 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...discharging it, can >« directed only by reason and conviction, not by 'orce or violence, and, therefore that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, according to the dictates of contcience, unpunished ind unrestrained by the magittrate; unless under color of religion, any man... | |
 | John Ross Browne - California - 1850 - 534 pages
...,weoIT «qnally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other. Mr. HALLECK remarked that this left out a very important provision contained in... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal law - 1853 - 1006 pages
...professing Ute Christian religion ought forever to enjoy equal rights and privileges in this state unless, under color of religion, any man disturb the peace, the happiness or safety of society." Thus we see that at the breaking out of that struggle for civil and religious liberty,... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - History - 1855 - 600 pages
...force or violence, and therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercises of religion, according to the dictates of conscience,...and unrestrained by the magistrate ; unless, under cover of religion, any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or the safety of society. And that it... | |
 | Society for the liberation of religion from State patronage and control - 1873 - 466 pages
...thereof"; and when James Madison proposed to insert in the Virginia Declaration of Rights the provision, " All men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion," the words " All men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion " were inserted instead.... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - History - 1859 - 700 pages
...and conviction, not by force or violence, it proceeded to declare that "all men should, therefore, enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion,...the peace, the happiness, or the safety of society." This article was reported by the select committee without the suggestion of any amendment, and came... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - History - 1859 - 702 pages
...as it came from the hands of Colonel Mason and of the select committee. Instead of affirming that " all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion, &c.," his amendment asserted the inherent and indefeasible right, by nature, to freedom of religion,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence, and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the...under color of religion any man disturb the peace or the safety of society ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance,... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1867 - 608 pages
...men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love andf haritV towards each other. CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA. Whereas, the delegates and representatives... | |
 | Michael McN. Walsh - Educational law and legislation - 1867 - 180 pages
...school with prayer without serious objection. But, in the language of the Constitution of Virginia, " it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other." The teacher should practice forbearance, love, and charity toward the scholars... | |
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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, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion,... 
