“Receiving intelligence of this coming attack, Reverend Mr. Prince in Old South Church at Boston stood up before congregation and called for a day of fasting and prayer so God would intervene. As he prayed, shutters of church suddenly began to rattle, startling whole congregation. He stopped praying and realized that a strong wind had begun to blow. Se he returned to even more earnest prayer. Gradually wind picked up until it became a raging gale. The Duke D’ Anville was not only routed, his fleet was destroyed. Thousands of troops were drowned, and duke and his leading general committed suicide” (page 13).

I could go on. The Mayflower was, itself, blown off course onto God’s course. George Washington was granted divine winds on more than one occasion. In 1776, at Brooklyn Heights, he was surrounded by British, with no way of escape. It was a fog that blew in and covered him and his men so that they were able to escape British closure without being detected. Later Washington’s men were trapped in Trenton. The muddy conditions kept him from escaping advancing British; however, overnight a cold wind blew in and froze muddy ground hard as a rock. Guess what? Washington escaped. It was incidents like these that caused Washington to utter these words, “The hand of Providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligation.”

God sends winds. It was Jesus who said that wind blows where it will. He used analogy of wind to illustrate new birth of human spirit. Just as wind obeys voice of God, so human spirit must submit to hand of God. Only God can give eternal life. Only God can give new birth in spirit. How does He do this? It’s as mysterious as His wind, but it can be received through Jesus Christ His only Begotten Son. If any man will call upon name of Lord Jesus, he shall be born anew in faith. Here again, just like wind that can’t be found by human effort, Kingdom cannot be entered into by human effort. It takes an act of God. But then again, He’s riding on wings of wind and coming your way. Let His winds envelope you.

Keep faith. Stay course. Jesus is coming soon. I can almost hear wind beginning to roar.

Pastor T. Dash

Josephine Beauharnais:

HENRY MORGAN OF THE TREDEGAR MORGANS:

“Perhaps best known Morgan Family were in residence at Tredegar House, near Newport, Gwent in 1402. Throughout centuries well-kept family records indicate connections with most British land-owning families. The Morgans of Tredegar were followers of Queen Elizabeth I.

On 17 July 1645, Charles I came to Tredegar House as a guest of Morgans.

The 18th and 19th centuries saw great changes in Wales from an agrarian to an Industrial economy. The iron and coal discoveries in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire changed scenery of country…

The turn of century found Tredegar site of great parties. These and death duties caused decline of Morgans of Tredegar. After World War II, estate was sold to a religious order and in 1970's, County of Newport took estate over.

King Charles I stayed in house in 1645 before his execution in 1649, and County of Monmouthshire (now Gwent) and town of Newport owe much to development by successive Morgans. Included must be famous Captain Henry Morgan, twice Governor of Jamaica in 17th century.” (2)

Though they claim Henry Morgan was Governor of Jamaica there are other places where I find he took job his uncle had before him. Clearly this was a well-heeled family long before Sir Henry went off to murderously deceive his own men and practice his debauched and murderous mania.