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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One
+Syllable, by Mary Godolphin
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+Title: The Pilgrim's Progress in Words of One Syllable
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+Author: Mary Godolphin
+
+Release Date: December, 2004 [EBook #7088]
+Posting Date: May 1, 2009
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PILGRIM'S PROGRESS ***
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+Produced by Bruce W. Miller
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+THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS IN WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE
+
+
+by Mary Godolphin
+
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+
+AUTHOR'S PREFACE
+
+In offering to the public another volume on my plan of reducing popular
+tales into words of One Syllable exclusively, I wish it to be clearly
+understood that it is intended for Adult Beginners, no less than for
+Children. There is a large class of persons who do not begin to acquire
+the art of reading till somewhat late in life, and it is for such that I
+think a book of this Character is peculiarly applicable.
+
+It may be objected that my system involves the use of words which,
+though short, are difficult to understand and might be made more
+intelligible in polysyllabic language. But I have endeavored as far as
+possible to avoid hard and technical expressions, and I cannot but
+think that the mere fact of the brevity of the words must be a great
+attraction to beginners of all ages. By this method the labor of
+dividing and accentuating words is avoided: a difficulty which pupils
+who have only attained to the knowledge of monosyllables cannot conquer
+by independent effort.
+
+I take this opportunity of acknowledging the great favor with which my
+previous books of the same character have been received, and I am glad
+to hear that they have been found useful as Prizes in Schools.
+
+I have thought it necessary to retain all the names of Persons and
+Places in their original form, but this is the only exception to my
+general rule.
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+
+PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
+
+
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+
+PART I.
+
+As I went through the wild waste of this world, I came to a place where
+there was a den, and I lay down in it to sleep. While I slept I had a
+dream, and lo! I saw a man whose clothes were in rags and he stood with
+his face from his own house, with a book in his hand, and a great load
+on his back. I saw him read from the leaves of a book, and as he read,
+he wept and shook with fear; and at length he broke out with a loud cry,
+and said, What shall I do to save my soul?
+
+So in this plight he went home, and as long as he could he held his
+peace, that his wife and babes should not see his grief. But at length
+he told them his mind, and thus he spoke, O my dear wife, and you my
+babes, I, your dear friend, am full of woe, for a load lies hard on me;
+and more than this, I have been told that our town will be burnt with
+fire, in which I, you my wife, and you my sweet babes, shall be lost, if
+means be not found to save us.
+
+This sad tale struck all who heard him with awe, not that they thought
+what he said to them was true, but that they had fears that some weight
+must be on his mind; so, as night now drew near, they were in hopes that
+sleep might soothe his brain, and with all haste they got him to bed.
+
+When the morn broke, they sought to know how he did? He told them, Worse
+and worse; and he set to talk once more in the same strain as he had
+done; but they took no heed of it. By and by, to drive off his fit, they
+spoke harsh words to him; at times they would laugh, at times they would
+chide, and then set him at nought. So he went to his room to pray for
+them, as well as to nurse his own grief. He would go, too, into the
+woods to read and muse, and thus for some weeks he spent his time.
+
+Now I saw, in my dream, that one day as he took his walk in the fields
+with his book in his hand, he gave a groan,--for he felt as if a cloud
+were on his soul,--and he burst out as he was wont to do, and said, Who
+will save me? I saw, too, that he gave wild looks this way and that, as
+if he would rush off; yet he stood still, for he could not tell which
+way to go. At last, a man, whose name was Evangelist, came up to him and
+said, Why dost thou weep?
+
+He said, Sir, I see by this book in my hand that I am to die, and that
+then God will judge me. Now I dread to die.
+
+Evangelist.--Why do you fear to die, since this life is fraught with
+woe?
+
+The man said, I fear lest a hard doom should wait me, and that this load
+on my back will make me sink down, till at last, I shall find I am in
+Tophet.
+
+If this be your case, said Evangelist, why do you stand still?
+
+But the man said, I know not where to go.
+
+Then he gave him a scroll with these words on it, Fly from the wrath to
+come.
+
+When the man read it he said, Which way must I fly?
+
+Evangelist held out his hand to point to a gate in the wide field, and
+said, Do you see the Wicket Gate?
+
+The man said, No.
+
+Do you see that light?
+
+He then said, I think I do.
+
+Keep that light in your eye, quoth Evangelist, and go straight up to it;
+so shall you see the gate, at which, when you knock, it shall be told
+you what you are to do.
+
+Then I saw in my dream that Christian--for that was his name--set off to
+run.
+
+Now he had not gone far from his own door, when his wife and young ones,
+who saw him, gave a loud wail to beg of him to come back; but the man
+put his hands to his ears, and ran on with a cry of Life! Life! The
+friends of his wife, too, came out to see him run, and as he went, some
+were heard to mock him, some to use threats, and there were two who set
+off to fetch him back by force, the names of whom were Obstinate and
+Pliable. Now, by this time, the man had gone a good way off, but at last
+they came up to him.
+
+Then said Christian, Friends, why are you come?
+
+To bid you go back with us, said they.
+
+But, quoth he, that can by no means be; you dwell in the City of
+Destruction, the place where I, too, was born. I know it to be so, and
+there you will die and sink down to a place which burns with fire; be
+wise, good friends, and come with me.
+
+What! and leave our good, and all out kith and kin?
+
+Yes, said Christian, for that all which you might leave is but a grain
+to that which I seek, and if you will go with me and hold it firm, you
+shall fare as well as I; for there, where I go, you will find all you
+want and to spare. Come with me, and prove my words.
+
+Obstinate.--What are the things you seek, since you leave all the world
+to find them?
+
+Christian.--I seek those joys that fade not, which are laid up in a
+place of bliss--safe there for those who go in search of them. Read it
+so, if you will, in my book.
+
+Obstinate.--Tush! Off with your book. Will you go back with us or no?
+
+Christian.--No, not I, for I have laid my hand to the plough.
+
+Obstinate.--Come, friend Pliable, let us turn back and leave him; there
+is a troop of such fools who, when they take up with a whim by the end,
+are more wise in their own eyes than ten men who know how to think.
+
+Pliable.--Nay, do not scorn him; if what the good Christian says is
+true, the things he looks to are of more worth than ours: my heart leans
+to what he says.
+
+Obstinate.--What! more fools still! Go back, go back, and be wise.
+
+Christian.--Nay, but do you come with your friend Pliable; there are
+such things to be had as those I just spoke of, and more too. If you
+give no heed to me, read here in this book which comes to us from God,
+who could not lie.
+
+Pliable.--Well, friend Obstinate, I think now I have come to a point;
+and I mean to go with this good man, and to cast my lot in with his.
+Then said he to Christian, Do you know the way to the place you speak
+of?
+
+Christian.--I am told by a man whose name is Evangelist, to do my best
+to reach a gate that is in front of us, where I shall be told how to
+find the way.
+
+So they went on side by side.
+
+Obstinate.--And I will go back to my place; I will not be one of such
+vain folk.
+
+Now I saw in my dream, that when Obstinate was gone back, Christian and
+Pliable set off to cross the plain, and they spoke thus as they went:--
+
+Christian.--Well, Pliable, how do you do now? I am glad you have a mind
+to go with me.
+
+Pliable.--Come, friend Christian, since there are none but we two here,
+tell me more of the things of which we go in search.
+
+Christian.--I can find them in my heart, though I know not how to speak
+of them with my tongue; but yet, since you wish to know, this book tells
+us of a world that hast no bounds, and a life that has no end.
+
+Pliable.--Well said, and what else?
+
+Christian.--That there are crowns of light in store for us, and robes
+that will make us shine like the sun.
+
+Pliable.--This, too, is good; and what else?
+
+Christian.--That there shall be no more care nor grief for he that owns
+the place will wipe all tears from our eyes.
+
+Pliable.--And what friends shall we find there?
+
+Christian.--There we shall be with all the saints, in robes so bright
+that our eyes will grow dim to look on them. There shall we meet those
+who in this world have stood out for the faith, and have been burnt
+on the stake, and thrown to wild beasts, for the love they bore to the
+Lord. They will not harm us, but will greet us with love, for they all
+walk in the sight of God.
+
+Pliable.--But how shall we get to share all this?
+
+Christian.--The Lord of that land saith, if we wish to gain that world
+we shall be free to have it.
+
+Pliable.--Well, my good friend, glad am I to hear of these thing: come
+on, let us mend our pace.
+
+Christian.--I can not go so fast as I would, for this load on my back.
+
+Then I saw in my dream that just as they had come to an end of this
+talk, they drew near to a slough that was in the midst of the plain,
+and as they took no heed, they both fell in. The name of the slough
+was Despond. Here they lay for a time in the mud; and the load that
+Christian had on his back made him sink all the more in the mire.
+
+Pliable.--Ah! friend Christian, where are you now?
+
+Christian.--In truth, I do no know.
+
+Then Pliable said to his friend, Is this the bliss of which you have
+told me all this while? If we have such ill speed when we first set out,
+what may we look for twixt this and the end of our way? And with that he
+got out of the mire on that side of the slough which was next to his own
+house; then off he went, and Christian saw him no more.
+
+So Christian was left to strive in the Slough of Despond as well as he
+could; yet his aim was to reach that side of the slough that was next
+The Wicket Gate, which at last he did, but he could not get out for the
+load that was on his back; till I saw in my dream that a man came to him
+whose name was Help.
+
+What do you do here? said Help.
+
+Christian.--I was bid to go this way by Evangelist, who told me to pass
+up to yon gate, that I might flee from the wrath to come, and on my way
+to it I fell in here.
+
+Help.--But why did you not look for the steps?
+
+Christian.--Fear came so hard on me that I fled the next way and fell
+in.
+
+Help.--Give me your hand.
+
+So he gave him his hand, and he drew him out, and set him on firm
+ground, and bade him go on his way.
+
+Then in my dream I went up to Help and said to him, Sir, since this
+place is on the way from The City of Destruction to The Wicket Gate, how
+is it that no one mends this patch of ground, so that those who come by
+may not fall in the slough?
+
+Help.--This slough is such a place as no one can mend. It is the spot to
+which doth run the scum and filth that wait on sin, and that is why men
+call it the Slough of Despond. When the man of sin wakes up to a sense
+of his own lost state, doubts and fears rise up in his soul, and all of
+them drain down and sink in this place: and it is this that makes the
+ground so bad. True there are good and sound steps in the midst of the
+slough, but at times it is hard to see them; or if they be seen, men's
+heads are so dull that they step on one side, and fall in the mire. But
+the ground is good when they have once got in at the gate.
+
+Now I saw in my dream that by this time Pliable had gone back to his
+house once more, and that his friends came to see him: some said how
+wise it was to come home, and some that he was a fool to have gone.
+Some, too, were found to mock him, who said--Well, had I set out, I
+would not have been so base as to come back for a slough in the road. So
+Pliable was left to sneak off; but at last he got more heart, and then
+all were heard to turn their taunts, and laugh at poor Christian. Thus
+much for Pliable.
+
+Now as Christian went on his way he saw a man come through the field to
+meet him, whose name was Mr. Worldly Wiseman, and he dwelt in the town
+of Carnal Policy, which was near that whence Christian came. He
+had heard some news of Christian; for his flight from The City of
+Destruction had made much noise, and was now the talk far and near. So
+he said, How now, good Sir, where do you go with such a load on your
+back?
+
+Christian.--In truth, it is a load; and if you ask me where I go, I must
+tell you, Sir, I must go the The Wicket Gate in front of me, for there I
+shall be put in a way to get quit of my load.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--Have you not a wife and babes?
+
+Christian.--Yes, but with this load I do not seem to care for them as I
+did; and, in truth, I feel as if I had none.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--Will you hear me if I speak my mind to you?
+
+Christian.--If what you say be good, I will, for I stand much in need of
+help.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--I would urge you then, with all speed, to get rid of
+your load; for you will not be at rest till then.
+
+Christian.--That is just what I seek to do. But there is no man in our
+land who can take if off me.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--Who bade you go this way to be rid of it?
+
+Christian.--One that I took to be a great and true man; his name is
+Evangelist.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--Hark at what I say: there is no worse way in the world
+than that which he has sent you, and that you will find if you take him
+for your guide. In this short time you have met with bad luck, for I see
+the mud of the Slough of Despond is on your coat. Hear me, for I have
+seen more of the world than you; in the way you go, you will meet with
+pain, woe, thirst, the sword too,--in a word, death! Take no heed of
+what Evangelist tells you.
