Harvard's 1650 Charter states:
Let every Student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed to consider well, the maine end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life (John 17:3) and therefore to lay Christ in the bottome, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and Learning. And seeing the Lord only giveth wisdome, Let every one seriously set himself by prayer in secret to seeke it of him (Prov. 2:3). [1]
Courage and Godspeed,
Chad
Resource:
1. As quoted by Dr. Norman Geisler and Dr. Frank Turek in I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist, p. 205- Original spelling and Scripture references retained
Comments
I checked out your claim and you are correct! I have made the necessary correction and greatly appreciate you drawing this to my attention.
I plan to follow-up with one of the authors of the book referenced.
Respectfully
I thought the same when I first googled it, but then checked the citation in the back.
JW
I also did not see this on the Charter as seen in the Harvard Archives website. I wrote the archivist to ask them about this. The date Harvard gives is 1650; Geisler and Turek give 1646. I am curious to get their reply and will pass that on.
--Wm. Brown
Forest, VA
PS - I may have just answered my own question. The reference links to the Harvard Graduate Christian Community, here the quote is said to derive from Harvard's "Rules and Precepts," adopted in 1646. So this may be a minor inaccuracy, I think, in the book.