Author:Adin Ballou

Adin Ballou
(1803–1890)

Adin Ballou

Works

Universalist Period

• The Furious Priest Reproved (1823) 12p.
• Fourth of July Oration at Milford (1827) 35p.
• Dialogical Instructer (1828) newspaper
• The Inestimable Value of Souls (1830) sermon 23p.
• Fourth of July Oration at Blackstone (1830) 18p.

Restorationist Period

• Independent Messenger (1831-39) newspaper
• Epistle General to Restorationists (1831)
• Report on a Public Discussion between the Revs. Adin Ballou and Daniel D. Smith (1834) 86p.
• Sunday School Manual (1836)
• A Discourse on the Subject of American Slavery (1837) 4th of July, 88p. IA
• The Touchstone (1837) Restorationist tract 32p.

Hopedale Period

• Standard of Practical Christianity (1839)
• Conference Hymn-Book (1839)
• Non-Resistance in Relation to Human Governments (1839) 24p. (Commons file)
• Practical Christian (1840-1860) newspaper
• Constitution of the Fraternal Communion (1843)
• Scriptural Doctrine of the Second Advent (1843)
• The Voice of Duty (1843), 4th of July, 12p. IA
• Superiority of Moral to Political Power (1845)
• Christian Non-Resistance (1846) (transcription project) (HathiTrust)
• Declaration (1847)
• Constitution of the Practical Christian Ministry (1848)
• Constitution of the Hopedale Community (1849)
• What Entitles One to the Christian Name (1849)
• Endless Punishment Rejected (1849)
• The Bible: Its Principles Divine, Its Language Human (1849)
• Hopedale Collection of Hymns and Songs (1850) 316 hymns
• The Hopedale Community: An Exposition (1851)
• Lecture on Capital Punishment (1851)
• Spirit Manifestations (1852) IA
• Memoir of Adin Augustus Ballou (1853)
• The Hopedale Community: Historical Sketch (1853)
• Practical Christian Socialism: A Conversational Exposition of the True System of Human Society (1854) (transcription project)
• The Constitution of the Practical Christian Republic (1854)
• The Practical Christian Republic (1854)
• Constitution of the Practical Christian Republic (1854)
• Lecture on the Bible (1859)
• Practical Christianity and Endless Punishment (1860)
• Christian Non-Resistance in Extreme Cases (1860) 32p.
• The Monitorial Guide (1861)
• Violations of the Federal Constitution (1861) 48p.
• Christian Non-Resistance Defended against Henry Ward Beecher (1862) 20p.
• Human Progress in Respect to Religion (1867)
• Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions (1870)

• Vol. 1: Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions/Department of Theological Doctrines (transcription project)
• Vol. 2: Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions/Department of Personal Righteousness (transcription project)
• Vol. 3: Primitive Christianity and its Corruptions/Department of Ecclesiastical Polity (transcription project)

Undated Hopedale Works

• Capital Punishment: Reasons for Immediate Abolition
• Practical Christianity in Relation to Different Christs and Christianities 8p.
• Fundamental Principles the Only Authority in Religion
• Christian Non-Resistance: Questions Answered
• Learn to Discriminate
• Losing Influence
• Might and Right
• Consistency with a Vengeance
• How Many Does It Take?
• Inspiration of the Bible
• Practical Christianity in Relation to Voting
• Practical Christianity in Relation to Human Government
• Practical Christianity in Relation to Marriage and Divorce
• Practical Christianity in Relation to Education and Amusements
• Reply to Parson Hor on War
• An Inquirer Answered

Historical Works

• History of Milford (1882)
• History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America (1888) 1324p.
• A Memorial of Adin Ballou (1890) 100p. contains a funeral sermon by himself
• Autobiography of Adin Ballou (1896) 586p. completed by William S. Heywood
• History of the Hopedale Community (1897) 415p.