Excerpt from The Pilgrims of the Rock: An Oration, Delivered in the First Congregational Church, Before the Society of the Sons of New England of Philadelphia, at Their Second Anniversary, on the 22d December, 1845IT was the evening of the Christian Sabbath, all Nature seemed to have rested from even the work of praise, and to have stood in silent beauty, musing its adoration.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.