American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

New Hampshire (1792, 1804, 1805, 1817) separate acts of legislation were passed giving exemptions given to Episcopalians, Baptists, Universalists, and Methodists, providing that each should be <considered as a distinct denomination, with privileges as such.> 1792NH002 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1792NH002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). New Hampshire Constitution, 1792, 1804, 1805, 1817.

New Hampshire Constitution (1792): <PART FIRST, ARTICLE 4. Among the natural rights, some are in their very nature unalienable, because no equivalent can be given or received for them. Of this kind are the rights of conscience. ARTICLE 5. Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience and reason; and no person shall be hurt, molested, or restrained in his person, liberty, or estate for worshipping God in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience, or for his religious profession, sentiments, or persuasion; provided he doth...

Delaware Constitution (1792): <PREAMBLE. Through Divine goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences, of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring and protecting reputation and property, and, in general, of attaining objects suitable to their condition, without injury by one to another; and as these rights are essential to their welfare, for the due exercise thereof, power is inherent in them; and, therefore, all just authority in the institutions of political society is derived from the people, and established with their consent, to advance their...

Charles Grandison Finney (August 29, 1792-August 16, 1875) was an American revivalist, author and educator of the early 19th century. He was the president of Oberlin College, in Ohio, 1852. He believed that every human life was valuable and strongly supported giving freedom to the slaves. His college was a busy station on the Underground Railroad, which secretly brought slaves to freedom. Under Charles Finney's direction as president, Oberlin College was the first university in America to award college degrees to women and to blacks. His college graduated Mary Jane Patterson, the first black woman ever to receive a bachelor's...

Kentucky (June 1, 1792) was the 15th State admitted to the Union. The Constitution of the State of Kentucky, adopted 1799, stated: <Article VI, Section 7. The manner of administering an oath or affirmation...shall be esteemed by the General Assembly the most solemn appeal to God.> 1792KY001 The Constitution of the State of Kentucky, adopted 1891, stated: <Preamble. We, the people of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy and invoking the continuance of these blessings...establish this Constitution.>1792KY002 <Bill of Rights, Section 1. The right of worshipping Almighty God according...