These words, on a plaque at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts, describe the Pilgrims who came ashore there:
“Here, under cover of darkness, the fast dwindling company laid their dead, leveling the earth above them lest the Indians learn how many were the graves. History records no nobler venture for faith and freedom than this Pilgrim band.”
The same could be said of every member of that countless army of believers who have remained true to their faith during the many religious persecutions that have dyed the pages of history red.
