III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion and morality ; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community, but by the institution of the public worship... A Compendium and Digest of the Laws of Massachusetts - Page 1044by Massachusetts, William Charles White - 1810Full view - About this book
| Timothy Dwight - New England - 1822 - 550 pages
...provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. HI. "As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation...public worship of GoD, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality: therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order... | |
| Boston (Mass.). Common Council - Boston (Mass.) - 1822 - 148 pages
...doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. ARTICLE m. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation...generally diffused through a community, but by the 3 institution of the public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality... | |
| Timothy Dwight - New England - 1823 - 540 pages
...he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. " III. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation...public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality : therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order... | |
| Massachusetts - 1826 - 126 pages
...provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. III. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation...public worship of God, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality : — Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order... | |
| Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...vided he doth not disturh the puhlic peace, or ohstruct others in their religious worship. 3. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation...piety, religion, and morality; and as these cannot he generally diffused through the community, hut hy the institution of a puhlic worship of God, and... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 562 pages
...uponpiety,religion,andmorality.' The same article, also, asserted, that as these could not be diffused throughout a community, but by the institution of the public worship of God, the people had a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require the several... | |
| Timothy Pitkin - United States - 1828 - 554 pages
...religious professions or sentiments. The third article declared this great fundamental truth, ' that the happiness of a people, and the good order .and preservation of civil governmentessentially depended upon piety, religion, and morality.' The same article, also, asserted,... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1832 - 276 pages
...Rights, instead of that in the prinivd report of the General Committee, as follows, viz. ART 3d. "As the happiness of a People, and the good order and preservation...through a community, but by the institution of the publick worship of God, and of publick instructions in piety, religion and morality ; therefore, to... | |
| Massachusetts. General Court. Senate - 1833 - 806 pages
...religious worship. III. — As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of a civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion...public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion and morality : Therefore, to promote their happiness and to secure the good order and... | |
| 1833 - 776 pages
...throw into a note a few additional passages. Constitution of Massachusetts, Part i. Art. 3 — " As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation...and as these cannot be generally diffused through the community but by the institution of a public worship of God, and of public institutions (instructions)... | |
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