...known saying, uttered first, we believe, by William Stoughton, Governor of Massachusetts, in l(i!>2, "God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness." The family of Ames, who settled at Dedham, were descended from the celebrated Dr. William Ames, author...

...known saying, uttered first, we believe, by William Stoughton, Governor of Massachusetts, in 1692, "God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness." The family of Ames, who settled at Dedham, were descended from the celebrated Dr. William Ames, author...

...and well we may, for our ancestors were illustrious men. One of the colonial governors said in 1692, "God sifted a whole nation, that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness.'^ And the present Lord Chancellor of Great Britain has thus spoken of them :-" The first settlers of...

...for their religious enjoyments and religious hopes. The remark, in reference, to the whole colony, that " God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness," l might, with propriety, be applied to the resolute and pious fathers of this town. Though they came...

...commenced this great Work Were singularly adapted to it. It was as truly as beautifully said of them, that " God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness." They were learned, brave, just, and devout men. They had reached clearer and deeper views of true statesmanship...

...which relate to the Fathers of New England, so that the present generation may distinctly understand, that "God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness.'1 It will also contain the genealogy of families which early settled the country. It will...

...of some of the best men that ever lived. Speaking of them, Governor Stoughton remarked, " God sifled a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness." In accomplishing their object, "it was agreed by the English congregation at Leyden, that some of their...

...conduct of some of the best men that ever lived. Speaking of them, Governor Stoughton remarked, '' God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into thi.-i wilderness." In accomplishing their object, "it was agreed by the English congregation at Leyden,...

...that * In this admirable sermon, occurs, for the first time, aa we suppose, that classical saying : " God sifted a whole nation, that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness." our fathers would disown any of their evangelical descendants on grounds of doctrinal defection, must...

...preached the annual election sermon in 1668, from which one striking expression is still remembered : " God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness." He was an agent for the colony at the court of Charles II., and was afterwards named deputy governor...