John Harvard and his times . atched from New England on thelast day of March. Those were times whena letter from that quarter of the world wasvenerated as a sacred script, or as the writingof some holy prophet; twas carried manymiles, where divers came to hear it. Thatmore than usual publicity was given to thisletter, which Dudley wrote so laboriously by thefireside, and on his knee for lack of a table, can-not be doubted. He penned the epistle spe-cially for the guidance and use of such as shallhereafter intend to increase our Plantation,and that several manuscript copies were madeof it is be
John Harvard and his times . atched from New England on thelast day of March. Those were times whena letter from that quarter of the world wasvenerated as a sacred script, or as the writingof some holy prophet; twas carried manymiles, where divers came to hear it. Thatmore than usual publicity was given to thisletter, which Dudley wrote so laboriously by thefireside, and on his knee for lack of a table, can-not be doubted. He penned the epistle spe-cially for the guidance and use of such as shallhereafter intend to increase our Plantation,and that several manuscript copies were madeof it is beyond question. One copy, we maybe sure, passed into the hands of Tuckney,who at this time was associated with John Cot-ton in ministerial work in Old Boston, and byhim it would doubtless be forwarded to Em-manuel College for the information of suchstudents there as had given signs of a desire toproceed to New England. In this way it maywell have happened that Dudleys letter cameunder the eyes of John Harvard. If so, per- 240. MEMORIAL WINDOW IN THE CIIAPEL OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE,CAMBRIDGE. — fuge 2+0. THE NEW WORLD laps he read these words as a call to himself:If any godly men, out of religious ends, will;ome over to help us in the good work we areibout, I think they cannot dispose of them-lelves nor of their estates more to Gods glorymd the furtherance of their own reckoning. None of the colleges of Cambridge contrib-ited so liberally to the ministerial ranks of;arly New England as Emmanuel. As welave seen, that foundation was essentiallyi^uritan in its spirit and reputation, and those)f its sons who had found and were enjoyingmstinted religious liberty in the New Worldost no opportunity to advertise their happinessimong such of their brethren as were still inpondage. Hence, during the entire period oflis career as a student. Harvard must haveDeen in close and constant touch with the latestlews from that happy land where the uncon-stitutional extortions of Charles and the re-ig
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