+
+Christian.--Why, Sir, this load on my back is worse to me than all those
+things which you speak of; nay, I care not what I meet with in the way,
+if I can but get rid of my load.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--How did you come by it at first?
+
+Christian.--Why, I read this book.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--Like more weak men I know, who aim at things too high
+for them you have lost heart, and run in the dark at great risk, to gain
+you know not what.
+
+Christian.--I know what I would gain, it is ease for my load.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--But why will you seek for ease thus, when I could put
+you in the way to aid it where there would be no risk; and the cure is
+at hand.
+
+Christian.--Pray, Sir, tell me what that way is.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--Well, in yon town, which you can see from hence--the
+name of which is Morality--there dwells a man whose name is Legality,
+a wise man, and a man of some rank, who has skill to help men off with
+such loads as yours from their backs; I know he has done a great deal
+for good in that way; aye, and he has the skill to cure those who, from
+the loads they bear, are not quite sound in their wits. To him as I
+said, you may go and get help. His house in but a mile from this place,
+and should he not be at home, he has a son whose name is Civility, who
+can do it just as well as his sire. There, I say, you may go to get rid
+of your load. I would not have you go back to your old home, but you can
+send for your wife and babes, and you will find that food there is cheap
+and good.
+
+Now was Christian brought to a stand; but by and by he said, Sir, which
+is my way to this good man's house?
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--Do you see that hill?
+
+Christian.--Yes, I do.
+
+Worldly Wiseman.--By that hill you must go, and the first house you come
+to is his.
+
+So Christian went out of his way to find Mr. Legality's house to seek
+for help.
+
+But, lo, when he had got close up to the hill, it was so steep and high
+that he had fear lest it should fall on his head; so he stood still, for
+he knew not what to do. His load, too, was of more weight to him than
+when he was on the right road. Then came flames of fire out of the hill,
+that made him quake for fear lest he should be burnt. And now it was a
+great grief to him that he had lent his ear to Worldly Wiseman; and it
+was well that he just then saw Evangelist come to meet him; though
+at the sight of him he felt a deep blush on his face for shame. So
+Evangelist drew near, and when he came up to him, he said, with a sad
+look; What dost thou here, Christian?
+
+To these words Christian knew not what to say, so he stood quite mute.
+Then Evangelist went on thus: Art not thou the man that I heard cry in
+The City of Destruction?
+
+Christian.--Yes, dear Sir, I am the man.
+
+Evangelist.--Did not I point out to thee the way to the Wicket Gate?
+
+Christian.--Yes, you did, Sir.
+
+Evangelist.--How is it, then, that thou hast so soon gone out of the
+way?
+
+Christian.--When I had got out of the Slough of Despond I met a man
+who told me that in a town near, I might find one who could take off my
+load.
+
+Evangelist.--What was he?
+
+Christian.--He had fair looks, and said much to me, and got me at last
+to yield; so I came here. But when I saw this hill, and how steep it
+was, I made a stand, lest it should fall on my head.
+
+Evangelist.--What said the man to thee?
+
+When Evangelist had heard from Christian all that took place, he said:
+Stand still a while, that I may show thee the words of God.
+
+So Evangelist went on to read, 'Now the just shall live by faith, but if
+a man draw back, my soul shall have no joy in him.' Is not this the case
+with thee? said he: Hast not thou drawn back thy feet from the way of
+peace, to thine own cost; and dost thou not spurn the most high God?
+
+Then Christian fell down at his feet as dead, and said: Woe is me! Woe
+is me!
+
+At the sight of which, Evangelist caught him by the right hand, and
+said: Faith hopes all things.
+
+Then did Christian find some peace, and stood up.
+
+Evangelist.--I pray thee give more heed to the things that I shall tell
+thee of. The Lord says, 'Strive to go in at the strait gate, the gate
+to which I send thee, for strait is the gate that leads to life, and few
+there be that find it.' Why didst thou set at nought the words of God,
+for the sake of Mr. Worldly Wiseman? That is, in truth, the right name
+for such as he. The Lord hath told thee that he who will save his life
+shall lose it.' He to whom thou wast sent for ease, Legality by name,
+could not set thee free; no man yet has got rid of his load through him;
+he could but show thee the way to woe, for by the deeds of the law no
+man can be rid of his load. So that Mr. Worldly Wiseman and his friend
+Mr. Legality are false guides; and as for his son Civility, he could not
+help thee.
+
+Now Christian, in great dread, could think of nought but death, and sent
+forth a sad cry in grief that he had gone from the right way. Then he
+spoke once more to Evangelist in these words:--Sir, what think you? Is
+there hope? May I now go back, and strive to reach The Wicket Gate? I
+grieve that I gave ear to this man's voice; but may my sin find grace?
+
+Evangelist.--Thy sin is great, for thou hast gone from the way that is
+good, to tread in false paths, yet will the man at the gate let thee
+through, for he has love and good will for all men; but take heed that
+thou turn not to the right hand or to the left.
+
+Then did Christian make a move to go back, and Evangelist gave him a
+kiss and one smile, and bade him God speed.
+
+So he went on with haste, nor did he speak on the road; and could by no
+means feel safe till he was in the path which he had left. In time, he
+got up to the gate. And as he saw by the words which he read on it,
+that those who would knock could go in, he gave two or three knocks, and
+said: May I go in here?
+
+At last there came a great man to the gate, whose name was Good-will,
+and he said: Who is there; whence come you, and what would you have?
+
+Christian.--I come from The City of Destruction with a load of Sins on
+my back; but I am on my way to Mount Zion, that I may be free from the
+wrath to come; and as I have been told that my way is through this gate,
+I would know, Sir, if you will let me in?
+
+Good-will.--With all my heart.
+
+So he flung back the gate. But just as Christian went in, he gave him a
+pull.
+
+Then said Christian: What means that? Good-will told him that a short
+way from this gate there was a strong fort, of which Beelzebub was the
+chief, and that from thence he and the rest that dwelt there shot darts
+at those that came up to the gate to try if they could kill them ere
+they got in.
+
+Then said Christian: I come in with joy and with fear. So when he had
+gone in, the man at the gate said: Who sent you here?
+
+Christian.--Evangelist bade me come and knock (as I did); and he said
+that you, Sir, would tell me what I must do.
+
+Good-will.--The door is thrown back wide for you to come in, and no man
+can shut it.
+
+Christian.--Now I seem to reap the good of all the risks I have met with
+on the way.
+
+Good-will.--But how is it that no one comes with you?
+
+Christian.--None of my friends saw that there was cause of fear, as I
+did.
+
+Good-will.--Did they know of your flight?
+
+Christian.--Yes, my wife and young ones saw me go, and I heard their
+cries as they ran out to try and stop me. Some of my friends, too, would
+have had me come home, but I put my hands to my ears, and so came on my
+way.
+
+Good-will.--But did none of them come out to beg of you to go back?
+
+Christian.--Yes, both Obstinate and Pliable came, but when they found
+that I would not yield, Obstinate went home, but Pliable came with me as
+far as the Slough of Despond.
+
+Good-will.--Why did he not come through it?
+
+When Christian told him the rest, he said: Ah, poor man! Is a world of
+bliss such a small thing to him, that he did not think it worth while to
+run a few risks to gain it?
+
+Sir, said Christian, there is not much to choose twixt him and me. Then
+he told Good-will how he had been led from the straight path by Mr.
+Worldly Wiseman.
+
+Good-will.--Oh, did he light on you? What! He would have had you seek
+for ease at the hands of Mr. Legality. They are, in truth, both of them
+cheats. And did you take heed of what he said?
+
+Christian then told him all. But now that I am come, said he, I am more
+fit for death, than to stand and talk to my Lord. But oh, the joy it is
+to me to be here!
+
+Good-will.--We keep none out that knock at this gate, let them have done
+what they may ere they came here; for they are 'in no wise cast out.'
+So, good Christian, come with me, and I will teach you the way you must
+go. Look in front. That is the way which was laid down by Christ and the
+wise men of old, and it is as straight as a rule can make it.
+
+Christian.--But is there no turn or bend by which one who knows not the
+road might lose his way?
+
+Good-will.--My friend, there are not a few that lead down to it, and
+these paths are wide: yet by this you may judge the right from the
+wrong--the right are straight and are by no means wide.
+
+Then I saw in my dream that Christian said: Could you not help me off
+with this load on my back?--for as yet he had not got rid of it. He was
+told: As to your load, you must bear it till you come to the place of
+Deliverance, for there it will fall from your back.
+
+Then Christian would have set off on the road; but Good-will said: Stop
+a while and let me tell you that when you have gone through the gate you
+will see the house of Mr. Interpreter, at whose door you must knock, and
+he will show you good things. Then Christian took leave of his friend,
+who bade him God speed.
+
+He now went on till he came to the house at the door of which he was to
+knock; this he did two or three times. At last one came to the door and
+said: Who is there?
+
+Christian.--I have come to see the good man of the house.
+
+So in a short time Mr. Interpreter came to him and said: What would you
+have?
+
+Christian.--Sir, I am come from The City of Destruction, and am on my
+way to Mount Zion. I was told by the man that stands at the gate, that
+if I came here you would show me good things that would help me.
+
+Then Interpreter took Christian to a room, and bade his man bring a
+light, and there he saw on the wall the print of one who had a grave
+face, whose eyes were cast up to the sky, and the best of books was in
+His hand, the law of truth was on His lips, and the world was at His
+back. He stood as if He would plead for men, and a crown of gold hung
+near his head.
+
+Christian.--What does this mean?
+
+Interpreter.--I have shown you this print first, for this is He who
+is to be your sole guide when you can not find your way to the land to
+which you go; so take good heed to what I have shown you, lest you meet
+with some who would feign to lead you right; but their way goes down to
+death.
+
+Then he took him to a large room that was full of dust, for it had not
+been swept; and Interpreter told his man to sweep it. Now when he did
+so, such clouds of dust flew up, that it made Christian choke.
+
+Then said Interpreter to a maid that stood by; Make the floor moist that
+the dust may not rise; and when she had done this, it was swept with
+ease.
+
+Christian.--What means this?
+
+Interpreter.--This room is the heart of that man who knows not the grace
+of God. The dust is his first sin and the vice that is in him. He that
+swept first is the Law, but she who made the floor moist is The Book
+which tells Good News to Man. Now as soon as you saw the first of these
+sweep, the dust did so fly that the room could not be made clean by him;
+this is to show you that the law as it works does not cleanse the heart
+from sin, but gives strength to sin, so as to rouse it up in the soul.
+
+Then you next saw the maid come in to lay the dust; so is sin made clean
+and laid low by faith in The Book.
+
+Now, said Christian, let me go hence.
+
+Well, said Interpreter, keep all things so in thy mind that they may be
+a goad in thy sides; and may faith guide thee!
+
+Then I saw in my dream that the high way which Christian was to tread,
+had a wall on each side, and the name of that wall was Salvation. Up
+this high way did Christian run, but with great toil for the load on his
+back. He ran thus till he drew near to a place on which stood a cross,
+and at the foot of it a tomb. Just as Christian came up to the cross,
+his load slid from his back, close to the mouth of the tomb, where it
+fell in, and I saw it no more.
+
+Then was Christian glad, and said with a gay heart: He gives me rest by
+his grief, and life by his death.
+
+Yet he stood still for a while, for he was struck with awe to think that
+the sight of the cross should thus ease him of his load. Three or four
+times did he look on the cross and the tomb, and the tears rose to his
+eyes. As he stood thus and wept, lo, three Bright Ones came to him, and
+one of them said: Peace be to thee! thou hast grace from thy sins. And
+one came up to him to strip him of his rags and put a new robe on him,
+while the third set a mark on his face, and gave him a roll with a
+seal on it, which he bade him look on as he went, and give it at The
+Celestial Gate; and then they left him.
+
+Christian gave three leaps for joy, and sang as he went: Ah, what a
+place is this! Blest cross! Blest tomb! Nay, blest is the Lord that was
+put to shame for me!
+
+He went on thus till he came to a vale where he saw three men who were
+in a sound sleep, with chains on their feet. The name of one was Simple,
+one Sloth, and the third Presumption. As Christian saw them lie in this
+case, he went to wake them, and said: You are like those that sleep on
+the top of a mast, for the Dead Sea is at your feet. Wake, rise, and
+come with me. Trust me, and I will help you off with your chains. With
+that they cast their eyes up to look at him, and Simple said: I would
+fain take more sleep. Presumption said: Let each man look to his own.
