 | William White - 1820 - 502 pages
...state, to be laid before the convention of October, 1786 provided in the words following, viz.—" That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 526 pages
...by the convention.) frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence u fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, ш be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all... | |
 | Virginia, William Waller Hening - Law - 1823 - 462 pages
...recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion. Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity, towards each other. The Constitution or Form of... | |
 | Virginia, Virginia. General Assembly - Law - 1821 - 674 pages
...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion CREATOR, and the manner of discharging it, can be...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dic» " An" in Chan. Rev p. *3. 112 tales of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of Toleration.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1826 - 844 pages
...ronstrucd as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. tburlh. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...of discharging it, can be directed only by reason anil conviction, and not by force or violence; and tlierefore all men have an equal, natural, and uualienable... | |
 | James Madison - Church and state - 1828 - 16 pages
...remonstrate against the said bill — Because we hold it for a " fundamental and undeniable truth," that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...can be directed only by reason and conviction, not bj force or violence. The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1834 - 504 pages
...religion are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — 'That religion, or the duty which we owe...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... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 10. 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. CHAP. 5. — An amended constitution,... | |
 | James Stuart - North America - 1833 - 632 pages
...remonstrate against the said bill. " Because, We hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, ' that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence.' The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man ; and... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1834 - 544 pages
...religion are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — ' That religion, or the duty which we owe...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other.' North Carolina says, — 'All... | |
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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... 
