 | Virginia - 1867 - 598 էջ
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Michael McN. Walsh - 1867 - 180 էջ
...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... | |
 | New York (State) - 1867 - 254 էջ
...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,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1868 - 940 էջ
...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,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates... | |
 | GEORGE BANCROFT - 1868 - 490 էջ
...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... | |
 | William Read Staples - 1870 - 778 էջ
...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,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men have an equal, natural and inalienable right to the free exercise of religion,... | |
 | Johann Jakob Rüttimann - 1871 - 214 էջ
...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 էջ
...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,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence : and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | 1875 - 1750 էջ
...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.... | |
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - 1873 - 396 էջ
...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,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
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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... 