+And so they lay down to sleep once more.
+
+Then I saw in my dream that two men leapt from the top of the wall
+and made great haste to come up to him. Their names were Formalist and
+Hypocrisy.
+
+Christian.--Sirs, whence come you, and where do you go?
+
+Formalist and Hypocrisy.--We were born in the land of Vain-glory, and
+are on our way to Mount Zion for praise.
+
+Christian.--Why came you not in at the Gate? Know you not that he that
+comes not in at the door, but climbs up to get in, the same is a thief?
+
+They told him that to go through the gate was too far round; that the
+best way was to make a short cut of it, and climb the wall, as they had
+done.
+
+Christian.--But what will the Lord of the town to which we are bound
+think of it, if we go not in the way of his will?
+
+They told Christian that he had no need for care on that score, for long
+use had made it law, and they could prove that it had been so for years.
+Christian.--But are you quite sure that your mode will stand a suit at
+law?
+
+Yes, said they, no doubt of it. And if we get in the road at all, pray
+what are the odds? If we are in, we are in; you are but in the way, who
+come in at the gate, and we too are in the way that choose to climb the
+wall. Is not our case as good as yours?
+
+Christian.--I walk by the rule of my Lord, but you walk by the rule of
+your own lusts. The Lord of the way will count you as thieves, and you
+will not be found true men in the end.
+
+I saw then that they all went on till they came to the foot of the Hill
+of Difficulty, where there was a spring. There were in the same place
+two more ways, one on the left hand and one on the right; but the path
+that Christian was told to take went straight up the hill, and its name
+is Difficulty, and he saw that the way of life lay there.
+
+Now when Christian got as far as the Spring of Life he drank of it, and
+then went up the hill. But when the two men saw that it was steep and
+high, and that there were three ways to choose from, one of them took
+the path the name of which is Danger, and lost his way in a great wood,
+and one of them went by the road of Destruction, which led him to a wide
+field full of dark rocks, where he fell, and rose no more. I then saw
+Christian go up the hill, where at first I could see him run, then walk,
+and then go on his hands and knees, so steep was it. Now half way up was
+a cave made by the Lord of that hill, that those who came by might rest
+there. So here Christian sat down, and took out the scroll and read it,
+till at last he fell off in a deep sleep which kept him there till it
+was dusk; and while he slept his scroll fell from his hand. At length
+a man came up to him and woke him, and said: Go to the ant, thou man of
+sloth, and learn of her to be wise.
+
+At this Christian gave a start, and sped on his way, and went at a quick
+pace.
+
+When he had got near to the top of the hill, two men ran up to meet him,
+whose names were Timorous and Mistrust, to whom Christian said, Sirs,
+what ails you? You run the wrong way.
+
+Timorous said that Zion was the hill they meant to climb, but that when
+they had got half way they found that they met with more and more risk,
+so that great fear came on them, and all they could do was to turn back.
+
+Yes, said Mistrust, for just in front of us there lay two beasts of prey
+in our path; we knew not if they slept or not, but we thought that they
+would fall on us and tear our limbs.
+
+Christian.--You rouse my fears. Where must I fly to be safe? If I go
+back to my on town (Destruction) I am sure to lose my life, but if I can
+get to The Celestial City, there shall I be safe. To turn back is death;
+to go on is fear of death, but when I come there, a life of bliss that
+knows no end. I will go on yet.
+
+So Mistrust and Timorous ran down the hill and Christian went on his
+way. Yet he thought once more of what he had heard from the men, and
+then he felt in his cloak for his scroll, that he might read it and find
+some peace. He felt for it but found it not. Then was Christian in great
+grief, and knew not what to do for the want of that which was to be his
+pass to The Celestial City. At last, thought he: I slept in the cave
+by the side of the hill. So he fell down on his knees to pray that God
+would give him grace for this act; and then went back to look for his
+scroll. But as he went, what tongue can tell the grief of Christian's
+heart? Oh, fool that I am! said he, to sleep in the day time; so to give
+way to the flesh as to use for ease that rest which the Lord of the hill
+had made but for the help of the soul!
+
+Thus, then, with tears and sighs, he went back, and with much care did
+he look on this side and on that for his scroll. At length he came near
+to the cave where he had sat and slept. How far, thought Christian, have
+I gone in vain! Such was the lot of the Jews for their sin; they were
+sent back by the way of the Red Sea; and I am made to tread those steps
+with grief which I might have trod with joy, had it not been for this
+sleep. How far might I have been on my way by this time! I am made to
+tread those steps thrice which I need not to have trod but once; yea,
+now too I am like to be lost in the night, for the day is well nigh
+spent. O that I had not slept!
+
+Now by this time he had come to the vale once more, where for a spell he
+sat down and wept; but at last, as he cast a sad glance at the foot of
+the bench, he saw his scroll, which he caught up with haste, and put in
+his cloak. Words are too weak to tell the joy of Christian when he had
+got back his scroll. He laid it up in the breast of his coat and gave
+thanks to God. With what a light step did he now climb the hill! But,
+ere he got to the top, the sun went down on Christian, and he soon saw
+that two wild beast stood in his way. Ah, thought he, these beasts range
+in the night for their prey; and if they should meet with me in the
+dark, how should I fly from them? I see now the cause of all those fears
+that drove Mistrust and Timorous back.
+
+Still Christian went on, and while he thought thus on this sad lot he
+cast up his eyes and saw a great house in front of him, the name of
+which was Beautiful, and it stood just by the side of the high road. So
+he made haste and went on in the hope that he could rest there a while.
+The name of the man who kept the lodge of that house was Watchful, and
+when he saw that Christian made a halt as if he would go back, he came
+out to him and said: Is thy strength so small? Fear not the two wild
+beasts, for they are bound by chains, and are put here to try the faith
+of those that have it, and to find out those that have none. Keep in the
+midst of the path and no harm shall come to thee.
+
+Then I saw, in my dream, that still he went on in great dread of the
+wild beasts; he heard them roar, yet they did him no harm; but when he
+had gone by them he went on with joy, till he came and stood in front of
+the lodge where Watchful dwelt.
+
+Christian.--Sir, what house is this? May I rest here to night?
+
+Watchful.--This house was built by the Lord of the Hill to give aid to
+those who climb up it for the good cause. Tell me, whence come you?
+
+Christian.--I am come from the Town of Destruction, and am on my way to
+Mount Zion; but the day is far spent, and I would, with your leave, pass
+the night here.
+
+Watchful.--What is your name?
+
+Christian.--My name is now Christian, but at first it was Graceless.
+
+Watchful.--How is it you came so late? The sun is set.
+
+Christian then told him why it was.
+
+Watchful.--Well, I will call one that lives here, who, if she like your
+talk, will let you come in, for these are the rules of the house.
+
+So he rang a bell, at the sound of which there came out at the door a
+grave and fair maid, whose name was Discretion. When Watchful told her
+why Christian had come there, she said: What is your name?
+
+It is Christian, said he, and I much wish to rest here to night, and
+the more so for I see this place was build by the Lord of the Hill, to
+screen those from harm who come to it.
+
+So she gave a smile, but the tears stood in her eyes; and in a short
+time she said: I will call forth two or three more of our house, and
+then she ran to the door and brought in Prudence, Piety, and Charity,
+who met him and said: Come in, thou blest of the Lord; this house was
+built by the King of the Hill for such as you. Then Christian bent down
+his head, and went with them to the house.
+
+Piety.--Come, good Christian, since our love prompts us to take you in
+to rest, let us talk with you of all that you have seen on your way.
+
+Christian.--With a right good will, and I am glad that you should ask it
+of me.
+
+Prudence.--And, first, say what is it that makes you wish so much to go
+to Mount Zion?
+
+Christian.--Why there I hope to see Him that did die on the Cross; and
+there I hope to be rid of all those thing that to this day grieve and
+vex me. There, they say, is no death; and there I shall dwell with such
+as love the Lord.
+
+Charity.--Have you a wife and babes?
+
+Christian.--Yes, I have.
+
+Charity.--And why did you not bring them with you?
+
+Christian then wept, and said: Oh, how glad should I have been to do so!
+but they would not come with me, nor have me leave them.
+
+Charity.--And did you pray to God to put it in their hearts to go with
+you?
+
+Christian.--Yes, and that with much warmth, for you may think how dear
+they were to me.
+
+Thus did Christian talk with these friends till it grew dark, and then
+he took his rest in a large room, the name of which was Peace; there he
+slept till break of day, and then he sang a hymn.
+
+They told him that he should not leave till they had shown him all the
+rare things that were in that place. There were to be seen the rod of
+Moses, the nail with which Jail slew Sisera, the lamps with which Gideon
+put to flight the host of Midian, and the ox goad with which Shamgar
+slew his foes. And they brought out the jaw bone of an ass with which
+Samson did such great feats, and the sling and stone with which David
+slew Goliath of Gath.
+
+Then I saw in my dream that Christian rose to take his leave of
+Discretion, and of Prudence, Piety, and Charity, but they said that he
+must stay till the next day, that they might show him The Delectable
+Mountains; so they took him to the top of the house, and bade him look
+to the South, which he did, and lo, a great way off, he saw a rich land,
+full of hills, woods, vines, shrubs, and streams.
+
+What is the name of this land? said Christian.
+
+Then they told him it was Immanuel's Land. And, said they, It is as much
+meant for you, and the like of you, as this hill is; and when you reach
+the place, there you may see the gate of The Celestial City. Then they
+gave him a sword, and put on him a coat of mail, which was proof from
+head to foot, lest he should meet some foe in the way; and they went
+with him down the hill.
+
+Of a truth, said Christian, it is as great a toil to come down the hill
+as it was to go up.
+
+Prudence.--So it is, for it is a hard thing for a man to go down to The
+Vale of Humiliation, as thou dost now, and for this cause have we come
+with you to the foot of the hill. So, though he went with great care,
+yet he caught a slip or two.
+
+Then in my dream I saw that when they had got to the foot of the hill,
+these good friends of Christian's gave him a loaf of bread, a flask of
+wine, and a bunch of dry grapes; and then they left him to go on his
+way.
+
+But now in this Vale of Humiliation poor Christian was hard put to it,
+for he had not gone far, ere he saw a foe come in the field to meet him,
+whose name was Apollyon. Then did Christian fear, and he cast in his
+mind if he would go back or stand his ground. But Christian thought that
+as he had no coat of mail on his back, to turn round might give Apollyon
+a chance to pierce it with his darts. So he stood his ground, For,
+thought he, if but to save my life were all I had in view, still the
+best way would be to stand.
+
+So he went on, and Apollyon met him with looks of scorn.
+
+Apollyon.--Whence come you, and to what place are you bound?
+
+Christian.--I am come from The City of Destruction, which is a place of
+all sin, and I am on my way to Zion.
+
+Apollyon.--By this I see you are mine, for of all that land I am the
+Prince. How is it, then, that you have left your king? Were it not that
+I have a hope that you may do me more good, I would strike you to the
+ground with one blow.
+
+Christian.--I was born in your realm, it is true, but you drove us too
+hard, and your wage was such as no man could live on.
+
+Apollyon.--No prince likes to lose his men, nor will I as yet lose you;
+so if you will come back, what my realm yields I will give you.
+
+Christian.--But I am bound by vows to the King of Kings; and how can I,
+to be true, go back with you?
+
+Apollyon.--You have made a change, it seems, from bad to worse; but why
+not give Him the slip, and come back with me?
+
+Christian.--I gave Him my faith, and swore to be true to Him: how can I
+go back from this?
+
+Apollyon.--You did the same to me, and yet I will pass by all, if you
+will but turn and go back.
+
+Then, when Apollyon saw that Christian was stanch to his Prince, he
+broke out in a great rage, and said, I hate that Prince, and I hate his
+laws, and I am come out to stop you.
+
+Christian.--Take heed what you do. I am on the King's high way to Zion.
+
+Apollyon.--I am void of fear, and to prove that I mean what I say, here
+on this spot I will put thee to death. With that he threw a dart of
+fire at his breast, but Christian had a shield on his arm, with which he
+caught it. Then did Christian draw his sword, for he saw it was time
+to stir; and Apollyon as fast made at him, and threw darts as thick as
+hail; with which, in spite of all that Christian could do, Apollyon gave
+him wounds in his head, hand, and foot.
