHosea Ballou (Author)4
May all our powers of mindHosea Ballou (Author)5
May sacred heat inspire my tongueHosea Ballou (Author)6
May that kind wisdom, whose bright eyeHosea Ballou (Author)3
May we thine armor, Lord, put onH. Ballou (Author)5
Must Christians pray for noughtHosea Ballou (Author)5
My foes declare with awful frownHosea Ballou (Author)3
My soul is fainting fastHosea Ballou (Author)3
My thoughts on heavenly subjects rollH. Ballou (Author)6
No peace my starving soul can findHosea Ballou (Author)8
Not here on earth are treasures sureHosea Ballou (Author)3
Not only of the Jew is Christ the living headHosea Ballou (Author)4
Now Baal's prophets cry aloudH. Ballou (Author)3
Now death shall conquered beHosea Ballou (Author)3
Now faith and hope abideHosea Ballou (Author)4
Now God I see in every thingH. Ballou (Author)4
Now let all nature join to praiseH. Ballou (Author)3
Now multitudes assembled areH. Ballou (Author)3
Now on the wings of faith I'll riseH. Ballou (Author)3
Now the day is far advancedHosea Ballou (Author)3
Now warring armies meet in heavenH. Ballou (Author)3
O cease, my soul, the search give overH. Ballou (Author)English3
O could I sing an equal songH. Ballou (Author)4
O, could I strike some heavenly stringsHosea Ballou (Author)4
O could the scales fall from our eyesH. Ballou (Author)4
O is my heart of marble madeHosea Ballou (Author)4
O sinner, turn thine eyesH. Ballou (Author)3
O thou whose power the mountains formedHosea Ballou (Author)5
O who that mystery deep can singH. Ballou (Author)3
O why should cares torment my mindH. Ballou (Author)3
On holy mount Moriah seeH. Ballou (Author)3
On Zion's heavenly hills they standHosea Ballou (Author)3
Our Lord shall be our hiding-placeH. Ballou (Author)3
Rising from the bed of slumberH. Ballou (Author)3
Rivers from Jesus flowH. Ballou (Author)6
Rivers of grief and sorrows flowHosea Ballou (Author)3
See antichrist arise H. Ballou (Author)3
See Jesus stand with open armsH. Ballou (Author)3
Shall all the wicked kingsH. Ballou (Author)3
Sin, like a cruel tyrant, reignsHosea Ballou (Author)3
Stay me with flagons, dearest LordH. Ballou (Author)3
Strong is thine hand, Almighty KingHosea Ballou (Author)5
Sweet visions from the LordH. Ballou (Author)3
Teach us to feel as Jesus prayedHosea Ballou (Author)English9
That some should perish, God ordainsH. Ballou (Author)3
The depths of wisdom who can findH. Ballou (Author)5
The exhortation let us hearH. Ballou (Author)3
The first almighty Cause Hosea Ballou (Author)1
The flowing rays from yonder sunHosea Ballou (Author)3
The glorious covenant of graceH. Ballou (Author)3
The heavenly gem of the sweet contentH. Ballou (Author)3
The house that's built upon the sandHosea Ballou (Author)3
The increasing joys, O who can tellHosea Ballou (Author)3
The Jews had eyes, and yet were blindH. Ballou (Author)3
The Lord in Zion will prepareH. Ballou (Author)4
The Lord in Zion will provideH. Ballou (Author)4
The Lord is good and kindH. Ballou (Author)4
The Lord of life was oft accusedH. Ballou (Author)3
The Lord to Abraham did sayH. Ballou (Author)3
The male and feamle, in the LordH. Ballou (Author)3
The new Jerusalem I seeH. Ballou (Author)3
The prophets came from hills of lightH. Ballou (Author)3
The rose of Sharon we beholdH. Ballou (Author)3
The Savior did our sorrows feelHosea Ballou (Author)3
The times and seasons God ordainedH. Ballou (Author)3
The winter months are past awayH. Ballou (Author)3
The winter of the law is goneH. Ballou (Author)3
The word of revelation shinesHosea Ballou (Author)3
The word omnific spake in loveH. Ballou (Author)3
The words which Jesus spake To his disciples dearH. Ballou (Author)3
This is the fast the Lord doth chooseHosea Ballou (Author)11
This world, how full of labor 'tisHosea Ballou (Author)3
Thy presence, Lord, gives pure delightH. Ballou (Author)4
Time's empty vapors, O, how vainH. Ballou (Author)3
To Christ, the Son, the Father spakeH. Ballou (Author)7
To me, what use are insects madeH. Ballou (Author)3
To wanderers in the dismal roadHosea Ballou (Author)3
Various systems men have formedH. Ballou (Author)3
We are the offspring of our GodH. Ballou (Author)5
What boundless wisdom is displayedH. Ballou (Author)3
What can oppose the Lord my GodHosea Ballou (Author)3
What is this within me burningH. Ballou (Author)6
What man of sorrow and of griefH. Ballou (Author)3
What sudden glories did surpriseH. Ballou (Author)5
What unknown love is thisH. Ballou (Author)4
What was the wormwood and the gallHosea Ballou (Author)3
What wonders hath Jehovah wroughtH. Ballou (Author)6
When autumn brings her golden storeH. Ballou (Author)3
When God descends, with men to dwellH. Ballou (Author)English32
When God in mercy gaveHosea Ballou (Author)3
When God would on the Gentiles riseH. Ballou (Author)6
When my astonished eyes beholdH. Ballou (Author)6
When nature's wonders I exploreH. Ballou (Author)4
When our astonished eyes beholdHosea Ballou (Author)2
When strangers meet me on the wayH. Ballou (Author)4
When the blest light of day declinesHosea Ballou (Author)3
When will the eyelids of that mornHosea Ballou (Author)7
Where mysteries are in Scripture foundHosea Ballou (Author)3
Who dare adjudge the sons of menHosea Ballou (Author)3
Who dare attempt to singH. Ballou (Author)4
Why all this speed, ye pilgrims sayH. Ballou (Author)5
Why do not saints a union formHosea Ballou (Author)4
Why do Pharisees complainH. Ballou (Author)3
Why is my heart so coldHosea Ballou (Author)6
Why should I blush to ownH. Ballou (Author)3
Why, thus dejected, O my soulHosea Ballou (Author)6
Will they who love the Lord repineH. Ballou (Author)4
Wisdom and power we seeHosea Ballou (Author)3
With joy we hail the morning lightH. Ballou (Author)3
With sad surprise I seeH. Ballou (Author)3
With strange surprise, the cross I viewHosea Ballou (Author)3
Ye are God's building, saith the wordHosea Ballou (Author)3
Ye heavy ladened, come, reposeHosea Ballou (Author)3
Ye prophets and apostles tooHosea Ballou (Author)3
Ye realms below the skiesH. Ballou (Author)English1

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