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Good morning!

On this day, September 16, 1620, the Mayflower left Plymouth, England with 102 passengers on board and a crew of approximately 30. They left England seeking to rid themselves of the religious persecution in Europe. Their voyage would take 65 days.

It would be another 179 years before they would be known as Pilgrims. Until then, they were the Leiden Separatists, but fewer than half of the passengers were actually from the Dutch town of Leiden. They were the Separatists.

Read the Mayflower Compact and you’ll see what was on their minds in 1620. Follow that with the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and any ten documents, letters, speeches or pamplets of the day. Were these people really seeking to deny God or rid themselves of His place in their lives?

Do you honestly believe that this is a nation originally founded by people who did not acknowledge God? If so, why have we gone so long as a nation that acknowledges God in so many ways. If not, why are we seeking to become a God-free nation now?