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Ball, Mother Frances Mary Teresa Born in Dublin 9 January, 1794; died 19 May, 1861; foundress of the Irish Branch of the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary. (See Sisters of Loreto.) She was a daughter of John Ball and Mabel Clare Bennet. At the age of nine years, Frances was sent to the convent … Continue reading “Ball, Mother Frances Mary Teresa”

Ball, Mason a Baptist minister, was born in West Boylston, Mass., Sept. 20, 1798, and was a graduate of Union College in the class of 1828. During the years 1830-31, he acted as an agent of the American Baptist Missionary Union, and in 1832-33 supplied churches in New Bedford, Middleborough, and Bellingham, Mass. He was … Continue reading “Ball, Mason”

Ball, John a Roman priest, who seems to have imbibed Wickliffe’s doctrines, and who was (previously to 1366) excommunicated repeatedly for preaching errors, and schisms, and scandals against the pope, archbishops, bishops, and clergy. He preached in favor of the rebellion of Wat Tyler, and was executed at Coventry in 1381. See Collier, Eccl. Hist. … Continue reading “Ball, John (2)”

Ball, Heman, D.D. a Congregational minister, was born at West Springfield, Mass., in 1764. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1791; studied theology under Dr. Lathrop of West Springfield, and was ordained pastor of the Church in Rutland, Vt., Feb. 1, 1797. He died Dec. 17, 1821. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, … Continue reading “Ball, Heman, D.D.”

Ball-flower is an ornament resembling a ball placed in a globular flower, the three petals of which form a cup round it. This ornament is usually found inserted in a hollow moulding, and is generally characteristic of the Decorated style of the 14th century; but it sometimes occurs, though rarely, in buildings of the 13th … Continue reading “Ball-flower”

Ball, Eliphalet a Presbyterian minister, graduated at Yale. In 1763 he was assigned by the synod to the Presbytery of Dutchess County. He was dismissed from his charge at Bedford in December, 1768, and in 1772 resumed it and remained till 1784. Having spent four years at Amity, in Woodbridge, Conn., he removed with a … Continue reading “Ball, Eliphalet”

Ball, Eli a Baptist minister, was born in Marlborough, Vt., Nov. 2, 1786, and united with a church in Boston in 1805. Having pursued a course of theological study under private instruction, he preached for several years in Harwich, Mass.; Wilmington and Lansingburg, N. Y.; and Middletown, Conn. He removed South in 1823, and was … Continue reading “Ball, Eli”

Ball, Dyer, M.D. a Presbyterian minister, was born at West Boylston, Mass., June 3, 1796. He was educated at Yale College; studied theology at New Haven Seminary, and subsequently at Andover, Mass In 1831 he was licensed by a Congregational council, and became pastor of a Congregational Church. In 1833 he was sent to Florida … Continue reading “Ball, Dyer, M.D.”

Ball, Charles B a Congregational minister, was born in Lee, Mass., in 1826. Graduating at Williams College in 1846, he entered upon the practice of law in Springfield, Mass. He afterwards studied theology at East Windsor, Conn., and was ordained at Wilton in 1858, where he only preached a year, dying Jan. 27, 1859. See … Continue reading “Ball, Charles B”

Ball and the Cross, The The title of a fantastic and symbolical novel by G. K. Chesterton (London 1910 ), in which Catholicism and atheism are opposed, first in the persons of an antiquated monk and a “Professor Lucifer”, and second, in those of a Highland Catholic and a London atheist. The title, suggested by … Continue reading “Ball and the Cross, The”