Excerpt from Past-Times O God of Nations, by Thy guiding hand Were our forefathers led to this blest shore, When they were seeking for some friendly land Where they Thy praise, from fervent hearts might In deep libations. They had nought to fear From persecution's rack, or bitter strife, Or gross exactions, often hard to bear, Which compassed all their daily round of life. Their first famed act on bleak Cape Henry's shore Was planting of the Cross, with grateful mien. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.