Today's American Minute

"Until We Meet Again" & James T. Fields' The Atlantic Monthly, "The Captain's Daughter"; "I know Who holds the future and I know Who holds my hand"-A.B. Smith - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 31, 2023 • "The Captain's Daughter"; "I know Who holds the future and I know Who holds my hand"-A.B. Smith • "Until We Meet Again" & James T. Fields' The Atlantic Monthly

But his little daughter whispered,

As she took his icy hand,

'Isn't God upon the ocean,

Just the same as on the land?'

India History, the British Empire, and Rudyard Kipling: "Oh, East is East, and West is West, And never the twain shall meet." - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 30, 2023

Since ancient times, India had approximately 20 percent of the world's population, speaking over 1,000 different languages and dialects. Throughout the four millennia of Indian history, there have been thousands of kingdoms and dynasties.

History of Writing, Printing, & Gutenberg's Press "The Invention of Printing is the Mother of Revolution"-Victor Hugo - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 30, 2023 • "The Invention of Printing ... is the Mother of Revolution" • & Victor Hugo on Gutenberg's Press • History of Writing • Printing

Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press - the Western world's first "metal moveable type" printing press. His masterpiece was the Gutenberg Bible, regarded as the first book of significance ever printed.

Scientific Revolution & Astronomy, Galileo, Kepler, Francis Bacon-"A little philosophy inclineth men's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds to religion" - American Minute with Bill Federer

December 29, 2023 • Almighty God • I am thinking Thy thoughts after Thee!" • Kepler "O • Sir Francis Bacon and the Scientific Revolution; & Astronomers Galileo

In book five of The Harmonies of the World (1619), Johannes Kepler wrote: "I had the intention of becoming a theologian ... but now I see how God is, by my endeavors, also glorified in astronomy, for 'the heavens declare the glory of God.'"

Freezing Valley Forge, 1777, and Starving Ships "If those few thousand men endured that long winter of suffering ... what right have we to be of little faith?" -American Minute with Bill Federer

December 27, 2023 • & Starving Ships "If those few thousand men endured that long winter of suffering ... what right have we to be of little faith?" • 1777 • Freezing Valley Forge

Washington added: "... that unless some great and capital change suddenly takes place ... this Army must inevitably ... starve, dissolve, or disperse, in order to obtain subsistence in the best manner they can."