 | William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 pages
...equivalent can bo given or received for them. Of this kind, are the rights of conscience.1 Beligion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of relig1on according to the dictates of conscience; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 pages
...any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16....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... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - 1876 - 692 pages
...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,...conviction, not by force or violence; and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and tmalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - 1876 - 536 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 1 6. 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 Meade - 1878 - 522 pages
...Thus the court was equally divided, and, of course, the decree * The article ig in these words : — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator...therefore all men are equally entitled to the free cur i * of religion according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all... | |
 | 1878 - 530 pages
...Thus the court was equally divided, and, of course, the decree * The article ia in these words: — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator...and therefore all men are equally entitled to the tree exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty... | |
 | Sir George Campbell - 1879 - 454 pages
...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,...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. 19. Tlitit neither slavery nor... | |
 | ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE - 1879 - 718 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 14. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, that it is the mutual duty of all men to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity, toward... | |
 | 1879 - 736 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 14. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, that it is the mutual duty of all men to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity, toward... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 pages
...blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. MASSACHUSETTS BILL OF RIGHTS.... | |
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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... 
