Religion in America: Or an Account of the Origin, Relation to the State, and Present Condition of the Evangelical Churches in the United States : with Notices of the Unevangelical DenominationsHarper & brothers, 1844 - Počet stran: 343 |
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Strana 31
... things ; and , indeed , no other foreign- er has come so near to comprehending the spirit of our institutions . But no man ever will , no man ever can , understand them perfectly , unless he has imbi- bed their spirit , as it were ...
... things ; and , indeed , no other foreign- er has come so near to comprehending the spirit of our institutions . But no man ever will , no man ever can , understand them perfectly , unless he has imbi- bed their spirit , as it were ...
Strana 35
... things with those of the corresponding branches of the British Con- stitution . As for the several colonies , these the Revolution transformed into states , and the old royal charters were su- perseded by constitutions . Beyond this ...
... things with those of the corresponding branches of the British Con- stitution . As for the several colonies , these the Revolution transformed into states , and the old royal charters were su- perseded by constitutions . Beyond this ...
Strana 41
... things which con- cern his highest happiness by he knows not whom . Where , indeed , the master him- self is wholly indifferent to the subject of religion , as , alas ! is too often the case , it is well that the slave is allowed and ...
... things which con- cern his highest happiness by he knows not whom . Where , indeed , the master him- self is wholly indifferent to the subject of religion , as , alas ! is too often the case , it is well that the slave is allowed and ...
Strana 45
... things indifferent . But the Protestants of England soon be- came divided into two parties . One , head- ed by Cranmer , then Archbishop of Can- terbury , consisted of such as were op- posed to great changes in the discipline and ...
... things indifferent . But the Protestants of England soon be- came divided into two parties . One , head- ed by Cranmer , then Archbishop of Can- terbury , consisted of such as were op- posed to great changes in the discipline and ...
Strana 47
... things , but lifted up their eyes to heaven their dearest country , and quieted their spirits . " * " They saw many goodly and fortified cities , strongly walled and guarded with troops and armed men . Also , they heard a strange and ...
... things , but lifted up their eyes to heaven their dearest country , and quieted their spirits . " * " They saw many goodly and fortified cities , strongly walled and guarded with troops and armed men . Also , they heard a strange and ...
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Strana 69 - ... liberty, because he being of course judge of that tendency will make his opinions the rule of judgment, and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own ; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Strana 69 - 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...
Strana 36 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Strana 69 - ... 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...
Strana 69 - 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...
Strana 69 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical...
Strana 69 - 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...
Strana 242 - Come, then, and, added to thy many crowns, . Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! It was thine By ancient covenant ere nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood.
Strana 36 - 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...
Strana 19 - 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...