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diff --git a/old/66828-0.txt b/old/66828-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index a68d7c4..0000000 --- a/old/66828-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,740 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Pilgrims' First Christmas, by -Josephine Pittman Scribner - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: The Pilgrims' First Christmas - -Author: Josephine Pittman Scribner - -Release Date: November 26, 2021 [eBook #66828] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The - Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PILGRIMS' FIRST -CHRISTMAS *** - - - - - -THE PILGRIMS’ FIRST CHRISTMAS - -[Illustration] - - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE PILGRIMS’ FIRST - CHRISTMAS - - BY - - JOSEPHINE PITTMAN SCRIBNER - - [Illustration] - - THE PILGRIM PRESS - BOSTON NEW YORK CHICAGO - - - - - COPYRIGHT, 1913 - BY LUTHER H. CARY - - THE·PLIMPTON·PRESS - NORWOOD·MASS·U·S·A - - - - -THE PILGRIMS’ FIRST CHRISTMAS - - - - -THE PILGRIMS’ FIRST CHRISTMAS - -[Illustration] - - -It was a bleak December day in the year 1620. All day long, the -Mayflower struggled along the coast amidst the rain and snow, her -rudder broken, her masts split in three pieces, and heavy seas dashing -over her bow. The men had been called to man the oars and all were -filled with anxiety and grief and apprehension of unknown perils to be -faced. It was as if the Almighty would try them, as he tried Abraham. -What could now sustain them but the spirit of God and his grace? If -they looked behind them there was the mighty ocean, which they had -passed and which was now as a main bar and gulf to separate them from -all the civil parts of the world. If they looked forward, what could -feed their hopes; what could they see but the weather-beaten face of -the wilderness, the summer gone and the whole country full of wild -beasts and wild men? And what multitudes there might be of them, they -knew not. Locked in the airless cabins, with the hatches battened down, -were the women and children. Twenty little children to amuse and keep -quiet, while mother hearts were heavy with fear and terror. Moving -among them was an English maid, divinely fair in her beauty. No need -for her to paint her cheeks of damask and rose. In her strength and -beauty she was as an angel of light to the homesick Pilgrim women. -The day had been long and dreary to Mary Chilton. All night she had -dreamed and all day she had thought of dear and mighty England; of -the lanes and the fields and the songs of the birds, the faces of the -neighbors going about, and the church at the end of the village street -with the ivy on the tower. The tears started to her eyes. She turned -away to hide them; but they did not escape the notice of John Winslow, -who was bending over the oars. His brave Mary! He set his face firmly. -Surely she must not falter now; she, who, in her own splendid health -had nursed the sick, amused the children, restless at the prolonged -confinement, kept the Billington boy from serious mischief, a task at -which strong men quailed, and instilled courage and hope in the hearts -of the weak. Even as he watched her, her tears vanished and her smile -beamed down on the Billington boy, who spoke to her. - -“Tell me, Mistress Mary, what am I going to find in my shoe on Santa -Claus morning?” - -She shook her head gaily--“Ah, that is a secret we must wait to find -out upon the blessed Christmas morning.” - -“It will not be hay, will it?” - -“No,--only naughty boys get hay in their shoes, on St. Nicholas day, -and you’ve promised me, Francis, you know, to keep out of mischief.” - -“But will there be something?” he insisted. - -“I cannot promise, Francis; we must hope and wait.” - -Between the beat of the oars, John Winslow called out softly, “Mary!” - -She moved nearer him. “What ails you? Are you sad?” - -“My heart is sore, John. I know it is wrong. I love my people and my -religion is dear to me, but I wish I were back in England! Just think, -John, it is the blessed Christmas week. They are making merry, all -over England, in holly-decked halls, with great fires roaring up the -chimneys. Feasts are being prepared and families are drawing together -in love and communion. And look at our position; tossed on a strange -coast, with no harbor to enter, no friends to welcome us, no inns to -entertain us and refresh our weather-beaten bodies, no place to seek -for succor.” - -“Anon,” said John, “but Robert Coppin, our pilot, bids us be of good -cheer, that there is sure to be a creek or river to enter and escape -this angry sea. And, Mary, I pray you do not plague your heart about -that young scapegrace Billington. I cannot comprehend how such a -profane wretch as his father came to be shuffled in with the company of -Pilgrims. He was not of the Leyden church, ’tis sure. And that boy, it -is providential that the whole ship was not blown up when he fired that -fowling-piece almost within four feet of the gunpowder barrel.” - -Mary shook her head. “He did not know the danger. He has been cooped up -and it is hard to keep so many little boys out of mischief. With such a -father, I grieve for him; and for all these little children on board, -that any joy should be cut out of their lives.” - -“I pray you, Mary, go to your rest, and I promise you, on my honor, -that the morning light will bring comfort and joy. Already the sea -is abating and Robert Coppin, our pilot, says all will be well. Your -example has been a star of hope. Do not yield to despondency now.” - -“I will not, John. It was the storm and thinking of Christmas at home. -And you, John, promise me that when you go ashore I may go too. I am -like the young man in the Bible; I want to go out to see what I can -see. Goodnight until to-morrow