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Adin Ballou (April 23, 1803 – August 5, 1890) was founder of the Hopedale Community in what is now Hopedale, Massachusetts, and a prominent 19th century exponent of pacifism, socialism and abolitionism. Through his long career as a Universalist, and then Unitarian minister, he tirelessly sought social reform through his radical Christian and socialist views. Image File history File links Adin-Ballou. ...
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Background and Family
Ballou was born on a farm in Cumberland, Rhode Island to Ariel and Edilda Ballou. He was raised a Six-Principle Baptist until 1813 when his family was converted in a Christian Connexion revival. Cumberland Town Hall Cumberland is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States, incorporated in 1746. ...
History The history of General Six-Principle Baptists in America begins in Rhode Island in 1652 when the historic Providence Baptist Church, which was once associated with Roger Williams, split. ...
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Ballou married Abigail Sayles in early 1822. Soon after giving birth to daughter Abbie in 1829, she died. Later that year, Adin himself suffered a life-threatening illness. He was nursed back to health by Lucy Hunt, whom he married a few months later. Hosea Ballou II performed the ceremony. 1822 (MDCCCXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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Hosea II Ballou (1796 - 1861) was the first president of Tufts University from 1853-1861. ...
The influence of Dialogues on the Universal Restoration led Ballou to question the doctrine of the Christian Connexion. In 1822, Ballou converted to Unitarian Universalism.
Of four children born to Adin, only Abbie Ballou reached adulthood.
Adin Ballou died in Hopedale in 1890 followed by Lucy Ballou in 1891.
Religious & Social Issues Ballou traveled around the New England area lecturing and debating on Practical Christianity, Christian Nonresistance, abolition, temperance, and other social issues. This article is about the region in the United States of America. ...
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Practical Christianity Ballou believed that Practical Christians were called to make their convictions a reality; they should begin to fashion a new civilization.
Restorationist In 1830, Ballou aligned himself with the Restorationists, who were upset with the views among some Unitarians, that complete salvation and no punishment would follow death. Although Ballou served the Unitarian church, 1831-42, Ballou continued to identify himself as a Restorationist. The Restorationists believed that the spiritual growth of sinners could only be acclaimed through God’s justice, in the afterlife, before they could be restored to His grace. As a Restorationist, Ballou agreed to edit and publish the Independent Messenger. Ballou’s views led to the loss of his pulpit in Milford, Massachusetts. In 1831, Ballou, along with seven other ministers, established the Massachusetts Association of Universal Restorationists.
Christian pacifism Ballou converted to Christian pacifism in 1838. Standard of Practical Christianity was composed in 1839 by Ballou and a few ministerial colleagues and laymen. The signatories announced their withdrawal from "the governments of the world." They believed the dependence on force to maintain order was unjust, and vowed to not participate in such government. While they did not acknowledge the earthly rule of man, they also did not rebel or "resist any of their ordinances by physical force." "We cannot employ carnal weapons nor any physical violence whatsoever," they proclaimed, "not even for the preservation of our lives. We cannot render evil for evil ... nor do otherwise than 'love our enemies.'" Peace churches are Christian churches, groups or communities advocating pacifism. ...
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Starting in 1843 he served as president of the New England Non-resistance Society. He worked with his friend William Lloyd Garrison until they broke over Garrison's support for violence in fighting slavery. In 1846 Ballou published his principal work on pacifism, Christian Non-Resistance. Ballou was also involved with the Universal Peace Union founded in 1866. Year 1843 (MDCCCXLIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
William Lloyd Garrison William Lloyd Garrison (December 12, 1805–May 24, 1879) was a prominent United States abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer. ...
