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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... "
Papers of the American Historical Association - Page 28
by American Historical Association - 1888
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Historical Notes and Documents Illustrating the Organization of the ...

William Stevens Perry - 1874 - 598 pages
...by the 10th 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 men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and...
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Historical notes and documents illustrating the organization of the ...

William Stevens Perry (bp. of Iowa.) - 1874 - 572 pages
...by the 16th 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 men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 3

Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1876 - 692 pages
...be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. " 20th. Thit religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and tmalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and that...
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Manual of Members, Officers, and Standing Committees and Rules of the Senate ...

Virginia. General Assembly - Virginia - 1876 - 88 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,...not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience ; and...
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VIRGINIA

1876 - 326 pages
...regularly convej^ed to them. Clause 18 of the Bill of Rights, a portion of the organic law, declares "That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...not by force or violence; and,, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience; and...
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Centennial Offering: Republication of the Principles and Acts of the ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1876 - 536 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to the dictates...
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Political and Constitutional Law of the United States of America

William O. Bateman - Constitutional law - 1876 - 416 pages
...construed as exceptions to certain specifiedpowers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. 'IV. That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force and violence; and, therefore, all men have a natural, equal, and unalienable right...
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The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of ..., Volume 4

Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1876 - 664 pages
...arms in his stead. " 20. '1'hat religion, or the duty which we owe to onr Creator, and the manlier of discharging it, can be directed only by reason...and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and mnlirnahle right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that...
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Religion as a Public Good: Jews and Other Americans on Religion in the ...

Alan Mittleman - Education - 2003 - 350 pages
...among established Christian denominations. 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 it is...
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The First Commandment

A. L. David - Religion - 2003 - 158 pages
...make them secondclass citizens ... for my Temple shall be called 'A House of Prayer for All People'. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence . . . - Patrick Henry God changes not what is a people, until they change what is in themselves. -...
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