 | William Stevens Perry - 1874 - 598 pages
...viz. — " 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...Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each othe," — which said Article is now in full force. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name,... | |
 | Edmund Ollier - 1874 - 660 pages
...recurrence to fundamental principles. Religion can I* directed only by reason and conviction, not bv force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian... | |
 | 1876 - 326 pages
...declares "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...forbearance, love and charity towards each other." Thus it will be seen that the State has nothing whatever to do with religious matters^ except to see... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly - Virginia - 1876 - 88 pages
...principles. 18. 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...forbearance, love and charity towards each other. 19. That neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as lawful imprisonment may constitute such,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 650 pages
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. " Religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1876 - 652 pages
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. " Religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian... | |
 | William O. Bateman - Constitutional law - 1876 - 416 pages
...of conscience.1 Beligion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not...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 - United States - 1876 - 536 pages
...principles. 1 6. 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 that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Samuel Thayer Spear - Church and education - 1876 - 400 pages
...control the rights of conscience in the free exercise of religious worship." VIRGINIA (I., 18) : " All men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience." WEST VIRGINIA (III., 15) : "Nor shall any man be enforced, restrained,... | |
 | John Barbee Minor - Law - 1876 - 686 pages
...Conscience; WC 1'. Safe-guards against encroachments by the State government; WC lg. Declaration that all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience. Ya. Const. 1869, Art. I (Bill of Rights), § 18. 2*. Prohibition of... | |
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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... 
