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And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it read more
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded
upon a rock.
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities
of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, read more
In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities
of twenty generations lie buried, in the Great Abbey, which has
during many ages afforded a quiet resting-place to those whose
minds and bodies have been shattered by the contentions of the
Great Hall.
There can be no church in which the demon will not have his
chapel.
There can be no church in which the demon will not have his
chapel.
Whenever God erects a house of prayer
The devil always builds a chapel there;
And 'twill be read more
Whenever 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.
God never had a church but there, men say,
The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,
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God never had a church but there, men say,
The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,
I doubted of this saw, till on a day
I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles.
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner read more
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a
Chappell hard by.
[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel
hard by.]
Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same
church-yarde will have his chappell.
Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same
church-yarde will have his chappell.
Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman,
Who came of decent people;
He built a church in Dublin read more
Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman,
Who came of decent people;
He built a church in Dublin town,
And on it put a steeple.
As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie
times dwell neere to ether.
As like a church and an ale-house, God and the devell, they manie
times dwell neere to ether.
