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- 00:15, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+5,547) . . N Meditation LXXVI. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXVI.==== '''THE NEEDLE.''' May 5, 1759. Of what excellent use is the compass to the mariner in his course from one country to another! It is his guide over...")
- 00:14, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,005) . . N Meditation LXXV. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXV.==== '''QUARANTINE.''' Under sail near Sardinia, April 21, 1759. It is a laudable practice among these nations, to make all ships, that come from places...") (current)
- 00:13, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (0) . . Meditation LXXI. (→Meditation LXXI.) (current)
- 00:13, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,306) . . Meditation LXXI. (→Meditation LXXI.)
- 00:11, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,307) . . N Meditation LXXIII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXIII.==== '''DELUSION.''' Leghorn, April 9, 1759. Among all the various kinds of delusion—that which concerns the soul, religion, and God—is most melan...") (current)
- 00:10, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,086) . . N Meditation LXXII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXII.==== '''THE PATIENCE OF GOD VERY GREAT.''' Leghorn, April 6, 1759. Truly it astonishes me that God spares those abandoned wretches, who day by day grow...") (current)
- 00:09, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,698) . . N Meditation LXXI. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXI.==== '''WHAT WE OUGHT TO REMEMBER.''' Leghorn, April 5,1759. As we can never be from under the eye of God, nor would choose to be cast out of his care;...")
- 00:08, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,951) . . N Meditation LXX. (Created page with "====Meditation LXX.==== '''ON SHIPS MISTAKING ONE ANOTHER.''' Mediterranean, March 14, 1759. How often on the ocean do we prepare to fight a friend ship! Wherever we see a...") (current)
- 00:07, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,199) . . N Meditation LXIX. (Created page with "====Meditation LXIX.==== '''THE EARTH, A GLOBE.''' Under sail, Mediterranean, March 13, 1759. Wherever I sail, the earth is still beneath my feet, and the heaven is still a...") (current)
- 00:06, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+14) . . Meditation LXVIII. (→Meditation LXVIII.) (current)
- 00:06, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,193) . . N Meditation LXVIII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXVIII.==== '''ON A MAN WHO DIED BY LIQUOR.''' Under sail, Mediterranean, March 6, 1759. In how many things is it possible for man to sin? Every blessing he...")
- 00:05, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,957) . . N Meditation LXVII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXVII.==== '''ON REACHING A PORT AFTER BEING LONG AT SEA.''' Gibraltar Bay, Feb. 21, 1759. Now we have reached the desired haven, when our patience was almos...") (current)
- 00:04, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Meditation LXVI. (→Meditation LXVI.) (current)
- 00:04, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,660) . . N Meditation LXVI. (Created page with "====Meditation LXVI.==== '''ON SAILING NEAR DIFFERENT NATIONS.''' Feb. 20, l759. There is a great pleasure in sailing to different parts of the world—to see the divine wi...")
- 00:03, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+38) . . Meditation LXII (→Meditation LXII.) (current)
- 00:03, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,720) . . N Meditation LXV. (Created page with "====Meditation LXV.==== '''AN HIGH WIND PREFERABLE TO A CALM.''' Under sail, Feb. 15, 1759. Among the wonders of navigation, this is one, that through opposing waves which...") (current)
- 00:02, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+952) . . N Meditation LXIV. (Created page with "====Meditation LXIV.==== '''ON BEING IN HOT CLIMATES IN A FEW DAYS.''' Under sail for Gibraltar, Feb. 2, 1759. How a few days sailing can chill us in the freezing north—o...") (current)
- 00:01, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,710) . . N Meditation LXIII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXIII.==== '''COMFORT AND TERROR IN ONE CONSIDERATION.''' Portland Roads, Dec. 19, 1758. When the affairs of war, or the necessities of our trade, call for a...") (current)
- 23:59, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+7) . . Meditations 61 to 90 (→Meditation LXI.) (current)
- 23:56, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,074) . . N Meditation LXII (Created page with "====Meditation LXII.==== '''ON TAKING IN LARGE PROVISIONS.''' Portland Roads, Dec. 15, 1758. Surely the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind,...")
- 23:56, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,138) . . N Meditations 61 to 90 (Created page with "====Meditation LXI.==== '''ON GOING INTO HARBOR.''' Nov. 5, 1758. One would think that when the tempests and the dangers of the sea are over, all were safe; and that in sig...")
