The Famous Thanksgiving and A Drought P6

Jamestown had rejected the biblical principle, “If you do not work you do not eat”. In Plymouth, however, when the Pilgrims learned the Bible’s teachings, they embraced them, including that of “I Timothy 5:8, which states:  If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

Applying this principle saved the colony. Clearly, everybody did not have the same skill set. One person might have been an excellent Cooper (barrel maker), superb hunter, or remarkable blacksmith. But because each had a particular skill by which he could provide for his own family, the blacksmith might take a pair of hinges he had made and exchange it for two turkeys shot by the hunter. Each was providing for his own household by his own hard work: and having different individual skills, they were able to buy, barter, and trade with others for everything they needed. And it all occurred without undue interference by the government.

Content sourced from The American Story, The Beginnings.  By: David Barton and Tim Barton