...that clause of the Constitution of Pennsylvania which required all office-holders to acknowledge " the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments," whereas M'Kean was a very orthodox Presbyterian, and had voted for that clause, without...

...the mind itself, and acts within, bidden or unbidden. If it were otherwise, and we had to make out the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, by a process of rational deduction, man might meet argument by argument, and proof by...

...Tennessee — That from and after the passing of this Act, if any person in this State shall publicly deny the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, or shall publicly deny the divine authority of the Old and New Testaments, on being convicted...

...the mind itself, and acts within, bidden or unbidden. If it were otherwise, and we had to make out the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, by a process of rational deduction, man might meet argument by argument, and proof by...

...establishments or modes of worship. 4. That no person who acknowledges the being of a God and n f-'ure state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account...hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. 5. That elections shall be free and equal. 6. That trial by jury shall be as heretofore,...

...from holding public office, or of being witnesses in a court of justice, for the want of belief in the Being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments ; nor of those who may, by act of Assembly, be fined or imprisoned for profaning Almighty...

...no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. 4. That no person who acknowledges the being of a God...hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. 5. That elections shall be free and equal. 6. That trial by jury shall be as heretofore,...

...religious faith. charges, all our regulations, assume, as a foundation which cannot be moved, a belief in the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, and inculcate the necessity of moral purity, as a qualification for future happiness ;13...

...establishments or modes of worship. 4. That no person who acknowledges the being of a God and i f-'ure state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account...hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. 5. That elections shall be free and equal. 6. That trial by jury shall be as heretofore,...

...sectarianism. It provides on this subject, " That no person who acknowledges the being of a Grod, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall,...disqualified to hold any office, or place of trust and profit under this commonwealth." From this we are of course to infer, that persons who do not believe...