+
+This made Christian pause in the fight for a time, but Apollyon still
+came on, and Christian once more took heart. They fought for half a day,
+till Christian, weak from his wounds, was well nigh spent in strength.
+When Apollyon saw this, he threw him down with a great force; on which
+Christian's sword fell out of his hand. Then said Apollyon, I am sure of
+thee now.
+
+But while he strove to make an end of Christian, that good man put out
+his hand in haste to feel for his sword, and caught it. Boast not, oh
+Apollyon! said he, and with that he struck him a blow which made his
+foe reel back as one that had had his last wound. Then he spread out his
+wings and fled, so that Christian for a time saw him no more.
+
+Then there came to him a hand which held some of the leaves of the tree
+of life; some of them Christian took, and as soon as he had put them to
+his wounds, he saw them heal up.
+
+Now near this place was the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and Christian
+must needs go through it to get to The Celestial City. It was a land of
+drought and full of pits, a land that none but such as Christian could
+pass through, and where no man dwelt. So that here he was worst put to
+it than in his fight with Apollyon, which by and by we shall see.
+
+As he drew near the Shadow of Death he met with two men, to whom
+Christian thus spoke: To what place do you go?
+
+Men.--Back! Back! and we would have you do the same if you prize life
+and peace.
+
+Christian.--But why?
+
+Men.--We went on as far as we durst.
+
+Christian.--What then have you seen?
+
+Men.--Seen! Why the Valley of the Shadow of Death; but by dint of good
+luck we caught sight of what lay in front of it, ere we came up. Death
+doth spread out his wings there. In a word it is a place full of bad
+men, where no law dwells.
+
+Christian.--I see not yet, by what you have told me, but that this is my
+way to Zion.
+
+Men.--Be it thy way then; we will not choose it for ours.
+
+So they took their leave, and Christian went on, but still with his
+drawn sword in his hand, for fear lest he should meet once more with a
+foe.
+
+I saw then in my dream that so far as this vale went, there was on the
+right hand a deep ditch; that ditch to which the blind have led the
+blind as long as the world has been made. And, lo, on the left hand
+there was a quag. in which if a man fall, he will find no firm ground
+for his foot to stand on. The path way was not broad, and so good
+Christian was the more put to it. This went on for miles, and in the
+midst of that vale was a deep pit. One thing which I saw in my dream
+I must not leave out; it was this:--Just as Christian had come to the
+mouth of the pit, one of those who dwelt in it swept up to him, and in
+a soft tone spoke bad things to him, and took God's name in vain, which
+Christian thought must have come from his own mind. This put him out
+more than all the rest had done; to think that he should take that name
+in vain for which he felt so deep a love, was a great grief to him. Yet
+there was no help for it. Then he thought he heard a voice which said:
+Though I walk through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I will fear no
+harm for thou art with me.
+
+Now as Christian went on, he found there was a rise in the road, which
+had been thrown up that that path might be clear to those who were bound
+for Zion. Up this road Christian went, and saw his old friend Faithful a
+short way off.
+
+Then said Christian: Ha, my friend, are you here? Stay, and I will join
+you.
+
+This ere long he did, and they spoke of all that had come to pass since
+they had last met.
+
+In course of time the road they took brought them to a town, the name of
+which is Vanity, where there is a fair kept through the whole year, and
+all that is bought or sold there is vain and void of worth. There,
+too, are to be seen at all times games, plays, fools, apes, knaves,
+and rogues. Yet he that will go to The Celestial City must needs pass
+through this fair.
+
+As soon as Christian and Faithful came to the town, a crowd drew round
+them, and some said they had lost their wits, to dress and speak as they
+did, and to set no store by the choice goods for sale in Vanity Fair.
+When Christian spoke, his words brought from these folks fierce taunts
+and jeers, and soon the noise and stir grew to such a height that the
+chief man of the fair sent his friends to take up these two strange men,
+and he bade them tell him whence they came, and what they did there in
+such a garb. Christian and Faithful told them all; but those who sat to
+judge the case thought that they must be mad, or else that they had come
+to stir up strife at the fair; so they beat them with sticks, and put
+them in a cage, that they might be a sight for all the men at the fair.
+Then the worse sort of folks set to pelt them with mud out of spite,
+and some threw stones at them for mere sport; but Christian and Faithful
+gave good words for bad, and bore all in such a meek way, that not a few
+took their part. This led to blows and fights, and the blame was laid on
+Christian and Faithful, who were then made to toil up and down the fair
+in chains, till, faint with stripes, they were at length set with their
+feet in the stocks. But they bore their griefs and woes with joy, for
+they saw in them a pledge that all should be well in the end.
+
+By and by a court sat to try them: the name of the judge was Lord
+Hate-good; and the crime laid to their charge was that they had come to
+Vanity Fair to spoil its trade, and stir up strife in the town; and had
+won not a few men to their side, in spite of the prince of the place.
+
+Faithful said to the Judge: I am a man of peace, and did but wage war on
+Sin. As for the prince they speak of, since he is Beelzebub, I hold him
+in scorn.
+
+Those who took Faithful's part were won by the force of plain truth and
+right in his words; but the judge said, Let those speak who know aught
+of this man.
+
+So three men, whose names were Envy, Superstition, and Pick-thank, stood
+forth and swore to speak the truth, and tell what they knew of Faithful.
+Envy said: My lord, this man cares nought for kings or laws, but seeks
+to spread his own views, and to teach men what he calls faith. I heard
+him say but just now that the ways of our town of Vanity are vile. And
+does he not in that speak ill of us?
+
+Then Superstition said: My lord, I know not much of this man, and have
+no wish to know more, but of this I am sure, that he is a bad man, for
+he says that our creeds are vain.
+
+Pick-thank was then bid to say what he knew, and his speech ran thus:
+My lord, I have known this man for a long time, and have heard him
+say things that ought not to be said. He rails at our great Prince
+Beelzebub, and says that if all men were of his mind, that prince should
+no more hold sway here. More than this, he hath been heard to rail on
+you, my lord, who are now his judge.
+
+Then said the Judge to Faithful: Thou base man! Hast though heard what
+these folk have said of thee?
+
+Faithful.--May I speak a few words in my own cause?
+
+Judge.--Thy just doom would be to die on the spot; still, let us hear
+what thou hast to say.
+
+Faithful.--I say, then, to Mr. Envy, that all laws and modes of life in
+which men heed not the Word of God are full of sin. As to the charge of
+Mr. Superstition, I would urge that nought can save us if we do not
+the will of God. To Mr. Pick-thank, I say that men should flee from the
+Prince of this town and his friends, as from the wrath to come and so, I
+pray the Lord to help me.
+
+Then the Judge, to sum up the case, spoke thus: You see this man who has
+made such a stir in our town. You have heard what these good men have
+said of him, which he owns to be true. It rests now to you to save his
+life or hang him.
+
+The twelve men who had Faithful's life in their hands spoke in a low
+tone thus: This man is full of schisms, said Mr. Blind-man. Out of the
+world with him, said Mr. No-good. I hate the mere look of him, said Mr.
+Malice. From the first I could not bear him, said Mr. Love-ease. Nor I,
+for he would be sure to blame my ways, said Mr. Live-loose. Hang him,
+hang him! said Mr. Heady. A low wretch! said Mr. High-mind. I long to
+crush him, said Mr. Enmity. He is a rogue, said Mr. Liar. Death is too
+good for him, said Mr. Cruelty. Let us kill him, that he may be out of
+the way, said Mr. Hate-light. Then said Mr. Implacable: Not to gain all
+the world would I make peace with him, so let us doom him to death.
+And so they did, and in a short time he was led back to the place from
+whence he came, there to be put to the worst death that could be thought
+of; for the scourge, the sword, and the stake brought Faithful to his
+end.
+
+Now I saw that there stood near the crowd a strange car with two bright
+steeds, which, as soon as his foes had slain him, took Faithful up
+through the clouds straight to The Celestial City, with the sound of the
+harp and lute.
+
+As for Christian, for this time he got free; and there came to him one
+Hopeful, who did so from what he had heard and seen of Christian and
+Faithful. Thus, while one lost his life for the truth, a new man rose
+from his death, to tread the same way with Christian. And Hopeful said
+there were more men of the fair who would take their time, and then come
+too.
+
+By and by their way lay just on the bank of a pure stream, from which
+they drank. On each side of it were green trees that bore fruit, and in
+a field through which it ran they lay down to sleep. When they woke up
+they sat for a while in the shade of the boughs; thus they went on for
+three or four days, and to pass the time they sang:
+
+He that can tell What sweet fresh fruit, yea leaves these trees do
+yield, Will soon sell all, that he may buy this field.
+
+Now on the left hand of the road was By-path Meadow, a fair green field
+with a path through it, and a stile. Come, good Hopeful, said Christian,
+let us walk on the grass.
+
+Hopeful.--But what if this path should lead us wrong?
+
+Christian.--How can it? Look, doth it not go by the way side?
+
+So they set off through the field. But they had not gone far when they
+saw in front of them a man, Vain-confidence by name, who told them that
+the path led to The Celestial Gate. So the man went first; but lo, the
+night came on, and it grew so dark that they lost sight of their guide,
+who, as he did not see the path in front of him, fell in a deep pit, and
+was heard of no more.
+
+Where are we now? said Hopeful.
+
+Then was Christian mute, as he thought he had led his friend out of the
+way. And now light was seen to flash from the sky, and rain came down in
+streams.
+
+Hopeful (with a groan) Oh, that I had kept on my way!
+
+Christian.--Who could have thought that this path should lead us wrong?
+
+Hopeful.--I had my fears from the first, and so gave you a hint.
+
+Christian.--Good friend, I grieve that I have brought you out of the
+right path.
+
+Hopeful.--Say no more, no doubt it is for our good.
+
+Christian.--We must not stand thus; let us try to go back.
+
+Hopeful.--But, good Christian, let me go first.
+
+Then they heard a voice say: Set thine heart to the high way, the way
+thou hast been: turn once more. But by this time the stream was deep
+from the rain that fell, and to go back did not seem safe; yet they
+went back, though it was so dark and the stream ran so high that once or
+twice it was like to drown them. Nor could they, with all their skill,
+get back that night. So they found a screen from the rain, and there
+they slept till break of day.
+
+Now, not far from the place where they lay was Doubting Castle, the
+lord of which was Giant Despair; and it was on his ground that they now
+slept. There Giant Despair found them, and with a gruff voice he bade
+them wake. Whence are you? said he; and what brought you here? They told
+him that they had lost the path. Then said Giant Despair: You have no
+right to force your way in here; the ground on which you lie is mine.
+
+They had not much to say, as they knew that they were in fault. So Giant
+Despair drove them on, and put them in a dark and foul cell in a strong
+hold. Here they were kept for three days, and they had no light nor food
+nor a drop to drink all that time, and no one to ask them how they did.
+Now Giant Despair had a wife, whose name was Diffidence, and he told her
+what he had done. Then said he, What will be the best way to treat them?
+Beat them well, said Diffidence. So when he rose he took a stout stick
+from a crab tree, and went down to the cell where poor Christian and
+Hopeful lay, and beat them as if they had been dogs, so that they could
+not turn on the floor; and they spent all that day in sighs and tears.
+
+The next day he came once more, and found them sore from the stripes,
+and said that since there was no chance for them to be let out of the
+cell, their best way would be to put an end to their own lives: For why
+should you wish to live, said he, with all this woe? But they told him
+they did hope he would let them go. With that he sprang up with a fierce
+look, and no doubt would have made an end of them, but that he fell in a
+fit for a time, and lost the use of his hand; so he drew back, and left
+them to think of what he had said.
+
+Christian.--Friend, what shall we do? The life that we now lead is worse
+than death. For my part I know not which is best, to live thus, or to
+die at our own hand, as I feel that the grave would be less sad to me
+than this cell. Shall we let Giant Despair rule us?
+
+Hopeful.--In good truth our case is a sad one, and to die would be more
+sweet to me than to live here; yet let us bear in mind that the Lord of
+that land to which we go hath said: 'Thou shalt not kill.' And by this
+act we kill our souls as well. My friend Christian, you talk of ease in
+the grave, but can a man go to bliss who takes his own life? All the law
+is not in the hands of Giant Despair. Who knows but that God, who made
+the world, may cause him to die, or lose the use of his limbs as he did
+at first. I have made up my mind to pluck up the heart of a man, and to
+try to get out of this strait. Fool that I was not to do so when first
+he came to the cell. But let us not put an end to our own lives, for a
+good time may come yet.
