President
(I. M.), held a corporation at the college the 7th inst., and the said
corporation, after the publication of the _new settlement_, made
choice of Mr. Flynt to be one of the tutors at college.... I have not the
late act for incorporating the college at hand, nor have I seen the new
temporary settlement; but I perceive, that all the members of the late
corporation were not notified to be at the meeting. I can't say how legal
these late proceedings are; but it is wonderful, that an establishment for
so short a time as till October next, should be made use of so soon to
introduce an unnecessary addition to that society." [Footnote: _History
of Harvard_, i. 500, App. xvi.]
A long weary year passed, during which Dr. Mather must have suffered
keenly from the public ingratitude; still, at its end he was happy, since
he felt certain of being rewarded by the Lord; for, just as the earl's
administration was closing, he had succeeded by unremitting toil in so
adjusting the legislature as to think the spoil his own; when, alas,
suddenly, without warning, in the most distressing manner, the prize
slipped into Bellomont's pocket. How severely his faith was tried appears
from his son's Diary.
"1700. 16th d. 4th mo. (Lord's Day.) I am going to relate one of the most
astonishing things that ever befell in all the time of my pilgrimage.
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