from
An
Inspiring Testimony:
the Diary of
Christopher Columbus
"It was the Lord who put it into my mind,
I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord
for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely.
I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose
to enjoy His marvelous Presence.
For the execution of the voyage to
the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps.
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Savior,
if it is just and if the intention is purely for His holy service.
The working out of all things has been assigned to each person by our Lord,
but it all happens according to His sovereign will,
even though He gives advice. Oh, what a gracious Lord,
who desires that people should perform for Him those things
for which He holds Himself responsible! Day and night, moment by moment,
everyone should express their most devoted gratitude to Him."
- from "Columbus's Book of Prophecies".
(I could feel His hand upon me), the fact that
it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies.
All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me.
There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit,
because He comforted me with rays of marvelous inspiration
from the Holy Scriptures.......
It is simply the fulfillment of what Isaiah* had prophesied......
This book is only available in Spanish.
It has never been published in the English speaking world.
Some excerpts have been privately translated into English
by August J. Kling.
He quoted the passage above from Columbus's diary
in an article which appeared
in the October 1971 issue of
"The Presbyterian Layman".
* Columbus's reference to Isaiah's prophecy was
probably Isaiah 40:22.
In this scripture passage the prophet Isaiah made reference to
"the circle of the earth".
(Isaiah 40:22)
NASA photo, July 1969, Apollo 11 Mission to Earth's moon.
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