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... Papers of the American Historical Association - עמוד 28מאת American Historical Association - 1888תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| William Stevens Perry - 1874 - 598 דפים
...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... | |
| William Stevens Perry (bp. of Iowa.) - 1874 - 572 דפים
...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... | |
| Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 692 דפים
...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... | |
| Virginia. General Assembly - 1876 - 88 דפים
...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... | |
| 1876 - 326 דפים
...regularly convej^ed to them. Clause 18 of the Bill of Rights, a portion of the organic law, declares "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... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 דפים
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
| William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 דפים
...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... | |
| Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 664 דפים
...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...and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and mnlirnahle right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that... | |
| Alan Mittleman - 2003 - 350 דפים
...among established Christian denominations. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...reason and conviction, not by force or violence." The Religion then of every man must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man; and it is... | |
| A. L. David - 2003 - 158 דפים
...make them secondclass citizens ... for my Temple shall be called 'A House of Prayer for All People'. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence . . . - Patrick Henry God changes not what is a people, until they change what is in themselves. -... | |
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