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 Wednesday. 5 The god of power, adored Thursday. 6 The god of love adored Friday. And, 7 The god of the earth, adored on Saturday-From these idols, the days of our Week are still named. In Scotland, the fire and the bull were adored,

1 Pan, the god of Egypt. 2 Dagon, the God of the Philistines 3 Barl, the god of many of the Eastern nations.-Cupid the God of love. Venus, the goddess of marriage, beauty love, &c. Bacchus, the god of wine, Boreas, the god of storms and winds. Neptune, the god of the seas, &c — O the depravity of fallen human nature!!

About fifteen hundred years ago, a man of Turkey, seeing the high disputes about religion in Egypt, and in the neighbouring nations, formed a deep land plan to please all parties, by making a new one altogether. And so (the better to effect his purpose) commended that he was inspired by God, and named himself the Great Prophet of God.