 | John Brown Dillon - 1879 - 822 Seiten
...government. Agreed to unanimously, June 12, 1776, in convention at Williamsburgh, Virginia : " XVI. 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... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 Seiten
...justice, moderation, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. 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... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1883 - 1094 Seiten
...Madison with it. The last article of Colonel Mason's draft related to religious freedom, declaring that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and hence, "that all men should enjoy... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 706 Seiten
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. 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... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1883 - 578 Seiten
...military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power." Religion is " 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... | |
 | Charles Henry Winston, Thomas Randolph Price, D. Lee Powell, John Meredith Strother, H. H. Harris, John P. McGuire, Rodes Massie, William Fayette Fox, Harry Fishburne Estill (F.), Richard Ratcliffe Farr, John Lee Buchanan, George R. Pace - 1884 - 1242 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, and the manner of ™charging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore,... | |
 | Sydney Howard Gay - 1884 - 380 Seiten
...rate it was reduced one half, and finally adopted in this simpler form : " That religion, or the duty 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... | |
 | Episcopal Church. Diocese of Virginia - 1885 - 216 Seiten
...George Mason, who drew the famed Declaration of Rights, which declares that " Religion is the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force ; and therefore all men are equally entitled... | |
 | Howard Willis Preston - 1886 - 336 Seiten
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. 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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1408 Seiten
...either as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. I;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, not by force or violence; and, therefore, all men have an equal,... | |
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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 to... 
