The right of every man to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of his own conscience shall never be Infringed; nor shall any man be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, against his consent;... The Wisconsin State Constitution: A Reference Guideby Jack Stark - 1997 - 272 pagesNo preview available - About this book
| Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...case whatever controul or interfere with the rights of Conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship. IV. That no religious test shall ever be required es a qualification to any office or public trust... | |
| Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Horace Binney - Law reports, digests, etc - 1813 - 678 pages
...true that by art. 9. sec. 3., of our constitution, it is declared, " that no preference " shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments " or modes of worship." All religious societies are placed on the same broad equal ground, and the only test of office is the... | |
| Illinois - Constitutional law - 1818 - 32 pages
...case whatever controul or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship. Sect. 4. That no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust... | |
| Charles Britten Johnson - Pennsylvania - 1819 - 190 pages
...case whatever, controul or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. SECT. IV. That no person, who acknowledges the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments,... | |
| Daniel Blowe - Canada - 1820 - 788 pages
...case whatever, controul or interfere with the rights of conscience, and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship ; that elections shall be free and equal ; that trial by jury shall be inviolate ; that no law shall... | |
| Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1825 - 400 pages
...controul or interfere with the rights of conscience in any case whatever ; nor shall any preference ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. It was moved by Mr. Pickering, seconded by Mr. Smith, to strike out the words " ought or," and to transpose... | |
| Andrew Reed, James Matheson - Religion - 1835 - 552 pages
...case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. VII. Welsh Settlement*. Ebensburgh, July 20, 1834. REV. AND DEAR SIK, AGREEABLY to my promise, I shall... | |
| Robert Walsh - American literature - 1835 - 568 pages
...Sections 3d and 4th,) assert the rights of conscience, and declare that " no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship." It is true, the latter, in 8th Article, Section 2d, and the former in 9th Article, Section 4, exclude... | |
| Andrew Reed - Congregational churches - 1835 - 552 pages
...case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience ; and that no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. VII. Welsh Settlements. Ebensburgh, July 20, 1881. REV. AND DEAR SIR, AGREEABLY to my promise, I shall... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutions - 1836 - 146 pages
...other rates, for the support of any minister of the gospel or teacher of religion. 5. No money shall be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of religious societies, or theological or religious seminaries. '6. The civil and political rights, privileges, and capacities... | |
| |