 | 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,... | |
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - 1872 - 324 Seiten
...their public teachers, and contracting with them for their support and maintenance." 3. Virginia says: "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, 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... | |
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - 1873 - 396 Seiten
...public teachers, and contracting with them for their support and maintenance." 162. Virginia says: " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | William Stevens Perry (bp. of Iowa.) - 1874 - 572 Seiten
...by the 16th Article of the Declaration of Rights, it is provided in the words following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, 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... | |
 | William Stevens Perry - 1874 - 598 Seiten
...by the 10th Article of the Declaration of Rights, it is provided in the words following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, 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... | |
 | 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,...and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and tmalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and that... | |
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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... 
