On this day in 1493, Christopher Columbus, on board Niña wrote a letter about his discoveries in the New World. He had not sailed to India, where cargo of spice may have made him rich, but thanks to his letter, we have things like a potato, chocolate and corn. And the Americas got horses. And herpes. The resulting trade has not been fair, but an extraordinary blessing which has seen the world grow smaller and much, much richer. Anyone born on that day might have witnessed some terrible things. But all of them would be dead today. And anyone born today anywhere in the world will experience comfort and joys unimaginable to Christopher as he wrote his letter. Worth thinking about as some neo-Nazi socialist protectionist opposes free trade, freedom of the press (with the commensurate opposition to removing bias) and conservative, libertarian economic values.
Also born on this day, 1820, was Susan B Anthony. She opposed Slavery, supported Temperance of alcohol and votes for women. She was a criminal for voting for U.S. Grant for President. Nowadays, Democrats show more respect and use dead people to vote for whom they want elected, but back then, Susan was more honest .. and GOP. These days, we may wonder when it was that things changed, and progressive policy left conservative politics. In the US, the black vote is overwhelmingly Democrat. It comes back to a highly lauded huckster FDR who exploited white Democrat supporters who had used guns to remove aid from black peoples following a hurricane in Louisiana that Hoover had helped. FDR denounced Hoover for giving aid to black peoples and the southern white press lapped it up. The result was black institutions began backing Democrats for their political clout. During the Civil Rights years, JFK ordered a Democrat to let Black kids go to school. FDR was the Democrat exception and did nothing to change Democrat culture.
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- 1377 – Ladislaus of Naples (d. 1414)
- 1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
- 1571 – Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (d. 1621)
- 1739 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse (d. 1813)
- 1797 – Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (d. 1871)
- 1809 – Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded International Harvester (d. 1884)
- 1820 – Susan B. Anthony, American activist (d. 1906)
- 1835 – Nguyen Khuyen, Vietnamese scholar, poet, and educator (d. 1909)
- 1861 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
- 1874 – Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (d. 1922)
- 1928 – Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator
- 1930 – Bruce Dawe, Australian poet
- 1935 – Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1945 – Douglas Hofstadter, American academic and author
- 1951 – Jane Seymour, English actress
- 1954 – Iain Banks, Scottish author (d. 2013)
- 1954 – Matt Groening, American animator, screenwriter, and producer
- 1998 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
Matches
- 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
- 1113 – Pope Paschal II issues a bill sanctioning the establishment of the Order of Hospitallers.
- 1493 – While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
- 1798 – The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier
- 1879 – Women's rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1925 – 1925 serum run to Nome: the serum arrives in Nome, Alaska, with Balto being the lead dog of the last team.
- 1933 – In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
- 1942 – World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom andAustralian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
- 1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
- 1949 – Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
- 1972 – Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
- 1989 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
- 1991 – The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
- 2001 – First draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
- 2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before theexpected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
Despatches
- 670 – Oswiu of Northumbria, Anglo-Saxon king
- 1965 – Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
Palmer pursued
Andrew Bolt February 15 2014 (12:02pm)
How much financial strife is MP Clive Palmer in?
===MINING magnate Clive Palmer is being pursued for $8.4 million for flouting the law on carbon emissions after failing to pay the Clean Energy Regulator carbon tax since it became law…
Mr Palmer’s nickel refinery was hit with a further carbon charge of $2.3m yesterday after he failed to pay a $6.1m charge the federal regulator imposed last June.
No boats but no sorries
Andrew Bolt February 15 2014 (8:18am)
No boats for eight weeks, and no sorries from those who misled us.
Chris Kenny:
(Thanks to readers James and Peter of Bellevue Hill.)
===Chris Kenny:
After Labor relaxed the regime, 820 boats arrived carrying 51,870 asylum-seekers and more than 1200 others (that we know of) drowned at sea…More of those nay-sayers from an ABC piece last year quoting only people predicting failure:
“You know that Tony Abbott’s policy of turning the boats back won’t work,” said soon-to-be immigration minister Chris Bowen before the 2010 election.
Then prime minister Julia Gillard said: “In his own policy document (Tony Abbott) says that the so-called turnaround of boats would only happen, and I quote - ‘where circumstances permit’ - this is an admission that it won’t work.”
Said then defence minister Stephen Smith: “Seven boats were turned back under John Howard and everyone knows it’s not a practical way forward. They are trying to pretend and trick the Australian public into believing that there is a magical solution to these very difficult problems caused by enormous conflict in countries like Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.”
Said Bowen in 2012: “All the advice to us, all the evidence to us from navy and other government agencies, is that it’s completely impractical to turn boats around. Indonesia has said very clearly and repeatedly that they will not accept boat turnarounds, they just won’t co-operate with it and so the big problem with Tony Abbott’s plan is it just doesn’t work.”
Former Labor adviser John Menadue picked up the theme on the ABC’s The Drum website: “It is clear to most people who look beyond the one-liners that Nauru, turning the boats back and temporary protection visas are not viable policies.”
In The Age, Michelle Grattan wrote about the clear dangers. “Asking Australian sailors to risk their own lives and the lives of others in this way does not have to be part of a tough border-protection policy,” she wrote, “and, on the evidence that we have, should not be.”
Then attorney-general Nicola Roxon said that it was “fraught” legally. “We have the operational staff saying they couldn’t do it,” she said in 2012. “I really do think that this is a serious problem.”
