 | Erskine Mason, William Adams - 1853 - 538 sider
...the mind itself, and acts within, bidden or unbidden. If it were otherwise, and we had to make out the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, by a process of rational deduction, man might meet argument by argument, and proof by... | |
 | James Gettys McGready Ramsey - 1853 - 778 sider
...Tennessee — That from and after the passing of this Act, if any person in this State shall publicly deny the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, or shall publicly deny the divine authority of the Old and New Testaments, on being convicted... | |
 | Erskine Mason, William Adams - 1853 - 532 sider
...the mind itself, and acts within, bidden or unbidden. If it were otherwise, and we had to make out the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, by a process of rational deduction, man might meet argument by argument, and proof by... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 sider
...establishments or modes of worship. 4. That no person who acknowledges the being of a God and n f-'ure state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account...hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. 5. That elections shall be free and equal. 6. That trial by jury shall be as heretofore,... | |
 | Elisha Reynolds Potter - 1854 - 354 sider
...from holding public office, or of being witnesses in a court of justice, for the want of belief in the Being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments ; nor of those who may, by act of Assembly, be fined or imprisoned for profaning Almighty... | |
 | 1855 - 576 sider
...no preference shall ever be given, by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship. 4. That no person who acknowledges the being of a God...hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. 5. That elections shall be free and equal. 6. That trial by jury shall be as heretofore,... | |
 | Robert Macoy - 1855 - 372 sider
...religious faith. charges, all our regulations, assume, as a foundation which cannot be moved, a belief in the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, and inculcate the necessity of moral purity, as a qualification for future happiness ;13... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1857 - 594 sider
...establishments or modes of worship. 4. That no person who acknowledges the being of a God and i f-'ure state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account...hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth. 5. That elections shall be free and equal. 6. That trial by jury shall be as heretofore,... | |
 | William Logan Fisher - 1859 - 260 sider
...sectarianism. It provides on this subject, " That no person who acknowledges the being of a Grod, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall,...disqualified to hold any office, or place of trust and profit under this commonwealth." From this we are of course to infer, that persons who do not believe... | |
 | 1862 - 152 sider
...rejected, ¿1. Evidence of Atbeism — A witness tendered, but objected to, on account of his unbelief of the being of a God and a future state of rewards and punishments. — Held, competent to examine the proposed witness himself before being sworn as to the... | |
| |
No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth. 
