Hosea Ballou — American Clergyman born on April 30, 1771,

Hosea Ballou was an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. He has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism... (wikipedia)

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so.
Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.