 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 - Side 371804Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Society for the Promotion of Collegiate and Theological Education - 1844 - 850 sider
...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,... | |
 | 1847 - 620 sider
...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,... | |
 | Thomas Wright, Harry Longueville Jones - 1847 - 450 sider
...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... | |
 | Alexander Wilson M'Clure - 1848 - 638 sider
...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,"... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1848 - 528 sider
...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... | |
 | Joseph Alden - 1849 - 188 sider
...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... | |
 | 1850 - 528 sider
...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... | |
 | William Henry Bartlett - 1853 - 312 sider
...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... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1853 - 528 sider
...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... | |
 | Joseph Farrand Tuttle - 1854 - 178 sider
...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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