CHAPTER XXIV. 
THEOLOGY—DEVIL WORSHIP. 
Their theological views are so diversified 
and vague, as not at all to constitute a sys- 
tem of doctrines, and practice: and hence 
they have no fixed forms of worship. Some 
worship images of stone, which, as I sup- 
pose, were made by former generations, as 
curiosities, or as hieroglyphical representa- 
tions. They have also some wooden images. 
A degree of reverence is attached to these 
images by all the people, and some say that 
they were made by God himself. 
So far as I was able to learn, they all 
believe in the existence of a Supreme 
Jehovah ; who is the Creator of the world, 
and of all things therein,— that He is 
Almighty, and just in all his ways. Some 
believe that the earth is his wife, and hence 
they sacrifice and pray to her. » 
They do not think that the true God con- 
cerns himself about the affairs of men, at 
all; but has committed the government and 
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