I am Michael Wigglesworth, a mere mortal entrusted with the divine duty of spreading the gospel and tending to the spiritual well-being of the flock. Born on the eighteenth day of October in the year of our Lord 1631, in the verdant lands of Yorkshire, England, my earthly pilgrimage led me across the vast ocean to the shores of New England. I sought not fame nor fortune but only to fulfill the will of the Almighty in all my endeavors.