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... sense of the country on the subject . We have rights which the whole nation , sitting in judgement on the question , have pronounced inalienable ; rights , in other words , which we could not get rid of 32 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION EXAMINED ...
... sense of the country on the subject . We have rights which the whole nation , sitting in judgement on the question , have pronounced inalienable ; rights , in other words , which we could not get rid of 32 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION EXAMINED ...
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... sense of mutual charity among co - operating sects , and in the hope of a greater good upon the whole . And if our pious ancestors have failed to tell us in set phrase , that they wished us to be christians like themselves , and their ...
... sense of mutual charity among co - operating sects , and in the hope of a greater good upon the whole . And if our pious ancestors have failed to tell us in set phrase , that they wished us to be christians like themselves , and their ...
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... sense of terms , a christian people still ? There is encouragement in knowing that we still pretend to be so . However men may think or speak concerning personal religion , christianity is at least considered reputable as a general ...
... sense of terms , a christian people still ? There is encouragement in knowing that we still pretend to be so . However men may think or speak concerning personal religion , christianity is at least considered reputable as a general ...
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... sense of the country on that subject . But admitting this branch of the law were only evidence at second hand , there is one assuredly , and of much greater reach and importance , that is not so . The common - law , which like common- sense ...
... sense of the country on that subject . But admitting this branch of the law were only evidence at second hand , there is one assuredly , and of much greater reach and importance , that is not so . The common - law , which like common- sense ...
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... sense of God's superintending providence , and of their duty to rely in all their lawful enterprises on his aid and direction , " those unmatched patriots an- nounce to their constituents , as among the ob- jects 112 POLICY OF THE ...
... sense of God's superintending providence , and of their duty to rely in all their lawful enterprises on his aid and direction , " those unmatched patriots an- nounce to their constituents , as among the ob- jects 112 POLICY OF THE ...
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Страница 77 - God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality ; therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from 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 expence, for the institution...
Страница 77 - III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality ; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality...
Страница 97 - The people of this State, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order...
Страница 82 - ARE you persuaded that the holy Scriptures contain sufficiently all Doctrine required of necessity for eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ? and are you determined, out of the said Scriptures to instruct the people committed to your charge, and to teach nothing, as required of necessity to eternal salvation, but that which you shall be persuaded may be concluded and proved by the Scripture ? Answer.
Страница 116 - recommend a day of public humiliation, prayer, and fasting to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnities and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of these States, His blessings on their arms, and a speedy restoration of peace...
Страница 75 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the cure of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their functions; therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this state.
Страница 127 - ... humanity enjoins us to teach them agriculture and the domestic arts; to encourage them to that industry which alone can enable them to maintain their place in existence and to prepare them in time for that state of society which to bodily comforts adds the improvement of...
Страница 78 - ... justice, moderation, temperance, industry and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government. The people ought, consequently, to have a particular attention to all those principles, in the choice of their officers and representatives: and they have a right to require of their lawgivers and magistrates an exact and constant observance of them, in the formation and execution of the laws necessary for the good administration of the commonwealth.
Страница 79 - I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor of the universe, the rewarder of the good and punisher of the wicked. And I do acknowledge the scriptures of the old and new testament to be given by divine inspiration, and own and profess the protestant religion.
Страница 80 - Or by Article 22 of the constitution of Delaware, 1776, which required all officers, besides an oath of allegiance, to make and subscribe the following declaration : "I, AB, do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ His only Son, and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.