Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballouwas an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. He has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth30 April 1771
CountryUnited States of America
religious men joy
A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy; mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.
wise religious men
Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they give a proper direction to devotion, at the same time make a wise and profitable improvement of his social feelings.
children culprit ashamed
Reproof, especially as it relates to children, administered in all gentleness, will render the culprit not afraid, but ashamed to repeat the offence.
sleep serenity welcome
Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
blood exaggeration-is relation
Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
facts tradition prominent
Not the least misfortune in a prominent falsehood is the fact that tradition is apt to repeat it for truth.
done consciousness benevolence
How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
wise joy affliction
A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.
eye blessing reality
It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our comfort, and even necessities. Thus disease, opening our eyes to the realities of life, is an indirect blessing.
eye soul
The eye is inlet to the soul.
religious practice doctrine
There is one sure criterion of judgment as to religious faith in doctrinal matters; can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.
practice doubt creeds
Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice.
people dowry embrace
Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.
growth world personal-growth
There is no such thing as "best" in the world of individuals.