...[111. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and prcsr-.rv.ifor thtalh""nted ^'on o^ C'V'1 government, essentially depend upon piety, religion...institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instrucLegfelature em' t'"1*3 m I1'1'1)'! religion and morality : Therefore, to promote their happipowered...

...As the happiness of the people^ and the good1 order and preservation of civil government, especially depend upon> piety, religion, and morality ; and as- these cannot be generally diffused throughout the community, bat by the institution of a publio worship of God, and of public institutions...

...article of the Constitution of Massachusetts, on which the decision is based, is as follows : — ART. 3. As the happiness of a people and the good order and...preservation of civil government essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality; and as these cannot be generally diffused throughout the community...

...Revolution present the same characteristics. In 1780, the Constitution of Massachusetts declared that the happiness of a people, and the good order and...preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality." And in the Convention of that State, met in 1820 to revise the Constitution,...

...after long debates : — " III. As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of a civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion,...and as these cannot be generally diffused through a commumty, but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instruction in piety,...

...provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship. [ART. Ill* As the happiness of a people, and the good order and...piety, religion and morality ; Therefore, To promote thfcir happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their Government, the people of...

...religion entirely alone.* We personify the State * Modern law of Massachusetts in relation to Religion : "As the happiness of a people, and the good order...government, essentially depend upon piety, religion in a figure of speech and for the convenience of language ; but the State, strictly speaking, is not...

...ecclesiastical system of New England rested on the conviction avowed in the Charter of Political Rights, that " the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of a government, essentially depend upon piety, religion, and morality." But the method provided to meet...

...[III.* As the happiness of a people, and the good order and preservafor thl»lb*tltUt*<1 t'on °^ c'v'' government, essentially depend upon piety, religion...community, but by the institution of the public worship of Gor>, and of public instrucLegfolatnra em- tions in piety, religion and morality ; Therefore, to promote...

...sentiments; provided, he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their worship. "ART. 3. As the happiness of a people and the good order and...depend upon piety, religion and morality ; and as these can not be generally diffused through a community but by the institution of the public worship of God...