. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . the Lord bybreaking off from the English church, or if we might nothave committed some sin in thus abandoning the land RUTH OF BOSTON of our birth, thinking to ourselves that we would buildup a new nation in the world. Therefore it was that even Susan and I felt a certainrelief of mind, when Governor Winthrop set thethirtieth day of July as a day of fasting and of prayer;and in order that all the English people who had comeinto this portion of the New World might unite with us in begging God to remove the calamity from our midst, >
. Ruth of Boston; a story of the Massachusetts Bay colony . the Lord bybreaking off from the English church, or if we might nothave committed some sin in thus abandoning the land RUTH OF BOSTON of our birth, thinking to ourselves that we would buildup a new nation in the world. Therefore it was that even Susan and I felt a certainrelief of mind, when Governor Winthrop set thethirtieth day of July as a day of fasting and of prayer;and in order that all the English people who had comeinto this portion of the New World might unite with us in begging God to remove the calamity from our midst, > word was sent even as far as Plymouth, asking thatevery one meet on that day with words of devoutpetition. MOVING THE TOWN I have no doubt, because of mothers having said soagain and again, that the good Lord heard our fervent entreaties, although thesickness was not re-moved from among usfor near to six weeks. Then it was thatMaster William Black-stone came across fromTrimountain, and toldGovernor Winthrop itwas his belief we shoulddo more toward aiding. .MOVING THE TOWN 47 ourselves than simply praying. He advised, because ofthere being plenty of good water in Trimountain, thatwe forsake this village of Charlestown, and go acrossto the opposite shore. I might set down many words, repeating what I heardour fathers say concerning the wisdom of such a move,and yet this story which I am telling would not be im-proved thereby, for the day finally came when it wasdecided that, even at the cost of building new dwellings,we should take all our belongings across the water to thecove, back of which was a small hill, and, yet furtherbehind, a circle of mountains. The cove would make an agreeable harbor for ourboats; the hill straight behind it would serve as a lo-cation for a fort, while here and there were pleasantstreams, or gushing springs, whereas in Charlestownwe had only the water of the river, or from the marsh. That I may not weary you by much explaining, itis best I say that o
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