...substrata. • Citizens were permitted to authorize their representatives to "make suitable provision . . . for the institution of the Public worship of God,...protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality." • Each town was responsible for electing its own teachers of religion, who were supported by public...

...make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God and the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers...in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntary. 28 NEW HAMPSHIRE CONSTITUTION 1784, 1792: Representatives and Senators are to be of the...

...time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision,...the institution of the public worship of God, and of the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality in all...

...time to time, authorize and require, the several Towns, Parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own Expense, for the institution of Public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety,...

...time to time, authorize and require the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the_ public worship of God and for the support and maintenance of public i гоtestant teachers of...

...legislature ... authorize ... the several towns ... to make adequate provision at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality." Part 2, (1784) "[Provides that no person be elected governor, senator, representative or member of...

...tied the church to the state in Massachusetts. Up until that time, the state's constitution called "for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality." Taxes continued to be collected for that purpose, and consciences continued to be insulted by the government's...

...paragraph of the final version read: As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government essentially depend upon piety, religion...in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.12 Massachusetts's declaration of rights did allow its citizens to direct their assessment...

...public worship of God and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality: Therefore, [...] the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest...provision, at their own expense, for the institution of public worship of God and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion,...

...and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expence, for the institution of the public worship of God,...where such provision shall not be made voluntarily. " All the people of the commonwealth have also a right to, and do, invest their legislature with authority,...