 | 1866 - 544 Seiten
...Constitutions of several of the States, without the phrase, have more of the spirit. SEC. 2. VIRGINIA. — Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other... | |
 | Virginia - 1867 - 598 Seiten
...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,...not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 Seiten
...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,...not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and... | |
 | 1867 - 312 Seiten
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVII. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence ; and. therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and... | |
 | Michael McN. Walsh - 1867 - 180 Seiten
...Constitutions of several of the States, without the phrase, have more of the spirit. SEC. 11. VIRGINIA. — Religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason, and conviction, not ^by force or violence ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.... | |
 | New York (State) - 1867 - 254 Seiten
...law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the iree exercise thereof. U. &, 18. — That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, riot by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1868 - 940 Seiten
...justice, moderation, temperance and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 18. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience ; and... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 Seiten
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. "Religion 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 it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is... | |
 | William Read Staples - 1870 - 778 Seiten
...construed either as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. 4. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...and therefore, all men have an equal, natural and inalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that... | |
 | Johann Jakob Rüttimann - 1871 - 214 Seiten
...no man shall or ought to be compelled to attend any religious worship ; SSerfaffung bon SSirginien : that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by reason and conviction , not by force or violence uff). Фemnaф fte^t e§ jroar feft, bap naф bem ameпfaшfфen ©temt§nte ber ©njelne befugt ift,... | |
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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... 
