The MAyflower Pilgrims

The Mayflower Pilgrims
By: Edmund Janes Carpenter

The Mayflower Pilgrims, by Edmund Carpenter, is the story of the humble people whom history has known as the Pilgrims of New England and their journey and struggles. Their coming to our shores, three hundred years ago, was the true beginning of Christian civilization and democratic government in our country. The governor of Plymouth, William Bradford said: "Thus out of small beginnings, greater things have been produced by His hand that made all things of nothing and gives being to all things that are; and as one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone to many, yea, in some sort to our whole nation. Let the glorious name of Jehovah have all the praise!" In my opinion, those words describe beautifully the awesomeness and influence of the Pilgrims and their God-ordained mission. In this book, Edmund Carpenter tells of the life of the Pilgrims in England, the journey to New England, and their l...