...shelter in its hospitable bay. Here first of all they " fell down upon their knees and blessed the Lord, the God of Heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element."...

...before night overtook them, as by God's providence they did." Being thus arrived in a good harbour, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees,...of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and perilous ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet...

...people was to them the natural source of power. Next they landed on the goodly shore. They fell on their knees and blessed the God of heaven who had brought them safely over the vast and furious ocean to the stable land, their proper element. Nothing is more remarkable...

...founders of New England, the pilgrim fathers, landed from the " Mayflower," in November, 1020, "and fell upon their knees, and blessed the God of heaven,...the vast and furious ocean* and delivered them from many perils and miseries." The wild country was then covered with thickets and dense woods, and already...

...usher in a New England winter. Their first act on landing, was to fall upon their knees and bless God " who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean,...delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, againe to set ... i /• i ii 11. T"6 nrst their feete on the nrme and stable earth, their proper ele-...

...proceedings as to seek out a place for habitation, they fell down on their knees and blessed the Lord, the God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all perils and miseries thereof." Let us draw nigh and mingle with this singular act of worship. Elder...

...in this action, yet might they have comfort in the same, and their endeavors would be honorable." l A minute account is then given of their negotiations...to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the 1 " Hist. Plym. Plantation," 26. God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean,...

...in this action, yet might they have comfort in the same, and their endeavors would be honorable."1 A minute account is then given of their negotiations...to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the 121 God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all...

...the United States, Vol. I., p. 209.) faction, the Pilgrims proceeded to land, when, as Bradford says, they " fell upon their knees and blessed the God of...the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our...

...day they got into the Cape harbour, where they rodo in safety. Being thus arrived in a good harbour, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven," etc. The selection, before leaving England, of the neighbourhood of the Hudson river as their location,...