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As one small candle may light a thousand, so the light here kindled hath shone unto many, yea in some sort to our whole nation.

source: - Nathaniel Morton, William Bradford, Thomas Prince, Edward Winslow (1669). “New-England's Memorial”, p.110

Topics: Light, May, Christianity

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Behold, now, another providence of God. A ship comes into the harbor.

source: - William Bradford (1952). “Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647”, p.112, Rutgers University Press

Topics: Ships, Providence, Harbors

All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.

Topics: Overcoming, Action, Honorable

Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, shew how He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord His loving kindness and His wonderful works before the sons of men.

source: - William Bradford (1952). “Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647”, p.63, Rutgers University Press

Topics: Kindness, Son, Men, Redeemed

The great hope, and for the propagating and advancing the gospel of the kingdom of Christ in those remote parts of the world

source: - William Bradford, Edward Winslow, Robert Cushman, John Robinson (1848). “The Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth: In New England in 1620: Reprint from the Original Volume”, p.150, New York : J. Wiley

Topics: Kingdoms, World, Christ, Great Hope

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 unto many...

source: - William Bradford (1870). “A Dialogue, or third conference between some young men born in New England, and some ancient men which cam out of Holland and Old England, concerning the Church and the government thereof ... Edited, with a preface and notes, by Charles Deane. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society”, p.6

Topics: Hands, Light, Giving, Greater Things, Small Beginnings

And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms.

source: - William Bradford (1952). “Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647”, p.62, Rutgers University Press

Topics: Country, Winter, Storm, Plymouth, Winter Season

We could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beer.

source: - William Bradford, Edward Winslow (2009). “Plymouth plantation: selections from the narratives of William Bradford and Edward Winslow”

Topics: Beer, Consideration, Take Time, Brewing Beer

The LORD is the help of my life

Topics: Helping, Lord

But it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to bury the dead.

source: - William Bradford (1952). “Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647”, p.95, Rutgers University Press

Topics: Disease, Able, Scarce