+
+By these words did Hopeful change the tone of Christian's mind.
+
+Well, at night the Giant went down to the cell to see if life was still
+in them, and in good truth that life was in them was all that could be
+said, for from their wounds and want of food they did no more than just
+breathe. When Giant Despair found they were not dead, he fell in a great
+rage, and said that it should be worse with them if they had not been
+born. At this they shook with fear, and Christian fell down in a swoon;
+but when he came to, Hopeful said: My friend, call to mind how strong in
+faith you have been till now. Say, could Apollyon hurt you, or all that
+you heard, or saw, or felt in the Valley of the Shadow of Death? Look at
+the fears, the griefs, the woes that you have gone through. And now to
+be cast down! I, too, am in this cell, far more weak a man than you, and
+Giant Despair dealt his blows at me as well as you, and keeps me from
+food and light. Let us both (if but to shun the shame) bear up as well
+as we can.
+
+When night came on, the wife of Giant Despair said to him: Well, will
+the two men yield?
+
+To which he said: No; they choose to stand firm, and will not put an end
+to their lives.
+
+Then said Mrs. Diffidence: At dawn of day take them to the yard, and
+show them the graves where all those whom you have put to death have
+been thrown, and make use of threats this time.
+
+So Giant Despair took them to this place, and said: In ten days time you
+shall be thrown in here if you do not yield. Go; get you down to your
+den once more. With that he beat them all the way back, and there they
+lay the whole day in a sad plight.
+
+Now, when night was come, Mrs. Diffidence said to Giant Despair: I fear
+much that these men live on in hopes to pick the lock of the cell and
+get free.
+
+Dost thou say so, my dear? quoth Giant Despair to his wife; then at sun
+rise I will search them.
+
+Now, on that night, as Christian and Hopeful lay in the den, they fell
+on their knees to pray, and knelt till the day broke; when Christian
+gave a start, and said: Fool that I am thus to lie in this dark den when
+I might walk at large! I have a key in my pouch, the name of which
+is Promise, that, I feel sure, will turn the lock of all the doors in
+Doubting Castle.
+
+Then said Hopeful: That is good news; pluck it from thy breast, and let
+us try it.
+
+So Christian put it in the lock, when the bolt sprang back, the door
+flew wide, and Christian and Hopeful both came out. When they got to the
+yard door the key did just as well; but the lock of the last strong gate
+of Doubting Castle went hard, yet it did turn at last, though the hinge
+gave so loud a creak that it woke up Giant Despair, who rose to seek
+for the two men. But just then he felt his limbs fail, for a fit came
+on him, so that he could by no means reach their cell. Christian and
+Hopeful now fled back to the high way, and were safe out of his grounds.
+When they sat down to rest on a stile, they said they would warn those
+who might chance to come on this road. So they cut these words on
+a post: This is the way to Doubting Castle, which is kept by Giant
+Despair, who loves not the King of the Celestial Country, and seeks to
+kill all who would go there.
+
+Then they came to The Delectable Mountains, which the Lord of the Hill
+owns. Here they saw fruit trees, vines, shrubs, woods, and streams, and
+drank and ate of the grapes. Now there were men at the tops of these
+hills who kept watch on their flocks, and as they stood by the high way,
+Christian and Hopeful leant on their staves to rest, while thus they
+spoke to the men: Who owns these Delectable Mountains, and whose are the
+sheep that feed on them?
+
+Men.--These hills are Immanuel's, and the sheep are His too, and He laid
+down his life for them.
+
+Christian.--Is this the way to The Celestial City?
+
+Men.--You are in the right road.
+
+Christian.--How far is it?
+
+Men.--Too far for all but those that shall get there, in good truth.
+
+Christian.--Is the way safe?
+
+Men.--Safe for those for whom it is to be safe; but the men of sin shall
+fall there.
+
+Christian.--Is there a place of rest here for those that faint on the
+road?
+
+Men.--The Lord of these Hills gave us a charge to help those that came
+here, should they be known to us or not; so all the good things of the
+place are yours.
+
+I then saw in my dream that the men said: Whence come you, and by what
+means have you got so far? For but few of those that set out come here
+to show their face on these hills.
+
+So when Christian and Hopeful told their tale, the men cast a kind
+glance at them, and said: With joy we greet you on The Delectable
+Mountains!
+
+Their names were Knowledge, Experience, Watchful, and Sincere, and they
+led Christian and Hopeful by the hand to their tents, and bade them eat
+of that which was there, and they soon went to their rest for the night.
+
+When the morn broke, the men woke up Christian and Hopeful, and took
+them to a spot whence they saw a bright view on all sides. Then they
+went with them to the top of a high hill, the name of which was Error;
+it was steep on the far off side, and they bade them look down to the
+foot of it. So Christian and Hopeful cast their eyes down, and saw there
+some men who had lost their lives by a fall from the top; men who had
+been made to err, for they had put their trust in false guides.
+
+Have you not heard of them? said the men.
+
+Christian.--Yes, I have.
+
+Men.--These are they, and to this day they have not been put in a tomb,
+but are left here to warn men to take good heed how they come too near
+the brink of this hill.
+
+Then I saw that they had led them to the top of Mount Caution, and bade
+them look far off. From that stile, said they, there goes a path to
+Doubting Castle, which is kept by Giant Despair, and the men whom you
+see there came as you do now, till they got up to that stile; and, as
+the right way was rough to walk in, they chose to go through a field,
+and there Giant Despair took them, and shut them up in Doubting Castle,
+where they were kept in a den for a while, till he at last sent them out
+quite blind, and there they are still. At this Christian gave a look at
+Hopeful, and they both burst out with sobs and tears, but yet said not a
+word.
+
+Then the four men took them up a high hill, the name of which was Clear,
+that they might see the gates of The Celestial City, with the aid of
+a glass to look through, but their hands shook, so they could not see
+well.
+
+When Christian and Hopeful thought they would move on, one of the men
+gave them a note of the way, and the next (Experience by name) bade them
+take heed that they slept not on The Enchanted Ground, and the fourth
+bade them God Speed. Now it was that I woke from my dream.
+
+Then I slept, and dreamt once more, and saw Christian and Hopeful go
+down near the foot of these hills, where lies the land of Conceit, which
+joins the way to Mount Zion, by a small lane. Here they met a brisk lad,
+whose name was Ignorance, to whom Christian said: Whence come you, and
+to what place do you go?
+
+Ignorance.--Sir, I was born in the land that lies off there on the left,
+and I wish to go to The Celestial City.
+
+Christian.--How do you think to get in at the gate?
+
+Ignorance.--Just as the rest of the world do.
+
+Christian.--But what have you to show at that gate to pass you through
+it?
+
+Ignorance.--I know my Lord's will, and I have led a good life; I pay for
+all that I have, I give tithes, and give alms, and have left my own land
+for that to which I now go.
+
+Christian.--But you came not in at the gate that is at the head of this
+way, you came in through a small lane; so that I fear, though you may
+think well of all you have done, that when the time shall come, you will
+have this laid to your charge, that you are a thief and so you will not
+get in.
+
+Ignorance.--Well, since I know you not; you keep to your own creed, and
+I will keep to mine, and I hope all will be well. And as for the gate
+that you talk of, all the world knows that it is far from our land, and
+I do not think that there is a man in all our parts who does so much
+as know the way to it, and I see not what need there is that he should,
+since we have, as you see, a fine green lane at the next turn that comes
+down from our part of the world.
+
+Christian said in a low tone of voice to Hopeful: There is more hope of
+a fool than of him.
+
+Hopeful.--Let us pass on if you will, and talk to him by and by, when,
+may be, he can bear it.
+
+So they went on, and Ignorance trod in their steps a short way from
+them, till they saw a road branch off from the one they were in, and
+they knew not which of the two to take.
+
+As they stood to think of it, a man whose skin was black, but who was
+clad in a white robe, came to them and said: Why do you stand here? They
+told him that they were on their way to The Celestial City, but knew not
+which of the two roads to take.
+
+Come with me, then, said the man, for it is there that I mean to go.
+
+So they went with him, though it was clear that the road must have made
+a bend, for they found they would soon turn their backs on The Celestial
+City.
+
+Ere long, Christian and Hopeful were both caught in a net, and knew not
+what to do; and with that the white robe fell off the black man's back.
+
+Then they saw where they were. So there they sat down and wept.
+
+Christian.--Did not one of the four men who kept guard on their sheep
+tell us to take heed lest Flatterer should spread a net for out feet?
+
+Hopeful.--Those men, too, gave us a note of the way, but we have not
+read it, and so have not kept in the right path. Thus they lay in the
+net to weep and wail.
+
+At last they saw a Bright One come up to them with a whip of fine cord
+in his hand, who said: What do you here? Whence come you?
+
+They told him that their wish was to go to Zion, but that they had been
+led out of the way by a black man with a white cloak on, who, as he was
+bound for the same place, said he would show them the road.
+
+Then said he: It is Flatterer, a false man, who has put on the garb of a
+Bright One for a time.
+
+So he rent the net and let the men out. Then he bade them come with him,
+that he might set them on the right way once more. He said: Where were
+you last night?
+
+Quoth they: With the men who kept watch of their sheep on The Delectable
+Mountains.
+
+Then he said: But when you were at a stand why did you not read your
+note?
+
+They told him they had not thought of it.
+
+Now I saw in my dream that he bade them lie down, and whipt them sore,
+to teach them the good way in which they should walk; and he said: Those
+whom I love I serve thus.
+
+So they gave him thanks for what he had taught them, and went on the
+right way up the hill with a song of joy.
+
+At length they came to a land the air of which made men sleep, and here
+the lids of Hopeful's eyes dropped, and he said: Let us lie down here
+and take a nap.
+
+Christian.--By no means, lest if we sleep we wake no more.
+
+Hopeful.--Nay, friend Christian, sleep is sweet to the man who has spent
+the day in toil.
+
+Christian.--Do you not call to mind that one of the men who kept watch
+of the sheep bade us take care of The Enchanted Ground? He meant by that
+that we should take heed not to sleep; so let us not sleep, but watch.
+
+Hopeful.--I see I am in fault.
+
+Christian.--Now then, to keep sleep from our eyes I will ask you, as we
+go, to tell me how you came at first to do as you do now?
+
+Hopeful.--Do you mean how came I first to look to the good of my soul?
+
+Christian.--Yes.
+
+Hopeful.--For a long time the things that were seen and sold at Vanity
+Fair were a great joy to me.
+
+Christian.--What things do you speak of?
+
+Hopeful.--All the good of this life; such as lies, oaths, drink; in a
+word, love of self and all that tend to kill the soul. But I heard from
+you and Faithful that the end of these things is death.
+
+Thus did they talk as they went on their way.
+
+But I saw in my dream that by this time Christian and Hopeful had got
+through The Enchanted Ground and had come to the land of Beulah, where
+the air is sweet; and as their way lay through this land, they made no
+haste to quit it, for here they heard the birds sing all day long, and
+the sun shone day and night; the Valley of Death was on the left, and it
+was out of the reach of Giant Despair; nor could they from this place so
+much as see Doubting Castle.
+
+Now were they in sight of Zion, and here some of the Bright Ones came to
+meet them. Here, too, they heard the voice of those who dwelt in Zion,
+and had a good view of this land of bliss, which was built of rare gems
+of all hues, and the streets were laid with gold. So that the rays of
+light which shone on Christian were too bright for him to bear, and he
+fell sick, and Hopeful had a fit of the same kind. So they lay by for a
+time, and wept, for their joy was too much for them.
+
+At length, step by step, they drew near to Zion, and saw that the gates
+were flung back.
+
+A man stood in the way, to whom Christian and Hopeful said: Whose vines
+and crops are these?
+
+He told them they were the king's and were put there to give joy to
+those who should go on the road. So he bade them eat what fruit they
+chose, and took them to see the king's walks; where they slept.
+
+Now I saw in my dream that they spoke more in their sleep than they had
+done all the rest of the way, and I could but muse at this, but the man
+said: Why do you muse at it? The juice from the grapes of this vine is
+so sweet as to cause the lips of them that sleep to speak.
+
+I then saw that when they woke, they would fain go up to Zion; but as I
+said, the sun threw off such bright rays from The Celestial City, which
+was built of pure gold, that they could not, as yet, look on it, save
+through a glass made for that end.
