Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1772. Excerpt: ... celibacy (a). They say, moreover, that your churches resembled the public market-place; that they are equally offensive to the sight and the smell; and that your ceremonies were calculated rather to distract the mind, than to elevate it to God But I hear die sacred trump, whose pleasing sounds anunce the hour of prayer. Come with me, and behold our religion; let us go to the neighbouring temple, and offer our thanks to the Creator, for having once more beheld the rising fun. CHAP. XIX. THE TEMPLE. WE turned the corner of a street, and I perceived in the midst of a spacious place a circular temple crowned with a magnificent dome. This edifice, supported by a single range of columns, had four grand portals; on the front of each was written, The Temple of God. Time had already imprinted a venerable complexion on its walls, from which it received an additional majesty. When I arrived at the door of this temple, what was my surprise, to read the four following lines in large characters: , . Loin