IN TUNE WITH GOD’S UNIVERSE
Thomas Lane Butts, Methodist pastor from Montgomery, Alabama, reports that he heard this in a lecture given by Dr. William Muehl at Minister’s Week at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in the mid-sixties. He remembers it this way: Back in the days when New Bedford, Massachusetts was a major seaport, scores of ships involved in the whaling industry went out from it each year. They covered all the seas of the globe and often spent many years away from their home base. Of all the captains made famous for their seamanship, none was more highly regarded than one named Elieazar Hall. He went further, stayed out longer, brought back more whale oil and lost fewer men than anyone else. Captain Hall had little formal education, and had learned all that he knew by sailing. When asked about his almost uncanny gift in navigation, his ability to know just where he was and just how to get where he…
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