+
+Now as they went, they met with two men in white robes, and the face of
+each shone bright as the light.
+
+These men said: Whence come you? And when they had been told they said:
+You have but one thing more to do, which is a hard one, and then you are
+in Zion.
+
+Christian and Hopeful did then beg of the two men to go with them; which
+they did. But, said they, It is by your own faith that you must gain it.
+
+Now 'twixt them and the gate was a fierce stream which was broad and
+deep; it had no bridge, and the mere sight of it did so stun Christian
+and Hopeful that they could not move.
+
+But the men who went with them said: You can not come to the gate but
+through this stream.
+
+Is there no way but this one to the gate? said poor Christian.
+
+Yes, quoth they, but there have been but two men, to wit, Enoch and
+Elijah who have trod that path since the world was made.
+
+When Christian and Hopeful cast their eyes on the stream once more, they
+felt their hearts sink with fear, and gave a look this way and that
+in much dread of the waves. Yet through it lay the way to Zion. Is the
+stream all of one depth? said Christian. He was told that it was not,
+yet that in that there was no help, for he would find the stream more or
+less deep, as he had faith in the King of the place. So they set foot
+on the stream, but Christian gave a loud cry to his good friend Hopeful,
+and said: The waves close round my head, and I sink. Then said Hopeful:
+Be of good cheer; my feet feel the bed of the stream, and it is good.
+
+But Christian said: Ah, Hopeful, the pains of death have got hold of me;
+I shall not reach the land that I long for. And with that a cloud came
+on his sight, so that he could not see.
+
+Hopeful had much to do to keep Christian's head out of the stream; nay,
+at times he had quite sunk, and then in a while he would rise up half
+dead.
+
+Then said Hopeful: My friend, all this is sent to try if you will call
+to mind all that God has done for you, and live on Him in your heart.
+
+At these words Hopeful saw that Christian was in deep thought; so he
+said to him: Be of good cheer, Christ will make thee whole.
+
+Then Christian broke out with a loud voice: Oh, I see Him, and He speaks
+to me and says, When you pass through the deep streams, I will be with
+you.
+
+And now they both got strength, and the stream was as still as a stone,
+so that Christian felt the bed of it with his feet, and he could walk
+through it. Thus they got to the right bank, where the two men in bright
+robes stood to wait for them, and their clothes were left in the stream.
+
+Now you must bear in mind that Zion was on a steep hill, yet did
+Christian and Hopeful go up with ease and great speed, for they had
+these two men to lead them by the arms.
+
+The hill stood in the sky, for the base of it was there. So in sweet
+talk they went up through the air. The Bright Ones told them of the
+bliss of the place, which they said was such as no tongues could tell,
+and that there they would see the Tree of Life, and eat of the fruit of
+it.
+
+When you come there, said they, white robes will be put on you, and
+your talk from day to day shall be with the King for all time. There you
+shall not see such things as you saw on earth, to wit, care and want,
+and woe and death. You now go to be with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
+
+Christian and Hopeful.--What must we do there?
+
+They said: You will have rest for all your toil, and joy for all your
+grief. You will reap what you have sown--the fruit of all the tears
+you shed for the King by the way. In that place you will wear crowns of
+gold, and have at all times a sight of Him who sits on the throne. There
+you shall serve Him with love, with shouts of joy and with songs of
+praise.
+
+Now, while they thus drew up to the gate, lo, a host of saints came to
+meet them, to whom the two Bright Ones said: These are men who felt love
+for our Lord when they were in the world, and left all for His name;
+and He sent us to bring them far on their way, that they might go in and
+look on their Lord with joy.
+
+Then the whole host with great shouts came round on all sides (as it
+were to guard them); so that is would seem to Christian and Hopeful as
+if all Zion had come down to meet them.
+
+Now, when Christian and Hopeful went in at the gate a great change took
+place in them, and they were clad in robes that shone like gold. There
+were bright hosts that came with harps and crowns, and they said to
+them: Come, ye, in the joy of the Lord. And then I heard all the bells
+in Zion ring.
+
+Now, just as the gates were flung back for the men to pass in, I had
+a sight of Zion, which shone like the sun; the ground was of gold, and
+those who dwelt there had love in their looks, crowns on their heads,
+and palms in their hands, and with one voice they sent forth shouts of
+praise.
+
+But the gates were now once more shut, and I could but wish that I, too,
+had gone in to share this bliss. Then I woke, and, lo, it was a dream.
+
+END OF FIRST PART.
+
+
+
+PART II.
+
+Once more I had a dream, and it was this:--Christiana, the wife of
+Christian, had been on her knees to pray, and as she rose, she heard a
+loud knock at the door. If you come in God's name, said she, come in.
+Then I thought in my dream that a form, clad in robes as white as snow,
+threw back the door, and said, Peace be to this house. At a sight so
+new to her, Christiana at first grew pale with fear, but in a short time
+took heart and told him she would fain know whence he came, and why. So
+he said his name was Secret, and that he dwelt with those that are on
+high. Then said her guest: Christiana, here is a note for thee, which
+I have brought from Christian. So she took it, broke the seal, and read
+these words, which were in gold:--"To her who was my dear wife. The King
+would have you do as I have done, for that was the way to come to this
+land, and to dwell with Him in joy." When Christiana read this, she shed
+tears, and said to him who brought the note, Sir, will you take me and
+my sons with you, that we, too, may bow down to this king? But he said,
+Christiana, joy is born of grief: care must come first, then bliss. To
+reach the land where I dwell, thou must go through toils, as well as
+scorn and taunts. But take the road that leads up to the field gate
+which stands in the head of the way; and I wish you all good speed. I
+would have thee wear this note in thy breast, that it may be read
+by thee till thou must give it up at the last gate that leads to The
+Celestial City.
+
+Then Christiana spoke to her boys, and said: My sons, I have of late
+been sad at the death of Christian, your dear sire. But I feel sure now
+that it is well with him, and that he dwells in the land of life and
+peace. I have, too, felt deep grief at the thoughts of my own state and
+yours; for we were wrong to let our hearts grow cold, and turn a deaf
+ear to him in the time of his woe, and hold back from him when he fled
+from this City of Destruction.
+
+The thought of these things would kill me, were it not for a dream which
+I had last night, and for what a guest who came here at dawn has told
+me. So come, my dear ones, let us make our way at once to the gate that
+leads to The Celestial City, that we may see your sire and be there with
+him and his friends.
+
+Then her first two sons burst out in tears of joy that Christiana's
+heart was set that way.
+
+Now while they put all things right to go, two friends of Christiana's
+came up to her house, and gave a knock at the door. To them she said,
+If you come in God's name, come in. This mode of speech from the lips of
+Christiana struck them as strange. Yet they came in, and said, Pray what
+do you mean by this?
+
+I mean to leave my home, said she to Mrs. Timorous--for that was the
+name of one of these friends.
+
+Timorous:--To what end, pray tell me?
+
+Christiana:--To go to my dear Christian. And with that she wept.
+
+Timorous:--Nay, can it be so? Who or what has brought you to this state
+of mind?
+
+Christiana:--Oh, my friend, if you did but know as much as I do, I doubt
+not that you would be glad to go with me.
+
+Timorous:--Pray what new lore have you got hold of that draws your mind
+from your friends, and tempts you to go no one knows where?
+
+Christiana:--I dreamt last night that I saw Christian. Oh, that my soul
+were with him now! The Prince of the place has sent for me, through one
+who came to me at sun rise, and brought this note to bid me go there;
+read it, I pray you.
+
+Timorous:--Ah, how mad to run such risks! You have heard, I am sure,
+from our friend Obstinate, what Christian met with on the way, for he
+went with him; yea, and Pliable, too, till they, like wise men, came
+back through fear. You heard how he met with the beasts of prey and
+Apollyon, what he saw in the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and more
+still that makes my hair stand on end to hear of; think, too, of these
+four sweet boys who are your own flesh and bone; and, though you should
+be so rash as to wish to go, yet for their sale, I pray you keep at
+home.
+
+But Christiana said: Tempt me not. I have now a chance put in my hand
+to get gain, and in truth I should be a fool if I had not the heart to
+grasp it. And these toils and snares that you tell me of shall not keep
+me back; no, they serve but to show me that I am in the right. Care
+must first be felt, then joy. So since you came not to my house in God's
+name, as I said, I pray you to be gone, and tempt me no more.
+
+Then Timorous said to Mercy (who had come with her): Let us leave her in
+her own hands, since she scorns all that I say.
+
+But Mercy thought that if her friend Christiana must be gone, she would
+go part of the way with her to help her. She took some thought, too, of
+her own soul, for what Christiana had said had laid hold on her mind,
+and she felt she must have some talk with this friend; and if she found
+that truth and life were in her words, she would join her with all her
+heart.
+
+So Mercy said to Timorous: I came with you to see Christiana, and since
+on this day she takes leave of the town, I think the least I can do
+would be to walk a short way with her to help her on. But the rest she
+kept from Timorous.
+
+Timorous:--Well, I see you have a mind to play the fool, too; but take
+heed in good time, and be wise.
+
+So Mrs. Timorous went to her own house; and Christiana, with her four
+boys and Mercy, went on their way.
+
+Mercy, said Christiana, I take this as a great boon that you should set
+foot out of doors to start me on my way.
+
+Then said young Mercy (for she was quite young): If I thought it would
+be good to join you, I would not go back at all to the town.
+
+Christiana:--Well, Mercy, cast your lot in with mine; I know what will
+be the end of our toils. Christian is where he would not fail to be for
+all the gold in the mines of Spain. Nor shall you be sent back, though
+there be no one but I to ask it for you; for the King who has sent for
+me and my boys is One who turns not from those who seek Him. If you like
+I will hire you, and you shall go as my maid, and yet shall share all
+things with me, so that you do but go.
+
+Mercy:--But how do I know that I shall be let in? If I thought I should
+have help from Him from whom all help comes, I would make no pause, but
+would go at once, let the way be as rough as it might.
+
+Christiana:--Well, Mercy, I will tell you what I would have you do. Go
+with me as far as to the field gate, and there I will ask; and if no
+hopes should be held out to you by Him who keeps the gate, you can but
+go back to your home.
+
+Mercy: Well, I will go with you, and the Lord grant that my lot may be
+cast to dwell in the land for which my heart yearns.
+
+Christiana then felt glad that she had a friend to join her, and that
+her friend should have so great a care for her soul.
+
+So they went on their way; but the face of Mercy wore so sad a mien that
+Christiana said to her, What ails you? Why do you weep?
+
+Mercy:--Oh, who could but weep to think of the state of my poor friends
+near and dear to me, in our had town?
+
+Christiana:--You feel for your friends as my good Christian did for me
+when he left me, for it went to his heart to find that I would not see
+these things in the same light as he did. And now, you, I, and these
+dear boys, reap the fruits of all his woes. I hope, Mercy, these tears
+of yours will not be shed in vain, for He who could not lie, has said
+that they who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
+
+Now when Christiana came up to the Slough Of Despond, she and her sons
+made a stand, and Christiana told them that this was the place in which
+her dear Christian fell. But Mercy said, Come, let us try; all we have
+to do is to keep the steps well in view. Yet Christiana made a slip or
+two in the mud; but at last they got through the slough, and then they
+heard a voice say to them: Blest is she who hath faith, for those things
+which were told her of the Lord shall come to pass.
+
+So now they went on once more, and Mercy said, Had I as good grounds
+to hope to get in at the gate as you have, I think no Slough Of Despond
+would keep me back.
+
+Well, said Christiana, you know your sore, and I know mine, and hard
+toil will it be for both of us to get to the end of the way; for how
+can we think that they who set out on a scheme of so much bliss, should
+steer clear of frights and fears on their way to that bright bourn which
+it is their aim to reach?
+
+When they came to the gate, it took them some time to make out a plan of
+what they should say to Him who stood there; and as Mercy was not so old
+as her friend, she said that it must rest with Christiana to speak for
+all of them. So, she gave a knock, and then (like Christian) two more;
+but no one came.
+
+Now they heard the fierce bark of a dog, which made them shake with
+fear, nor did they dare for a while to knock a third time, lest the dog
+should fly at them. So they were put to their wits' end to know what to
+do: to knock they did not dare, for fear of the dog; to go back they did
+not dare, lest He who kept the gate should see them as they went, and
+might not like it. At last they gave a knock four times as loud as the
+first.
