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	H. 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	H. Ballou (Author)		4
All earthly lovers, now adieu	H. Ballou (Author)		2
All earthly pleasures I'll forsake	H. 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	H. Ballou (Author)		4
Another wonder now behold	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Arise, expand your wings	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Be still, ye blustering winds	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Behold, on Zion's heavenly shore	Hosea Ballou (Author)		8
Behold, on Zion's mystic walls	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Behold the light, now see it rise	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Behold the long expected light	H. Ballou (Author)		6
Behold the prodigal return	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Behold, the visions brighter grow	H. Ballou (Author)		4
Behold, what poor imperfect things	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Blessed are they, in spirit poor	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Blessed are they who suffer pain	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
But few of all the human race	H. Ballou (Author)		2
By faith may Jesus dwell	H. 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	H. Ballou (Author)		6
Come from the wilderness	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Come, let us join in grateful songs	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Come, let us join in sacred songs	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Come let us join in worship true	H. 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	3
Come, pleasant youth, your voices raise	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Come, saints, and drop a tear or two	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Communion with our friends is sweet	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Could I but raise my notes as high	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Dark unbelief, strange arrows flings	Hosea 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Did heavenly wisdom give to man	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Far better 'tis to go	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	2
From God the immortal spirit came	H. Ballou (Author)		2
From worldly noise I would retire	H. Ballou (Author)		2
From worship now thy church dismiss	H. Ballou (Author)		16
Go, saith a risen Savior, go	H. Ballou (Author)		4
Go search the fields of nature through	Hosea Ballou (Author)		5
God, in each attribute, is love	H. Ballou (Author)		2
God's power and wisdom do agree	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Grace, 'tis a sweet, a charming theme (Ballou)	Hosea Ballou (Author)		6
Grant unto us a visit, dearest Lord	Hosea 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	H. Ballou (Author)		2
How fast time's holy moments run	H. Ballou (Author)		2
How glorious was the vision bright	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
How good, how pleasant 'tis to see	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
How happy is the ground, On which the brethren	S. Ballou (Author)		2
How many blessings we receive	H. Ballou (Author)		2
How pleasant is the sight, Where brethren all agree (Ballou)	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	2
How pleasing is the lovely sight	Hosea 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
I long my Savior's grace to see	H. Ballou (Author)		2
I shall no more in darkness roam	H. Ballou (Author)		2
I sing the titles of my Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		2
I will adhere no more	Hosea 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	H. 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	H. Ballou (Author)		2
In union let our voices join	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Indulgent God, accept this youth	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Into thy temple, Lord, descend	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Is man more just than God	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Jesus his empire shall extend	Hosea Ballou (Author)		15
Jesus is knocking at the door, His locks are wet with dew	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	2
Jesus, our King, his scepter sways	Hosea Ballou (Author)		5
Joy to the world below, the Lord himself	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Let all the powers of music join	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Let the disciple of the Lord	Hosea 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	Hosea 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
May we thine armor, Lord, put on	H. Ballou (Author)		4
Must Christians pray for nought	H. 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		5
No peace my starving soul can find	H. Ballou (Author)		7
Not here on earth are treasures sure	Hosea 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	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Now faith and hope abide	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Now God I see in every thing	Hosea 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	Hosea 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
O, could I strike some heavenly strings	Hosea 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
O thou whose power the mountains formed	Hosea 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		5
Rivers of grief and sorrows flow	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
See antichrist arise	H. Ballou (Author)		2
See Jesus stand with open arms	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Shall all the wicked kings	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Sin, like a cruel tyrant, reigns	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Stay me with flagons, dearest Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Strong is thine hand, Almighty King	H. Ballou (Author)		4
Sweet visions from the Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Teach us to feel as Jesus prayed	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	8
That some should perish, God ordains	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The depths of wisdom who can find	H. 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The glorious covenant of grace	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The heavenly gem of the sweet content	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The house that's built upon the sand	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The increasing joys, O who can tell	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The Jews had eyes, and yet were blind	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The Lord in Zion will prepare	H. Ballou (Author)		3
The Lord in Zion will provide	Hosea 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	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The male and feamle, in the Lord	H. Ballou (Author)		2
The new Jerusalem I see	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
The prophets came from hills of light	Hosea 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	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Time's empty vapors, O, how vain	H. Ballou (Author)		2
To Christ, the Son, the Father spake	H. Ballou (Author)		6
To me, what use are insects made	H. 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	H. Ballou (Author)		2
What is this within me burning	H. Ballou (Author)		5
What man of sorrow and of grief	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
What sudden glories did surprise	Hosea Ballou (Author)		4
What unknown love is this	H. 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
When God descends, with men to dwell	Hosea Ballou (Author)	English	31
When God in mercy gave	H. Ballou (Author)		2
When God would on the Gentiles rise	Hosea 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	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
When will the eyelids of that morn	H. Ballou (Author)		6
Where mysteries are in Scripture found	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Who dare adjudge the sons of men	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Who dare attempt to sing	Hosea Ballou (Author)		3
Why all this speed, ye pilgrims say	H. Ballou (Author)		4
Why is my heart so cold	Hosea Ballou (Author)		5
Why do not saints a union form	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Why do Pharisees complain	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Why should I blush to own	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Why, thus dejected, O my soul	H. Ballou (Author)		5
Will they who love the Lord repine	H. Ballou (Author)		3
Wisdom and power we see	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
With joy we hail the morning light	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
With sad surprise I see	H. Ballou (Author)		2
With strange surprise, the cross I view	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Ye are God's building, saith the word	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Ye heavy ladened, come, repose	Hosea Ballou (Author)		2
Ye prophets and apostles too	H. Ballou (Author)		2
Ye realms below the skies	H. Ballou (Author)	English	1

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