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Show it is certain that the Purt-ta- ns GodWere a serious-minde- d, h i!e fearing people whose unrelenting fight for religious freedom give ample proof of the position this question occupied in their minds, on the other hand we are apt to go too far m our suppositions. liie popular idea of the Mav flower Pilgrim todav is a ce: nature. which, indeed, gives a gen-e;- al impression of stem uncompromising virtue which is, on the whole, correct, but which greatly exaggerates all of these ti aits vx bite minimizing anv others, as any ca: mature mus' d". It is possible that ou1 (Aiicatuie is a'nuit as far from ine onsuid on the one nie as we ourselves are on the other. the truth Is, in a'l prvbabil-i1- ', al that the Iurnans weie a group of people imbued wi'h t gicat ideol anl possessing the and determination to .courage sacrifice all things to the seeking of it The hardships thee underwent. the dangers thev daily met. natura'ly made them serious-mjndand gene, alls conrerned with nice vtfli t .lines in Ida Ilian the pu uit of pa mg nt lv nor-n- cd fane. ie- -. i licit- gte.it idea hemg freedom, the fnm of worship for wtio-- e sae they liad traveled so far anl endured so much was (he normal rente- - f I' woutd hi' then thought been indeed strange H the P had been nthcrwi-- e i ont'nrv to another papula" belief, the Pilgrim did al, the onld In put into practice the high ideal f r which thev we 'iguting It is generally thought today that tho-- e men and women who cried o bmdlv for religious Jldiertv to worship as thev pleased ,were the f rl to denv that right to an who believed different' which gave ri- - to (he cx dus to ancient profess,, r m the wives of within the Hr' two months after' Hr. great- 'han themselves. th,s. however, t.hri.-He was l to one first Hip later the the of at,,j merici n0j0nf land.ng. I)u:ing 'great n not an aerura'e statement of et 'melt- - an,i standing among Hie firomo-- l con.eis mt i this land and was the sickne- - ' Bradfo-- d re- the case mg jt of ii Hie ennque-- t of the new land last man that was left JVf those ports that there were often no' the world, or at leant of the t.au- Voluntarily Left lie was the second governor of that came over in the feiupp more than six or seven of the rasian races, ttie Church of Jesus tjic Plymouth Colony and filled. called the Mayflower that Hved entire company in condition to The case of Roger Williams is thrist Of Latter-daSaints,. (hat office no less than five in Plymouth." mot often cited as an exampla , .take care of the ailing The hor- -; counts among its members repre-- 1 times, from 1035. Ifl37,i John of tho intolerance of the Howland. wl,o;p fnre-jro- rs of that ghastly period, in thel son tallies ot almost every nation( fO.dM-1- , and i6 fn addition Jfathers lived in Esjei. England, nr,idt of a bitter cold wmler in aj colony, but a careful cong)f the Occident and a study of the he was several lines deputy lie is usually eironeous-'nesideration of the available fads and strangely aase land' of tfenealogies will show that Roger William reproseDlaltve ernor and assistant (inventor ly thought to have been a native can searcetv be imagined members would show a wider Bradford was so highly esteemed of Isuulofi. must hove had a won-- 1 In view of the faets that the tvu'untanfv left the colony to es- -r -range of origins than that pf any, by his fellow Pilgrims that in derful life on which to look back Puritans were notably sober m m aldil ,n to the dp id who t',e e; H find a sTrtab e site f r the camp tablish his own settlement at other group today. 1629 (he (.nunril of .New England when, after 80 long ca.s. 53 of regards to pe rsonal hanits and stdiPs for bo'h tue outgoing and and !"-- - Hu' t vv. n.i .ef! and at va'nm' times Hiring hr !lem because cf his differences Five of return voyage- - mu-- t have been!,, ram .,q tlie wo;, lev hid life in 'he , iln he wa. sen! of belief the present signed a Patent vesting m him them spent m the Aew World, he dress. avoiding (lie Williams himself Men with ut exce-ii- e the liust of could tell from expr.ieme the eating and 'lov- common to acute general autlmntie of the (.hut ch end hi out 101 i xpeibt.oii. to exploie ot peaks of hdwaid Win-loo well alone are descended from the the colony and the unheaithfu! crow Img. the length of the vey- -j him on one oma- to beat with Dm Indians Samuel Fuller inglv ajvi-m- g confirming Idle entire history of the rolonv, be- - the dav 1. k ns wu origmal American blue bloods.' to the wIHe (tael of land and mg 'the last of the men who fashions in clothing, such as the age un lc- - the imndi'iu.is of the .'