A mem­ber of the So­ci­e­ty of Friends (Quak­ers), Ball was a some time re­si­dent of Glen Roth­say, Ry­dal, West­more­land. His works in­clude:

• Nugae Sacrae, or Psalms, Hymns, and Spir­it­u­al Songs (Lon­don: 1825)
• The Tran­script and Other Po­ems
• Hymns, or Lyr­ics, 1864
• Verses Com­posed Since 1870

Lyrics

1. Praise to Jesus! Praise to God
2. There Is a Pure and Tran­quil Wave