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We Believe In Enjoying The Constitutional Privilege And Right Of Worshiping Almighty God According To The Dictates Of Our Own Consciences.

If I Lose My Life In A Good Cause I Am Willing To Be Sacrificed On The Altar Of Virtue, Righteousness And Truth, In Maintaining The Laws And Constitution Of The United States, If Need Be, For The General Good Of Mankind.

Will Not The Lord Hear My Prayers And Listen To My Cries As Soon As He Ever Did To Theirs [the Ancient Saints'] If I Come To Him In The Manner They Did?

The Greatest Responsibility In This World That God Has Laid Upon Us Is To Seek After Our Dead.

We May Continue To Expect The Enjoyment Of All The Blessings Of Civil And Religious Liberty, Guaranteed By The Constitution. The Citizens Of Illinois Have Done Themselves Honor, In Throwing The Mantle Of The Constitution Over A Persecuted And Afflicted People.