Excerpt from The Pilgrims and Their Principles: A Sermon Before the New England Society of Pittsburgh, on the Evening of December 22nd, 1850, in the Third Presbyterian Church California and to Oregon - from Niagara to the Isthmus - dotting with verdure as rich and beauteous as when it first took root, regions that stretch from one ocean to the other. Already their line has gone out through all the earth, and there is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. God's eye only can measure the ultimate results of an event which was so small in its beginnings, on the world's ordi nary scale of measurement. This Puritan Saxondom, says Carlyle, was only despicable, laughable then - nobody can manage to laugh at it now. It is one of the strongest things under the sun at present. Since the year 1769, when the Old Colony Club first observed this anniversary, an honored and honorable custom has sanctioned the cele bration of this event, the landing of the Pilgrims, by the sons and daughters of New England, wherever they are scattered over the world. On the same principle that Rome, in her palmiest days, thus honored the rearing of its walls by Romulus; and the Israelites, by God's command, remembered through all their generations, the night of the Passover; and many Christians at this period, a mightier event than either, the advent of the Redeemer, Forefathers' day is ohserved in various ways, wherever two or three are gathered together, who trace their honored lineage back to the early settlers of New Eng land, and their small beginnings, to the rock of Plymouth! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.