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Hosea Ballou 1771-1852, American clergyman, foremost among expositors of Universalism in the United States, b. Cheshire co., N.H. From 1818 until his death he was pastor of the Second Universalist Society in Boston. One of the founders (1819) of the Universalist Magazine, he was its editor until 1828; from 1830 he edited the Universalist Expositor. His works include Notes on the Parables (1804), A Treatise on the Atonement (1805), and a number of hymns.

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Ballou, Hosea (1771–1852), Boston clergyman, was the foremost exponent of Universalism. His works include Notes on the Parables (1804), A Treatise on Atonement (1805), and A Series of Letters in Defense of Divine Revelation (1816), a correspondence with Abner Kneeland. In addition to editing collections, he composed almost 200 hymns. He was remotely related to Adin Ballou.

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