To escape persecution

members of this Church fled to Holland, from whence, through the influence of John Robinson, after 12 years, they cro ed the Atlantic and landed at New Plymouth, the Pilgrim Fathers of the “ Mayflower.” In the cabin of the “ Mayflower ” was signed the famous compact which might be called the magna charta of American Congregationalism. In 1638 Harvard College was founded. In 1658 the Savoy Confe ion was adopted, and still remains. Everybody's Cyclopedia (Vol. 1) — C **C**