 And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God, and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions : therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination...  Laws of the State of New York - Page xby New York (State) - 1823Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1858 - 816 pages
...ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to God and the caro of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their...minister of the gospel, or priest, of any denomination whatever, shell be eligible to a seat in either House of the Legislature. " 2. No person who denies... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1859 - 1086 pages
...their ^"hoid'So profession, dedicated to the service of God and the cure of souls, and offlc"- ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their...whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretense or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office... | |
 | Alexander Ralston Tiffany - Justices of the peace - 1859 - 656 pages
...such corporations. — Ib., Sec. 4320 ; See 1 Douy. (Mich.) Rep. 193 ; 3 Coms., 489. Ministers. — No minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall be allowed to disclose any confessions made to him in his professional character, in the course of... | |
 | Law - 1861 - 624 pages
...spiritual advice should he allowed it freely. By a statute of New York, (1 Greenl. Ev., s. 247, note), ' No minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall be allowed to disclose any confessions made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline... | |
 | Charles Lindsey - Canada - 1862 - 846 pages
...Township schools. 4. No Minister of the Gospel, clergyman, ecclesiastic, bishop ir priest of any religious denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter,...description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding a seat in the Senate or House of Assembly, or any civil or military office within this State. 5. In... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1863 - 1026 pages
...gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God, and the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their...priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any tune hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding,... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...; and hence it was declared that " no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination should be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within the state." That constitution secured perfect religious liberty. SEC. 11. BILL OF Rioirra OF MASSACHUSETTS.... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1863 - 944 pages
...any other rule respecting the examination of witnesses. 1 NY, 86; 1 H., 687; 5 How. PR, 257. § 72. No minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall be allowed to disclose any confessions made to him in his professional character, in the course of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their...civil or military office or place within this State. An examination of tho present Constitutions of the various States, now existing, will show that the... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - United States - 1866 - 314 pages
...gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God, and the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their...civil or military office or place within this state. 5. The militia of this state shall, at all times hereafter, be armed and disciplined and in readiness... | |
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