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- 12:24, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4,954) . . N Meditation XCV. (Created page with "====Meditation XCV.==== '''THE BIRTHDAY.''' Quiberon Bay, May 30, 1760. The observation of birthdays seems to be both ancient and universal—but by none more splendidly k...") (current)
- 12:24, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,184) . . N Meditation XCIV. (Created page with "====Meditation XCIV.==== '''ALL THINGS MADE UP IN CHRIST.''' Quiberon Bay, May 11, 1760. Everyone is subject to so many losses here, that, unless he has a share in the ban...") (current)
- 12:23, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,606) . . N Meditation XCIII. (Created page with "====Meditation XCIII.==== '''ON THE ARMOR OF SOLDIERS.''' Lying off Normandy, June 13, 1758. When I behold the warlike race, and their glittering arms, how well they are ou...") (current)
- 12:22, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,645) . . N Meditation XCII. (Created page with "====Meditation XCII.==== '''ON BEING INTERRUPTED IN SECRET PRAYER.''' Lying off France, June 13, 1758. Nothing can still the agitation of my spirit—but the fore-thoughts...") (current)
- 12:21, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,374) . . N Meditations 91 to 121 (Created page with "====Meditation XCI.==== '''ON A GREAT STORM OF THUNDER, LIGHTNING, AND RAIN.''' Lying off France, June 9, 1758. Dark is the night—but dismal the flash that scatters the d...") (current)
- 12:19, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+36) . . THE TRAVELER (→THE TRAVELER) (current)
- 00:28, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,781) . . N Meditation XC. (Created page with "====Meditation XC.==== '''A PROPER INSPECTION.''' Lying off the French Coast, June 8, 1758. At all times, men ought to examine their state, and fitness for going into the c...") (current)
- 00:28, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,256) . . N Meditation LXXXIX. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXIX.==== '''A DAILY CATECHISM FOR SEAMEN.''' March 25, 1758. 1. How do I like the company of the wicked, and the converse of ungodly men? 2. Is their swe...") (current)
- 00:27, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,904) . . N Meditation LXXXVIII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXVIII.==== '''ON DIVIDING THE SPOIL.''' In all ages of the world, so great has the joy of men been on this occasion, that it has become proverbial, "as men...") (current)
- 00:26, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,795) . . N Meditation LXXXVII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXVII.==== '''ON PUTTING OUT A LIGHT.''' Off the Coast of France, June 8, 1758. The place I dwell in being secluded from the solar ray, is lighted by a gli...") (current)
- 00:25, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,675) . . N Meditation LXXXVI. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXVI.==== '''ON A SHORT INDISPOSITION.''' Two days ago, sharp pains perplexed me, and made me turn and toss from side to side, seeking what I could not find...") (current)
- 00:24, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,283) . . N Meditation LXXXV. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXV.==== '''A Reflection on Psalm 42:7."''' Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls. All Your waves and Your billows are gone over me." Near Guer...") (current)
- 00:23, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,720) . . N Meditation LXXXIV. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXIV.==== '''ON PRISONERS.''' Under sail, August 30, 1759. One consequence of war, is that prisoners are taken. By the laws of civilized nations, they are...") (current)
- 00:22, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,455) . . N Meditation LXXXIII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXIII.==== '''ON A SEA-BATTLE, FOUGHT AUGUST l7.*''' August 22, 1759. *The battle referred to, lasted five hours. Three of the enemy's ships were taken, a...") (current)
- 00:21, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,693) . . N Meditation LXXXII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXII.==== '''On Some Who Were Burned by an Explosion of Gunpowder.''' Under sail, August 29, 1759. What can be quicker, and more fleeting, than the explos...") (current)
- 00:20, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,597) . . N Meditation LXXXI. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXXI.==== '''ON A COURT-MARTIAL.''' Gibraltar Bay, August 8, 1759. Every law is made to restrain from vice, and bind to duty; and every nation has its own c...") (current)
- 00:19, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4,341) . . N Meditation LXXX. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXX.==== '''IN A SOUTHERN CLIMATE.''' These southern climates certainly, as to fruitfulness, have the better of our northern lands. And when the traveler tel...") (current)
- 00:19, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,811) . . N Meditation LXXIX. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXIX.==== '''FISHERS.''' Gibraltar Mole, May 31, 1759. Here, on the shore of this vast sea, where innumerable creatures swim, I stand, and am entertained to...") (current)
- 00:18, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Meditation LXXVIII. (→Meditation LXXVIII.) (current)
- 00:18, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,191) . . N Meditation LXXVIII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXVIII.==== '''IN A HOT CLIMATE.''' Gibraltar Bay, May 18, 1759. "He will shelter Israel from the storm and the wind. He will refresh her as a river in the...")
- 00:17, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4,097) . . N Meditation LXXVII. (Created page with "====Meditation LXXVII.==== '''IN A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.''' May 18, 1759. Ah! what a false system does 'human invention' make in the worship of God! Where a superstitious...") (current)
- 00:16, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4) . . Meditation LXXVI. (→Meditation LXXVI.) (current)
- 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)
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