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" ward pay homage to the Deity, only in the 

 " temples of Egypt." Cephas replied : *' Rejeft 

 ** every religion which fubjefts one man to an- 

 *' other man in the name of the Divinity, were it 

 *' even in Egypt ; but in every place where the 

 " good of Man is ftudied, God is acceptably wor- 

 ** ihipped, were it even in Gaul. In every place, 

 " the happinefs of Men conllitutes the glory of 

 " God. For my part, I facrifice at every altar, 

 " where the miferies of the Human Race are re- 

 *' lieved." As he faid thefe words, he proftrated 

 himfelf, and put up his prayer : he then threw into 

 the fire a log of fir, and fome branches of the ju- 

 niper-tree, which perfumed the air, as the fparks 

 with a crackling noife afcended upward. I imi- 

 tated his example ; after which, we went and feated 

 ourfelves at the foot of the rock, in a place car- 

 petted over with mofs, and (laeltered from the 

 North-wind; and having covered ourfelves with 

 the flcins vv'hich were fufpended on the trees, not- 

 withftanding the feverity of the cold, we pafled 

 Vhe night in a comfortable degree of warmth. On 

 the return of the morning, our guides informed 

 lis, that we had to march all the day long over 

 fimilar heights, without finding wood, or fire, or 

 habitation. We prefented our acknowledgments 

 a fécond time to Providence, for the afylum fo fea- 

 fonably afforded us ; we replaced the Ikins on 

 the trees, with a religious exadnefs; we threw frefli 



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