When Tony Burke took immigration, he derided Abbott’s “slogans” about boat turn-backs. “By the time we came to government, we recognised it wasn’t able to be done,” he told the ABC last year…
Another minister, Brendan O’Connor, refused to consider turn-backs. “The ‘turn back the boats’ policy is an element of the ‘stop the boats’ fraud,” he told parliament in early 2012. “Their ‘turn back the boats’ policy does not exist except in the minds of those opposite.”
Even after losing government, Bill Shorten held the line. In November, he said the Coalition was “in trouble” with its boats policy. “They said before the election they would turn back the boats,” he told the ABC. “Now we are seeing that not only are they not turning back the boats, but they are hiding behind Australia’s military when they do press conferences, they’re not answering questions about what is really happening."…
Dr Khalid Koser, from Switzerland’s Geneva Centre for Security Policy, says. “I think we have to recognise boat arrivals will continue at some number,”
Author Robin De Crespigny, “If you want to stop people smuggling you’ve got to stop the thing that causes people to flee their country,” she says. “They’ll keep running if they continue to be persecuted.”
Caz Coleman from the Minister’s Council on Asylum Seekers and Detention says Australia will have to make some difficult decisions in the next few years. “I think we do need to think seriously about whether we need to accept there will be a higher rate of arrivals into Australia,”
(Thanks to readers James and Peter of Bellevue Hill.)
Hockey speaks for the Abduls watching the big guys holding out their hand
Andrew Bolt February 15 2014 (7:40am)
Treasurer Joe Hockey,
of Palestinian background, keeps it very real in explaining why he won’t
give handouts to big, rich car makers and canneries:
(Thanks to reader Anthony.)
===Abdul the kebab maker in Parramatta mall, to quote [former Liberal MP] Ross Cameron, is not asking for a new oven… We want to encourage enterprise, not entitlement.The ABC’s business editor, the excellent Peter Ryan, visits Abdul the kebab maker in Surry Hills:
PETER RYAN: ... So ... would [you] consider seeking government help if [your] business ever got into strife?…Well done to not just Hockey but to Ryan, giving a voice to those who usually watch on, unnoticed and unconsulted, as the connected help themselves to the public’s cash.
ABDUL GHAZEL: Well, I don’t think so. I don’t think so they’ll give me anything. You know they just say go and get it yourself! ... Yeah, .... they’re not going to help me with the fridge or with the freezer or with the kebab machines or with the griller. You know you have to pay your own, you have to buy your own.
PETER RYAN: How do you think you stand? You’re a small business and you have a lot of loyal clients, but where do you think you rank in the Government’s eyes compared to Qantas or SPC Ardmona?
ABDUL GHAZEL: Very, very small. They can’t see anyway. They can’t see me…
PETER RYAN: You run a late night business, you’re open on weekends. Mr Hockey is looking at the whole area of entitlements and that would include penalty rates and overtime. How do those factors affect a business like yours?
ABDUL GHAZEL: It put a lot of pressure. Sometimes, you know, you’re not busy so you have to pay from the pocket and you can’t tell the workers, “Go, I don’t have any work”.
(Thanks to reader Anthony.)
Why rape suspects should be identified even if they are refugees
Andrew Bolt February 15 2014 (6:10am)
Siv
Parker in The Guardian would rather police didn’t describe the alleged
pack rapists they were asking the public to help catch:
Parker wishes such things not be revealed and discussed. I disagree. I suspect Parker is actually protecting her politics rather than people.
===But can we make our society safer without demonising people of colour? The alleged gang rape of a a 14-year-old girl in a western Sydney suburb has been almost entirely framed in terms of race. The girl has been described as being of Pacific Islander descent, while her attackers were “men of African appearance”. One of them, a 16-year-old, was arrested and charged yesterday.Parker should, by that reasoning, also worry that men were being singled out. Were police sending the subliminal message,that “men are dangerous”?
Assuming that no-one talking about someone of African appearance is talking about a white person from Africa, what was the effective call to action here, other than “keep an eye out for black men”? And what was the subliminal message, other than “black men are dangerous”?
For the issuing of a physical description of an alleged perpetrator to be helpful, it must be accurate and detailed.Dear Ms Parker: police were asking for help from anyone who might have seen or known of the alleged rapists and were giving an accurate detail that helpfully excluded 99 per cent of the population. Get it?
Otherwise, the very real consequence is the feeding of stereotypes that themselves damage our society… As I write, media reports about the suspected attacker include statements such as “Court papers show the teen’s country of birth as Sudan”. One assumes the writer attaches some significance or relevance to this fact. But because it is unspoken, we are left unhelpfully to connect the dots.The dots have actually been often excluded or rubbed out by police, politicians and press. The fact is that refugee groups from Africa have a high rate of arrest and imprisonment. This is not a “stereotype” but a statistical fact. What damages our society - and some unfortunate victims of crime - is that we have refused to properly discuss the wisdom of bringing in groups which would struggle, on average, to fit in. Now we read of long-standing tensions between the two ethnic groups involved in this latest alleged crime. I don’t think this is healthy.
Parker wishes such things not be revealed and discussed. I disagree. I suspect Parker is actually protecting her politics rather than people.
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He said,“Those who hope in Me will not be disappointed.” —Isaiah 49:23.
