CONTENTS.[CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY ]9[CHAPTER II. BIRTH AND PARENTAGE ]14[CHAPTER III. EARLY LIFE ]22[CHAPTER IV. BECOMES A PROFESSOR OF RELIGION ]38[CHAPTER V. COMMENCES TO PREACH ]52[CHAPTER VI. BECOMES A SETTLED MINISTER ]64[CHAPTER VII. REMOVES TO PORTSMOUTH, N. H. ]89[CHAPTER VIII. SETTLES IN BOSTON ]103[CHAPTER IX. COMMENCES THE UNIVERSALIST MAGAZINE ]120[CHAPTER X. COMMENCES THE UNIVERSALIST EXPOSITOR ]136[CHAPTER XI. DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS ]173[CHAPTER XII. MR. BALLOU AS A CONTROVERSIALIST ]231[CHAPTER XIII. SPIRIT OF HIS DOCTRINE ]258[CHAPTER XIV. SENTIMENTS RELATIVE TO DEATH ]322[CHAPTER XV. END OF HIS EARTHLY MISSION ]366[CHAPTER XVI. CONCLUSION ]392