...HISTORY OF SCHOOLS. EARLY STATUTES IN RELATION TO SCHOOLS. Nov. 11,1647. " It being one chief point of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue ; so in these latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues,...

...attention of the State."1 That preamble is in these words : — " It being one chief project of the old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as, in former times, by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so, in these latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues,...

...attention of the State."1 That preamble is in these words : — " It being one chief project of the old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as, in former times, by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so, in these latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues,...

...former instructions they will not be drawn unto it."1 In 1647 the following school code was enacted: "It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan,...times, keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues, so that at least the true sense and meaning of...

...educational code, which shows the solemnity with which they viewed the subject of education : " It being the chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep...former times keeping them in an unknown tongue, so iu these latter times, by persuading from the use of tongues so at least that the true sense of the...

...and chastisement, but lives in sundry notorious crimes, such a sou shall bo put to death. SCHOOLS. It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan,...keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as iu former times, keeping them iu an unknown tongue, so iu these latter times, by persuading them from...

...character of American civilization is at once placed in the clearest light. " It being," says the law, " one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scripture by persuading them from the use of tongues, to the end that learning may not be buried in...

...which show the purpose for which the system was founded: — " It being one chief project of Sathan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times, keeping them in unknown tongues, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues, that so at least the...

...recognized their importance. " It being one chiefe project of that old deluder Sathan to keepe men from a knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times keeping them in an unknowne tongue, so in the latter times by perswading them from the uce of Tongues, so that at least...

...for the University " ; and this law, in its preamble, assigned as its object the counteraction of " one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures," and also " that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the Church and Commonwealth."...