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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 (216)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A crown of thorns the Savior woreH. Ballou (Author)3
Accept this house, O LordH. Ballou (Author)4
According to His holy willHosea 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 GodH. 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 shoreHosea Ballou (Author)9
Behold, on Zion's mystic wallsH. Ballou (Author)3
Behold the light, now see it riseHosea Ballou (Author)4
Behold the long expected lightH. Ballou (Author)7
Behold the prodigal returnHosea Ballou (Author)3
Behold, the visions brighter growHosea Ballou (Author)5
Behold, what poor imperfect thingsH. Ballou (Author)3
Blessed are they, in spirit poorHosea Ballou (Author)3
Blessed are they who suffer painHosea Ballou (Author)3
But few of all the human raceH. Ballou (Author)3
By faith may Jesus dwellHosea Ballou (Author)8
By grace the great salvation comesH. Ballou (Author)5
By men conditions are proposedHosea Ballou (Author)3
Can wisdom infinite misjudgeH. Ballou (Author)3
Christ crucified we preachH. Ballou (Author)4
Christ is our righteousnessH. Ballou (Author)3
Christ is the Lord our righteousnessHosea Ballou (Author)3
Come, fellow sinners, come awayH. Ballou (Author)7
Come from the wildernessHosea Ballou (Author)3
Come, let us join in grateful songsHosea Ballou (Author)3
Come, let us join in sacred songsH. Ballou (Author)4
Come let us join in worship trueH. Ballou (Author)4
Come let us raise our voices high, Jesus to praise, who came to dieH. Ballou (Author)English4
Come, let us raise our voices high And form a sacred songHosea Ballou (Author)English2
Come, pleasant youth, your voices raiseHosea Ballou (Author)3
Come, saints, and drop a tear or twoH. Ballou (Author)3
Communion with our friends is sweetH. Ballou (Author)3
Could I but raise my notes as highH. Ballou (Author)4
Dark unbelief, strange arrows flingsHosea Ballou (Author)3
Dear Lord, behold thy children hereH. Ballou (Author)5
Dear Lord, behold thy servants hereH. Ballou (Author)11
Dear Shepherd, didst thou lieHosea 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 retireH. Ballou (Author)3
From worship now thy church dismissHosea 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 loveH. 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 LordHosea 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 wordHosea Ballou (Author)3
How bright is thy example, LordHosea Ballou (Author)3
How bright the sun that makes our dayH. 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 brightHosea Ballou (Author)3
How good, how pleasant 'tis to seeHosea 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)Hosea Ballou (Author)English3
How pleasing is the lovely sightHosea Ballou (Author)5
How rich the blessings wereH. Ballou (Author)3
How sweet is the union of souls in harmonyHosea Ballou (Author)3
How transient and how vainHosea Ballou (Author)1
How vast the love of God to sinful dying menHosea 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 LordHosea 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 lightHosea 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 eternityH. Ballou (Author)English17
In heaven, behold the woudrous sightHosea 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 H. 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 dewHosea Ballou (Author)English3
Jesus, our King, his scepter swaysHosea Ballou (Author)6
Joy to the world below, the Lord himselfH. Ballou (Author)3
Let all the powers of music joinH. Ballou (Author)3
Let the disciple of the LordHosea Ballou (Author)3
Let these dear friends who mourn their lossH. Ballou (Author)3
Like grass of earth our bodies areHosea Ballou (Author)3
Like Israel's tribes on Egypt's floodHosea Ballou (Author)2
Lo from the heaven of the lawHosea Ballou (Author)3
Lord, from thy holy hill descendH. 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 mindH. Ballou (Author)5
May sacred heat inspire my tongueH. 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 noughtH. Ballou (Author)5
My foes declare with awful frownHosea Ballou (Author)3
