'Yea, Lord, Thou Canst Save'

William bradford's account of how the puritans or the separatists made their way away from a religious persecution in england, through the netherlands and on into the new world remains one of the most profound articulations of the american character. The mortality began to cease among them, and the sick nd lame recovered apace, which put, as it were, new life into them. And god is back, not surprisingly, given by tha sort of ely self presentation of his family and religious life.