Includes "Biography [of Hosea Ballou] by Thomas Whittemore"--P. [7]-11.

"I propose to publish a series of Sermons, under the title of 'The Universalist pulpit.' Each number will comprise one sermon, and will contain a likeness of the author thereof. In this way I shall be able to send out a transcript of the minds, and a likeness of the heads, of many of our most distinguished preachers. To what extent the numbers will be continued, remains to be proved: suffice it to say, that I shall continue to publish them as long as the patronage of the denomination shall warrant it. I shall also give, in each number, a brief biography of the author of the sermon ... James M. Usher"--Note to the reader.