A Puritan funeral sermon sets death in its true perspective. Most people think about their own death as a fearful prospect, but the title of a famous Puritan funeral sermon offers a pleasing ...
Hand-colored engraving of Puritans about to embark for America. (Alamy) When the word “Puritan” entered the English language almost 500 years ago, it came as an insult—a “soul-killing Nick-name,” as ...
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The solemn hour approaches. It will soon be just three hundred years since the Pilgrims let go their anchor off the coast of Cape Cod. A flood of oratory will surely descend upon us. The New England ...
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