 | John Brown Dillon - Law - 1879 - 826 pages
...by force or violence, and therefbi men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, acco to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty < to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards other." [Hening's Statutes at Large,... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - Constitutional history - 1881 - 656 pages
...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...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. MASSACHUSETTS BILL OF RIGHTS.... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - Constitutional history - 1881 - 656 pages
...manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; ana therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free...religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and thai it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each... | |
 | Austin Abbott - Civil procedure - 1883 - 602 pages
...convention that adopted the ordinance also adopted a provision in the bill of rights which declared " that all men are equally entitled to the free exercise...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity toward each other." ยป It is apparent that the sentiment of the convention was in favor of absolute... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - History - 1883 - 706 pages
...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 dictates of conscience ; and that it is the duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. [Passed June 12,... | |
 | Law - 1883 - 908 pages
...force therein unless made so by express words or by adoption:" Cooley Con. Litn. 23 and note. cise of religion according to the dictates of conscience,...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity toward each other. It is apparent that the sentiment of the convention was in favor of absolute freedom... | |
 | Samuel Smith Harris - Christian sociology - 1883 - 250 pages
...declared in this immortal document, that "Religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force and violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 562 pages
...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 to the dictates of conscience." Lastly, the blessing of liberty can only be preserved by " a firm adherence... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - United States - 1883 - 734 pages
...Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can Ix; 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 to the dictates ol conscience ; and that it is the duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love... | |
 | Sydney Howard Gay - Biography & Autobiography - 1884 - 374 pages
...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 to the dictates of conscience." Thus it stands to this day in the Bill of Rights of Virginia, and of... | |
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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 to... 
