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.

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Texts by Hosea Ballou (216)	As	Authority Languages	Instances
A crown of thorns the Savior wore	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Accept this house, O Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		3
According to His holy will	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Adieu, all earthly things	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
All earthly lovers, now adieu	H. Ballou (Author)		2
All earthly pleasures I'll forsake	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
All things shall work for good, To them who love their God	H. Ballou (Author)		3
And why do Christians thus contend	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
Another wonder now behold	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Arise, expand your wings	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Be still, ye blustering winds	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Behold, on Zion's heavenly shore	H. Ballou (Author)		8
Behold, on Zion's mystic walls	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Behold the light, now see it rise	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
Behold the long expected light	H. Ballou (Author)		6
Behold the prodigal return	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Behold, the visions brighter grow	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
Behold, what poor imperfect things	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Blessed are they, in spirit poor	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Blessed are they who suffer pain	H. Ballou (Author)		2
But few of all the human race	H. Ballou (Author)		2
By faith may Jesus dwell	Hosea Ballou (Author)		7
By grace the great salvation comes	H. Ballou (Author)		4
By men conditions are proposed	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Can wisdom infinite misjudge	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Christ crucified we preach	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Christ is our righteousness	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Christ is the Lord our righteousness	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Come, fellow sinners, come away	Hosea Ballou (Author)		6
Come from the wilderness	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Come, let us join in grateful songs	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Come, let us join in sacred songs	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Come let us join in worship true	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
Come, let us raise our voices high And form a sacred song	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	1
Come let us raise our voices high, Jesus to praise, who came to die	H. Ballou (Author)	English	3
Come, pleasant youth, your voices raise	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Come, saints, and drop a tear or two	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Communion with our friends is sweet	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Could I but raise my notes as high	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Dark unbelief, strange arrows flings	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Dear Lord, behold thy children here	H. Ballou (Author)		4
Dear Lord, behold thy servants here	Hosea Ballou (Author)		10
Dear Shepherd, didst thou lie	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Did heavenly wisdom give to man	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Far better 'tis to go	H. Ballou (Author)	English	2
From God the immortal spirit came	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
From worldly noise I would retire	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
From worship now thy church dismiss	Hosea Ballou (Author)		16
Go, saith a risen Savior, go	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
Go search the fields of nature through	H. Ballou (Author)		5
God, in each attribute, is love	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
God's power and wisdom do agree	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Grace, 'tis a sweet, a charming theme (Ballou)	H. Ballou (Author)		6
Grant unto us a visit, dearest Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		6
Had Jesus taught the ancient Jews	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Hark! a glad voice, from yonder dale	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Hark! hear the great Jehovah's word	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
How bright is thy example, Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		2
How bright the sun that makes our day	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
How charming is the graceful sight	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
How fast time's holy moments run	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
How glorious was the vision bright	H. Ballou (Author)		2
How good, how pleasant 'tis to see	H. Ballou (Author)		2
How happy is the ground, On which the brethren	S. Ballou (Author)		2
How many blessings we receive	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
How pleasant is the sight, Where brethren all agree (Ballou)	H. Ballou (Author)	English	2
How pleasing is the lovely sight	S. Ballou (Author)		4
How rich the blessings were	H. Ballou (Author)		2
How sweet is the union of souls in harmony	H. Ballou (Author)		2
How transient and how vain	Hosea Ballou (Author)		1
How vast the love of God to sinful dying men	H. Ballou (Author)	English	2
I bid farewell to written creeds	H. Ballou (Author)		2
I long my Savior's grace to see	H. Ballou (Author)		2
I shall no more in darkness roam	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
I sing the titles of my Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		2
I will adhere no more	H. Ballou (Author)		2
I would exalt the Lord my King	H. Ballou (Author)		2
If God be love, why should there be	H. Ballou (Author)		2
If sun and moon and stars of light	H. Ballou (Author)		2
In all thy work perfection shines	H. Ballou (Author)		2
In freedom's song let millions join	Hosea Ballou (Author)		0
In God's eternity	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	16
In heaven, behold the woudrous sight	H. Ballou (Author)		2
In songs of highest praise	H. Ballou (Author)		6
In the example, Jesus gave	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
In union let our voices join	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Indulgent God, accept this youth	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Into thy temple, Lord, descend	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Is man more just than God	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Jesus his empire shall extend	Hosea Ballou (Author)		15
Jesus is knocking at the door, His locks are wet with dew	H. Ballou (Author)	English	2
Jesus, our King, his scepter sways	Hosea Ballou (Author)		5
Joy to the world below, the Lord himself	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Let all the powers of music join	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Let the disciple of the Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Let these dear friends who mourn their loss	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Like grass of earth our bodies are	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Like Israel's tribes on Egypt's flood	H. Ballou (Author)		1
Lo from the heaven of the law	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Lord, from thy holy hill descend	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Lord, may thy humble servants here	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Lord, what a rage thy foes are in	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
May all our powers of mind	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
May sacred heat inspire my tongue	H. Ballou (Author)		5
May that kind wisdom, whose bright eye	H. Ballou (Author)		2
May we thine armor, Lord, put on	H. Ballou (Author)		4
