 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 pages
...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...rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his re~ ligious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth.... | |
 | 1851 - 644 pages
...to those holding the view which is therein virtually condemned. It is found in Art. IX Sect. 4 — " That no person who acknowledges the being of a God,...hold any office, or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth." And it is assuredly significant that thu article was retained, unamended. in the... | |
 | Richard Hildreth - 1851 - 708 pages
...that clause of the Constitution of Pennsylvania which required all office-holders to acknowledge " the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments," whereas M'Kean was a very orthodox Presbyterian, and had voted for that clause, without... | |
 | Erskine Mason, William Adams - 1853 - 538 pages
...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... | |
 | Erskine Mason, William Adams - 1853 - 532 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 532 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
