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

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.