![]() This is one instance in which we do not understand God’s designs, for we judge them upon the surface. But what a mistake it is to think that the sea is a divider: it is the great uniter of the races of men, for “there go the ships.” It is the highway of nations, by which they reach each other far more readily than they could have done had no sea existed, and arid deserts or towering mountains had intervened. Others evidently thought so in years gone by, for among the figurative excellencies of the new earth we are told that there shall be no more sea. Ignorance gazes on the stormy deep and judges it to be a vast disorder, the mother of confusion and the nurse of storms but better knowledge teaches us, what revelation had before proclaimed, namely, that in wisdom has the Lord made all things.īut does not the ocean grievously separate lovers and friends? Many a wife thinks of her husband on the far off Pacific many a mother casts an anxious thought towards her sailor boy and both are half inclined to think it a mistake to place so vast a portion of the globe as a cruel dividing gulf between loving hearts. It is good that there is sea, or the land might devour its inhabitants by sickness. Remember also that the ocean’s freshness tends to promote life and health among the sons of men. Between the tiny drop of dew upon each blade of grass and the boundless main there is a relation and proportion such as only an infinite mind could have arranged. An exact balance and proportion is maintained, and we little know how the blooming of the tiny flower or the flourishing of the majestic cedar would be affected were the balance disturbed. There is not a single mile of sea more than there ought to be, nor less than there should be. In the ocean there is not a drop of water too much nor a drop too little. That measureless gathering together of the waters is an amazing instance of divine wisdom in its existence, its perpetual ebb and flow, and even in its form and quantity. Besides which, as the blood is needful for the body, so is it necessary for this world that there should be upon its surface a vast mass of water in perpetual motion. Is not the larger part of the world given up to waste? “No,” says David, and so say we - “There go the ships.” The sea benefits man by occasioning navigation, and yielding besides an enormous harvest of fishes of many kinds. Remorselessly swallowing up all that is cast upon it, the thankless ocean makes no return of fruit or flower. The reaper fills not his arm from the briny furrows, they give neither seed for the sower nor bread for the eater, neither do herds of cattle cover them as they do the thousand hills of earth. The land, of course, yields “grass for the cattle and herb for the service of man but what about the broad acres of the sea? We cannot sow them, nor turn them into pasturage. The first lesson which may be learned from the ships and the sea is this - every part of the earth is made with some design. The psalmist thought it worth his while to pen the fact which he too had noticed, though it is very questionable whether David had ever seen anything like the number of vessels which pass our coasts, certainly he had seen none to be compared with them for tonnage. “There go the ships,” was the exclamation that naturally rose to one’s lips. It was a sight such as one might not often see, but worth travelling a hundred miles to gaze upon, to see them all sail like a gallant squadron, and disappear southward on their voyages. On a sudden the wind shifted to a more favourable quarter, and it was interesting to see with what rapidity all sails were spread, and the vessels began to disappear like birds on the wing. I should think I counted more than a hundred, all waiting for a change of wind. ![]() It so happened that there was a bad wind for the vessels going down the Channel, and they were lying in great numbers between the shore and the Goodwins. I WAS walking the other day by the side of the sea, looking out upon the English Channel. So which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments section below.There Go the Ships “There go the ships.” - Psalm civ. But the true objective of this list is to offer you a single place in which you can easily see every exotic ship at a glance yourself and decide which ones YOU like. Ranking Criteriaįor the sake of clarity, the ranking above is entirely subjective and only based on what ships I consider cool. ![]() It also covers both PVE and PVP, with the “ Excels in” column clearly identifying where each weapon shines. The list starts with the S Tier and moves down from there. D Tier – Worst: Lagging behind the competition.C Tier – Weak: The middle of the pack, somewhat mediocre. ![]() A Tier – Strong: Very strong, but not on the same level as S Tier Choices. ![]() These are the different Tier levels used for this ranking: ![]()
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