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PRAY,
Father,I thank You for choosing and equipping me to fulfill my destiny. I receive Your promises by faith knowing that You who began a good work will be faithful to complete it in my life. Thank You for Your peace and guidance in every step of the way in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Father,I thank You for choosing and equipping me to fulfill my destiny. I receive Your promises by faith knowing that You who began a good work will be faithful to complete it in my life. Thank You for Your peace and guidance in every step of the way in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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You Can Dream It, Believe It,Live It!
The Scripture says that,“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus”(Philippians 1:6, NIV).
Learning to walk in the destiny God has for you is a process. The first step is to get a vision, a clear picture from God that you can see. The next step is to trust Him — to believe in faith that it will happen. And then finally, you take a step of faith and live out what God has promised no matter what your circumstances or people around you have to say.You can dream it,believe it and live it.First you dream it, than you believe it, and then you live it. Every dream I’ve ever received from God has followed this same pattern. We see in scripture that even the great men and women of the Bible walked through this process. They had to overcome doubts, they struggled on their journey, but they held fast to what God said knowing that He is faithful to complete what He started in us.
Don’t empower doubt with your words. Instead, keep declaring that He who promised is faithful. Keep the vision in front of you knowing that it is for an appointed time. Dream it and believe it because it won’t be long until you are living the blessed life God has prepared for you.God bless you.
The Scripture says that,“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus”(Philippians 1:6, NIV).
Learning to walk in the destiny God has for you is a process. The first step is to get a vision, a clear picture from God that you can see. The next step is to trust Him — to believe in faith that it will happen. And then finally, you take a step of faith and live out what God has promised no matter what your circumstances or people around you have to say.You can dream it,believe it and live it.First you dream it, than you believe it, and then you live it. Every dream I’ve ever received from God has followed this same pattern. We see in scripture that even the great men and women of the Bible walked through this process. They had to overcome doubts, they struggled on their journey, but they held fast to what God said knowing that He is faithful to complete what He started in us.
Don’t empower doubt with your words. Instead, keep declaring that He who promised is faithful. Keep the vision in front of you knowing that it is for an appointed time. Dream it and believe it because it won’t be long until you are living the blessed life God has prepared for you.God bless you.
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PRAY.
Father, today I uproot any bad seeds I have sown by repenting and acknowledging You. I ask that You destroy any negative crop in my life. I choose to speak words of faith and life so that I can partake of the fruit of victory You have in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Father, today I uproot any bad seeds I have sown by repenting and acknowledging You. I ask that You destroy any negative crop in my life. I choose to speak words of faith and life so that I can partake of the fruit of victory You have in store for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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You Can Eat the Fruit Of Your Tongue.
The Scripture says,Proverbs 18:21 that Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Today I tell you that if you are ready to change your situation, then it’s time to change what you are saying about your situation. If you want a different harvest in your life, you have to change the seeds you are sowing. Start sowing words of faith and victory. Let your attitude be, “This may be the way it’s been in the past, but this is not the way it’s staying. I’m coming up higher. I may feel weak, but my declaration is that “I am strong.” When you sow seeds of life, you will reap life and move forward into the victory the Lord has in store for you.
If you aren’t where you want to be in life today, could it be because of the words you’ve spoken in the past? Have you said things like, “I’ll never rise any higher; I’ve gone as far as I can go?” Or maybe you’ve said, “I’ll never break this addiction. I’ve had it too long. It’s too hard.” And now you are eating the fruit of your words. You’re still in the same place.Use your tongue to change your situation.God bless you.
===The Scripture says,Proverbs 18:21 that Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Today I tell you that if you are ready to change your situation, then it’s time to change what you are saying about your situation. If you want a different harvest in your life, you have to change the seeds you are sowing. Start sowing words of faith and victory. Let your attitude be, “This may be the way it’s been in the past, but this is not the way it’s staying. I’m coming up higher. I may feel weak, but my declaration is that “I am strong.” When you sow seeds of life, you will reap life and move forward into the victory the Lord has in store for you.
If you aren’t where you want to be in life today, could it be because of the words you’ve spoken in the past? Have you said things like, “I’ll never rise any higher; I’ve gone as far as I can go?” Or maybe you’ve said, “I’ll never break this addiction. I’ve had it too long. It’s too hard.” And now you are eating the fruit of your words. You’re still in the same place.Use your tongue to change your situation.God bless you.
Pastor Rick Warren
Not only is Kay, my wife of 38 years, my amazing Valentine, but so is her 90 year old mom, Bobbie. A truly godly woman. Thanks to my dear mother-in-love for giving birth to Kay, giving me the love of my life. My mom, another godly woman, is celebrating in heaven.
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Saint Valentine was a pastor martyred by Caesar in 269 AD for defending marriage against a Roman government decree.
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What you flirt with, you’ll fall for. It's stupid since there's always a hook.
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Leadership is an action, not a position.
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Vision isn't the ability to predict the future but seeing opportunities in your current circumstances.
"Forget the former things, and do not dwell on the past.
LOOK! I am creating a brand new thing! It is springing up right in front of you. Do you not perceive it?" Isaiah 43:18-19
God is always doing new things. We just aren't watching.
==="Forget the former things, and do not dwell on the past.
LOOK! I am creating a brand new thing! It is springing up right in front of you. Do you not perceive it?" Isaiah 43:18-19
God is always doing new things. We just aren't watching.
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- 1898 – The United States Navy battleship USS Maineexploded and sank in Havana, Cuba (wreckage pictured), killing more than 260 people and precipitating the Spanish–American War.
- 1954 – The Canadian and American governments agreed to jointly build the Distant Early Warning Line, a line of radarstations running across the high Arctic.
