Maturin M. Ballou
Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066158682
Table of Contents
BECOMES A PROFESSOR OF RELIGION.
COMMENCES THE UNIVERSALIST MAGAZINE.
COMMENCES THE UNIVERSALIST EXPOSITOR.
DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
MR. BALLOU AS A CONTROVERSIALIST.
GRACES AND POWERS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
LIFE-SKETCHES OF REV. GEORGE H. CLARK.
THE WORKS OF REV. HOSEA BALLOU.
BIOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.
The gratitude of mankind has not failed to record with honor the names of those who have been the inventors of useful improvements in the arts, or the authors of scientific discoveries, of brave warriors and wise statesmen; ancient history reveals to us the time when the inventors of letters and the plough, were revered as divinities. If there are any who are actually worthy of being remembered by the world, they are those who have proved themselves, by the lives they have led, and by their holy teachings, to be benefactors of the human family, and true followers of Christ.
It is conceded by all, that biography is a most important species of history. Through its agency, men who have been distinguished for merit, talent, or any peculiar virtue, are remembered, and, though they may be personally lost to us, yet the good influence they exerted during their lives, is made to continue for our benefit. The biography of any eminent individual must be, in some degree, a chronicle of the times in which he lived, and thus, though the production may be of the most humble character, the pages of history are enriched, and the records of the past perfected. We think it was the Rev. John Ewart, M. A., a noted English divine, who set