+
+Then He who stood at the gate said, Who is there? The dog was heard to
+bark no more, and the gate swung wide for them to come in.
+
+Christiana sank on her knees, and said, Let not our Lord be wroth that
+we have made this loud noise at His gate.
+
+At this He said: Whence come you, and what is it that you would have?
+
+Quoth Christiana: We are come from the town whence Christian came,
+to beg to be let in at this gate, that we may go on our way to The
+Celestial City. I was once the wife of Christian, who now is in the land
+of bliss.
+
+With that, He who kept the gate threw up His arms and said, What! is she
+on her road to The Celestial City who, but a short time since, did hate
+the life of that place?
+
+Then Christiana bent her head, and said, Yes, and so are these, my dear
+sons. So He took her by the hand and led her in; and when her four sons
+had gone through, He shut the gate. This done, He said to a man hard by,
+Sound the horn for joy.
+
+But now that Christiana was safe through the gate with her boys, she
+thought it time to speak a word for Mercy, so she said, My Lord, I have
+a friend who stands at the gate, who has come here with the same trust
+that I did; one whose heart is sad to think that she comes, it may be,
+when she is not sent for; while I had word from Christian's King to
+come.
+
+The time did so lag with poor Mercy while she stood to be let in, that
+though it was but a short space, yet through fear and doubt did it seem
+to her like an hour at least; and Christiana could not say more for
+Mercy to Him who kept the gate for the knocks, which came so fast, and
+were at last so loud that they made Christiana start.
+
+Then He said, Who is there?
+
+Quoth Christiana: It is my friend.
+
+So He threw back the gate to look out, but Mercy was in a swoon, from
+the fear that she should not be let in.
+
+Then He took her by the hand and said, Fear not; stand firm on thy feet,
+and tell me whence thou art come, and for what end?
+
+Mercy:--I do not come as my friend Christiana does, for I was not sent
+for by the King, and I fear I am too bold. Yet if there is grace to
+share, I pray Thee let me share it.
+
+Then He took her once more by the hand and led her in, and said, All may
+come in who put their trust in me, let the means be what they may that
+brought them here.
+
+Then He told those that stood by to bring her some myrrh, and in a while
+she got well.
+
+Now I saw in my dream that he spoke good words to Mercy, Christiana, and
+her boys, so as to make glad their hearts. And He took them up to the
+top of the gate, where He left them for a while, and Christiana said: Oh
+my dear friend, how glad am I that we have all got in!
+
+Mercy:--So you may well be; but most of all have I cause for joy.
+
+Christiana:--I thought at one time as I stood at the gate, and none came
+to me, that all our pains had been lost.
+
+Mercy:--But my worst fears came when I saw Him who kept the gate grant
+you your wish, and take no heed of me. And this brought to my mind the
+two who ground at the same mill, and how I was the one who was left; and
+I found it hard not to cry out, I am lost! I am lost!
+
+Christiana:--I thought you would have come in by rude force.
+
+Mercy:--Ah me! You saw that the door was shut on me, and that a fierce
+hound was not far off. Who, with so faint a heart as mine, would not
+give loud knocks with all her might? But, pray, what said my Lord at
+this rude noise? Was He not wroth with me?
+
+Christiana:--When He heard your loud thumps at the door He gave a smile;
+and to my mind, what you did would seem to please Him well. But it
+is hard to guess why He keeps such a dog. Had I known of it, I fear I
+should not have had the wish to come. But now we are in, we are safe;
+and I am glad with all my heart.
+
+One of Christiana's boys said: Pray ask to have a chain put on the dog,
+for it will bite us when we go hence.
+
+Then He who kept the gate came down to them once more, and Mercy fell
+with her face to the ground, and said, Oh, let me bless and praise the
+Lord with my lips!
+
+So He said to her, Peace be to thee; stand up.
+
+But she would not rise till she had heard from Him why He kept so fierce
+a dog in the yard. He told her He did not own the dog, but that it was
+shut up in the grounds of one who dwelt near. In truth, said He, it is
+kept from no good will to me or mine, but to cause those who come here
+to turn back from my gate by the sound of its voice. But hadst thou
+known more of me thou wouldst not have felt fear of a dog. The poor man
+who goes from door to door will, for the sake of alms, run the risk of a
+bite from a cur; and shall a dog keep thee from me?
+
+Mercy:--I spoke of what I knew not; but, Lord, I know that Thou dost all
+things well.
+
+Then Christiana rose as if she would go on her way. So He fed them, and
+set them in the right path, as He had done to Christian. And as they
+went, Christiana sang a hymn: "We turn our tears to joy, and our fears
+to faith."
+
+They had not gone far when they saw some fruit trees, the boughs of
+which hung from the top of a wall that was built around the grounds of
+him who kept the fierce hound, and at times those that came that way
+would eat them to their cost. So as they were ripe, Christiana's boys
+threw them down and ate some of them; though Christiana chid them for
+it, and said, That fruit is not ours. But she knew not then whose it
+was. Still the boys would eat of it.
+
+Now when they had gone but a bow shot from the place, they saw two men,
+who with bold looks came fast down the hill to meet them. With that,
+Christiana and her friend Mercy, drew down their veils, and so kept on
+their way, and the boys went on first. Then the men came up to them, but
+Christiana said: Stand back, or go by in peace, as you should. Yet they
+took no more heed of her words than if they had been deaf.
+
+Christiana, who did not like their looks, said, We are in haste, and can
+not stay; our work is a work of life and death. With that she and the
+rest made a fresh move to pass, but the men would not let them. So with
+one voice they all set up a loud cry. Now, as they were not far from
+the held gate, they were heard from that place, and some of those in the
+lodge came out in haste to catch these bad men; when they soon leapt the
+wall, and got safe to the grounds where the dog was kept.
+
+Reliever:--How was it that when you were at the gate you did not ask Him
+who stood there to take you on your way, and guard you from harm? Had
+you done so you would not have gone through these frights, for He would
+have been sure to grant you your wish.
+
+Christiana:--Ah, Sir, the joy we felt when we were let in, drove from
+our thoughts all fears to come. And how could we think that such had men
+could lurk in such a place as that? True, it would have been well for
+us if we had thought to ask Him; but since our Lord knew it would be for
+our good, how came it to pass that He did not send some one with us?
+
+Reliever:--You did not ask. When the want of a thing is felt, that which
+we wish for is worth all the more.
+
+Christiana:--Shall we go back to my Lord and tell Him we wish we had
+been more wise, and ask for a guard?
+
+Reliever:--Go back you need not, for in no place where you go will you
+find a want at all.
+
+When he had said this he took his leave, and the rest went on their way.
+
+Mercy:--What a blank is here! I made sure we had been past all risk, and
+that we should see no more care.
+
+Christiana:--Your youth may plead for you, my friend, and screen you
+from blame; but as for me, my fault is so much the worse in so far as
+I knew what would take place ere I came out of my door. Mercy:--But how
+could you know this ere you set out?
+
+Christiana:--Why, I will tell you. One night as I lay in bed, I had a
+dream, in which I saw the whole scene as it took place just now.
+
+By this time Christiana, Mercy and the four boys had come to the house
+of Interpreter. Now when they drew near to the door they heard the sound
+of Christiana's name; for the news of her flight had made a great stir;
+but they knew not that she stood at the door. At last she gave a knock,
+as she had done at the gate, when there came to the door a young maid,
+Innocent by name.
+
+Innocent:--With whom would you speak in this place?
+
+Christiana:--As we heard that this is a place of rest for those that go
+by the way, we pray that we may be let in, for the day, as you see, is
+far spent, and we are loth to go on by night.
+
+Innocent:--Pray what is your name, that I may tell it to my Lord?
+
+Christiana:--My name is Christiana; I was the wife of Christian, who
+some time since came by this way, and these are his four sons.
+
+Innocent then ran in and said to those there, Can you guess who is at
+the door? There are Christiana, her boys and her friend!
+
+So they leapt for joy, and went to tell it to their Lord, who came to
+the door and said, Art thou that Christiana whom Christian left in the
+town of Destruction, when he set out for The Celestial City?
+
+Christiana:--I am she, and my heart was so hard as to slight his woes,
+and leave him to make his way as he could; and these are his four sons.
+But I, too, am come, for I feel sure that no way is right but this.
+
+Interpreter:--But why do you stand at the door? Come in; it was but just
+now that we spoke of you, for we heard that you were on your way. Come,
+my dear boys, come in; come, my sweet maid, come in. So he took them
+to the house, and bade them sit down and rest. All in the house wore a
+smile of joy to think that Christiana was on her way to The Celestial
+City, and they were glad to see the young ones walk in God's ways, and
+gave them a kind of clasp of the hand to show their good will. They said
+soft words, too, to Mercy, and bade them all be at their ease. To fill
+up the time till they could sup, Interpreter took them to see all those
+things that had been shown to Christian. This done, they were led to a
+room in which stood a man with a prong in his hand, who could look no
+way but down on the ground; and there stood one with a crown in his
+hand, which he said he would give him for his prong; yet the first man
+did not look up, but went on to rake the straws, dust, and stocks which
+lay on the floor.
+
+Then said Christiana: I think I know what this means. It is a sketch of
+a man of this world, is it not, good Sir?
+
+Interpreter:--Thou art right, and his prong shows that his mind is of
+the earth, and that he thinks life in the next world is a mere song;
+take note that he does not so much as look up; and straws, sticks, and
+dust, with most, are the great things to live for.
+
+At that Christiana and Mercy wept, and said, Ah, yes, it is too true!
+
+Interpreter then took them to a room where were a hen and her chicks,
+and bade them look well at them for a while. So one of the chicks went
+to the trough to drink, and each time she drank would she lift up her
+head and her eyes to the sky.
+
+See, said he, what this bird does, and learn of her to know whence all
+good comes, and to give to the Lord who dwells on high, the praise and
+thanks for it. Look once more, and see all the ways that the hen has
+with her young brood. There is her call that goes on all day long; and
+there is her call that comes but now and then; she has a third call
+to shield them with her wings; and her fourth is a loud cry, which she
+gives when she spies a foe. Now, said he, set her ways by the side of
+your King's, and the ways of these chicks by the side of those who love
+to do His will, and then you will see what I mean. For He has a way to
+walk in with His saints. By the call that comes all day He gives nought;
+by a call that is rare He is sure to have some good to give; then there
+is a call, too, for those that would come to His wings, which He spreads
+out to shield them; and He has a cry to warn men from those who might
+hurt their souls. I choose scenes from real life, as they are not too
+hard for you to grasp, when I fit them to your own case; and it is the
+love I have for your souls that prompts me to show you these things.
+
+Christiana:--Pray let us see some more.
+
+Interpreter then took them to his field, which was sown with wheat and
+corn; but when they came to look, the ears were cut off, and there was
+nought but the straw left.
+
+Interpreter:--What shall we do with the crop?
+
+Christiana:--Burn some, and use the rest to dress the ground with.
+
+Interpreter:--Fruit, you see, is the thing you look for, and for want of
+that you cast off the whole crop. Take heed that in this you do not seal
+your own doom; for by fruit I mean works.
+
+Now when they came back to the house the meal was not yet spread, so did
+Christiana beg of Interpreter to show or tell them some more things.
+
+Interpreter:--So much the more strong a man's health is, so much the
+more prone is he to sin. The more fat the sow is, the more she loves
+the mire. It is not so hard to sit up a night or two, as to watch for a
+whole year; just as it is not so hard to start well as it is to hold
+out to the end. One leak will sink a ship, and one sin will kill a man's
+soul. If a man would live well, let him keep his last day in mind.
+
+Now when Christiana, Mercy and the boys bad all had a good night's rest,
+they rose with the sun, and made a move to leave; but Interpreter told
+them to wait a while. For, said he, you must go hence in due form, such
+is the rule of the house.
+
+Then he told Innocent to take them to the bath, and there wash the
+dust from them. This done, they came forth fresh and strong, and as
+Interpreter said, Fair as the moon.
+
+Next he told those near him to bring the seal, and when it was brought
+he set his mark on them that they might be known in each place where
+they went.
+
+Then said Interpreter: Bring vests for them. And they were clad in robes
+as white as snow, so that it made each start to see the rest shine with
+so bright a light.