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Abolitionism In 1837, Ballou publicly announced he was an abolitionist. He made anti-slavery lecture tours in Pennsylvania in 1846 and in New York in 1848. Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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Ballou’s antislavery sentiments are best exemplified in his 1843 Fourth of July address entitled The Voice of Duty, in which he calls on Americans to honor the foundations of the country by not being selective or hypocritical in their judgment of who should be free: “We honor liberty only when we make her impartial—the same for and to all men.” Ballou also responds to those who claim that abolitionists dishonor the Constitution, saying that he stands “on a higher moral platform than any human compact.” Of the Founding Fathers Ballou claims, “I honor them with all my heart for their devotion to right principles, for all the truly noble traits in their character, for their fidelity to their own highest light. But because I honor their love of liberty, must I honor their compromises with slavery?”
Temperance Through the temperance movement, Ballou found "three great practical data in ethics": - That righteousness must be taught definitely, specifically, and practically to produce any marked results.
- That adherents of a cause must be unequivocally pledged to the practice of definitely declared duties.
- That such pledged adherents must voluntarily associate under explicit affirmations of a settled purpose to cooperate in exemplifying and diffusing abroad the virtues and excellences to which they are committed, and not act at random in disorganized and aimless individualism.
Ballou, Autobiography, 223 (abridged).
Socialism In 1854, Adin Ballou wrote Practical Christian Socialism as an apologetic for the Hopedale Community. 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
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Ballou wrote "The History of Milford" in 1880 in honor of the town's centennial. One hundred years later, Milford native Michael Bavaro would make a documentary film titled, "Milford Book 2" with WBZ radio personality Larry Glick, portraying the Reverend Adin Ballou. you mama
The Hopedale Community By 1840, Ballou was convinced his Christian convictions would not allow him to live in the worldly governments any longer. In 1841, Adin and the Practical Christians purchased a farm west of Milford, Massachusetts and named it Hopedale. The community was settled in 1842. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Milford is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. ...
Hopedale is the name of several places: In Canada, Hopedale, Labrador In the United States: Hopedale, Massachusetts Hopedale, Ohio This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
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The members were men and women drawn together by a common interest in the great principles of liberal and practical Christianity at a time when church doctrines were narrow. In addition to the vital principles of ultimate salvation for all, temperance, non-resistance, etc. each one brought some fad of his own—a belief in Spiritualism, or the vegetable diet. Some were non-shavers, and all, I think, were non-smokers. The fads, which were almost as dear to the hearts of their owners as the principles, were often discussed in public, and the free play of the various natures, grave and gay, matter of fact and mischievously humorous, made these meetings a "continuous performance" of vast entertainment. The argument was earnest on either side, and usually closed by each with the same emphatic utterance, "So it seems to me and I cannot see it otherwise!" Neither party convinced the other, but the war of words afforded a certain relief to strenuous natures who, as good-non-resistants could indulge in no other form of warfare. — from reminiscences of Sarah E. Bradbury The practical end of the Hopedale Community came in 1856 when two of Ballou’s closest supporters, Ebenezer and George Draper, withdrew their 75% share of the community’s stock to form the successful Hopedale Manufacturing Company. George claimed the community wasn't using sound business practices. The community, however, continued on as a religious group until 1867, when it became the Hopedale Parish and rejoined mainstream Unitarianism. December 15, 1873 the Trustees of the Community conveyed all right, title, interest and control over to Community Square. Ballou remained as Hopedale’s pastor throughout its transformation and finally retired in 1880. is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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See also Christian anarchism is any of several traditions which combine anarchism with Christianity. ...
Peace churches are Christian churches, groups or communities advocating pacifism. ...
Peace churches are Christian churches, groups or communities advocating pacifism. ...
References - Ballou, Adin. 1854. Practical Christian Socialism: A Conversational Exposition of the True. Fowlers and Wells.Google books full text
- Ballou, Adin. "The Voice of Duty: An Address at the Anti-Slavery Picnic at Westminister, Massachusetts July 4, 1843." Antislavery Literature Project. 2008. 19 Feb 2008. Link
- Gougeon, Len. "Ballou, Adin." American National Biography Online . Feb 2000. 19 Feb 2008. Link
- Hughes, Peter. "Ballou, Adin." Unitarian Universalist Historical Society. 2007. 19 Feb 2008. Link
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