 | 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... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1834 - 504 pages
...equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — 'That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1833 - 604 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 10. 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1834 - 544 pages
...equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — ' 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... | |
 | William White (bp. of Pennsylvania.) - 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 men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,...not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience.'" But... | |
 | Samuel Perkins - Geography - 1841 - 484 pages
...of the king and parliament; the concluding one contains these propositions, which were then novel: " 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... | |
 | Presidents - 1841 - 460 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 all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and... | |
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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... 