My soul is fainting fastH. Ballou (Author)3
My thoughts on heavenly subjects rollH. Ballou (Author)6
No peace my starving soul can findH. Ballou (Author)8
Not here on earth are treasures sureHosea Ballou (Author)3
Not only of the Jew is Christ the living headH. Ballou (Author)4
Now Baal's prophets cry aloudH. Ballou (Author)3
Now death shall conquered beH. Ballou (Author)3
Now faith and hope abideH. Ballou (Author)4
Now God I see in every thingHosea Ballou (Author)4
Now let all nature join to praiseH. Ballou (Author)3
Now multitudes assembled areHosea Ballou (Author)3
Now on the wings of faith I'll riseHosea Ballou (Author)3
Now the day is far advancedH. Ballou (Author)3
Now warring armies meet in heavenH. Ballou (Author)3
O cease, my soul, the search give overHosea Ballou (Author)English3
O could I sing an equal songHosea Ballou (Author)4
O, could I strike some heavenly stringsH. Ballou (Author)4
O could the scales fall from our eyesH. Ballou (Author)4
O is my heart of marble madeH. 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 standH. 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 flowHosea Ballou (Author)6
Rivers of grief and sorrows flowHosea Ballou (Author)3
See antichrist arise Hosea Ballou (Author)3
See Jesus stand with open armsH. Ballou (Author)3
Shall all the wicked kingsHosea Ballou (Author)3
Sin, like a cruel tyrant, reignsHosea Ballou (Author)3
Stay me with flagons, dearest LordHosea Ballou (Author)3
Strong is thine hand, Almighty KingH. Ballou (Author)5
Sweet visions from the LordH. Ballou (Author)3
Teach us to feel as Jesus prayedHosea Ballou (Author)English9
The increasing joys, O who can tellH. Ballou (Author)3
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 sunH. Ballou (Author)3
The glorious covenant of graceHosea Ballou (Author)3
The heavenly gem of the sweet contentH. Ballou (Author)3
The house that's built upon the sandH. Ballou (Author)3
The Jews had eyes, and yet were blindHosea 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 accusedHosea Ballou (Author)3
The Lord to Abraham did sayH. Ballou (Author)3
The male and feamle, in the LordHosea Ballou (Author)3
The new Jerusalem I seeH. Ballou (Author)3
The prophets came from hills of lightHosea Ballou (Author)3
The rose of Sharon we beholdHosea 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 awayHosea Ballou (Author)3
The winter of the law is goneHosea 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 dearHosea 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 delightHosea 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 madeHosea 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 displayedHosea Ballou (Author)3
What can oppose the Lord my GodHosea Ballou (Author)3
What is this within me burningHosea Ballou (Author)6
What man of sorrow and of griefHosea 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 wroughtHosea Ballou (Author)6
When autumn brings her golden storeHosea Ballou (Author)3
When God in mercy gaveHosea Ballou (Author)3
When God descends, with men to dwellHosea Ballou, 1771-1852 (Author)English32
When God would on the Gentiles riseHosea Ballou (Author)6
When my astonished eyes beholdHosea 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 mornH. Ballou (Author)7
Where mysteries are in Scripture foundH. Ballou (Author)3
Who dare adjudge the sons of menH. Ballou (Author)3
Who dare attempt to singH. Ballou (Author)4
Why all this speed, ye pilgrims sayH. Ballou (Author)5
Why is my heart so coldHosea Ballou (Author)6
Why do not saints a union formH. Ballou (Author)4
Why do Pharisees complainHosea Ballou (Author)3
Why should I blush to ownH. Ballou (Author)3
Why, thus dejected, O my soulHosea Ballou (Author)6
Will they who love the Lord repineHosea Ballou (Author)4
Wisdom and power we seeHosea Ballou (Author)3
With joy we hail the morning lightHosea 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 wordH. Ballou (Author)3
Ye heavy ladened, come, reposeHosea Ballou (Author)3
Ye prophets and apostles tooH. Ballou (Author)3
Ye realms below the skiesH. Ballou (Author)English1

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