Saint Michael's

 

Endeavour

 

The other side of the argument was equally trenchant. As Edmund Burke put it in the Commons, few could have envisaged the human miracle that had happened in North America in little more than a century. He asked his fellow MPs to imagine themselves transported to the year 1700. Now, look westwards, across the Atlantic:

There is America -- which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men an uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world. Whatever England has been growing to by a progressive increase of improvement, brought in by varieties of people, by succession of civilizing conquests and civilizing settlements in a series of seventeen hundred years you shall see as much added to her by America in the course of a single life.

"Endeavour" by Peter Moore (page 282)
Garrard, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2018

Prayer

LORD JESUS CHRIST

SON of THE LIVING GOD

have mercy on me

a Sinner

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SALVATION belongeth unto the Lord

and thy blessing is upon thy people

Psalm 3

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REMEMBER not, Lord, our iniquities, nor the iniquities of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins: Spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. 

Answer. Spare us, good Lord.

Let us pray.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Christ, have mercy upon us.

Lord, have mercy upon us.

Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

O Lord, show thy mercy upon us;

And grant us thy salvation.

Turn thy face from our sins;

And blot out all our iniquities.

Send us help from thy holy place; 

For thy indignation lieth hard upon us.

O Lord, hear our prayer;

And let the sighing of the prisoners come before thee.

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I love Thee, O Lord, my strength.

The Lord is my stony rock

and my defence:

my Saviour

my God

and my might

 in whom I trust;

my buckler

the horn also

 of my salvation

and my refuge.

Psalm 18

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Oh Blood and Water which gushed forth

from the Heart of Jesus

as a fountain of Mercy for us 

I TRUST IN YOU.

Jezu ufam Tobie 

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A TÍ DIOS PADRE OMNIPOTENTE

EN LA UNIDAD DEL ESPÍRITU SANTO

TODO HONOR Y TODA GLORIA

POR LOS SIGLOS DE LOS SIGLOS AMÉN

with Mary

in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit

Amen

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Mayflower

 

Jeffrey Meyer: Birth of New England

Chronicles of The Last Pilgrim

Pilgrims Not Forgotten

In Thanksgiving

All Glory to Thee LORD

"Let us not forget to thank God, 

who has brought us safe

to this new land."

Elder Brewster

 

The Last Pilgrim

 The Last Pilgrim  📽️

Margaret B. Pumphrey: "Pilgrim Stories"

... Stories are being told to them (the children & to myself) of the Pilgrims, their life in England, their sojourn in Holland, and their experience in America.

The stories were mimeographed, simply illustrated, and used as reading lessons. It soon became evident that the children were living in these stories from day to day, feeling a personal interest in the different characters, and a personal acquaintance with them. An increased interest in reading and a consequent increase in ability to read well were the most immediate result of this work. ...

PILGRIMS

... From a different clock tower the bells chimed three. The Pilgrims drew closer together and spoke in hushed voices.

"Are you quite sure this is the place where the captain of the ship promised to meet us?" asked William Bradford. 

"This is the very spot, just where the little brook flows into the sea", answered Elder Brewster. 

"It will soon be dawn", said John Robinson. "I fear daylight will find us still waiting here for the ship."

"That must not be", replied Elder Brewster... Hark! What is that? I thought I heard the splash of oars." ...

Last night the stars had twinkled merely when they saw the Pilgrims about to escape King James. Now they saw them with their burdens on their backs, and their children in their arms, going back toward the great, black prison. The little stars still twinkled faintly but seemed to say, "Be brave! The One who made us and made you is stronger than King James". Then one by one they close their eyes, as if unwillingly to see the prison doors close upon women and babies. ...

THE SWORD OF MILES STANDISH
... Captain Standish saw them, and shouted, "You cowards!" To steal from a poor old man! Cowards! Give back everything you have taken." And the rude soldiers obeyed. ...

THE "SPEEDWELL"

... heavy mast, the hull is worn out

                it needs new boards, and fresh tar, and fresh paint...

LAND

... Not a town or a single house could they see. No smoke rose from the forest to tell them where a village lay hidden. Not a sound was heard but the whistling of the cold wind through the ropes and masts, and the lapping of the water about the boat.

No, this is not the sunny southland, but land of any sort is a joyful sight after our long voyage, replied Elder Brewster. " Let  us not forget to thank God, who has brought us safe to this new land." ...

Fragments from Margaret B. Pumphrey's "Pilgrim Stories", illustrated by Lucy Fitch Perkins, published by Rand McNally & Co.

Margaret Blanche Pumphrey, "Pilgrim Stories" - Meet The Pilgrims

Reverend John Robinson in 1620

 

Remember, God has yet more Truth and Light to break forth from the Holy Word.

Rev. John Robinson to his congregation as they sailed for the New World in 1620