- 1989 – The Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troops hadwithdrawn from Afghanistan after a nine-year conflict.
- 1996 – A Long March 3B rocket carrying the communications satelliteIntelsat 708 crashed immediately after launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, destroying a nearby town and killing an unknown number of inhabitants.
- 2013 – A previously-undetected meteor exploded in mid-air overChelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with the resulting shock wave injuring more than 1,500 people.
Events[edit]
- 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
- 1113 – Pope Paschal II issues a bill sanctioning the establishment of the Order of Hospitallers.
- 1493 – While on board the Niña, Christopher Columbus writes an open letter (widely distributed upon his return to Portugal) describing his discoveries and the unexpected items he came across in the New World.
- 1637 – Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1690 – Constantin Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia and the Holy Roman Empire sign a secret treaty in Sibiu, stipulating that Moldavia would support the actions led by the House of Habsburg against the Ottoman Empire.
- 1764 – The city of St. Louis, Missouri is established.
- 1798 – The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier
- 1804 – The Serbian revolution begins.
- 1835 – The first constitutional law in modern Serbia is adopted.
- 1862 – American Civil War: General Ulysses S. Grant attacks Fort Donelson, Tennessee.
- 1879 – Women's rights: American President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1898 – The battleship USS Maine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
- 1901 – The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
- 1909 – The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
- 1921 – Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
- 1923 – Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
- 1925 – 1925 serum run to Nome: the serum arrives in Nome, Alaska, with Balto being the lead dog of the last team.
- 1933 – In Miami, Florida, Giuseppe Zangara attempts to assassinate President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but instead shoots Chicago mayor Anton J. Cermak, who dies of his wounds on March 6, 1933.
- 1942 – World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom andAustralian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
- 1944 – World War II: The assault on Monte Cassino, Italy, begins.
- 1944 – World War II: The Narva Offensive begins.
- 1945 – World War II: Third day of bombing in Dresden.
- 1946 – ENIAC, the first electronic general-purpose computer, is formally dedicated at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
- 1949 – Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
- 1952 – King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.
- 1953 – Parliamentary elections held in Liechtenstein.
- 1954 – Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
- 1961 – Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team, several coaches and family members.
- 1965 – A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
- 1971 – The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
- 1972 – Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
- 1972 – José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time.
- 1976: David Pearson survived a last lap chaos with Richard Petty and limped his car to victory lane to win his only Daytona 500 victory in one of NASCAR's amazing endings.
- 1976 – The 1976 Constitution of Cuba is adopted by national referendum.
- 1979 – Don Dunstan resigns as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.
- 1982 – The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers.
- 1989 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: The Soviet Union officially announces that all of its troops have left Afghanistan.
- 1991 – The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
- 1996 – At the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in China, a Long March 3 rocket, carrying an Intelsat 708, crashes into a rural village after liftoff, killing many people.
- 1999 – Abdullah Öcalan, leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), is arrested in Kenya.
- 2000 – Indian Point II nuclear power plant in New York State vents a small amount of radioactive steam when a steam generator fails.
- 2001 – First draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
- 2003 – Protests against the Iraq war take place in over 600 cities worldwide. It is estimated that between 8 million to 30 million people participate, making this the largest peace demonstration in history.
- 2013 – A meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500 people as a shock wave blows out windows and rocks buildings. This happens unexpectedly only hours before theexpected closest ever approach of the larger and unrelated asteroid 2012 DA14.
Births[edit]
- 1377 – Ladislaus of Naples (d. 1414)
- 1458 – Ivan the Young, Russian son of Ivan III of Russia (d. 1490)
- 1471 – Piero the Unfortunate, Italian ruler (d. 1503)
- 1564 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
- 1571 – Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (d. 1621)
- 1612 – Paul de Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, French military officer, founded Montreal (d. 1676)
- 1620 – François Charpentier, French archaeologist (d. 1702)
- 1705 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter (d. 1765)
- 1710 – Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
- 1725 – Abraham Clark, American politician (d. 1794)
- 1734 – William Stacy, American army officer (d. 1802)
- 1739 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect, designed the Paris Bourse (d. 1813)
- 1748 – Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (d. 1832)
- 1759 – Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic (d. 1824)
- 1760 – Jean-François Le Sueur, French composer (d. 1837)
- 1761 – Jacob Kimball, Jr., American composer (d. 1826)
- 1792 – Floride Calhoun, American wife of John C. Calhoun (d. 1866)
- 1797 – Henry E. Steinway, German-American businessman, founded Steinway & Sons (d. 1871)
- 1809 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist (d. 1857)
- 1809 – Cyrus McCormick, American businessman, co-founded International Harvester (d. 1884)
