...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...

...ended, as it had begun, in prayer. " Being thus arrived in a good harbour, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of...the firm and stable earth, their proper element." " As they landed," says Bancroft, " their institutions were already perfected. Democratic liberty and...

...preparation unto further proceedings . . „ 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."...

...still to reach their destined settlement. " The pilgrims," says Vaughan, " as they reached the shore, fell upon their knees, and blessed the God of heaven...the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from many perils and miseries. It is not too much to say, that in thnt finit prayer from the noil of the...

...is evidenced by their first act after casting anchor, which was to " fall on their knees and bless the God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast...delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof." When we think of the prospects of these wayfarers at that time, we cannot but wonder at the courage...

...wrote a history of their doings, says : " Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of...their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper clement." 7. Because they had thus long been wandering; because they had left England for Holland,...

...Fathers. When, after many tribulations, they at last reached America and landed within Cape Cod, — They fell upon their knees, and blessed the God of...had brought them over the vast and furious ocean. . . . For the season it was winter and . . . what could they see but a hideous and desolate wilderness,...

...their preparation unto further proceedings . . . 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."...

...relief they came to this decision, and finding themselves once more safe in harbour, Bradford tells us, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of...vast and furious ocean and delivered them from all its perils and miseries. But now in these altered circumstances another question arose. The Virginia...

...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 their feete on the firme and stable earth, their proper ele- landing, mente." 2 But however...