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The Steadfast Love of the Lord
D. Marion Clark
Psalm 107:1-43
Introduction
In December of 1620, the Pilgrims of the Mayflower arrived in the New World after two months in the Atlantic. Their journey began years earlier when they first immigrated from England to Holland to escape religious persecution (many had been imprisoned) and to practice their religion freely. They attained that end, only to be met with another trouble. The free ways of the Dutch became a snare for their children to become secularized. Adding to that, the guilds excluded the working men, making it difficult to earn a living. They then determined to sail to the New World. They returned to England and managed to find two sailing vessels and a larger group to join with. One boat proved unseaworthy, and both groups crammed into the Mayflower. The delay caused them to cross the Atlantic during the storm season, resulting in sickness and danger (two died on the way). Thrown off course (they were supposed to land in Virginia) they arrived off Cape Cod. We know the story of their struggle to survive, but survive they did.
Years later their elected governor, William Bradford, wrote an account of their pilgrimage and settlement. In summing up their story, he alluded to Psalm 107 to depict what God had done for them.
May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: ''Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and he heard their voice and looked on their adversity,'' ... ''Let them therefore praise the Lord, because he is good: and his mercies endure forever.'' ''Yes, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, shew how he hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord his loving kindness a ...
D. Marion Clark
Psalm 107:1-43
Introduction
In December of 1620, the Pilgrims of the Mayflower arrived in the New World after two months in the Atlantic. Their journey began years earlier when they first immigrated from England to Holland to escape religious persecution (many had been imprisoned) and to practice their religion freely. They attained that end, only to be met with another trouble. The free ways of the Dutch became a snare for their children to become secularized. Adding to that, the guilds excluded the working men, making it difficult to earn a living. They then determined to sail to the New World. They returned to England and managed to find two sailing vessels and a larger group to join with. One boat proved unseaworthy, and both groups crammed into the Mayflower. The delay caused them to cross the Atlantic during the storm season, resulting in sickness and danger (two died on the way). Thrown off course (they were supposed to land in Virginia) they arrived off Cape Cod. We know the story of their struggle to survive, but survive they did.
Years later their elected governor, William Bradford, wrote an account of their pilgrimage and settlement. In summing up their story, he alluded to Psalm 107 to depict what God had done for them.
May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: ''Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and he heard their voice and looked on their adversity,'' ... ''Let them therefore praise the Lord, because he is good: and his mercies endure forever.'' ''Yes, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, shew how he hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord his loving kindness a ...
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