 | Education - 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... | |
 | Edward Buck - Ecclesiastical law - 1866 - 318 pages
...1776, at Mr. Madison's suggestion, had adopted, in lieu of " toleration," the following clause : " all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of Conscience." 25 Ch. Review, 33. John Murray, the father of Universalism in this... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,....forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA. WHEREAS, The Delegates and Representatives of the good people of Virginia... | |
 | 1867 - 312 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVII. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards eacfy other. 10 CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA. Whereas the delegates and representatives of the... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1867 - 598 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love andf haritV towards each other. CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA. Whereas, the delegates and representatives... | |
 | Michael McN. Walsh - Educational law and legislation - 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.... | |
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the iree exercise thereof. U. &, 18. — That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, riot by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1868 - 940 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,...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. 19. That neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as lawful imprisonment... | |
 | Education - 1868 - 806 pages
...a manner most agreeable to his own conscience." The Constitution of Virginia adopted in 1851 says, "All men are equally entitled to the free exercise...practice Christian forbearance, love and charity, towards each other." The Constitution of Indiana says, "All men shall be secured in their natural right... | |
 | Louis John Jennings - United States - 1868 - 316 pages
...never be exercised. The declaration of rights prefixed to the Constitution of Virginia declares that " all men are equally entitled to the free exercise...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other." In this State, as in six others,... | |
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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... 
