An Account of the Pilgrim Celebration At Plymouth August 1 1853 Containing a
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They went there " because they heard " that there was no earthly barrier, no despotic 112 king, no hereditary church, to come in between the aspiration of the immortal soul, as it rose up to the great throne of eternity, with their highest and holiest feelings of devotion. That was what carried them to Holland. They staid there until untoward circum- stances made them turn their eyes to this continent. Allusion has been made to the discovery of this continent. Sir, I apprehend that, with all th...e glow- ing eloquence of truth with which that has been de- picted before you, full justice has not been done to that thought. What was the history of these men ? Generation after generation, they had striven for re- ligious and political freedom. They placed spiritual freedom before them as the great end and aim and object of existence ; it seemed as if it had been settled in the counsels of Eternity, that they could not have it on the old continent. And then when the experiment had been tried, then when it appeared as if liberty had been despoiled of her power for ever, and as if the fiat of the Al- mighty had gone forth that His patience should no longer bear with men, it seemed that the Genius of Re- ligious Liberty put up one more prayer for one other opportunity before it be abandoned for ever !
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