 | 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,... | |
 | 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,...not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men have an equal, natural and inalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 1875 - 1750 Seiten
...duty of every man to worship God in such manner as he thinks most acceptable to Him. — Md., 1867. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence. — Pa., 1870. " Morality and piety, rightly grounded on evangelical principles," commended. — N.... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 Seiten
...article also was inserted by the convention.) 1 5. That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence...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... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 692 Seiten
...be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. " 20th. Thit religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and tmalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 Seiten
...construed as exceptions to certain specifiedpowers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. 'IV. That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 Seiten
...article also was inserted by the convention.) 15. That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 1 6. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can... | |
 | William Meade - 1878 - 522 Seiten
...Thus the court was equally divided, and, of course, the decree * The article ig in these words : — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator...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... | |
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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... 
