 | Edwin Emery Slosson - Education - 1921 - 334 pages
...States. 1 Sterner, op. cit., p. 32. CHAPTER IV THE COLONIAL COLLEGE After wee had builded our Louses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and setled the Civill Government, one of the next things wee longed for and looked after was to advance... | |
 | James Earl Russell - Education - 1922 - 248 pages
...any other time in its history. A letter written at the time says: "After God had carried us safely to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, rear'd convenient places for God's worship, and settled the Civill Govt. : one of the next things we... | |
 | Trevor Arnett - Universities and colleges - 1922 - 254 pages
...exerts a strong influence. The Puritan Fathers, having "builded houses, provided necessaries for their livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government," longed to "advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity, dreading to leave an illiterate ministry... | |
 | Theology - 1924 - 762 pages
...inscription from "New England First Fruits" now carved on the Samuel Johnson Gate of the Harvard Yard: After God had carried us safe to New England And we...our houses Provided necessaries for our livelihood Reard convenient places for God's worship And settled the Civill Government One of the next things... | |
 | Thomas Nixon Carver - Economics - 1924 - 314 pages
...education. The correct theory of education is embodied in the inscription on the west gate of Harvard Yard: AFTER GOD HAD CARRIED US SAFE TO NEW ENGLAND AND WE HAD BUILDED OUR HOMES PROVIDED NECESSARIES FOR OUR LIVELIHOOD REARED CONVENIENT PLACES FOR GOD's WORSHIP AND SETTLED... | |
 | Harvard University - 1925 - 1236 pages
...provided nccdfaries for our li7eli-hood»rear'dconveruentplac«forGods\vorfliip, and letled the Civill Government : One of the next things we longed for, and looked after was to advance Leaning, and perpetuate it to Poftcrity 5 dreading to leave an illiterate Mmiftery to the Churches... | |
 | Charles Carpenter Fries, James Holly Hanford - English literature - 1926 - 202 pages
...middle or grammar schools.1 The aim of the college was to supply the people with an enlightened clergy. "After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries 1 "The schools [the early colonial grammar schools] were generally established with distinct reference... | |
 | Edward Howe Cotton - Educators - 1926 - 470 pages
...PROVIDED NECESSARIES FOR OVR LIVELI HOOD REAR'D CONVENIENT PLACES FOR GODS WORSHIP AND SETLED THE CFVILL GOVERNMENT ONE OF THE NEXT THINGS WE LONGED FOR AND LOOKED AFTER WAS TO ADVANCE LEARNING AND PERPETVATE IT TO POSTERITY DREADING TO LEAVE AN ILLITERATE MINISTERY TO THE CHVRCHES WHEN OVR PRESENT... | |
 | I. N. Kuhn - Papacy - 1927 - 592 pages
...Atlantic to New England and we had built our homes and provided necessaries for our livelihood, and had convenient places for God's worship and settled the...civil government, one of the next things we longed for was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity." At first the system of education was voluntary... | |
 | United States. Office of Education - Agricultural colleges - 1935 - 814 pages
...England's First Fruits", printed in London in 1643: After God had carried us safe to New England And wee had builded our houses Provided necessaries for our...convenient places for God's worship And settled the civili government One of the next things we longed for And looked after was to advance learning And... | |
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After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government ; one of the next things we longed for and looked after... 
