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 . ing of loneliness came over them, as of pilgrimswithout country or home. Pilgrims indeed they were ; not in the classicalsense, derived from heathen use, nor from theperiods of the Churchs sad declensions, nor asused in the romances of the crusades, nor in thesense of the devotees of the prophet of Mecca;but in the primary sense, as well as in thedivinely inspired use—Strangers and sojourners, strangers and pilgrims on the
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 . ing of loneliness came over them, as of pilgrimswithout country or home. Pilgrims indeed they were ; not in the classicalsense, derived from heathen use, nor from theperiods of the Churchs sad declensions, nor asused in the romances of the crusades, nor in thesense of the devotees of the prophet of Mecca;but in the primary sense, as well as in thedivinely inspired use—Strangers and sojourners, strangers and pilgrims on the earth. This wasthe inspired language to which their minds re-verted when they declared that they knew theywere pilgrims here, and in the sorrow of departinglifted their eyes towards heaven as their dearestcountry, and quieted their spirits.^ * Bradford, p. 59. Objections The term is not Greek, or Roman,have been made on classical but of German or Belgic origin,grounds, to the use of the term/)t7- from pelgrim (or Teutonic) pil-grims, and to its application to this gram. Its iirst and general mean-people, but to little purpose. ing is, a traveller, a wanderer, also. .tsr »IJB iHii
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