Balloi. I. Hosea, an American clergyman, born at Richmond, N. II., April 30, 1771, died in Boston, June 7, 1852. He was the son of a Baptist clergyman, who was conscientiously opposed to receiving any remuneration for his professional services; and consequently he had so few advantages of education, that in learning to write he was obliged to use birch bark instead of paper, and charcoal instead of pen and ink. At the age of 19 he joined the Baptist church under his father's care; but having declared his belief in the final salvation of all men, he was excommunicated. He began to preach at the age of 21, and in 1794 was settled at Dana. Mass. In 1801 he removed to Barnard, Vt., where in 1804 he wrote his "Notes on the Parables " and "Treatise on the Atonement." In 1807 he became pastor of the Universalist church in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1815 removed to Salem, Mass., and in 1817 to Boston, when- he became pastor of the second Universalist church, in which relation he continued for 85 years. In 1819 he commenced the "Universalist Magazine," which he conducted alone for several years, and afterward in conjunction with the Rev. Thomas Whit-temore. In 1831, aided by his grand-nephew, Ilosea Ballon, he commenced the "Universalist Expositor," a quarterly publication, to which he continued to contribute until his death.

Among his published works, besides those mentioned, are 26 "Lecture Sermons," 20 "Select Sermons," an "Examination of the Doctrine of Future Retribution" (1846), and a volume of poems, mostly hymns, many of which are embodied in the "Universalist Collection," edited by Adams and Chapin. He preached more than 10,000 sermons, none of which were written till after their delivery. Two of his brothers, Benjamin and David, also became Universalist preachers. Two memoirs of him have been published, one by his son, M. M. Ballou, the other by Thomas Whittemore (1854). II. Hosea, a Universalist clergyman, grand-nephew of the preceding, born at Halifax, Vt., Oct. 18, 1796, died at Somerville, Mass., May 27, 1861. In 1815 he became pastor at Stafford, Conn., and subsequently at Roxbury and Medford, Mass. In 1853 he was elected president of Tufts college, Somerville, Mass., and after visiting Europe for the purpose of studying the systems of collegiate education, he entered upon the duties of the college in 1855. In 1822 he had become one of the editors of the "Universalist Magazine," now published under the name of "The Trumpet," and in 1832, in conjunction with his uncle, he established the "Universalist Expositor," the title of which was subsequently changed to the "Universalist Quarterly." He wrote "The Ancient History of Universalism" (1829; 2d ed., 1842); edited Sismondi's "History of the Crusades" (1833); and published a " Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of Universalist Societies and Families" (1837). HI. Matinin Mniray, son of Hosea Ballou, of Boston, born in Boston in 1822. He has edited literary journals entitled "Ballou's Pictorial" and "The Flag of Our Union," and written a " History of Cuba " (1854), "Biography of the Rev. Hosea Ballou," "Life Story of Hosea Ballou," and "A Treasury of Thought; an Encyclopajdia of Quotations" (1872). In 1872 he became one of the founders and chief editor of the "Boston Globe," a quarto daily journal.

IV. Moses, cousin of the preceding, born at Monroe, Mass., in 1811. He is author of a "Memorial of San-ford" and the "Divine Character Vindicated," and is a frequent contributor to the "Universalist Quarterlv."