Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a…

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.

Daniel Defoe

1701

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Defoe, Daniel. The True-Born Englishman: A Satyr. 1701, pt. 1, I. 1.

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