 | 1892 - 734 strani
...or to infringe the rights of conscience." The amendment suggested by Virginia is better. It says : " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - 1892 - 494 strani
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 14. 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... | |
 | 1892 - 544 strani
..."We remonstrate against the said bill : i. Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by 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... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - 1892 - 496 strani
...by the Convention. The twentieth article of the Bill of Rights in this manuscript is as follows : " 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 have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise... | |
 | Kate Mason Rowland - 1892 - 494 strani
...subordination to, and governed by, the civil power. 13. That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 14. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Rolls and Library - 1894 - 904 strani
...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. 10. 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... | |
 | Robert Baylor Semple, George William Beale - 1894 - 854 strani
...sixteenth section of which, as written by George Mason, and amended by James Madison, reads as follows: "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violencej and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Rolls and Library - 1894 - 916 strani
...construed as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. 4 th That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force or violence, and therefore all men, have an equal, natural and unalienable right to... | |
 | United States Bureau of Rolls and Library - 1895 - 736 strani
...to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. Twentieth, 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... | |
 | Eli Foster Ritter - 1896 - 228 strani
...moderation, temperance, and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles." Sec. 18: ' ' That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of their consciences, and that... | |
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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... 
