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 willH. Ballou (Author)3
Adieu, all earthly thingsHosea 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 contendHosea 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 growH. Ballou (Author)5
Behold, what poor imperfect thingsH. 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 raceH. Ballou (Author)3
By faith may Jesus dwellH. Ballou (Author)8
By grace the great salvation comesHosea 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 righteousnessH. Ballou (Author)3
Come, fellow sinners, come awayH. Ballou (Author)7
Come from the wildernessH. Ballou (Author)3
Come, let us join in grateful songsHosea 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 high And form a sacred songHosea Ballou (Author)English2
Come let us raise our voices high, Jesus to praise, who came to dieH. Ballou (Author)English4
Come, pleasant youth, your voices raiseH. 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 hereHosea Ballou (Author)11
Dear Shepherd, didst thou lieH. Ballou (Author)3
Did heavenly wisdom give to manH. Ballou (Author)3
Far better 'tis to goH. 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, goH. 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)H. Ballou (Author)7
Grant unto us a visit, dearest LordHosea Ballou (Author)7
Had Jesus taught the ancient JewsH. 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 dayH. Ballou (Author)3
How charming is the graceful sightHosea Ballou (Author)3
How fast time's holy moments runH. 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 receiveH. 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 wereHosea 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 seeHosea Ballou (Author)3
I shall no more in darkness roamH. 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 KingHosea Ballou (Author)3
If God be love, why should there beH. 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 eternityH. Ballou (Author)English17
In heaven, behold the woudrous sightH. Ballou (Author)3
In songs of highest praiseHosea Ballou (Author)7
In the example, Jesus gaveHosea 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 GodHosea 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 swaysHosea Ballou (Author)6
Joy to the world below, the Lord himselfHosea 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 areHosea 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 descendH. Ballou (Author)4
Lord, may thy humble servants hereHosea Ballou (Author)3
Lord, what a rage thy foes are inH. Ballou (Author)4
May all our powers of mindH. Ballou (Author)5
May sacred heat inspire my tongueHosea Ballou (Author)6
May that kind wisdom, whose bright eyeH. Ballou (Author)3
May we thine armor, Lord, put onHosea Ballou (Author)5
Must Christians pray for noughtH. Ballou (Author)5
My foes declare with awful frownH. Ballou (Author)3
My soul is fainting fastH. Ballou (Author)3
My thoughts on heavenly subjects rollHosea Ballou (Author)6
No peace my starving soul can findHosea Ballou (Author)8
Not here on earth are treasures sureH. Ballou (Author)3
Not only of the Jew is Christ the living headHosea Ballou (Author)4
Now Baal's prophets cry aloudHosea Ballou (Author)3
Now death shall conquered beH. Ballou (Author)3
Now faith and hope abideHosea Ballou (Author)4
Now God I see in every thingHosea Ballou (Author)4
Now let all nature join to praiseHosea 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 advancedH. Ballou (Author)3
Now warring armies meet in heavenHosea 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 stringsH. Ballou (Author)4
O could the scales fall from our eyesHosea 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 mindHosea 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 slumberHosea Ballou (Author)3
Rivers from Jesus flowH. Ballou (Author)6
Rivers of grief and sorrows flowH. Ballou (Author)3
See antichrist arise Hosea Ballou (Author)3
See Jesus stand with open armsHosea Ballou (Author)3
Shall all the wicked kingsH. Ballou (Author)3
Sin, like a cruel tyrant, reignsH. Ballou (Author)3
Stay me with flagons, dearest LordHosea 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 prayedH. Ballou (Author)English9
The increasing joys, O who can tellH. Ballou (Author)3
That some should perish, God ordainsHosea Ballou (Author)3
The depths of wisdom who can findHosea 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 graceH. Ballou (Author)3
The heavenly gem of the sweet contentHosea Ballou (Author)3
The house that's built upon the sandH. Ballou (Author)3
The Jews had eyes, and yet were blindH. Ballou (Author)3
The Lord in Zion will prepareHosea 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 sayHosea 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 lightH. 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 awayH. 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 dearH. Ballou (Author)3
This is the fast the Lord doth chooseH. Ballou (Author)11
This world, how full of labor 'tisH. 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 spakeHosea 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 displayedH. 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 storeH. Ballou (Author)3
When God in mercy gaveHosea Ballou (Author)3
When God descends, with men to dwellHosea Ballou (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 exploreHosea 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 foundH. 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 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 soulH. Ballou (Author)6
Will they who love the Lord repineH. Ballou (Author)4
Wisdom and power we seeH. 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 viewH. 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 tooH. Ballou (Author)3
Ye realms below the skiesH. Ballou (Author)English1

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