. Colonial children . vet their long-ing desire to gather themselves into a church was verygreat. The church of Christ being thus begun, theLord in His tender mercy caused it to increase and befruitful. And now behold several other regiments of the That is,moresoldiers of Christ, shipped for His service in the colonis,s srtwestern world. I heir difficulties were many and writerlikensmournful. The billows were high and angry, cover- them to sol- i38 Colonies [No. 46 diers of theLord. Ship fever,a very dan-gerousdisease, wascommon inthe voyagesof that time. ing them with awful water and dashing
. Colonial children . vet their long-ing desire to gather themselves into a church was verygreat. The church of Christ being thus begun, theLord in His tender mercy caused it to increase and befruitful. And now behold several other regiments of the That is,moresoldiers of Christ, shipped for His service in the colonis,s srtwestern world. I heir difficulties were many and writerlikensmournful. The billows were high and angry, cover- them to sol- i38 Colonies [No. 46 diers of theLord. Ship fever,a very dan-gerousdisease, wascommon inthe voyagesof that time. ing them with awful water and dashing their bodiesfrom side to side. Their goods were thrown fromplace to place on the ships. After the Lord hadgiven them these trials, He sent diseases to visit theirships. On the twelfth day of July or thereabouts, 1630,these soldiers of Christ first set foot on the westernend of the world. There they arrived in safety, men,women, and children. On the north side of theCharles River they landed, near a small island called. A soldiers outfit. No. 46] Boston *39 Noddells Island. Lady Arabella and some other Now Eastgodly women abode at Salem while their husbandsremained at Charlestown to settle the civil govern-ment and to form another church of Christ. The first court was held aboard the ship much honored John Winthrop was chosen gov-ernor for the remainder of that year, 1630. Theworthy Thomas Dudley was chosen deputy governor. Then sore sickness fell upon the people, so that inalmost every family mourning and sorrow was heard ;and they had no fresh food to strengthen them. Yetit was wonderful to see with what Christian cour-age these soldiers of Christ persevered amidst allcalamities. Soon they had formed other churches and fourth church was seated at Boston, which be-came the central town and largest city of this wilder-ness. The form of this town is like a heart. It isnaturally situated for fortifications. It has two hillson the front part of it, facing the
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