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• 11:29, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,821)‎ . . N Meditation C. ‎ (Created page with "====Meditation C.==== '''GOING TO BATTLE.''' Now everything is preparing to engage the enemy, all hands are busy—though whatever the outcome may be, none can tell. But al...") (current)
• 11:29, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,928)‎ . . N Meditation XCIX. ‎ (Created page with "====Meditation XCIX.==== '''THE SPIRITS OF JUST MEN MADE PERFECT.''' Lying off Normandy, June, 1758. Many are the enjoyments of the heavenly bliss, many are the delights of...") (current)
• 11:28, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,073)‎ . . N Meditation XCVIII. ‎ (Created page with "====Meditation XCVIII.==== '''ON BEING DRIVEN BACK TO HARBOR.''' Lying off France, June 17, 1758. There is an unseen rotation of circumstances accidental to all conditions...") (current)
• 11:26, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+2,818)‎ . . N Meditation XCVII. ‎ (Created page with "Meditation XCVII. '''ON SHIPS STEERING DIFFERENT COURSES WITH THE SAME WIND.''' Under sail, June 10, 1758. It is surprising that one wind should carry ships to the diff...") (current)
• 11:25, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+3,665)‎ . . N Meditation XCVI. ‎ (Created page with "====Meditation XCVI.==== '''TIME PAST NEVER RETURNS.''' Under sail, June 16, 1758. Foolish man thinks he is born to live to himself, and that he is master of his own time...") (current)
• 11:24, 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)
• 11:24, 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)
• 11:23, 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)
• 11:22, 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)
• 11:21, 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)
• 11:19, 7 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+36)‎ . . THE TRAVELER ‎ (→‎THE TRAVELER) (current)
• 23:28, 6 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)
• 23:28, 6 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)
• 23:27, 6 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)
• 23:26, 6 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)
• 23:25, 6 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)
• 23:24, 6 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)
• 23:23, 6 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)
• 23:22, 6 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)
• 23:21, 6 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)
• 23:20, 6 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)
• 23:19, 6 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)
• 23:19, 6 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)
• 23:18, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4)‎ . . Meditation LXXVIII. ‎ (→‎Meditation LXXVIII.) (current)
• 23:18, 6 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...")
• 23:17, 6 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)
• 23:16, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4)‎ . . Meditation LXXVI. ‎ (→‎Meditation LXXVI.) (current)
• 23:15, 6 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...")
• 23:14, 6 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)
• 23:13, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (0)‎ . . Meditation LXXI. ‎ (→‎Meditation LXXI.) (current)
• 23:13, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1,306)‎ . . Meditation LXXI. ‎ (→‎Meditation LXXI.)
• 23:11, 6 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)
• 23:10, 6 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)
• 23:09, 6 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;...")
• 23:08, 6 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)
• 23:07, 6 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)
• 23:06, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+14)‎ . . Meditation LXVIII. ‎ (→‎Meditation LXVIII.) (current)
• 23:06, 6 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...")
• 23:05, 6 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)
• 23:04, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+4)‎ . . Meditation LXVI. ‎ (→‎Meditation LXVI.) (current)
• 23:04, 6 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...")
• 23:03, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+38)‎ . . Meditation LXII ‎ (→‎Meditation LXII.) (current)
• 23:03, 6 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)
• 23:02, 6 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)
• 23:01, 6 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)
• 22:59, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+7)‎ . . Meditations 61 to 90 ‎ (→‎Meditation LXI.) (current)
• 22:56, 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,...")
• 22:56, 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...")
• 22:54, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+1)‎ . . THE TRAVELER ‎
• 22:54, 6 January 2020 (diff | hist) . . (+34)‎ . . THE TRAVELER ‎ (→‎THE TRAVELER)

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