...a barrier around the rights of conscience. It is declared in Art. 9, §3 of the constitution "that no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of public worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority...

...indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; and no man can, of right, be compelled to attend, erect,...worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent ; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...

...thereto. The third section was read, and being under consideration as follows, viz: "Sect. 3. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own- consciences; that no man can'of right be compelled to attend, erect or support...

...that their right to bear arms in defence of themselves and of the state cannot be questioned. 4. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences: that no man can be compelled to erect, support or attend any...

...offering this amendment. The third section of the ninth article is as follows : — "SECT. 3. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences ; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erector support...

...one year, be of the least validity, except those given in the case of apprenticeships. SBC. 3. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God, according to the dictates of conscience; that no human authority can in any case whatever, control or interfere...

...religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Our own bill of rights is even more specific. It says " all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God, according te the dictates of their own consciences ; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support...

...denied as is the position, not disputed any where within the broad borders of Pennsylvania, that " no man can, of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place oi worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent." This great principle, thus...

...safety." To sustain and carry out these views, it is expressly declared in our first compact, " that all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of conscience; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere...

...Declaration of Rights, which forms a part of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and is in these words: "That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support...