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" far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof. "
The Monthly Magazine - Page 37
1804
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Annual Report of the Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological ...

Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education - 1844 - 850 pages
...countenance any thing contrary to your established laws; but I have set an acorn, 1856.] THIRTEENTH REPORT. which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." That acorn was planted in faith — in the full belief that it would become an oak, and, evidently,...
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The Mansions of England: Or, Picturesque Delineations of the Seats ..., Volume 1

1847 - 620 pages
...he, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws ; but 1 have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." He had so much of the Puritan about him, however, as to make the College Chapel stand north and south,...
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Memorials of Cambridge: A Series of Views of the Colleges, Halls ..., Volume 2

Thomas Wright, Harry Longueville Jones - 1847 - 450 pages
...reply, " far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." The acorn grew fast, and Fuller, who wrote in 1634, says, " Sure I am, at this day it hath overshadowed...
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The Christian Observatory, Volume 2

Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1848 - 638 pages
...queen charged him with having " erected a puritan foundation." In reply, he told her, that he had " set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit of it." And truly, it pleased God, that it should yield plenteous crops of puritan " hearts of oak,"...
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New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 10

Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 528 pages
...he, ' far be it from me to countenance any tiling contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak. God alone knows what will he the fruit thereof.1 " He had so much of the puritan about him, however, as to make the chapel stand...
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Anecdotes of the Puritans

Joseph Alden - 1849 - 188 pages
...madam," said he, " far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your laws : but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit of it." The college became the nursery of puritanism. Many of the most useful and distinguished puritan...
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History of the Puritans in England, and The Pilgrim Fathers

1850 - 528 pages
...replied, "far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." On which Fuller remarks : " Sure I am at this day it hath overshadowed all the University — more...
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The Pilgrim Fathers, Or, The Founders of New England in the Reign of James ...

William Henry Bartlett - 1853 - 312 pages
...he, ' far be it from me to countenance anything contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn which, when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' " Whatever might have been the property of the seedling, the fruit at least fully justified her Majesty's...
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A New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 10

Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 528 pages
...he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws ; but I have set an acorn, which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof.' " He had so much of the puritan about him, however, as to make the chapel stand north and south, instead...
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Sketch of Rev.Barnabas King,D.D.

Joseph Farrand Tuttle - 1854 - 178 pages
...reply to Queen Elizabeth concerning the college he had founded : " I have set an acorn," said he, " which when it becomes an oak, God alone knows what will be the fruit thereof." What better thing can we do for the country in the midst of which it is placed, and for Christ our...
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