 | Massachusetts, William Charles White - Law - 1810 - 208 pages
...others in their religious worship. The constitution has further declared, that, as the Ibid. art. S. happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation...institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in The legtslature m. piety, religion and morality : Therefore, to promote entorcJti,e... | |
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 624 pages
...violated ? The only solution of this mysterious aflair is, that the same Bill, (Article III.) declares that, " As the happiness of a people, and the good...preservation of civil government essentially depend on piety, religion, morality, &cc. the Legislature shall, from time to time, authorise and require... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - New England - 1822 - 550 pages
...; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. HI. "As the happiness of a people, and the good order...institution of the public worship of GoD, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality: therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure... | |
 | Boston (Mass.). Common Council - Boston (Mass.) - 1822 - 148 pages
...provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. ARTICLE m. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and...generally diffused through a community, but by the 3 institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - New England - 1823 - 540 pages
...provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. " III. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and...institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality : therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1826 - 126 pages
...provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. III. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and...institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality : — Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure... | |
 | Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...pro' vided he doth not disturh the puhlic peace, or ohstruct others in their religious worship. 3. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and...piety, religion, and morality; and as these cannot he generally diffused through the community, hut hy the institution of a puhlic worship of God, and... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 552 pages
...religious professions or sentiments. The third article declared this great fundamental truth, ' that the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil governmentessentially depended upon piety,religion,andmorality.' The same article, also, asserted,... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 562 pages
...uponpiety,religion,andmorality.' The same article, also, asserted, that as these could not be diffused throughout a community, but by the institution of the public worship of God, the people had a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require the several... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1832 - 276 pages
...of Rights, instead of that in the prinivd report of the General Committee, as follows, viz. ART 3d. "As the happiness of a People, and the good order...through a community, but by the institution of the publick worship of God, and of publick instructions in piety, religion and morality ; therefore, to... | |
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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... 
