May 22
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1807 - The Date of the Treason Trial of Aaron Burr.
Aaron Burr was a well-known politician. It is said that while at Princeton University, revival services were conducted. Aaron Burr was under conviction. He lifted his face toward God one night and said, "God, you leave me alone and I will leave you alone." It is said that God did leave him alone. He never again felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit.
This is the same Aaron Burr of the duel with Alexander Hamilton. It is really a shame for one with such talent and gifts to waste his life and to become less than what he could have been because of not being rightly related to his God.
1843 - Great Emigration Departs for Oregon.
A massive wagon train, made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Known as the "Great Emigration," the expedition came two years after the first modest party of settlers made the long, overland journey to Oregon.
After leaving Independence, the giant wagon train followed the Sante Fe Trail for some 40 miles and then turned northwest to the Platte River, which it followed along its northern route to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. From there, it traveled on to the Rocky Mountains, which it passed through by way of the broad, level South Pass that led to the basin of the Colorado River. The travelers then went southwest to Fort Bridger, northwest across a divide to Fort Hall on the Snake River, and on to Fort Boise, where they gained supplies for the difficult journey over the Blue Mountains and into Oregon. The Great Emigration finally arrived in October, completing the 2,000-mile journey from Independence in five months.
In the next year, four more wagon trains made the journey, and in 1845 the number of emigrants who used the Oregon Trail exceeded 3,000. Travel along the trail gradually declined with the advent of the railroads, and the route was finally abandoned in the 1870s. (www.history.com/this-day-in-history/great-emigration-departs-for-oregon)
1865 - The Date of the Last Civil War Skirmish.
In every person there goes on a little Civil War. For to day's devotions read the 7th Chapter of Romans. Notice the warfare that was raging within Paul. This same warfare rages within every Christian. As the Indian said, "There's a white dog and a black dog fighting inside of me." So, I asked him who won the fight and he said, "The one I say sic'em to, and the one I feed the most." Let us feed the new man and live after the Spirit. Look forward to that day when the last skirmish of our Civil War shall be fought and we shall be changed to His likeness.
1906 - The Wright Brothers Patented the First Airplane.
Pause to thank God for air travel, for air mail, for air freight, for our air force, and for this marvelous invention of the airplane.
Today is National Maritime Day.
Aaron Burr was a well-known politician. It is said that while at Princeton University, revival services were conducted. Aaron Burr was under conviction. He lifted his face toward God one night and said, "God, you leave me alone and I will leave you alone." It is said that God did leave him alone. He never again felt the conviction of the Holy Spirit.
This is the same Aaron Burr of the duel with Alexander Hamilton. It is really a shame for one with such talent and gifts to waste his life and to become less than what he could have been because of not being rightly related to his God.
1843 - Great Emigration Departs for Oregon.
A massive wagon train, made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, sets off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Known as the "Great Emigration," the expedition came two years after the first modest party of settlers made the long, overland journey to Oregon.
After leaving Independence, the giant wagon train followed the Sante Fe Trail for some 40 miles and then turned northwest to the Platte River, which it followed along its northern route to Fort Laramie, Wyoming. From there, it traveled on to the Rocky Mountains, which it passed through by way of the broad, level South Pass that led to the basin of the Colorado River. The travelers then went southwest to Fort Bridger, northwest across a divide to Fort Hall on the Snake River, and on to Fort Boise, where they gained supplies for the difficult journey over the Blue Mountains and into Oregon. The Great Emigration finally arrived in October, completing the 2,000-mile journey from Independence in five months.
In the next year, four more wagon trains made the journey, and in 1845 the number of emigrants who used the Oregon Trail exceeded 3,000. Travel along the trail gradually declined with the advent of the railroads, and the route was finally abandoned in the 1870s. (www.history.com/this-day-in-history/great-emigration-departs-for-oregon)
1865 - The Date of the Last Civil War Skirmish.
In every person there goes on a little Civil War. For to day's devotions read the 7th Chapter of Romans. Notice the warfare that was raging within Paul. This same warfare rages within every Christian. As the Indian said, "There's a white dog and a black dog fighting inside of me." So, I asked him who won the fight and he said, "The one I say sic'em to, and the one I feed the most." Let us feed the new man and live after the Spirit. Look forward to that day when the last skirmish of our Civil War shall be fought and we shall be changed to His likeness.
1906 - The Wright Brothers Patented the First Airplane.
Pause to thank God for air travel, for air mail, for air freight, for our air force, and for this marvelous invention of the airplane.
Today is National Maritime Day.