Religion and the State: Or, The Bible and the Public SchoolsDodd, Mead, 1876 - 385 pages |
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Page 123
... observance of men in their relations to God . The transcendent importance of things spiritual , as compared with things temporal , furnishes in itself no reason why government should embrace the former in its sphere of action . It may ...
... observance of men in their relations to God . The transcendent importance of things spiritual , as compared with things temporal , furnishes in itself no reason why government should embrace the former in its sphere of action . It may ...
Page 197
... observance simply because it is religious . Thus the statute upon which the defendant relies , prohibit- ing labor on the Sabbath , could not stand for a mo- ment as a law of this State if its sole foundation was the Christian duty of ...
... observance simply because it is religious . Thus the statute upon which the defendant relies , prohibit- ing labor on the Sabbath , could not stand for a mo- ment as a law of this State if its sole foundation was the Christian duty of ...
Page 199
... part of our system of mu- nicipal law ; or that courts are entitled to base their judgments upon the Bible ; or that any reli- gious observances or duties are to be penally en- forced Christianity and the Common Law . 199.
... part of our system of mu- nicipal law ; or that courts are entitled to base their judgments upon the Bible ; or that any reli- gious observances or duties are to be penally en- forced Christianity and the Common Law . 199.
Page 200
Or, The Bible and the Public Schools Samuel Thayer Spear. gious observances or duties are to be penally en- forced ; or that any legal discrimination in favor of Christianity is allowable . All such construc- tions are excluded by our ...
Or, The Bible and the Public Schools Samuel Thayer Spear. gious observances or duties are to be penally en- forced ; or that any legal discrimination in favor of Christianity is allowable . All such construc- tions are excluded by our ...
Page 246
... observance ; but because a large portion of its worthy citizens do regard the day as sacred and employ it for public and private worship , and have a right to be protected in the quiet use of the time for these purposes . So far as the ...
... observance ; but because a large portion of its worthy citizens do regard the day as sacred and employ it for public and private worship , and have a right to be protected in the quiet use of the time for these purposes . So far as the ...
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