 | Worcester Historical Society, Worcester, Mass - Massachusetts - 1895 - 458 pages
...Constitution of the Commonwealth in relation to the Third article of the Bill of Rights. ["As the publick worship of God, and instructions in piety, religion...Societies of this Commonwealth, whether corporate or unincorporate, at any meeting legally warned and holden for that purpose, shall ever have the right... | |
 | David Barnes Ford - Freedom of religion - 1896 - 288 pages
...domination, and which not only allows but secures equal liberty to all. Article XI. reads as follows : As the public worship of God and instructions in piety,...societies of this Commonwealth, whether corporate or unincorporate, at any meeting legally warned and holden for that purpose, shall ever have the right... | |
 | Eli Foster Ritter - Christianity and law - 1896 - 246 pages
...Art. 1 1 of the Amendments, Declaration of Rights : " As the public worship -of God and instruction in piety, religion, and morality promote the happiness...government, therefore the several religious societies of the commonwealth shall have the right to elect their pastors, contract with them for their support,... | |
 | Massachusetts - Law - 1897 - 1012 pages
...article of the bill of rights, the following modification and amendment thereof is substituted : — " As the public worship of GOD and instructions in piety,...societies of this commonwealth, whether corporate or unincorporate, at any meeting legally warned and holden for that purpose, shall ever have the right... | |
 | Massachusetts - Session laws - 1902 - 776 pages
...therefore, the several religious societies of this commonwealth, whether corporate or unincorporate, at any meeting legally warned and holden for that...shall ever have the right to elect their pastors or religiousteachers, to contract with them for their support, to raise money for erecting and repairing... | |
 | Edgar Benton Kinkead - Jurisprudence - 1905 - 496 pages
...The Massachusetts Constitution, Article 11, reads: ". . . . the public worship of God and instruction in piety, religion, and morality promote the happiness and prosperity of a people" etc. 10 Article 18 of the Constitution of Massachusetts goes further in respect to the duties of its... | |
 | Political science - 1907 - 860 pages
...societies organized for the advancement of religion. Massachusetts in its eleventh amendment asserts that "the public worship of God and instructions in...people and the security of a republican government." In Chapter V also it declares that "our wise and pious ancestors . . . laid the foundation of Harvard... | |
 | James Quayle Dealey - Constitutional law - 1907 - 112 pages
...societies organized for the advancement of religion. Massachusetts in its eleventh amendment asserts that "the public worship of God and instructions in...people and the security of a republican government." In Chapter V also it declares that "our wise and pious ancestors . . . laid the foundation of Harvard... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 788 pages
...importance of the public worship of God, and of instruction in piety, religion and morality, as promoting the happiness and prosperity of a people and the security of a republican government. Accordingly, taxation for these purposes is authorized. As taxation to procure property for such uses... | |
 | Francis Newton Thorpe - Charters - 1909 - 678 pages
...and amendment thereof is substituted : — "As the public worship of GOD and instructions in pietv, religion, and morality, promote the happiness and...societies of this commonwealth, whether corporate or tinincorporate, at any meeting legally warned and holden for that purpose, shall ever have the right... | |
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As the public worship of GOD and instructions in piety, religion, and morality, promote the happiness and prosperity of a people, and the security of a republican government ; therefore, the several religious societies of this commonwealth, whether corporate... 
