 | Protestant Episcopal Historical Society - 1851 - 244 páginas
...the Representatives of the good people of Virginia, met at Williamsburg, in May, 1776, it is said : 'That Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.' " But this only goes so far... | |
 | Virginia - 1851 - 1348 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frcqucut recurrence to fundamental principle* 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, ran be directed only bj reason and conviction, not bv force or violence ; and therefore all men... | |
 | John Howard Hinton - 1851 - 136 páginas
...vicious, and encourage the virtuous, by wholesome laws, equally extending to every individual. But that the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, and is nowhere cognisable but at the tribunal of the universal... | |
 | A. S. Barnes - 1852 - 676 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...forbearance, love and charity towards each other. CONSTITUTION, king of Great Britain and Ireland and Elector of Hanover, before that time entrusted... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 páginas
...1776, the principle of religious freedom is distinctly asserted in the last article, which declares, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Nathan Hale - 1853 - 700 páginas
...matters of religion. Now I hold that religion is a matter exclusively between God and the individual; and " the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason or conviction ; and thus, I repeat it. this right is in its nature an unalienable right, because it... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. AN AMENDED CONSTITUTION, OR FORM... | |
 | 1855 - 576 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. CONSTITUTION. WHEREAS, the delegates... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - 600 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercises of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1855 - 702 páginas
...and to withhold from it any support by public taxation. But, although it may be true that " religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence," and that "all men are equally 'entitled to the [ * 49 ] VOL. in. 22 Terrett r. Taylor. 9 C. free exercise... | |
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That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... 
