 | Methodist Church - 1834 - 544 pages
...equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — ' That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.' North Carolina... | |
 | Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - Virginia - 1835 - 644 pages
...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. XX. That 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 unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates... | |
 | William White (bp. of Pennsylvania.) - 1836 - 408 pages
...the sixteenth 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,...to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all, to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other," — which... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - Maryland - 1836 - 634 pages
...Virginia, that the law of 1802 is constitutional. • The article ls in these words : — " That religi in, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner...according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it ia the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, lore, and charity towards each other."... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1836 - 692 pages
...to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. " 20th. That 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 unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | William White - 1836 - 408 pages
...the sixteenth 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 itfen are' equally entitled to the free exercise of religion; according to the dictates of conscience... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - Maryland - 1836 - 628 pages
...the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only byreason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore...to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian fo> bearance, love, and charity towards each other." CHAPTER... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - Maryland - 1836 - 632 pages
...1802 is constitutional. * The article is in these words : — " That religion, or the duty whichlwe owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed onlj by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled... | |
 | George Tucker - Presidents - 1837 - 636 pages
...1776, the principle of religious freedom is distinctly asserted in the last article, which declares, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience.'" But the Constitution itself, passed June 29th, is silent on the subject... | |
 | Presidents - 1841 - 460 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...to the dictates of conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. AN AMENDED... | |
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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... 
