...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...

...Madam," saith 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." " Sure I am," adds Fuller, " at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than a moiety...

...Madam," saithhe; "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." " Sure I am," adds Fuller, " at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than a moiety...

...Madam," saith 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 thercof." " Sure I am," adds Fuller, " at this day it hath overshadowed all the University, more than...

...erected a puritan foundation.' ' No madam,' saith he, ' far be it from me to countenance any thing contrary to your established laws ; but 1 have set...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...

...No,' eaith 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,' " We know, in part at least, what has been the fruit thereof. The magistrates and ministers, the political...

...madam," saith 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 {hereof." That acorn was planted in faith— in the full belief that it would become an oak, and, evidently,...

...mistress, " No, 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." This was in the year 1685, when he had just founded Emanuel College, at Cambridge, which did, in fact,...

...madam," saith 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." That acorn was planted in faith—in the full belief that it would become an oak, and, evidently, with...

...Madam," saitli 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." " Sure I am at this day," adda Fuller (1634), " it hath overshadowed all the University, more than...