Must Christians pray for nought	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
My foes declare with awful frown	H. Ballou (Author)		2
My soul is fainting fast	H. Ballou (Author)		2
My thoughts on heavenly subjects roll	H. Ballou (Author)		5
No peace my starving soul can find	Hosea Ballou (Author)		7
Not here on earth are treasures sure	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Not only of the Jew is Christ the living head	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
Now Baal's prophets cry aloud	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Now death shall conquered be	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Now faith and hope abide	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
Now God I see in every thing	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Now let all nature join to praise	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Now multitudes assembled are	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Now on the wings of faith I'll rise	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Now the day is far advanced	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Now warring armies meet in heaven	H. Ballou (Author)		2
O cease, my soul, the search give over	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	2
O could I sing an equal song	H. Ballou (Author)		3
O, could I strike some heavenly strings	H. Ballou (Author)		3
O could the scales fall from our eyes	H. Ballou (Author)		3
O is my heart of marble made	H. Ballou (Author)		3
O sinner, turn thine eyes	H. Ballou (Author)		2
O thou whose power the mountains formed	H. Ballou (Author)		4
O who that mystery deep can sing	H. Ballou (Author)		2
O why should cares torment my mind	H. Ballou (Author)		2
On holy mount Moriah see	H. Ballou (Author)		2
On Zion's heavenly hills they stand	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Our Lord shall be our hiding-place	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Rising from the bed of slumber	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Rivers from Jesus flow	H. Ballou (Author)		5
Rivers of grief and sorrows flow	H. Ballou (Author)		2
See antichrist arise	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
See Jesus stand with open arms	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Shall all the wicked kings	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Sin, like a cruel tyrant, reigns	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Stay me with flagons, dearest Lord	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Strong is thine hand, Almighty King	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
Sweet visions from the Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Teach us to feel as Jesus prayed	H. Ballou (Author)	English	8
The increasing joys, O who can tell	H. Ballou (Author)		2
That some should perish, God ordains	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The depths of wisdom who can find	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
The exhortation let us hear	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The first almighty Cause	Hosea Ballou (Author)		1
The flowing rays from yonder sun	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The glorious covenant of grace	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The heavenly gem of the sweet content	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The house that's built upon the sand	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The Jews had eyes, and yet were blind	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The Lord in Zion will prepare	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
The Lord in Zion will provide	H. Ballou (Author)		3
The Lord is good and kind	H. Ballou (Author)		3
The Lord of life was oft accused	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The Lord to Abraham did say	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The male and feamle, in the Lord	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The new Jerusalem I see	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The prophets came from hills of light	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The rose of Sharon we behold	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The Savior did our sorrows feel	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The times and seasons God ordained	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The winter months are past away	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The winter of the law is gone	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The word of revelation shines	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The word omnific spake in love	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The words which Jesus spake To his disciples dear	H. Ballou (Author)		2
This is the fast the Lord doth choose	Hosea Ballou (Author)		10
This world, how full of labor 'tis	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Thy presence, Lord, gives pure delight	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
Time's empty vapors, O, how vain	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
To Christ, the Son, the Father spake	Hosea Ballou (Author)		6
To me, what use are insects made	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
To wanderers in the dismal road	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Various systems men have formed	H. Ballou (Author)		2
We are the offspring of our God	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
What boundless wisdom is displayed	H. Ballou (Author)		2
What can oppose the Lord my God	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
What is this within me burning	H. Ballou (Author)		5
What man of sorrow and of grief	H. Ballou (Author)		2
What sudden glories did surprise	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
What unknown love is this	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
What was the wormwood and the gall	H. Ballou (Author)		2
What wonders hath Jehovah wrought	H. Ballou (Author)		5
When autumn brings her golden store	H. Ballou (Author)		2
When God descends, with men to dwell	Ballou (Author)	English	31
When God in mercy gave	H. Ballou (Author)		2
When God would on the Gentiles rise	H. Ballou (Author)		5
When my astonished eyes behold	H. Ballou (Author)		5
When nature's wonders I explore	H. Ballou (Author)		3
When our astonished eyes behold	Hosea Ballou (Author)		1
When strangers meet me on the way	H. Ballou (Author)		3
When the blest light of day declines	H. Ballou (Author)		2
When will the eyelids of that morn	H. Ballou (Author)		6
Where mysteries are in Scripture found	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Who dare adjudge the sons of men	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Who dare attempt to sing	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Why all this speed, ye pilgrims say	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
Why do not saints a union form	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Why do Pharisees complain	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Why is my heart so cold	H. Ballou (Author)		5
Why should I blush to own	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Why, thus dejected, O my soul	Hosea Ballou (Author)		5
Will they who love the Lord repine	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
Wisdom and power we see	H. Ballou (Author)		2
With joy we hail the morning light	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
With sad surprise I see	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
With strange surprise, the cross I view	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Ye are God's building, saith the word	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Ye heavy ladened, come, repose	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Ye prophets and apostles too	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Ye realms below the skies	H. Ballou (Author)	English	1

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