Read the passage and answer the question.


What could now sustain them but the Spirit of God and His grace? May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice and looked on their adversity," etc.


What might be the central idea of the passage above?


A. the beauty of the new world

B. the hardships faced by the Pilgrims

C. the importance of faith

D. the differences the Pilgrims had with the Church of England