 | John Scott - 1860 - 282 pages
...ought to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. 20. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to Ike free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | John Scott - 1860 - 278 pages
...ought to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. 20. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1862 - 438 pages
...any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16....conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. The constitution was framed to... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 pages
...directed only by reason and conviction, sot by AD 1776.] HISTORY OF AMERICA. [VIRGINIAN CONSTITUTION. force or violence; and, therefore, all men are equally...dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual doty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, tod charity towards each other. The constitution... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 pages
...any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. "16....directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence, and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion,... | |
 | 1866 - 544 pages
...Constitutions of several of the States, without the phrase, have more of the spirit. SEC. 2. 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 towards each other... | |
 | Michael McN. Walsh - 1867 - 180 pages
...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 other.... | |
 | William Read Staples - 1870 - 778 pages
...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,...not by force or violence ; and therefore, all men have an equal, natural and inalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Johann Jakob Rüttimann - 1871 - 214 pages
...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,... | |
 | 1875 - 1750 pages
...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.... | |
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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... 
