...towns. As early as 1644, the General Court took the matter in hand and enacted the following law : " It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan,...to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading them from...

...the following General School Law was passed by the same General Court : — " Scholes. — Sec. 1. It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan,...to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the...

...hers has been able to say, that to him poverty has closed the book of knowledge, or the way to honor. "It being one chief project 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...

...has been able to say, that to him poverty has closed the book of knowledge, or the way to honor. " It being one chief project 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...

...effecting it. In 1647, therefore, it was further enacted, that, " It being one chief project of the old deluder Satan, to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, and that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, in the church and commonwealth,...

...has been able to say, that to him poverty has closed the book of knowledge, or the way to honor. " It being one chief project 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...

...licentiousDANIEL WEBSTER. Ditcourne at Plymouth, 1822. COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS. 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, no in these latter times by persuading 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...

...Commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors, it is therefore ordered by this Court and authority thereof, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their towns to teach all such children...

...instructions they will not be drawn unto it. In the same year the following brief School Code was enacted : •It being one chief project of that old deluder, Satan, to keep men from the knowledge ol the Scriptures, as in former times, keeping them in an unknown tongue, so iu^hete latter times,...