""^^ iA|^*>f*i'.^i-., ..--'^:-/V^v--:-i.-..'-.^.."-^.'V'--.i..-'<'w^->..^-_'?w?a"f*es^-*^ir*w--^S5"'^"!f'.ji?f^^a3^:t-.-e^*i'.-S:V-.^v*V.&j.*:--.*~-^i-I8~-^"f-*ev..'d!'i^s".SiSs^*^J^3B^Tip*:Pt^i-*-^^bA*\^---l-.^S*l^X:8-^^lWf.i>Kf--li..i*. -^-j!^?*^Sa.5et-?s^ K -MV,'iv Class Book University of Chicago Library GIVEN BY \_f t Besides the main topic this boofe also treats of Subject No. Onpage SubjectNo. Onpage WADE CARDS THE TRIALS AND VICTORIES Off AMERICA. BY REV. O. S. BAILEY, D. D. i776. A CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL. 1876, PHILADELPHIA: THE AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY, No. 1420 CHESTNUT STREET. i: i .' : : RELIGIOFS LIBERTY IN AMERICA BY REV. G. S. BAILEY, D. D. 1776. A CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL. 1876, PHILADELPHIA : AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY, No. 1420 CHESTNUT STREET. t t '.', -.* c ,,' * w *3I- * * B tt si c c cr r ?> CONTENTS. PAQI THE CENTENNIALOFAMERICAN INDEPEND- I. ENCE............. ....................................... 5 II. WHAT is RELIGIOUS LIBERTY?.................. 7 III. EARLYSTRUGGLESFOR RELIGIOUSLIBERTY 8 IV. UNIONOFCHURCHANDSTATEINTHEAMER- ICAN COLONIES....................................... 14 V. ROGER WILLIAMS His LABORS AND SUF- : FERINGS................................................ 17 VI. OTHER PERSECUTIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS 23 VII. PERSECUTIONS IN CONNECTICUT............... 31 VIII. PERSECUTIONS IN VIRGINIA.......<............... 36 IX. STRUGGLES FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN . OTHER COLONIES................................... 44 X. THE PERIOD OF THE REVOLUTION.......... 47 XL RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTION ....................................... 52 XII. LATER STRUGGLES FOR RELIGIOUSLIBERTY 54 XIII. RELIGIOUS LIBERTY THE FOUNDATION OF - CIVIL LIBERTY...................................... 55 XIV. INFLUENCE OF OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ON OTHER NATIONS ,.~-----..............,M......... 56 XV. INFLUENCE OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ON RE- LIGION ITSELF....................................... 59 XVI. A CENTENNIAL MONUMENT........................ 60