...corporate, or religious societies within this State to make adequate provision, at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality ;" that of 1 Cf. Baird, Religion in America, p. 224, 225. Vermont, " Every sect or denomination of...

...bodies-politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expence, for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and...where such provision shall not be made voluntarily. And the people of this commonwealth, have a right to, and do, invest their legislature with authority...

...religion"; and Massachusetts and New Hampshire empowered their legislatures to raise public moneys "for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality". Punishments were prescribed for a failure to attend upon public worship and sometimes for entertaining...

...the state was authorized "to make suitable provision," at its own expense, "for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and...public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality."10 AH public officials were required to take an oath that they "believe in the Christian...

..."to make suitable provision," at its own expense, "for the institution of the public worship of Cod, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality."10 All public officials were required to take an oath that they "believe in the Christian...

...provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of GOD, and for the support of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality in all cases where such provision should not be made voluntarily." 4. The "several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies-politic,...

...bodies-politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of GOD, and for the support and...where such provision shall not be made voluntarily. And the people of this Commonwealth have also a right to, and do, invest their legislature with authority...

...authorized "towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic" to levy taxes "for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and...Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality." Reminiscent of an earlier century, it even authorized legislation demanding compulsory church attendance,...

...bodies-corporate, or religious societies within this state, to make adequate provision at their own expence, for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality. . . . And every denomination of christians demeaning themselves quiedy, and as good subjects of the...

...bodies-politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and...where such provision shall not be made voluntarily." "And every denomination of christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the...