Mid-America, 1948, Vol. 30

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Excerpt from Mid-America, 1948, Vol. 30: An Historical QuarterlyEven before their departure Martinez and Rogel had been-acting as chaplains to the crew of their ship and now that they were at sea their spiritual work was intensified. To do so they had to become acquainted with the Netherlandish language spoken by the Flem ings. The presence of the padres undoubtedly had a dampening ef fect upon the card games, the brawls, the talk and the oaths common among sailors.33 Oaths were the great sin, according to Rogel, and to stop them they brought the blasphemers around to paying a small fine or giving up either a portion of their food or drink at meals. The idea seems to have spread to the other Ships of the large fleet, so that by the time the Canaries were reached on July 7, a notable improvement had been made. In place of the idle amusements the zealous fathers organized a daily routine of regular periods of pray er, catechetical instruction, sermons, conferences, Sunday Mass, and confessions. Fear of attacks by Turks or pirates, fear of storm and shipwreck, and danger of death aided in the conversions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.