This dying Counsel I do give, hoping you will begin To serve the Lord in Time of Youth his Precepts for to keep; To serve him so in Spirit and Truth, that you may mercy reap.
In Youthful blooming Years was I, when I that Practice took, Of perpetrating Piracy, for filthy gain did look. To Wickedness as all were bent, our Lusts for to fulfill; To rob at Sea was our Intent, and perpetrate all Ill.
I pray the Lord preserve you all and keep you from this End; O let Fits-Gerald’s great downfall untio your welfare tend. I to the Lord my soul bequeath, accept thereof I pray, My body to the Earth bequeath, dear Friends, adieu for aye.
– John Fitzgerald on the eve of his execution on 7/19/1723 A member of Charles Harris’s crew
What an interesting poem for someone's last words. Thanks for sharing something a wee bit different on picture Wednesday. Maybe Mr. Fitzgerald's final farewell will inspire you to share his backstory in a new pirate book....pretty please :-)
You're welcome! I thought it was so cool when I read it. Here this pirate is about to die for his crimes and he's trying to tell his friends to return to the Lord! Yes, indeed, it may make a good story some day. ;-)
I really enjoy your site. As a black woman, when I’m asked why I don’t support black nationalism, black power or black lives matter, I respond with Matthew 3:35. “For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.” My family, the people I identify with, the culture I follow, the standards I live by are not dictated by a skin color that can be altered by your physical location on the Earth. It is determined by one factor alone - being in love with Jesus Christ. This is the only real line of separation that divides everyone in the world.
AMEN! I couldn't have said it better. Skin color, gender, nationality, slave or free, rich or poor, makes no difference in the kingdom of God. We are one big happy family!
What an interesting poem for someone's last words. Thanks for sharing something a wee bit different on picture Wednesday. Maybe Mr. Fitzgerald's final farewell will inspire you to share his backstory in a new pirate book....pretty please :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! I thought it was so cool when I read it. Here this pirate is about to die for his crimes and he's trying to tell his friends to return to the Lord! Yes, indeed, it may make a good story some day. ;-)
DeleteI really enjoy your site. As a black woman, when I’m asked why I don’t support black nationalism, black power or black lives matter, I respond with Matthew 3:35. “For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.” My family, the people I identify with, the culture I follow, the standards I live by are not dictated by a skin color that can be altered by your physical location on the Earth. It is determined by one factor alone - being in love with Jesus Christ. This is the only real line of separation that divides everyone in the world.
ReplyDeleteAMEN! I couldn't have said it better. Skin color, gender, nationality, slave or free, rich or poor, makes no difference in the kingdom of God. We are one big happy family!
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