- 23:54, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1) . . THE TRAVELER
- 23:54, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+34) . . THE TRAVELER (→THE TRAVELER)
- 02:40, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+8) . . MEDITATION III. (→MEDITATION III.) (current)
- 02:06, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+6) . . MEDITATION XXXIV. (→MEDITATION XXXIV.) (current)
- 02:06, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+8) . . Meditations 31 to 60 (→MEDITATION XXXI.) (current)
- 02:05, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,960) . . N MEDITATION LX. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LX.==== '''DOCKING SHIPS.''' Nov. 4, 1758. It is requisite at certain times to bring ships in to the dock—that they may be cleaned, caulked, and fitted out...") (current)
- 02:05, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,400) . . N MEDITATION LIX. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LIX.==== '''THE WORD OF GOD IRRESISTIBLE.''' Nov. 3, 1758. O how glorious and irresistible is the word of grace, when it comes accompanied with divine power...") (current)
- 02:04, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,222) . . N MEDITATION LVIII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LVIII.==== '''THE NATURAL MAN INSENSIBLE OF MERCY.''' Portsmouth Harbor, November 1, 1758. Did men look but a little towards God, and into themselves, it wou...") (current)
- 02:03, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,074) . . N MEDITATION LVII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LVII.==== '''UNFORTUNATE RETREAT.''' St. Cas, Sept. 12, 1756. (Our forces having made a descent on the coast of France, the enemy assembled their forces, bef...") (current)
- 02:02, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,680) . . N MEDITATION LVI. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LVI.==== '''WAR.''' Under sail, August 18, 1758. How often have we cause to cry out of the cruelty of men! Mankind, allied to one another by blood—have mor...") (current)
- 02:01, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,415) . . N MEDITATION LV, (Created page with "====MEDITATION LV,==== '''SHIP DAMAGED AND BEGINNING TO SINK''' Under sail from Cherbourg. How sweet is life—for which a man will part with his all! When these two ships,...") (current)
- 02:01, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,277) . . N MEDITATION LIV. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LIV.==== '''PRISONERS.''' St. Helens, July 29, 1758. This is a common affliction in war—that whoever conquers at last, in the mean time many on both sides...") (current)
- 02:00, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,209) . . N MEDITATION LIII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LIII.==== '''OUR SORROW FOR SIN TOO CONTRACTED.''' July 22, 1758. Now to my grief I am among sinners; and it pains my heart that those with whom I am concern...") (current)
- 01:59, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+6,953) . . N MEDITATION LII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LII.==== '''COMPARISONS.''' July 20, 1758. To make my situation more pleasant, in this meditation, let me run a comparison between the sea-life, and the Chri...") (current)
- 01:58, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4,292) . . N MEDITATION LI. (Created page with "====MEDITATION LI.==== '''THE NOBLE PRINCIPLE.''' Spithead, July 19, 1758. Now I am distant from all my pious acquaintances and civilized friends, who might be a check upon...") (current)
- 01:57, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,759) . . N MEDITATION L. (Created page with "====MEDITATION L.==== '''ON HEARING A RUMOR OF PEACE.''' Spithead, July 19, 1755. With what a cheerful countenance did the greater part appear to hear the report of peace!...") (current)
- 01:56, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,839) . . N MEDITATION XLIX. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLIX.==== '''SORROW FOR SIN A SIGN OF GRACE.''' Spithead, July 13, 1758. Surely I am not so zealous for the God of heaven as I ought to be. Had I this day r...") (current)
- 01:56, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,364) . . N MEDITATION XLVIII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLVIII.==== '''INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE EVIL SPEECH OF THE WICKED.''' Spithead, July 12, 1758. Surely, if ever I was among the saints I have been to blame—who...") (current)
- 01:55, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,890) . . N MEDITATION XLVII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLVII.==== '''GOD'S EQUITY IN THE ETERNITY OF TORMENT.''' July 10, 1758. Man is daringly bold to find fault with God, and tell him to his face—that his way...") (current)
- 01:53, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,784) . . N MEDITATION XLVI. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLVI.==== '''ON ONE CURSING AND SWEARING AT AN AFFRONT.''' Spithead, July 10, 1758. This discloses to me the dreadful confusion and deplorable rage which the...") (current)
- 01:52, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,751) . . N MEDITATION XLV. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLV.==== '''ON AWAKING AT MIDNIGHT.''' Now the silent night spreads its shadows on all, and calms the uneasy crew, who are locked fast in sleep, except those...") (current)
- 01:52, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,722) . . N MEDITATION XLIV. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLIV.==== '''THE COMPANY OF THE WICKED.''' Spithead, July 8, 1758. When for our continual company we have the wicked, we cannot but continue our lamentation,...") (current)
- 01:51, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,144) . . N MEDITATION XLIII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLIII.==== '''ON THE WELL OF THE SHIP.''' Spithead, July 7, 1758. It is necessary to pump out the putrid salt water which leaks into the base of the ship. Ev...") (current)
- 01:50, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+5,347) . . N MEDITATION XLII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLII.==== '''ON HEARING FROM FRIENDS.''' St. Helen's, July 5, 1758. He who has not left his affections and concern in his native country, as well as his frie...") (current)
- 01:49, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,732) . . N MEDITATION XLI. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XLI.==== '''COASTING ALONG ANOTHER KING'S DOMINIONS.''' Under sail, July 1, 1758. The peasant may never travel far—he may live and die in his own king's do...") (current)
- 01:48, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,771) . . MEDITATION XXXIX. (→MEDITATION XXXIX.) (current)
- 01:46, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,038) . . N MEDITATION XL. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XL.==== '''ON THE EXCELLENCY OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ABOVE THE JEWISH RELIGION, WITH RESPECT TO A TRAVELER.''' Off France, June 28, 1758. The Jewish religi...") (current)
- 01:45, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+544) . . N MEDITATION XXXIX. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XXXIX.==== a double work on his potter's wheel—<br> 1. His wrath to show, and his power to make known on the vessels of wrath, who are prepared for destructi...")
- 01:44, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,399) . . N MEDITATION XXXVIII. (Created page with "====MEDITATION XXXVIII.==== '''THE PROPHET'S DESCRIPTION OF THE WICKED.''' How just, how adequate, how expressive the divine description, "The wicked are like the troubled o...") (current)
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