- 1811 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian politician, 7th President of Argentina (d. 1888)
- 1812 – Charles Lewis Tiffany, American jeweler, founded Tiffany & Co. (d. 1902)
- 1820 – Susan B. Anthony, American activist (d. 1906)
- 1825 – Carter Harrison, Sr., American politician, 29th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1893)
- 1834 – V. A. Urechia, Moldavian-Romanian historian, author, and politician (d. 1901)
- 1835 – Nguyen Khuyen, Vietnamese scholar, poet, and educator (d. 1909)
- 1835 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author (d. 1908)
- 1840 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1917)
- 1841 – Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Brazilian politician, 4th President of Brazil (d. 1913)
- 1845 – Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
- 1847 – Robert Fuchs, Austrian composer and educator (d. 1927)
- 1849 – Rickman Godlee, English surgeon (d. 1925)
- 1850 – Ion Andreescu, Romanian painter (d. 1882)
- 1851 – Spiru Haret, Romanian-Armenian mathematician, astronomer, and politician (d. 1912)
- 1856 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
- 1861 – Martin Burns, American wrestler and coach (d. 1937)
- 1861 – Charles Édouard Guillaume, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1938)
- 1861 – Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
- 1866 – Edward William Exshaw, English sailor (d. 1927)
- 1869 – Cormic Cosgrove, American soccer player (d. 1930)
- 1873 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964)
- 1874 – Ernest Shackleton, Irish explorer (d. 1922)
- 1883 – Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
- 1890 – Robert Ley, German politician (d. 1945)
- 1891 – Dino Borgioli, Italian tenor (d. 1960)
- 1892 – James Forrestal, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1949)
- 1893 – Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (d. 1947)
- 1893 – James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and author (d. 1975)
- 1895 – Earl Thomson, Canadian hurdler (d. 1971)
- 1896 – Arthur Shields, Irish actor (d. 1970)
- 1897 – Gerrit Kleerekoper, Dutch gymnastics coach (d. 1943)
- 1898 – Totò, Italian actor and singer (d. 1967)
- 1898 – Allen Woodring, American runner (d. 1982)
- 1899 – Georges Auric, French composer (d. 1983)
- 1899 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (d. 1985)
- 1904 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (d. 1983)
- 1905 – Harold Arlen, American composer (d. 1986)
- 1906 – Jan Pijnenburg, Dutch cyclist (d. 1979)
- 1907 – Jean Langlais, French composer and organist (d. 1991)
- 1907 – Cesar Romero, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1908 – Sarto Fournier, Canadian politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (d. 1980)
- 1909 – Miep Gies, Austrian-Dutch humanitarian, helped hide Anne Frank and her family (d. 2010)
- 1909 – Guillermo Gorostiza, Spanish footballer (d. 1966)
- 1910 – Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and social worker (d. 2008)
- 1911 – Leonard Woodcock, American union leader and diplomat (d. 2001)
- 1912 – Andrei Lupan, Moldavian author (d. 1992)
- 1912 – George Mikes, Hungarian-English author (d. 1987)
- 1913 – Erich Eliskases, Austrian chess player (d. 1997)
- 1914 – Hale Boggs, American politician (d. 1972)
- 1914 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1916 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (d. 1999)
- 1916 – Jack Hanlon, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1918 – Allan Arbus, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1918 – Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Ducky Detweiler, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Endicott Peabody, American politician, 62nd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1997)
- 1921 – Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and author (d. 1985)
- 1922 – John B. Anderson, American politician
- 1923 – Yelena Bonner, Russian activist (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Bubba Harris, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Harvey Korman, American actor (d. 2008)
- 1927 – Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator
- 1928 – Eno Raud, Estonian children's writer (d. 1996)
- 1929 – Graham Hill, English race car driver (d. 1975)
- 1929 – Kauko Armas Nieminen, Finnish physicist
- 1929 – James R. Schlesinger, American politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense
- 1930 – Bruce Dawe, Australian poet
- 1930 – Nico Minardos, Greek-American actor (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Claire Bloom, English actress
- 1931 – Geoff Edwards, American actor and game show host
- 1932 – Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1934 – Graham Kennedy, Australian actor (d. 2005)
- 1934 – Niklaus Wirth, Swiss computer scientist, created the Pascal programming language
- 1935 – Susan Brownmiller, American journalist and author
- 1935 – Roger B. Chaffee, American lieutenant, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1967)
- 1935 – Gene Hickerson, American football player (d. 2008)
- 1937 – Gregory Mcdonald, American author (d. 2008)
- 1937 – Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (d. 2011)
- 1939 – Gerd Bohnsack, German footballer and manager
- 1939 – Ole Ellefsæter, Norwegian skier
- 1939 – Robert Hansen, American serial killer
- 1940 – John Hadl, American football player
- 1940 – Hamzah Haz, Indonesian politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia
- 1940 – Vaino Vahing, Estonian writer and psychiatrist (d. 2008)
- 1941 – Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
- 1941 – Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
- 1942 – Sherry Jackson, American actress
- 1943 – Griselda Blanco, Colombian drug lord (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Mick Avory, English drummer (The Kinks and The Kast Off Kinks)
- 1945 – Jack Dann, American writer
- 1945 – John Helliwell, English saxophonist and keyboard player (Supertramp and The Alan Bown Set)
- 1945 – Douglas Hofstadter, American academic and author
- 1946 – Esko Seppänen, Finnish journalist and politician
- 1947 – John Coolidge Adams, American composer
- 1947 – Marisa Berenson, American actress
- 1947 – Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1947 – Ádám Nádasdy, Hungarian linguist and poet
- 1948 – Ron Cey, American baseball player
- 1948 – Tino Insana, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