! plmn bdvva d i. cetn- - -- mi alien the sepeialnm had a!ii..c tulle,. ,,n r to frame a came over in the Mayflowe-Wif- e th Mayflower passengeis .binding cnre' 'he high heeled flay wouli it develop giving i According to the ,r ,vcd hi- - j.ueipj and pan "1 or the vm me bv In? sec- - taken place hoes and ntiir- ,,, w .,n, f, ond wde Fuabdli. and bv his be-- t, lecords, n sign of (Ju.ier These are Elders Joseph lin'd- Him . foible, scurvy ,, was a Rrad'n-- d Imweve:. :ila' ri showed itself in The ed d.e we, espc- - many vej-- . ing Smith, Joseph F. Meirill and many of In lo,tO he ma.ucd - m 'o1"- - aid hi daughter f0n- - persecution However lol.n Howlands wife,'11 is i!ranpp ' stricken ir o sh u a time, cialty respon-ib'- e Alonzo A. Hinckley of the l.ouu- - 'vrS I"" muili a believer in fiee- f f toe devel- - Joan L'thiop, the !an e, ehibl'en of his first wife Vincnca until long after toe i ig- itwlli Iillev Howland herself wer to be hi'. 'riharlv a cd of the twelve, and Kh-r- s do;o to vv pic-- e wc:p Rev John T f."lu and ..or Vn .rhc- ih.'d wo- - born to the'iimf Ply mouth settlers had pa rtf opmefir of scUrw y.oager. miHived P''1 'i without ha dy no in am .me man. even if ,.x ,7n M'ku.-- r famdv during the actual away bamuel O. Benmon and Mulnn - ami at aflerwaib movnt f..mi the ...tg-'- ll Thp spud of exeepti.ii . a rp,,(eni 0f nP) jlm M ells of the P'1 was an outgrow h omb veev afvrpriatety and mtnterar-eBarn- -i abb. wen-v-a- ae P'p' ,nu-!- f the iiaiSJLue vaie vk LciU ie-on- t (.oimcl of Sdv- - 'hit min were himself, and II .i ,() ja; ) i , eat 3 of- - r"o!''"IP f t, - it1'', he ff" dalger ar-the of inmements in Inter geneia- cuius" ps tables a preventa' in - wjs no' i,t JhCifi live lcadeis uf UmJt''' 168.,. leaving m.,m do- - 'med ry,,arTi riP, She n '.opd of the long pilgrimage ' Have veiv Lliureh count toil of the original t""U- - Ia'eid I" the geneial corn I little eepmd of tiuns .r und 'real salt , )A iap ,,,, a oi ipai considered Sltliough np( He w.i- In land in sea.-- h of f cel his horie-l- y h)t del m t ex- - Uveiy hide n known of the de- - Hie lie or Hvbkm- - after meat and beer were Pilgrims among their Another popular fa"ac. .,o! ,.,t set nl, not only with al m merira hut we ,,f falacic-- . is euirenl c meni- elusive slajdes of di' iir.hnrv at9 0f Samuel u.ler. eveiy in- hi- - a e ales and fellow colon-shoI, A slight digres-m- n Oenealogical Society of Itjh will Hie n jl nm to c "iid write her We u -jiip p(1i nan women into dangers of the spread of d sejse (jj, at ion iv that lie w - gn out- - k, uv tup in 1639 lie mon ied vvli, i... ai n- - weie his own. lie ibm Mmul tin variably pn ture them v ln.se eveiv m atlie'me en- - the eau-- e Hie of these u n,a;py ,through sneezing roughing man, a ad' miiie the of legddv standing today Hidian- - and re al Ice ' Elder Joseph 1 icldmg Si.lh 1,111 ":'h taied bv that same iIhhiiI- - tune ),e n.uvol fi.uii Plymouth to Jn...e,l m "unifotm-- ' of ,i',,b ge, up deaths may perhaps be a.J.'iiejjj mg and other similar innr. wete aag to liter a"d M Lasllima, Sttnneih The port - rf flizabe'h Til- - us t this time, ;n Slop CMtiiU seven of the jfiot knwn, and c'mse.juen'h pot tes; pioneer spirit and love fp rPy wlt, he died n, t6i B"Hi (.ties anj c,jfr. l I, lev . guarded against flower's passeutei- - among h.rn to freedom win, 'I) rau-e- d on Biolget tan ,p In addit'on to the ra',, i while F.lder Be uuon te'.b I ot", arie he'Mav- - fcrmg in. ident to fl.e descends from three of he great f"w," and the d'.'fi i 'y npe died Hie -t w in- - expo-nt- e her in be eoMnv fe'av'Spg a selllene Pilgrims, Lldet HmviJvj be h ai two and t tie olliei- - fi"m no of slie wa- - a'iopl- - srance land, rt Inn the lmnio, tnl rompanv oil Hie ti of i,overnor numbeof vv'u faet e ' ' a d ulb-sudden ,eo Edward thee it pm- - have llic-- c and iu5 w, , nee- - Hint she became intimate- - pear !cs strange, a. In their son Samuel. John J d,ry Iv o,l with How'and her less tiagn with his wife and daughter nounus u: piopnciv. fnr j)lcv jp,j ifotland laigeiy (o . and John Howland, all of . , riere were the er.iwuiJ quar- - STMt shelter, in which the voyage to Virginia (n,nie ' . Stern 'I bo fd'evs were re f 'he onlv tcis on the Mavr.