 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 Seiten
...virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 650 Seiten
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. " Religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1876 - 652 Seiten
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. " Religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 664 Seiten
...arms in his stead. " 20. '1'hat religion, or the duty which we owe to onr Creator, and the manlier of discharging it, can be directed only by reason...conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and mnlirnahle right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...certain specifiedpowers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. 'IV. 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, and not by force and violence; and, therefore, all men have a natural, equal, and unalienable right... | |
 | William Meade - 1878 - 522 Seiten
...and, of course, the decree * The article ig in these words : — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging...therefore all men are equally entitled to the free cur i * of religion according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1878 - 648 Seiten
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. " Religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian... | |
 | 1878 - 530 Seiten
...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 free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience,"... | |
 | ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE - 1879 - 718 Seiten
...virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 14. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, that it is the mutual duty of all men to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity, toward... | |
 | 1879 - 736 Seiten
...virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 14. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, that it is the mutual duty of all men to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity, toward... | |
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Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "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. 