- 1948 – Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist
- 1949 – Ken Anderson, American football player
- 1949 – Hans Graf, Austrian conductor
- 1949 – Francisco Maturana, Colombian footballer and manager
- 1950 – David Brown, American bass player and songwriter (Santana) (d. 2000)
- 1950 – Tsui Hark, Vietnamese-Hong Kong director, screenwriter, and producer
- 1951 – Markku Alén, Finnish race car driver
- 1951 – Melissa Manchester, American singer-songwriter and actress (Harlettes)
- 1951 – Jane Seymour, English actress
- 1952 – Nikolai Sorokin, Soviet and Russian actor, theatre director (d. 2013)
- 1952 – Tomislav Nikolić, Serbian president
- 1953 – Tony Adams, Irish film producer (d. 2005)
- 1954 – Iain Banks, Scottish author (d. 2013)
- 1954 – Matt Groening, American animator, screenwriter, and producer
- 1954 – Armand Parmentier, Belgian runner
- 1955 – Janice Dickinson, American model, agent, and author
- 1955 – Christopher McDonald, American actor
- 1956 – Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (d. 1992)
- 1957 – Steve Farhood, American historian
- 1957 – Gul Mohammed, Indian dwarf (d. 1997)
- 1957 – Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver
- 1957 – Jake E. Lee, American guitarist (Badlands and Ozzy Osbourne)
- 1958 – Chrystine Brouillet, Canadian author
- 1958 – Tony McKegney, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1958 – Matthew Ward, American singer-songwriter (Second Chapter of Acts)
- 1959 – Ali Campbell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (UB40)
- 1959 – Guy de Alwis, Sri Lankan cricketer (d. 2013)
- 1959 – Brian Propp, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1959 – Hugo Savinovich, Ecuadorian wrestler
- 1960 – Mikey Craig, English bass player (Culture Club)
- 1960 – Darrell Green, American football player
- 1960 – Roman Kostrzewski, Polish singer-songwriter (Kat and Kat & Roman Kostrzewski)
- 1961 – Cheam Channy, Cambodian politician
- 1961 – Dragoslav Bokan, Serbian writer
- 1963 – Steven Michael Quezada, American actor
- 1964 – Chris Farley, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
- 1964 – Leland D. Melvin, American engineer and astronaut
- 1964 – Daniel Poudrier, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964 – Mark Price, American basketball player
- 1965 – Bruce Bell, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967 – Jane Child, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer
- 1967 – Kelley Menighan Hensley, American actress
- 1967 – Syed Kamall, English politician
- 1967 – Craig Simpson, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 – Axelle Red, Belgian singer-songwriter
- 1968 – Mieke Suys, Belgian triathlete
- 1968 – Angelica Bella, Hungarian pornographic actress
- 1969 – Birdman, American rapper and producer (Big Tymers)
- 1969 – Josh Marshall, American journalist, founded the Talking Points Memo
- 1970 – Mariko Yoshida, Japanese wrestler
- 1971 – Renee O'Connor, American actress, producer, and director
- 1971 – Ray Sefo, New Zealand boxer and mixed martial artist
- 1972 – Jaromír Jágr, Czech ice hockey player
- 1973 – Alex Borstein, American actress and singer
- 1973 – Kateřina Neumannová, Czech skier
- 1973 – Amy Van Dyken, American swimmer
- 1973 – Sarah Wynter, Australian actress
- 1974 – Miranda July, American actress, screenwriter, and director
- 1974 – Gina Lynn, Puerto Rican-American porn actress
- 1974 – Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish singer-songwriter (Lordi)
- 1974 – Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1974 – Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver
- 1975 – Serge Aubin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 – Annemarie Kramer, Dutch sprinter
- 1975 – Brendon Small, American animator, screenwriter, producer, and actor
- 1976 – Brandon Boyd, American singer-songwriter (Incubus)
- 1976 – Óscar Freire, Spanish cyclist
- 1976 – Giorgos Karagoutis, Greek basketball player
- 1976 – Ronnie Vannucci, Jr., American drummer and songwriter (The Killers and Big Talk)
- 1977 – Gran Naniwa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2010)
- 1977 – Brooks Wackerman, American drummer (Bad Religion, Infectious Grooves, Fear and the Nervous System, and Bad4Good)
- 1978 – Yiruma, South Korean pianist and composer
- 1978 – Kimberly Goss, American singer and keyboard player (Sinergy and Ancient)
- 1978 – Tuan Le, French-American poker player
- 1979 – Chantal Janzen, Dutch actress and singer
- 1979 – Alenka Kejžar, Slovenian swimmer
- 1979 – Josh Low, English footballer
- 1979 – Scott Severin, Scottish footballer
- 1979 – Gordon Shedden, Scottish race car driver
- 1980 – LuFisto, Canadian wrestler
- 1980 – Conor Oberst, American singer-songwriter (Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, Park Ave., Monsters of Folk, The Faint, and Commander Venus)
- 1980 – Josh Sole, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
- 1981 – Olivia, American singer
- 1981 – Heurelho Gomes, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 – Matt Hoopes, American guitarist (Relient K)
- 1981 – Diego Martínez, Mexican footballer
- 1981 – Jenna Morasca, American model and actress
- 1981 – Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (d. 2011)
- 1982 – Shameka Christon, American basketball player
- 1982 – Tahesia Harrigan, Virgin Islander sprinter
- 1982 – Alex Nodari, Italian footballer
- 1983 – Don Cowie, Scottish footballer
- 1983 – David Degen, Swiss footballer
- 1983 – Philipp Degen, Swiss footballer
- 1983 – Russell Martin, Canadian baseball player
- 1983 – Ashley Tesoro, American actress and singer
- 1984 – Doda, Polish singer-songwriter (Virgin)
- 1984 – Erik Cadée, Dutch discus thrower
- 1985 – Serkan Kırıntılı, Turkish footballer
- 1986 – Valeri Bojinov, Bulgarian footballer
- 1986 – Johnny Cueto, Dominican baseball player
- 1986 – Gabriel Paletta, Argentinian footballer
- 1986 – Amber Riley, American actress and singer
- 1987 – Jarrod Sammut, Australian rugby player
- 1988 – Jarryd Hayne, Australian rugby player
- 1988 – Hironori Kusano, Japanese singer and actor (NEWS)
- 1988 – Tim Mannah, Australian rugby player
- 1990 – Dejan Lazarević, Slovenian footballer
- 1990 – Charles Pic, French race car driver
- 1990 – Erwin Sak, Polish footballer
- 1990 – Stephanie Vogt, Liechtensteiner tennis player
- 1991 – Ángel Sepúlveda, Mexican footballer
- 1991 – Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Greek footballer