and may the Lord keep you.” - - * * * * * - -When the morning broke bright and clear, the Mayflower lay inside a -good harbor wherein a hundred sail of ships might anchor. - -To the weary Pilgrims the first view of their new home was delightful. -All around were the “trees of the Lord,” the mighty cedars, down to the -very edge of the waters. There were oaks, pines, junipers, sassafras, -and other sweet woods they knew not; so the first odors that greeted -them were not from burning hearth fires but the balsamic odors of the -forest. - -When the shallop was made ready, sixteen armed men, some of the women -with the linen and clothing to wash on shore, Mary Chilton and John -Winslow, entered it and, it being flood-tide, made a safe landing on -the shallow beach. - -Mary Chilton stepped from the little shallop on to a large boulder, -and the history of women in America, and the fame of Plymouth Rock, -began with her. - -“The others are so busy with their linens,” she whispered to John, -“they have not noticed that I am the first woman to step foot on the -new land.” - -“And you are the first woman to step into the kingdom of my heart,” -said John, softly. And thus, under the fragrant boughs of the pines, -their troth was plighted. - -The other women exclaimed over the fresh pure water which they found -and the excellent clay which washed like soap. It had not been possible -to wash on board ship and it can be imagined they had plenty to do on -this first American “Washday Monday.” - -Mary and John walked down the dim aisles of the forest. They found many -pure little brooks and drank the fresh water with delight. They built a -fire to signal to the Mayflower that all was right. Mary ran from one -tree to another, recognizing them as old friends. “Look, John, it is -holly, like our own and yet not like it; and cedar and, oh, John, here -is the ground-pine, our own ground-pine, trailing its garlands over the -ground! And walnut trees, full of nuts, and great store of strawberry -and grape vines.” Mary’s face glowed with a sudden thought. “John, we -will celebrate Christmas, here in this new land! It is true we have no -stately halls to deck with greenery, no great chimneys for the roaring -fires, no old bells to ring out the glad tidings on the Holy morning, -but we can trim the cabin of the Mayflower with holly and cedar. Look, -here is wood. We can have a sparkling fire on the hearth-box. We will -have carols, for you know that we Pilgrims _can_ sing, John. And we can -have the communion of friends, and we can show our love like Christians -indeed, one to another.” - -But John shook his head gravely. “No, Mary, there will be those who -will protest and mutter against the observance of the pagan festival. -It savors of Rome, and you know well that we have set our faces against -anything that is used in Popery. These are the things from which we -have fled.” - -“Do not be so strait-laced, John. Are we not required to keep in pious -memory such holy days as the Birth, Death, and Resurrection? It is meet -that we should commemorate our landing upon these shores. Do you know, -John, that I am deeply moved by the thought that all these first days -here are holy days. Although the glory and the sunlight is hidden from -us by distress, privation, and sickness, yet I prophesy that long, -long years from now, when our graves are leveled and all has vanished, -men will stand with bared heads upon this sacred spot. What we do now -will all be noted. Let it not be said that we forgot the examples of -oppression and intolerance which have always been before us: forgot the -bitter lessons we have learned and failed to be kind and charitable and -yielding in little and indifferent things.” - -“Those are old thoughts for such a young head, Mary, and in some way -you twist the words to suit yourself, but go to our dear and loving -friend, Elder Brewster, and see if he deems it fitting.” - -“He is so affectionate and tender-hearted,” said Mary, “that I am -sure he will wish to take part in our joys as he has partaken of our -distresses.” - -“I know what I would do if I were he,” said John, smiling down at her -happy face, “I would let you do it.” - -But John must not shirk the burden of the work, which was to procure -firewood and water for use on the ship, and when the little shallop -returned to the Mayflower it was laden with casks of fresh water, -boughs of cedar and juniper wood, garlands of ground-pine, walnuts, a -great store, branches of the red holly berries, and the waxen sprays -of the bayberries. And Mary Chilton kept her plan in her heart. Upon -the counsel of Elder Brewster she went straightway to Master Jones, the -Captain of the ship, and unfolded it to him. - -The Captain was a rough sea-dog, but capable of goodly feeling and -kindly impulses. He was fair-minded and friendly and listened to her -with respectful attention, and when she had done, promised to lend his -aid to make their first Christmas in the new land as nearly like an -English holiday as their means and circumstances would permit. - -On the 25th of December the little company assembled at night, in -the cabin of the Mayflower. Garlands of ground-pine decked the walls -and holly boughs graced the posts. The cedar wood burning on the sand -hearth smelled very sweet and strong. - -They kneeled and gave thanks to God for the completion of their -perilous journey. - -Then Elder Brewster said: “Friends, we are far from home, with unknown -dangers facing us, but let us forget, this night, all that may be in -store for us and remember that the whole civil world is celebrating the -birth of Christ. Let it be understood that in no way are we departing -from the principles for which we suffered in England, fled to Holland, -crossed the ocean, and landed here in this distant, savage, and even -dangerous land. God