 | 1876 - 326 pages
...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...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other." Thus it will be seen that the State has nothing whatever to do with religious... | |
 | Virginia. General Assembly - 1876 - 88 pages
...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...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. 19. That neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as lawful imprisonment... | |
 | William O. Bateman - 1876 - 416 pages
...are equally entitled to the free exercise of relig1on according to the dictates of conscience; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity, towards each other.4 No One shall be harmed, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate,... | |
 | Virginia - 1877 - 476 pages
...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...to practice christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. 19. That neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as lawful imprisonment... | |
 | William Meade - 1878 - 522 pages
...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free cur i * of religion according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each below, from which an appeal had been... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - 1879 - 822 pages
...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,...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other." [Hening's Statutes at Large, i. 49.] In referring to the doctrine of the divine... | |
 | John Brown Dillon - 1879 - 826 pages
...by force or violence, and therefbi men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, acco to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty < to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards other." [Hening's Statutes at Large,... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 pages
...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,...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. MASSACHUSETTS BILL OF RIGHTS.... | |
 | Bernard Janin Sage - 1881 - 656 pages
...discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; ana therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and thai it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each... | |
 | Austin Abbott - 1883 - 602 pages
...that adopted the ordinance also adopted a provision in the bill of rights which declared " that all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion...forbearance, love and charity toward each other." » It is apparent that the sentiment of the convention was in favor of absolute freedom in religion.... | |
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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... 