-sr- . whom braved the sloi my uossiug avoid adopting Dutch customs in which mnspherc must have been heavy (619 m the little Mayflower and Hie ne- - wlm Tiled to survive that natuia'ly left the a eiigeis m with germs. The'f, he had se,n the red T"dav mo-- t of us are inclined plave of English hi-- t lemti'.e wmlei Klvvanl poor physnal cmditi n to with- ngorous (uoiieer Acw England In view of such facts il I not men and learned of Hteir ian--t- o imagine that the Pilgrims who' One thing which has given use 1 u.ler life, are found arm mg tire ancesand hi- - wife Ann also stand tho errible at strange that four of ou- - litlle euage and ttiejr ways, and so wn came over in Hie May flower werp () t,ilc "drab giey superstition '1 lie same tor of Elder MTuth almo-- t feelingles nway and man, olhen no! the end of the voyage ln 3v- - group, and some 50 others of the invaluable to the Mayflower a stern-facel: ( jl0 menton of "sad ro!oe(r paed who-- e fiirce Fullers are likewise in Hie f the litt'p group with whn h we flower wa- - c , a. interof a rahnl an should and have reformer, group explorer group gowns and coals mentioned in ler, Mayflower party, v l.ne of descent. of Elder Benmon. t than ,i e here Erie canal boats to- - perished m so short a tune. We prefer. He' was a member nf the life held no p'ace fnr amusement wills. However, m England m directly conce: ned. iea-- t while Stephen Hopkins and his 50 of died" of to Hie compary' or any the lighter pursuits. 1658 the li?l of day, and the crowding of Hie 102 can but pay our homage to the.fir-- t exploring parly sent out color- - ir- son Odes aie ancestor of Elder cluded "rys-e- t purple, gie, n, Hinckley and Elders Wells and tawriy. deore rolour. mange colMerrill a,e both descendants of w our, huffs and seal hd." so Ilnur , P'v mouth nb.nit hw -- fife Gov. William Bradford. . p,aill;ll, ,n ,Xe should t .dav he appearance cuid hardly hive The fate of these intrepid Pd- - tPn rinir-- a a los- - in trvmg to been really dismal Both men vv and women d'C.-- e.J grim pmnecis as did their the life o' that earlv e showing that same spnil of p0i i,J r m, icflu conleinporai lei. as timmal g, . ,J Tearless leadership in the infer- taste would dictate, ard Ilia Hovv'aml. win. came to jim et of liberty and religion among me,i,.j - a servail m Hie Hit of peculiarly drab us todav should be of interest to household nf (,ove-p- r dre-- s onlv eaine when oaditi ou tarvci, is members of the Church and all anollioe mm vvho left a .emaik-lhos- e made it no,e-a'- v to wear tlieic who know its leader- own liome-pu- n ab'e i.c id of public servi.r. al- cloths Bradford a Leader though soiniwhat Our I'ngimi- - then. wee t at all times bv that of ftl.a n Bradford Governor a set of blue nose-- " a shown n a leader, and a historian in Ins During hi- - Jong ami useful in today's ri.ppanl ealtoon-- . loir right. i$ perhaps the best, in the coI.hiv, ..he wo over 80' an honest, (io,J eekuig gioup of knowo of this liltle group. Com- - year old at the time of hi? sincere men and women whn be death he held the off.ee-- of ,!ep- -; ing from a family which may snugiU a gieat: ideal. I trey were y back frdo at the following times., IfUl.i early pioneers jut a the rounder- - of feenth century in the village of 1045-5- 6. 1661. 1003. 1666-0and our own slate were pi mpers; they ' in 16,'tl north of 1670; he was "isi-lnset out to conquer the wilderWilliam and 1635 and served a a soldier Doncaster, . England. ness in order to maktra land of Bradford was born in Auslerfiehl.' in the Piv mouth inil.lary hbertv and freedom. Their other From beginning to end panv in 1613 !hougbs and tastes were nonnal b was a leader in the Pilgiim On Hie f g nf lol.n How do themselves and In Hie time: : lovement, being among Hie mo- -t laud u the Piv','." !i ,;,i.i,li-a'tlv- e t, ev weie pe, q,',. with whom wa in the opposUhii In f he yard - fmni'l Hie ""iih enjiivab'v a well a prof, a was in lie rel'gious persecutions England g'Uly man and an ilably associate. rcli-gi'- y Plv-mo- 15-- 47 w -v from-amon- es b'-i- -- in w f con-tilul- cir'"l -- Out-liv- " i -- t'fi' -- re-t- i',, -h v u'-n- tirt r' I'an-lit- ei t-- v , " U- ance-t,o-- It s. - -- n- v '" c -- 1 a- . vv -- . X ki-- -i -- li"' . v Eha-Tabli-ir- i a: i .ii-- o 1 r r1 , d, h a-- v n- i lid-ow- -- -- fif-u!- 7. Bently-Cum-Arki- nl -. I A t 3f, 4 |