1857 MAYFLOWER PURITAN. The Chief of Pilgrims. Or, The Life and Time of William Brewster. Slavery very slightly shaken at extremities

very slightly shaken at extremities

He holds an umbrella in one hand and book in the other

and false patriots in these days are as numerous as false prophets were in the days of Jeremiah

though he is clearly on a circuit of some kind

& particularly whether we haven’t been backward in seeking the Blessings of Divine Grace – And whether our barrenness in Religion mayn’t have provoked God to visit us with outward judgemt Whether these may’nt be justly considered as his awakening Calls to us to greater Diligence & Activity in his Service & in working out our own Salvation

1857 MAYFLOWER PURITAN. The Chief of Pilgrims. Or, The Life and Time of William Brewster. Slavery very slightly shaken at extremitiesRather well preserved example of Steele's increasingly rare biography of Elder William Brewster [1566 1644], Mayflower Passenger and Elder in the original Plymouth Colony. Nicely illustrated and turning up less and less often. Steele, Ashbel. Chief of the Pilgrims: or The Life and Time of William Brewster, Ruling Elder of the Pilgrim Company that Founded New Plymouth, the Parent Colony of New England, in 1620. By the Rev. Ashbel, Steele, A. M.,