|
|
Article: Breaking Away.(founding of New Plymouth Colony)
- Article from:
- Cobblestone
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2001 Carus Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
"... by break of the day we espied land which we deemed to be Cape Cod.... And the appearance of if much comforted us, especially seeing so goodly a land, and wooded to the brink of the sea. It caused us to rejoice together, and praise God that had given us once again to see land."
Suppose there were only one church in the United States, and that everyone were required to attend it. Suppose also that your family and neighbors were so unhappy with that church that you all began meeting secretly in one another's homes to worship.
This was the case at the turn of the seventeenth century in England, where allegiance to the Church of England was mandatory. ...