Annual Report of the Library Board of the Virginia State Library ... to which is Appended ... the Annual Report of the State Librarian, Volúmenes5-7

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Virginia State Library, Division of Purchase and Printing., 1908
Special reports and monographs are issued as part of some of the Reports.

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Página 38 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Página 23 - Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c...
Página 118 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of Magistrate, Legislator, or Judge, to be hereditary.
Página 65 - A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Set forth in some resolutions intended for the inspection of the present delegates of the people of Virginia now in convention.
Página 20 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Página 44 - ... mode of worship : and further, to exempt dissenters from contributions to the support of the established church ; and to suspend, only until the next session, levies on the members of that church for the salaries of their own incumbents. For although the majority of our citizens were dissenters, as has been observed, a majority of the legislature were churchmen. Among these, however, were some reasonable and liberal men, who enabled us, on some points, to obtain feeble majorities.
Página 77 - Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me.
Página 15 - II. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF GREAT-BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c.
Página 117 - That all power is vested in, and consequently derived from the people; that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.
Página 38 - That religion, or the duty we' owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, being under the direction of reason and cocviction only, not of violence or compulsion, all men are equally entitled to the full and free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience...

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