...sense and meaning of the original might be clouded and corrupted with false glosses of deceivers ; to the end that learning may not be buried in the...in Church and Commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavours : It is therefore ordered by this Court and authority thereof; that every township within...

...least, the true sense of the original might bo clouded by false glosses of saint-seeming deceivers ; and that learning may not be buried in the graves of our...and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors, it i« ordered," Ac. towns of the colony. In the town records of 1643, I find the appointment of a...

...instruct youth, and fit them for the University, " to the end," say they, in this memorable law, " to the end, that learning may not be buried in the...graves of our forefathers, in Church and commonwealth." And this was done by them, when they had just made their first lodgment in the wilderness ; when they...

...project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavours.' By subsequent statutes, as the country advanced in population and wealth, the number of...

...project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavours.' By subsequent statutes, as the country advanced in population and wealth, the number of...

...project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting pur endeavours.' By subsequent statutes, as the country advanced in population and wealth, the number...

...at once placed in the clearest light. 'It being,' says the law, 'one chief project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scripture by persuading...in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavours,' &c. Here follow clauses establishing schools in every township, and obliging the inhabitants,...

...project of Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and to the end, that knowledge might not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in...and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.' By subsequent statutes, as the country advanced in population and wealth, the number of schools to...

...school, to instruct youth and fit them for the University, to the end, they say, in this memorable law, that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and state.* Only eight years after the arrival of our fathers in Massachusetts, four hundred pounds sterlingf...

...sense and meaning of the original might be clouded and corrupted with false glosses of deceivers : to the end that learning may not be buried in the...and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors,' ordered that every township wiihin the jurisdiction ' after the Lord hath increased them to the number...