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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... "
American Constitutions: Comprising the Declaration of Independence, the ... - Page 569
by New York (State). Constitutional Convention, George A. Glynn - 1894
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A Chorographical and Statistical Description of the District of Columbia ...

David Bailie Warden - District of Columbia - 1816 - 230 pages
...delegates and representatives of Virginia holden at Williamsburgj in May 1766, it was solemnly declared : " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of their religion, according...
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Journal, acts and proceedings, of the convention ... which formed the ...

United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 pages
...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. xx. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right, to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates...
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The Statutes at Large: Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from ...

Virginia, William Waller Hening - 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....
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A Memorial and Remonstrance, on the Religious Rights of Man: Written in 1784 ...

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...
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Three Years in North America, Volume 2

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...
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A New and Comprehensive Gazetteer of Virginia, and the District of Columbia

Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - Virginia - 1835 - 644 pages
...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. XX. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates...
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Contributions to the Ecclesiastical History of the United States of America ...

Francis Lister Hawks - Maryland - 1836 - 634 pages
...Virginia, that the law of 1802 is constitutional. • The article ls in these words : — " That religi in, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner...according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it ia the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, lore, and charity towards each other."...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 3

Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1836 - 692 pages
...to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. " 20th. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates...
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Memoirs of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America ...

William White - 1836 - 408 pages
...the sixteenth article of the declaration of rights, it is provided in the words following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all itfen are' equally entitled to the free exercise of religion; according to the dictates of conscience...
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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States ..., Volume 1

George Tucker - Presidents - 1837 - 636 pages
...1776, the principle of religious freedom is distinctly asserted in the last article, which declares, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience.'" But the Constitution itself, passed June 29th, is silent on the subject...
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