- 1992 – Greer Grammer, American actress
- 1992 – Johanna Hyöty, Finnish tennis player
- 1998 – Zachary Gordon, American actor
Deaths[edit]
- 670 – Oswiu of Northumbria, Anglo-Saxon king
- 706 – Leontios, Byzantine emperor
- 1145 – Pope Lucius II
- 1621 – Michael Praetorius, German organist and composer (b. 1571)
- 1637 – Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1578)
- 1738 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)
- 1775 – Peter Dens, Flemish theologian (b. 1690)
- 1781 – Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (b. 1729)
- 1818 – Frederick Louis, Prince of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Prussian general (b. 1746)
- 1835 – Henry Hunt, English politician (b. 1773)
- 1839 – François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian rebel (b. 1803)
- 1842 – Archibald Menzies, Scottish surgeon (b. 1754)
- 1844 – Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1757)
- 1847 – Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician and engineer (b. 1794)
- 1848 – Hermann von Boyen, Prussian army officer (b. 1771)
- 1849 – Pierre François Verhulst, Belgian mathematician (b. 1804)
- 1857 – Mikhail Glinka, Russian composer (b. 1804)
- 1869 – Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (b. 1796)
- 1885 – Gregor von Helmersen, Baltic German geologist (b. 1803)
- 1897 – Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
- 1905 – Lew Wallace, American general and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
- 1911 – Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician (b. 1859)
- 1919 – André Prévost, French tennis player (b. 1880)
- 1920 – Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (b. 1881)
- 1924 – Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
- 1928 – H. H. Asquith, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
- 1932 – Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
- 1933 – Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer (b. 1887)
- 1939 – Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter (b. 1878)
- 1945 – Helmut Möckel, German youth leader and politician (b. 1909)
- 1948 – Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Indian poet (b. 1904)
- 1953 – Oskar Goßler, German rower (b. 1875)
- 1953 – Karl Staaf, Swedish tug of war competitor (b. 1881)
- 1956 – Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer (b. 1878)
- 1959 – Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- 1961 – Bradley Lord, American figure skater (b. 1939)
- 1961 – Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
- 1964 – Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1880)
- 1965 – Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
- 1966 – Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect (b. 1909)
- 1966 – Camilo Torres Restrepo, Colombian priest (b. 1929)
- 1967 – Antonio Moreno, Spanish-American actor and director (b. 1887)
- 1970 – Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding, Scottish air marshal (b. 1882)
- 1971 – Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885)
- 1973 – Wally Cox, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1973 – Tim Holt, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1974 – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
- 1981 – Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (Electric Flag) (b. 1943)
- 1981 – Karl Richter, German conductor and organist (b. 1926)
- 1984 – Ethel Merman, American actress and singer (b. 1908)
- 1988 – Richard Feynman, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
- 1990 – Michel Drach, French director and producer (b. 1930)
- 1992 – María Elena Moyano, Peruvian activist (b. 1960)
- 1992 – William Schuman, American composer (b. 1910)
- 1996 – Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian composer and conductor (b. 1913)
- 1996 – Tommy Rettig, American actor (b. 1941)
- 1996 – McLean Stevenson, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1998 – Martha Gellhorn, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
- 1998 – Georgios Mylonas, Greek politician (b. 1919)
- 1998 – Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (b. 1971)
- 1999 – Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
- 1999 – Big L, American rapper (Diggin' in the Crates Crew and Children of the Corn) (b. 1974)
- 2000 – Angus MacLean, Canadian politician, 25th Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1914)
- 2002 – Howard K. Smith, American journalist (b. 1914)
- 2002 – Kevin Smith, New Zealand actor (b. 1963)
- 2004 – Jens Evensen, Norwegian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1917)
- 2004 – Jan Miner, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Pierre Bachelet, French singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
- 2005 – Samuel T. Francis, American journalist (b. 1947)
- 2007 – Walker Edmiston, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2007 – Ray Evans, American songwriter (b. 1915)
- 2008 – Ashley Callie, South African actress (b. 1976)
- 2008 – Amnon Netzer, Iranian-Israeli journalist and historian (b. 1934)
- 2008 – Johnny Weaver, American wrestler (b. 1935)
- 2009 – Joe Cuba, American singer (b. 1931)
- 2009 – Diether Haenicke, American academic (b. 1935)
- 2010 – Jeanne M. Holm, American general (b. 1921)
- 2011 – Fadhel Al-Matrook, Bahraini protester (b. 1979)
- 2013 – Cummin Clancy, Irish-American discus thrower (b. 1922)
- 2013 – Kenneth Dement, American football player and lawyer (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Alain Desrosières, French sociologist and historian (b. 1940)
- 2013 – Giovanni Narcis Hakkenberg, Dutch marine (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Earle Howard, American police officer and politician (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Carmelo Imbriani, Italian footballer (b. 1976)
- 2013 – Sanan Kachornprasart, Thai general and politician (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Todor Kolev, Bulgarian actor and singer (b. 1939)
- 2013 – John A. MacNaughton, Canadian banker (b. 1945)
- 2013 – Bill Morrison, Australian politician (b. 1928)
- 2013 – Antony Speller, English politician (b. 1929)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Candlemas (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Liberation Day (Afghanistan)
- John Frum Day (Vanuatu)
- National Day (Serbia)
- National Flag of Canada Day (Canada)
- Parinirvana Day, also celebrated on February 8. (Mahayana Buddhism)
