...states: "Probably at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, and of the first amendment to it ... the general if not the universal sentiment in America...was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement by the state so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience and the freedom of...

...Court Justice Joseph Story endorsed this position, writing in his Commentaries on the Conititution, "The general, if not the universal, sentiment in America...to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience, and the freedom of worship."4 Other jurists...

...time of the adoption of the Constitution and of the amendment to it" — meaning the first amendment now under consideration — "the general if not the...Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the States so far as it is not incompatible once again with the private rights of conscience and the freedom...

...(1851): Probably at the rime of the adoption of the Constitution, and of the first amendment to it ... the general if not the universal sentiment in America...was that Christianity ought to receive encouragement by the state so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience and the freedom of...

...in matters of religion and the freedom of public worship. He went on to say, "Probably at the time of the adoption of the Constitution and of the amendment to it" — meaning the first amendment now under consideration — "the general if not the universal sentiment...

...in matters of religion and the freedom of public worship. He went on to say, "Probably at the time of the adoption of the Constitution and of the amendment to it" — meaning the first amendment now under consideration — "the general if not the universal sentiment...

...England. He speculated that at the time of the adoption of the constitution [sic], and of the [First A]mendment to it, now under consideration, the general,...to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible with the private rights of conscience, and the freedom of religious worship. An...

...Christianity was the accepted religion of the people. As Justice Story has noted, Probably at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, and of the amendment to it now under consideration [First Amendment], the general if not the universal sentiment in America was, that Christianity ought...

...(which none could hold in more reverence than the framers of the Constitution).... Probably, at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, and of the Amendment...consideration, the general, if not the universal, sentiment in y\merica was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the State so far as was not incompatible...

...published in 1833. Kent's views are notable as a contemporary of Story. He wrote, "Probably at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, and of the amendment...consideration, the general, if not the universal sentiment was, that Christianity ought to receive encouragement from the state, so far as was not incompatible...