 | John Waddington - Congregationalism - 1874 - 756 pages
...Higginson called his family and other passengers to the stern of the ship to take a farewell of England. He said, " We will not say, as the Separatists were wont...England, farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there !' We do not go to New England as Separatists from the Church of England,... | |
 | Eben Edwards Beardsley - Connecticut - 1874 - 518 pages
...called his children around him on the deck of the vessel to utter these truthful and touching words: "We will not say, as the separatists were wont to...leaving of England, — Farewell, Babylon! Farewell, Bome! But we will say, Farewell, dear England! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - History - 1875 - 424 pages
...mother-country. It is reported that Francis Higginson said, as his ship sailed away from the English shores, " We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say...! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there ! ' " However, when they got to America, there was not much difference... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - United States - 1876 - 680 pages
...passengers to the stern of the ship to take their last look of the land of their birth, and exclaimed : " We will not say as the Separatists were wont to say...! Farewell, Rome!' but we will say, Farewell, dear E"gliind ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all Christian Signature of John Higjinion. -... | |
 | Calvin Redington Batchelder - 1876 - 598 pages
...Higginson, when leaving England in April of this same year, said to the assembled passengers of the ship, "We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say, at their leaving Eugland, Farewell Babylon ! Farewell Rome; But we will say, Farewell dear England! Farewell the Church... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - Clergy - 1876 - 314 pages
...Separatist, in 1629, on taking his last look of his native land from the stern of his ship, exclaimed: " We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving England, 4 Farewell, Babylon ! farewell, Rome!' but we will say, farewell, dear England ! farewell,... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - America - 1877 - 396 pages
...mother-country. It is reported that Francis Higginson said, as his ship sailed away from the English shores, "We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to...! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there ! ' " However, when they got to America, there was not much difference... | |
 | John Abbot Goodwin - Congregationalism - 1879 - 726 pages
...his opposition to Separatists by standing at the stern of the ship " Talbot" and exclaiming: — " We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say...! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there ! ' We do not go to New England as Separatists from the Church of England."... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - Great Britain - 1908 - 474 pages
...old land fading away, he wrote these words : " We will not say, as the Separatists are wont to say, ' Farewell, Babylon ! farewell, Rome !' but we will...! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there.' We do not go as Separatists from the Church of England, though we cannot... | |
 | Henry Martyn Dexter - Autographs - 1880 - 1166 pages
...on the one hand, or like the Leyden men on the other ; as the former is said to have phrased it:5 " We will not say as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewel Babylon ! Farewel Rome ! But we will say, Farewel Dear 3 The theory was that the company remaining,... | |
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We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell Babylon — Farewell Rome ; but we will say, Farewell, dear England — Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there... 
