Silas Ballou

Short Name: Silas Ballou
Full Name: Ballou, Silas, 1753-1837
Birth Year: 1753
Death Year: 1837

Ballou, Silas. (Cumberland, Rhode Island, February 24, 1753--February 10, 1837, Richmond, New Hampshire). A Universalist layman. A self-educated "rustic poet" who spent most of his life in Richmond, N.H. Prolific versifier. None of his hymns has survived the test of time. Published his New Hymns on Various Subjects in 1785.

--Henry Wilder Foote, DNAH Archives


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Texts by Silas Ballou (22)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
For thy great glory, mighty LordS. Ballou (Author)5
Give thanks to God, for he is good, On us his blessing poursSilas Ballou (Author)4
God, by his wisdom, marked the wayS. Ballou (Author)3
God caused his light to shineS. Ballou (Author)3
God revealed his great salvationS. Ballou (Author)3
How far Jehovah's love excellsS. Ballou (Author)3
How far Jehova's love excelsSilas Ballou (Author)2
How transient and how vainSilas Ballou (Author)3
I mourn when friends from me departS. Ballou (Author)4
Let God alone have endless praiseS. Ballou (Author)3
Let not my heart, O God, be placedS. Ballou (Author)4
Long did our God his plan concealSilas Ballou (Author)3
O Lord, we bow before thy throneS. Ballou (Author)3
That all mankind would go astrayS. Ballou (Author)3
The best delights this world can giveSilas Ballou (Author)3
The first almighty Cause S. Ballou (Author)6
The Lord, our God, is goodS. Ballou (Author)3
Thy knwledge, Lord, is most sublimeS. Ballou (Author)3
To you that mourn in deep distressSilas Ballou (Author)4
Where no benevolence is foundSilas Ballou (Author)3
Ye sons of Columbia, adoreSilas Ballou (Author)3
You who lament the lossSilas Ballou (Author)3

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