Gail and Erika were sitting on a weathered wooden bench on the Plymouth Hoe<\/p>\n
Both women were looking out to sea<\/p>\n
Thinking of William Bradford<\/p>\n
They had not planned to visit Plymouth as they returned from their holiday<\/p>\n
But they had received news that an aunt had suffered an injury<\/p>\n
So they had both decided to comfort her<\/p>\n
Their visit was now over<\/p>\n
But their train was not due<\/p>\n
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There was so much tragedy in his life<\/em><\/p>\n He should not have believed<\/em><\/p>\n But it made him stronger<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n They spend many years in Holland<\/em><\/p>\n Undertaking menial tasks<\/em><\/p>\n Just to earn a living<\/em><\/p>\n But they were free in their worship<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n To think that they left from this very city<\/em><\/p>\n It seemed that it was chosen by God<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n They travelled into the winter storms<\/em><\/p>\n Not even the foolish would have sailed that day<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The Mayflower was a working ship<\/em><\/p>\n Engaged in commercial activities<\/em><\/p>\n It ended its days as a decaying hulk<\/em><\/p>\n On the mudflats of the Thames<\/em><\/p>\n But it retained its memories\u00a0<\/em>of the dead<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n William sought a pure community<\/em><\/p>\n But it was never going to exist<\/em><\/p>\n Deep down he knew this to be true<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n He recorded the story of the voyage<\/em><\/p>\n And of the settlement<\/em><\/p>\n So that others might share the history<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n But he knew that the place<\/em><\/p>\n He was seeking<\/em><\/p>\n Was not here on earth<\/em><\/p>\n But in Heaven<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gail and Erika were sitting on a weathered wooden bench on the Plymouth Hoe Both women were looking out to sea Thinking of William Bradford They had not planned to visit Plymouth as they returned from their holiday But they had received news that an aunt had suffered an injury So they had both decided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}