Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or forbidding the free exercise thereof, was intended to allow every one under the jurisdiction of the United States to entertain such notions respecting his relations to his Maker and... New Light on Mormonism - Page 179by Ellen E. Dickinson - 1885 - 272 pagesFull view - About this book
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