State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices... Special Reports on Educational Subjects - Page 563by Great Britain. Board of Education - 1902Full view - About this book
| 1804 - 372 pages
...religious profefllon and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever Tieresfter he allowed, within this State, to all mankind. 'Provided...practices inconsistent with the peace or Safety of this State. XXXIX. And whereas the Ministers of the Gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the... | |
| South Carolina - 1808 - 502 pages
...to all mankind: Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby ordained, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state." And whereas, the Jewish congregation at Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God, hath petitioned... | |
| David Ramsay - 1809 - 642 pages
...to ail mankind, provided that the liberty of conscience thereby declared shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices, inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state/' "*-• fi By the constitution of 1778 the title of the executive officer was changed from... | |
| Horatio Gates Spafford - 1813 - 376 pages
...state, ordain, determine and declare, that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall...practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state." The 39th section ordains, determines and declares, that no minister of the gospel or priest... | |
| William Sampson - 1813 - 278 pages
...that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimii nation or preference; shall forever hereafter be allowed....practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state." Considering that we had just emerged from a colonial state, and were infected with the... | |
| Joseph Brevard, South Carolina - 1814 - 528 pages
...all mankind : Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby ordained, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state." And whereas, the Jewish congregation at Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God, nath petitioned... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 514 pages
...others. — The constitution, however, has wisely declared, that the "liberty of conscience, thereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts...practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of thU state." In a word, the convention, by whom that constitution was formed, were of opinion, that... | |
| New York (State) - 1823 - 516 pages
...this state, to all mankind; but tlie liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices- inconsistent with the peace, or safety of this state. . . »SEC. IV. And whereas, the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated... | |
| 1826 - 220 pages
...this state to all mankind ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. 4. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to... | |
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