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
humility heart pride
How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.
prayer humble heart
Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer.
heart water shining
As the sun's rays will irradiate even the murky pool, and make its stagnant waters to shine like silver, so doth God's goodness and tender mercy, towards the greatest sinner, and the blackest heart, make his own image visible there!
heart weather tears
The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.
gratitude spring heart
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.
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Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character
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Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.
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Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction....
Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.
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There is no such things as 'best' in the world of individuals.
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Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.
prayer tests enterprise
Embark on no enterprise which you cannot submit to the test of prayer.
judgment should liberality
Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
kindness way speak
With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.