John Harvard and his times . ly remained in faithful communionwith St. Saviours Church, on the other side ofLondon Bridge, through all the tribulations ofthose anxious years. More than that, it is asignificant fact that almost up to the last thesePuritans maintained unbroken their loyaltyto the king. When Charles had gone toScotland with an army which was to repressfreedom of religious thought there, we findWallington praying that the Lord would sendus our King in peace. If even at that latestage Laud had acted upon his own professed 45 JOHN HARVARD AND HIS TIMES belief that differences in rel
John Harvard and his times . ly remained in faithful communionwith St. Saviours Church, on the other side ofLondon Bridge, through all the tribulations ofthose anxious years. More than that, it is asignificant fact that almost up to the last thesePuritans maintained unbroken their loyaltyto the king. When Charles had gone toScotland with an army which was to repressfreedom of religious thought there, we findWallington praying that the Lord would sendus our King in peace. If even at that latestage Laud had acted upon his own professed 45 JOHN HARVARD AND HIS TIMES belief that differences in religion I conceivedmight better be composed by ink than blood,all would yet have been well. Instead, heelected to bring matters to a pitch of refor-mation floating in his own brain. Such, then, was the England into whichJohn Harvard was born. An England whichwas struggling grimly for each mans right toadjust his own relationship with God, and,less clearly, but none the less surely, for civilliberty for all men. 46 II PARENTAGE. ^Hl Here endeth the liberty of the Mayordnd be^inneth the Kings
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