 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - United States - 1884 - 614 pages
...Creator, 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 to the dictates of conscience." The great principles here laid down, with a single exception, are now... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 484 pages
...men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity toward each other." Other colonies had framed bills of rights in reference to their relations with... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 480 pages
...to fundamental principles. " Religion 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 it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1884 - 484 pages
...and, as the earnestness of his convictions overcame his modesty, he proceeded to demonstrate that " all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." His motion, which did but state with better dialectics the very purpose... | |
 | Episcopal Church. Diocese of Virginia - Virginia - 1885 - 216 pages
...and the manner of discharging it can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." The word " toleration " was stricken out of the original draught on... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Democracy - 1885 - 462 pages
...all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion," and to substitute, " that all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." The amendment, after some discussion, was finally agreed to. This was... | |
 | Howard Willis Preston - History - 1886 - 344 pages
...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 dictates of conscience ; and that it is the duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other. i4 DECLARATION... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1886 - 486 pages
...to fundamental principles. " Religion 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 it, according to the dictates of conscience ; and it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1888 - 838 pages
...religion. The clause in the bill of rights, as finally adopted at his suggestion, accordingly declares that "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience." The incident illustrates not only Madison's liberality of spirit, but... | |
 | Thomas Armitage - Baptists - 1887 - 1042 pages
...unless, under the color of religion, any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or the safety of society ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forljearance, love, and charity toward each other.' Mr. Madison, however, who was also a member of... | |
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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 to... 
