 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
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - 736 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...holding any civil or military office or place, within the State." 11! political affairs. It would be incompatible with their sacred functions to suffer themselves... | |
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - 726 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...holding any civil or military office or place, within the State."!!! political affairs. It would be incompatible with their sacred functions to suffer themselves... | |
 | Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1866 - 756 pages
...Phillips, 1 Southwest. Law Journ. p. 90. By a subsequent statute of New York (2 Rev. St. 406, § 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... | |
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...gospel are, bv 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...whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter under any pretense or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 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...functions ; therefore, no minister of the Gospel, or public preacher of any religious persuasion, whilst he continues in the exercise of his pastoral functions,... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 930 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...functions ; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or public preacher of any religious persuasion, whilst he continues in the exercise of his pastoral functions,... | |
 | Murray Hoffman - Ecclesiastical law - 1868 - 364 pages
...God, and the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function : Therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall be eligible to or capable of holding any civil or military office within this State." The 36th Article... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1869 - 1002 pages
...ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function ; therefore no minister of the gospelj or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at...civil or military office or place within this state. of defence ; and it is the duty of every man who enjoys the protection of society, to be prepared and... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Constitutional history - 1870 - 628 pages
...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...civil or military office or place within this State." See also • the Constitutions of North Carolina, Art. XXXI. ; Virginia ; South Carolina, Art- I. §... | |
 | Tennessee - History - 1870 - 468 pages
...Ministers of the Gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to God and the care of souls, and ought not to be Diverted from the great duties of their...Minister of the Gospel, or Priest of any denomination whatever, shall be eligible to a seat in either House of the Legislature, SEC. 2. No person who denies... | |
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