has not revealed His whole will to us, but He has -made to burn within us a desire for English laws, English manners, and -an English home and education for our children. It is no priestly rite -which we are celebrating here, it is the manifestation of the ‘Pilgrim -spirit,’ this gathering together, in one, as the children of God, into -Christ’s own liberty. It is the season of peace and good-will, when -disaffections are forgotten and friendships are cemented more closely, -and all people, as the wise men of old, come bearing gifts. The first -Christmas gift, which is ours from this new land, is this,” and he -held aloft in his hand a goblet of sparkling water, fresh and clear -and pure. “This comes from a sweet brook that runs under a hillside -and many delicate springs, and is as good water as can be drunk.” He -pointed silently to the water-casks. - -The famished thirsty ones, who for an hundred days had not tasted any -but stored water, crowded around the casks and drank their first New -England water with as much delight as ever they drank drink in their -lives. - -Then Elder Brewster pointed to a large basket of corn or maize, some -red, some yellow, and some marked with blue, a goodly sight. “This, my -friends, is a gift of Providence, without which I do not know what we -would do. We will not eat it but will guard it as precious seed with -which to make the plantation.” - -They could not admire it enough, never having seen anything like it -except in the museum at Leyden. Scant as their food had been and still -bid fair to be for a space, they all agreed that this seed was a gift -of God and must be guarded as such. - -Elder Brewster went on: “To-day no man has rested. Some have felled -timber, some have sawed, some rived and some carried, but all have -worked without ceasing to lay the foundations of our first homes in -this wilderness. We receive them reverently, these free homes, and -promise to guard their hallowed walls within which our children may -first learn to love their country and their God. - -“And the great gift, my friends, the gift that is more than wealth, -is the freedom to worship God after our own wills, to plant the first -colony for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian -faith. God not only sifted three kingdoms to get the seed for this -enterprise, but sifted that seed over again. Every person whom He would -not have go at this time to plant the first colony of England, He sent -back, even from mid-ocean, in the Speedwell. - -“It is given us to establish the principles of self-government and -freedom of worship and to deepen and expand the faith. And now, -friends, thanks to our hunters, we have a feast prepared of roast goose -and fowls, which will make a pleasant change from the dried neat’s -tongue and Holland cheese and biscuits of the ship’s diet. We had like -to have some deer,”--and here he smiled knowingly. “The men saw some -and shot at them but missed them. Thomas Bradford said that one buck -over the shoulder was worth three in the bush.” - -There was a shout of laughter at the discomfited hunters and then they -bowed their heads to say grace and then fell to with many expressions -of good-will. It was sweet and comfortable to see such lively and true -expressions of dear and unfeigned love. - -While they were feasting, Mary Chilton slipped away. Down in a lowly -bed lay a mother and a young babe, even as that other mother of old; -low and mean and poor the surroundings, but holding the hope, almost -divine, of a people. - -Mary bent over the brooding mother and in her face was an adoration not -of earth but of heaven. - -“Susanna, are you asleep?” she said softly. - -“No,” said the mother; “I but lie here, wondering what this new land -has to give my babe. I am heart-sick with fear.” - -Mary put a sprig of bayberries in her slender hand and replied, -“Rather, Susanna, ask what your babe will give to the new land. He will -give his strength and his faith and his youth. Give him to me a moment.” - -And she bore him up to the company. - -“Friends,” she said, “I bring to you another Christmas gift. I bring -to you a new citizen, born in the land of the free with no heritage of -oppression and cruelty.” - -“A citizen! A citizen! It is an omen!” they cried, and little -Peregrine White was handed around and admired while the Pilgrims sang, -with lusty voices, the good old English carol, “Unto us a child is -born.” - -Susanna White, lying there in her lowly bed, heard and marveled and was -content. - - - - -And so the gifts were passed, that first Christmas in 1620. They -reveled in things of the soul rather than the body. They counted their -tale of gifts and they were good. The clear, sparkling water; the seed -corn, precious as jewels; the beginning of the free, fair homes; the -new citizen, the little pilgrim; and the great gift of self-government -and the freedom to worship according to the dictates of their -consciences and to deepen and expand the living faith. - -But the greatest gift of all is the mighty nation that has sprung from -their loins. They have multiplied as the stars of the heavens and as -the sand which is on the seashore. - -As the children of peace, they have received peace, and the divine -blessing rests upon them. - - - - -TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: - - - Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. - - Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. - - Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized. - - Archaic or alternate spelling has been retained from the original. - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PILGRIMS' FIRST -CHRISTMAS *** - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the -United States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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