- Susan B. Anthony Day (United States)
- The ENIAC Day
- The third and final day of Lupercalia, also known as Februa. (Roman Empire)
- Total Defence Day (Singapore)
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”” - John 13:34-35
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
February 14: Morning
"And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life." - 2 Kings 25:30
Jehoiachin was not sent away from the king's palace with a store to last him for months, but his provision was given him as a daily pension. Herein he well pictures the happy position of all the Lord's people. A daily portion is all that a man really wants. We do not need tomorrow's supplies; that day has not yet dawned, and its wants are as yet unborn. The thirst which we may suffer in the month of June does not need to be quenched in February, for we do not feel it yet; if we have enough for each day as the days arrive we shall never know want. Sufficient for the day is all that we can enjoy. We cannot eat or drink or wear more than the day's supply of food and raiment; the surplus gives us the care of storing it, and the anxiety of watching against a thief. One staff aids a traveller, but a bundle of staves is a heavy burden. Enough is not only as good as a feast, but is all that the greatest glutton can truly enjoy. This is all that we should expect; a craving for more than this is ungrateful. When our Father does not give us more, we should be content with his daily allowance. Jehoiachin's case is ours, we have a sure portion, a portion given us of the king, a gracious portion, and a perpetual portion. Here is surely ground for thankfulness.
Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above. It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you. In the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God you shall receive renewed strength. In Jesus all needful things are laid up for you. Then enjoy your continual allowance. Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy.
Beloved Christian reader, in matters of grace you need a daily supply. You have no store of strength. Day by day must you seek help from above. It is a very sweet assurance that a daily portion is provided for you. In the word, through the ministry, by meditation, in prayer, and waiting upon God you shall receive renewed strength. In Jesus all needful things are laid up for you. Then enjoy your continual allowance. Never go hungry while the daily bread of grace is on the table of mercy.
Evening
"She was healed immediately." - Luke 8:47
One of the most touching and teaching of the Saviour's miracles is before us tonight. The woman was very ignorant. She imagined that virtue came out of Christ by a law of necessity, without his knowledge or direct will. Moreover, she was a stranger to the generosity of Jesus' character, or she would not have gone behind to steal the cure which he was so ready to bestow. Misery should always place itself right in the face of mercy. Had she known the love of Jesus' heart, she would have said, "I have but to put myself where he can see me--his omniscience will teach him my case, and his love at once will work my cure." We admire her faith, but we marvel at her ignorance. After she had obtained the cure, she rejoiced with trembling: glad was she that the divine virtue had wrought a marvel in her; but she feared lest Christ should retract the blessing, and put a negative upon the grant of his grace: little did she comprehend the fulness of his love! We have not so clear a view of him as we could wish; we know not the heights and depths of his love; but we know of a surety that he is too good to withdraw from a trembling soul the gift which it has been able to obtain. But here is the marvel of it: little as was her knowledge, her faith, because it was real faith, saved her, and saved her at once. There was no tedious delay--faith's miracle was instantaneous. If we have faith as a grain of mustard seed, salvation is our present and eternal possession. If in the list of the Lord's children we are written as the feeblest of the family, yet, being heirs through faith, no power, human or devilish, can eject us from salvation. If we dare not lean our heads upon his bosom with John, yet if we can venture in the press behind him, and touch the hem of his garment, we are made whole. Courage, timid one! thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. "Being justified by faith, we have peace with God."
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Apphia
Scripture Reference: Philemon 1:2
Name Meaning: That which is fruitful
This believer, belonging to Colossae, the ancient Phrygian city now a part of Turkey, is spoken of as our "dearly beloved" and "our sister" (rv, margin). It is likely that she lived out the significance of her name by being a fruitful branch of the Vine. Apphia is believed to have been the wife of Philemon and either the mother or sister of Archippus who was evidently a close member of the family. She must have been closely associated with Philemon, otherwise she would not have been mentioned in connection with a domestic matter (Philemon 1:2 ). Tradition has it that Philemon, Apphia, Archippus and Onesimus were stoned to death during the reign of Nero. It was Onesimus who went to Colossae with a message for the Philemon household.
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Abiel
[Ăbī'el] - father of strength.
1. Son of Zeror and father of Ner and of Kish and grandfather of Saul, Israel's first king (1 Sam. 9:1; 14:51).
2. One of David's heroes from Beth-arabah (1 Chron. 11:32). Called Abi-albon in 2 Sam. 23:31.
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Today's reading: Leviticus 15-16, Matthew 27:1-26 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Leviticus 15-16
The Day of Atonement
1 The LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron who died when they approached the LORD. 2 The LORD said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear in the cloud over the atonement cover....
Today's New Testament reading: Matthew 27:1-26
Judas Hangs Himself
1 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 2 So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4 "I have sinned," he said, "for I have betrayed innocent blood."
"What is that to us?" they replied. "That's your responsibility...."
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