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Show FORMS OF OATHS. The form of oath now used in the legislative assemblies of foreign countries are as follows, Bavaria-"I swear. So help me God and His Holey Gospel." Denmark-"I promise and swear. So help me God and His Holy Word." Greece-"I swear in the name of Holy and Consubstantial and Indivisible Trinity." Hesse-Darmstadt, Holland, Coberg, Barden-"I swear. So help me God." Portugal-"I swear on the Holy Gospel." Prussian-"I swear by God, the Almighty and Omniscient. So help me God." Saxony-"I swear by Almighty God." Serbia-"I swear by one God and with all that is according to law most sacred and in this world dearest. So help me God in this and that other world." ??-After swearing the deputy on the Gospel, the President says, "Then may God repay you, but if you fail, may He claim from you." Sweden and Norway-"I (President or Vice President only) swear before God and His Holy Gospel. I will be faithful to his oath as sure as God shall save my body and soul" Switzerland-"In the presence of Almighty God I swear. So help me God." United States-"I do solemnly swear. So help me God." |