...shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.' "There is no dissonance in these declarations. There...universal language pervading them all, having one meanr ing; they affirm and re-affirm that this is a religious nation. ... In the face of all these...

...meaning. They affirm and reaffirm that this is a religious nation. These are not individual sayings, the declarations of private persons. They are organic...utterances. They speak the voice of the entire people. He then quotes many decisions of our courts in which this view is upheld, and passes to a view of the...

...assumption that its influence in all human affairs is essential to the well-being of the community. . . . There is no dissonance in these declarations. There is a universal language pervading them all and having one meaning. They affirm and reaffirm that this is a religious nation. These are not individual...

...declarations. There is a universal language pervading them all and having one meaning. They aff1rm and reaffirm that this is a religious nation. These are not individual sayings, the declarations of private persons. They are organic utterances. They speak the voice of the entire...

...proving this a " Christian nation." Then, referring to all the evidence thus cited, the court says: " There is no dissonance in these declarations. There...language pervading them all, having one meaning." For the purpose of this decision, State Constitutions requiring religious tests mean the same as the...

...intention to encourage free and unrestrained reliance upon religion in the affairs of men. Then he says : There is no dissonance in these declarations. There...utterances ; they speak the voice of the entire people. While, because of a general recognition of this truth, the question has seldom been presented to the...

...discovery of this continent to the present time there is a ringle voice making this affirmation. * * * There is no dissonance in these declarations. There...declarations of private persons; they are organic utterences; they speak the voice of the entire people." Casts imported for educational societies have...

...discovery of this continent to the present time there is a single voice making this affirmation. * * * There is no dissonance in these declarations. There...this is a religious nation. These are not individual t-'ayings, declarations of private persons; they are organic utterences; they speak the voice of the...

...language pervading them all, having one meaning; they affirm and reaffirm that we are a religious people. These are not individual sayings, declarations of...utterances; they speak the voice of the entire people." In harmony with the views in Justice Brewer's celebrated opinion are the decisions of the higher courts...

...Brewer, after quoting at length the authorities proving that ours is a Christian civilization, says: "There is no dissonance in these declarations. There...affirm and reaffirm that this is a religious nation." Further on he says, "This is a Christian nation.'' Still further on, quoting from the leading Sunday...