Excerpt from The Constitution of Phillips Academy: In Andover But, while we trace back the new Insttttttibn to the pious benevolence of men now in Heaven we milst not, we cannot fail to acknowledge the inmreasurable goodness of god in raising up others'to enlarge and perfect, what they had'begun. It is indeedtthe Lord's doings and it is marvellous in our eyes. That so ma ny persons, in different sections of the community, should at the same period, and without communication, be impressed with the necessity of such an Institution, an Institution unnamed in the annals of this counn'y and of Europe and that men, possessing the ability, per sonally unknown to each other, should at the same mo ment be moved, with almost unprecedented liberal'i'ty to devote their property to the education of a pious and learned ministry, must compel, one would think, even atheism itself to acknowledge that there is a grod in heaven, who ruleth among the children of men. These especially, Whose situation and agency have furnished the best opportunity of observing the many striking proofs of the interposing, guiding, and controlling hand of divine Providence in the formation of this Institu tion, have had abundant cause to exclaim, ' in the lan guage of pious gratitude, Not unto us 0 Lord, not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.