 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.  History of North America - Page 39by John Talbot - 1820 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 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... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1857 - 594 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
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