Religion in America, Or, An Account of the Origin, Progress, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States: With Notices of the Unevangelical Denominations |
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... land , the author visited the Continent of Europe for the prosecution of certain religious and philanthropic objects , and in this pursuit he has been employed during the eight years that have since elapsed . He has had occasion , in ...
... land , the author visited the Continent of Europe for the prosecution of certain religious and philanthropic objects , and in this pursuit he has been employed during the eight years that have since elapsed . He has had occasion , in ...
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... land . This ridge , which is of no great elevation , and which commences near the 42 ° of north latitude on one side , while it terminates near the 49 ° on the other , stretches across from the Alleghany sys- tem to the Oregon , and ...
... land . This ridge , which is of no great elevation , and which commences near the 42 ° of north latitude on one side , while it terminates near the 49 ° on the other , stretches across from the Alleghany sys- tem to the Oregon , and ...
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... land , others smaller , and resem- bling a field or meadow , which are covered in the summer with tall grass and a great variety of flowers , but on which scarcely anything in the shape of a tree is to be found . Many of these prairies ...
... land , others smaller , and resem- bling a field or meadow , which are covered in the summer with tall grass and a great variety of flowers , but on which scarcely anything in the shape of a tree is to be found . Many of these prairies ...
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... land , the very territory on which they set- tled was swept of almost its entire pop- ulation by a pestilence . Several of the . tribes which existed when the colonists arrived from Europe were but the rem- nants , as they themselves ...
... land , the very territory on which they set- tled was swept of almost its entire pop- ulation by a pestilence . Several of the . tribes which existed when the colonists arrived from Europe were but the rem- nants , as they themselves ...
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... lands , so that soon she , too , had claims in America to prosecute . As the result of the former of those two en ... land to America in that century for the mere purpose of traffic were not unprofit- able to the adventurers , but it ...
... lands , so that soon she , too , had claims in America to prosecute . As the result of the former of those two en ... land to America in that century for the mere purpose of traffic were not unprofit- able to the adventurers , but it ...
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Page 117 - 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...
Page 117 - ... the institution of the public worship of 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...
Page 123 - A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the Constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government...
Page 110 - ... that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor whose morals he would make his pattern...
Page 50 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 33 - Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence. They rejected with contempt the ceremonious homage which other sects substituted for the pure worship of the soul. Instead of catching occasional glimpses of the Deity through an obscuring veil, they aspired to gaze full on the intolerable brightness, and...
Page 122 - 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...
Page 117 - God, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 111 - ... the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present, or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.
Page 111 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.