 Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there: And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.  Notes and Queries - Pagina 3791868Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pagina’s
...Douglas, iii. I. Ipsa quidem Virtus sibimet pulchemma merces. Silius Italicus, Punica, Lib. xiii. /. 663. Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there. De Foe, The True-born Englishman, PI. i. /. i. God never had a church but there, men say, The devil... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pagina’s
...a vigorous piece of doggrel called " The True Bom Englishman," which opens with these lines : — " st be limited, because tee are so : 'twill be found upon examination The latter has the largest congregation." The retaliation caught the... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1877 - 362 pagina’s
...saw. till on a day I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles. DRUMMOND, Posthumous Poems. — Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The DEVIL always builds a chapel there, And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. Devil. — No sooner is... | |
 | Edward Arber - 1883 - 714 pagina’s
...! Speak, Satyr ! for there 's none like thee, can tell. The True Born Englishman. PART I. |HEREVER GOD erects a House of Prayer, The Devil always builds a Chapel there ; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. For ever since he first... | |
 | Noble Butler - 1879 - 298 pagina’s
...[compared with that of Hooker]." — Fuller. "Of two usances the merriest was put down."— Shakespeare. " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation." — Defoe.* 16. Double... | |
 | John Guard - 1879 - 476 pagina’s
...Employed when most men sleep : What few would wish to give away, And none would wish to keep. Ans. Bed. Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be found upon examination The latter has the largest congregation. These well-known lines so... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 pagina’s
...command of homely and forcible language. The opening lines of this satire have often been quoted : Wherever God erects a house of prayer. The devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. Various political tracts... | |
 | James Miller - 1880 - 334 pagina’s
...first she leads him gently, in dance, and gaiety, and enjoyment; their way is among flowers, and * " Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there." And the devotion he most favors is that at the shrine of the publican t Speech in Free General Assembjy, 1857.... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1880 - 182 pagina’s
...shows the ability of its author to reason forcibly in rhyme. The opening lines are characteristic : Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there ; And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation. The Shortest Way with the... | |
 | Joseph Angus - 1880 - 730 pagina’s
...are spared ; and who am I, to repine? The Onat /','...:-- >» The True-Born Englishman. A Satire.* Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there : And 'twill be found upon examination The latter has the largest congregation : For ever since he first... | |
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