A Portion of the Mission Statement of Harvard College in 1643

“Let every Student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed, to consider well [that] the maine end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life, Jn.17:3, and therefore to lay Christ in the bottom, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and Learning.” –Found in Engaging God’s World, by Cornelius Plantinga

Struck me because Hab 2:14 and 3:2 have His people longing for the expansion of His fame—and this means to all people and all spheres of life. (Wish I’d have found this quote yesterday.)