Excerpt from Some Memory Days of the Church in America When, on St. J olm's Day In 1497, Jolm Cabot, coming upon the Labrador coast, discovered for the world the continent of America, he carried with him in his English ship some minister of the English Church (un-reformed) and when he planted on the barren shore the banner of England, almost certainly the prayers of the Church were said for the first time in America. And when John's son, Sebastian Cabot, in the reign of the young Edward VI., sailed in 1553 to discover places unknown, with him went Master Richard Stafford, minister of the Church of England, who daily read Morning and Evening Prayer, and the other Church services which were strictly enjoined. In the name and fear of God, the explorers put forth on the unknown seas, carry ing with them the Body and Blood of Christ as their viaticum, and the last home words that they heard were the prayers of the Church. The cross with the arms of England marked their discoveries, and on their way, north to the ice, south to the boundaries of the globe, and west to the broad rivers and inland seas of the New World the prayers of the English Church were said daily' 3 and the Old log-books and charters mention the desire of the sailors to carry the Word of God to these very mighty, vast countries. 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.