+
+Interpreter then sent for one of his men whose name was Great-heart, and
+bade that he should be clad in a coat of mail, with sword and shield,
+and that he should take them to a house, the name of which was
+Beautiful, where they would rest.
+
+Then Interpreter took his leave of them, with a good wish for each. So
+they went on their way, and thus they sang:--
+
+"O move me, Lord, to watch and pray, From sin my heart to clear; To take
+my cross up day by day, And serve the Lord with fear."
+
+They next came to the place where Christian's load had been lost in the
+tomb. Here they made a pause, and gave thanks to Him who laid down His
+life to save theirs. So now they went up the hill, which was so steep
+that the toil made Christiana pant for breath.
+
+How can we doubt, said she, that they who love rest more than their
+souls would choose some way on which they could go with more ease than
+this?
+
+Then Mercy said, Come what may, I must rest for a while.
+
+And James, who was the least of the boys, gave way to tears.
+
+Come, Come! said Great-heart, sit not down here; for there is a seat
+near us put there by the Prince. With this he took the young child by
+the hand, and led him to it; and they were all glad to sit down, and to
+be out of the heat of the sun's rays.
+
+Then said Mercy: How sweet is rest to them that work! And how good is
+the Prince to place this seat here that such as we may rest! Of this
+spot I have heard much, but let us take heed that we sleep not, for that
+once cost poor Christian dear.
+
+Then said Mr. Great-heart: Well, my brave boys, how do you do? What
+think you of this hill?
+
+Sir, said James, this hill beats me out of heart! And I see now that
+what I have been told is true; the land of bliss is up steps; but still,
+Sir, it is worse to go down hill to death than up hill to life.
+
+You are a good boy, said Great-heart.
+
+At this Mercy could but smile, and it made James blush.
+
+Christiana:--Come, will you not drink of this flask, and eat some fruit,
+while we sit here to rest? For Mr. Interpreter put these in my hand as I
+came out of his door.
+
+Now when they had sat there a while, their guide said to them: The day
+runs on, and if you think well of it, let us now go on our way.
+
+So they all set out, the boys first, then the rest; but they had not
+gone far when Christiana found she had left the flask, so she sent James
+back to fetch it.
+
+Mercy:--I think this is the place where Christian lost his scroll. How
+was this, Sir?
+
+Great-heart:--We may trace it to two things; one is sleep, and one is
+that you cease to think of that which you cease to want; and when you
+lose sight of a boon you lose sight of Him who grants it, and the joy of
+it will end in tears.
+
+By and by they came to a small mound with a post on it, where these
+words were cut, Let him who sees this post take heed of his heart and
+his tongue that they be not false. Then they went on till they came up
+to two large beasts of prey.
+
+Now Great-heart was a strong man, so he had no fear; but their fierce
+looks made the boys start, and they all clung round Great-heart.
+
+How now, my boys! You march on first, as brave as can be, when there is
+no cause for fear; but when a test of your strength comes, you shrink.
+
+Now when Great-heart drew his sword to force a way, there came up one
+Giant Grim, who said in a gruff voice, What right have you to come here?
+
+Great-heart:--These folk are on their way to The Celestial City, and
+this is the road they shall go, in spite of thee and the wild beasts.
+
+Grim:--This is not their way, nor shall they go on it. I am come forth
+to stop them, and to that end will back the wild beasts.
+
+Now, to say the truth, so fierce were these beasts, and so grim the
+looks of them that the road was grown with weeds and grass from want of
+use. And still Grim bade them turn, For, said he, you shall not pass.
+
+But their guide came up, and struck so hard at him with his sword as to
+force him to fall back.
+
+Giant Grim:--Will you slay me on my own ground?
+
+Great-heart:--It is the King's high way on which we stand, and in His
+way it is that you have put these beasts. But these, who are in my
+charge, though weak, shall hold on in spite of all. And with that he
+dealt him a blow that brought him to the ground; so Giant Grim was
+slain.
+
+Then Great-heart said, Come now with me, and you shall take no harm from
+the two beasts. So they went by, but shook from head to foot at the mere
+sight of their teeth and claws.
+
+At length they came in sight of the lodge, to which they soon went up,
+but made the more haste to get there as it grew dusk. So when they were
+come to the gate the guide gave a knock, and the man at the lodge said
+in a loud voice, Who is there?
+
+Great-heart:--It is I
+
+Mr. Watchful:--How now, Mr. Great-heart? What has brought you here at
+so late an hour? Then Great-heart told him that he had come with some
+friends on their way to Zion.
+
+Mr. Watchful:--Will you go in and stay till the day dawns?
+
+Great-heart:--No, I will go back to my Lord to night.
+
+Christiana:--Ah, Sir, I know not how we can part with you, for it is to
+your stout heart that we owe our lives. You have fought for us, you
+have taught us what is right, and your faith and your love have known no
+bounds.
+
+Mercy:--O that we could have you for our guide all the rest of the way!
+For how can such weak folk as we are hold out in a path fraught with
+toils and snares, if we have no friends to take us?
+
+James:--Pray, Sir, keep with us and help us, when the way we go is so
+hard to find.
+
+Great-heart:--As my Lord wills, so must I do; if He send me to join you
+once more, I shall be glad to wait on you. But it was here that you were
+in fault at first, for when He bade me come thus far with you, if you
+had said, We beg of you to let him go quite through with us, He would
+have let me do so. But now I must go back; and so good Christiana, Mercy
+and my dear boys, fare ye all well.
+
+Then did Watchful, who kept the lodge, ask Christiana whence she had
+come and who her friends were.
+
+Christiana:--I come from The City of Destruction, and I was the wife of
+one Christian, who is dead.
+
+Then Watchful rang the hell, as at such times he is wont, and there came
+to the door a maid, to whom he said: Go, make it known that Christiana,
+the wife of Christian, and her four boys are come on their way to The
+Celestial City..
+
+So she went in and told all this. And, oh, what shouts of joy were sent
+forth when those words fell from her mouth! So all came with haste to
+Watchful; for Christiana still stood at the door.
+
+Some of the most grave said to her, Christiana, come in, thou wife of
+that good man, come in, thou blest one, come in, with all that are with
+thee.
+
+So she went in, and the rest with her. They then bade them sit down in
+a large room, where the chief of the house came to see them and to cheer
+his guests. Then he gave each of them a kiss. But as it was late, and
+Christiana and the rest were faint with the great fright they had had,
+they would fain have gone to rest.
+
+Nay, said those of the house, take first some meat; for as Watchful had
+heard that they were on their way, a lamb had been slain for them When
+the meal had come to an end, and they had sung a psalm, Christiana said,
+If we may be so bold as to choose, let us be in that room which was
+Christian's when he was here.
+
+So they took them there, but ere she went to sleep, Christiana said, I
+did not think when my poor Christian set off with his load on his back
+that I should do the same thing.
+
+Mercy:--No, nor did you think then that you should rest in the same room
+as he had done.
+
+Christiana:--And less still to see his dear face once more who was dead
+and gone, and to praise the Lord the King with him; and yet now I think
+I shall.
+
+Mercy:--Do you not hear a noise?
+
+Christiana:--Hark! as far as I can make out, the sounds we hear come
+from the lute, the pipe, and the horn.
+
+Mercy:--Sweet sounds in the house, sweet sounds in the air, sweet sounds
+in the heart, for joy that we are here.
+
+Thus did Christiana and Mercy chat, and they, then slept.
+
+Now at dawn when they woke up, Christiana said to Mercy: What was it
+that made you laugh in your sleep last night? Were you in a dream?
+
+Mercy:--Yes, and a sweet dream it was. But are you sure that I did
+laugh?
+
+Christiana:--Yes, you gave a laugh as if from your heart of hearts. Do
+pray, Mercy, tell it to me.
+
+Mercy:--I dreamt that I lay in some lone wood to weep and wail, for that
+my heart should be so hard a one. Now I had not been there long when I
+thought there were some who had come to hear me speak in my sleep; but I
+went on with my moans. At this they said with a laugh that I was a fool.
+Then I saw a Bright One with wings come up to me, who said, Mercy, what
+ails you? And when he heard the cause Of my grief, he said, Peace be to
+thee. He then came up to wipe off my tears and had me clad in robes of
+gold, and put a chain on my neck, and a crown on my head. Then he took
+me by the hand and said, Mercy, come this way. So he went up with me
+till we came to a gate, at which he gave a knock and then he took me
+to a throne on which one sat. The place was as bright as the stars, nay
+more like the sun. And I thought that I saw Christian there. So I woke
+from my dream. But did I laugh?
+
+Christiana:--Laugh! Yes, and so you might, to see how well off you were!
+For you must give me leave to tell you, that as you find the first part
+true, so you will find true the last.
+
+Mercy:--Well, I am glad of my dream, for I hope ere long to see it come
+to pass, so as to make me laugh once more.
+
+Christiana:--I think it is now high time to rise, and to know what we
+must do.
+
+Mercy:--Pray, if they should ask us to stay, let us by all means do so;
+for I should much like to know more of these maids. I think Prudence,
+Piety, and Charity have, each of them, a most choice mien.
+
+Christiana:--We shall see what they will do.
+
+So they came down.
+
+Then Prudence and Piety: If you will stay, here you shall have what the
+house will yield.
+
+Charity:--Yes, and that with a good will.
+
+So they were there some time, much to their good.
+
+Prudence:--Christiana, I give you all praise, for you have brought your
+boys up well. With James I have had a long chat; he is a good boy, and
+has learnt much that will bring peace to his mind, while he lives on
+this earth, and in the world to come it will cause him to see the face
+of Him who sits on the throne. For my own part, I will teach all your
+sons. At the same time, said she to them: You must still give heed to
+all that Christiana can teach you, but more than all, you must read the
+Book of God's Word, which sent your dear sire on his way to the land of
+bliss.
+
+By the time that Christiana and the rest had been in this place a week,
+a man, Mr. Brisk by name, came to woo Mercy, with the wish to wed her.
+Now Mercy was fair to look on and her mind was at all times set on work
+and the care of those round her. She would knit hose for the poor, and
+give to all those things of which they stood in need.
+
+She will make me a good house wife, thought Brisk.
+
+Mercy one day said to those of the house: Will you tell me what you
+think of Mr. Brisk?
+
+They then told her that the young man would seem to have a great sense
+of the love of God, but that they had fears it did not reach his soul,
+which they thought did cleave too much to this world.
+
+Nay then, said Mercy, I will look no more on him, for I will not have a
+clog to my soul.
+
+Prudence:--If you go on as you have set out, and work so hard for the
+poor, he will soon cool.
+
+So the next time he came, he found her at her work.
+
+What, still at it? said he.
+
+Mercy:--Yes.
+
+Mr. Brisk:--How much can you earn in the day.
+
+Mercy:--I work at these things for the good of those for whom I do them;
+and more than this, to do the will of Him who was slain on the cross for
+me.
+
+With that his face fell, and he came no more to see her.
+
+Prudence:--Did I not tell you that Mr. Brisk would soon flee from you?
+Yea, he may seem to love Mercy, but Mercy and he should not tread the
+same road of life side by side.
+
+Now Matthew, the son of Christiana, fell sick, so they sent to Mr. Skill
+to cure him. Then said he: Tell me what he eats.
+
+Christiana:--Well, there is no food here but what is good.
+
+Mr. Skill:--This boy has in him a crude mass of food, which if I do not
+use the means to get rid of, he will die.
+
+Samuel said to Christiana, What was it that you saw Matthew pick up and
+eat when we came from the gate which is at the head of this way?
+
+Christiana:--It was some of the fruit that grows there; I chid him for
+it.
+
+Skill:--I felt sure that it was some bad food; now that fruit hurts more
+than all, for it is the fruit from Beelzebub's grounds. Did no one warn
+you of it? Some fall down dead when they eat it.
+
+Then Christiana wept and said, What shall I do for my son? Pray, Sir,
+try your best to cure him, let it cost what it may.
+
+Then Skill gave strange drugs to him, which he would not take. So
+Christiana put one of them to the tip of her tongue. Oh, Matthew, said
+she, it is sweet, sweet as balm; if you love me, if you love Mercy, if
+you love your life, do take it!
+
+So in time he did, and felt grief for his sin. He quite lost the pain,
+so that with a staff he could walk, and went from room to room to talk
+with Mercy, Prudence, Piety and Charity.
+
+Christiana:--Pray, Sir, what else are these Pills good for?
+
+Skill:--They are good for all those that go on their way to The
+Celestial City.
+
+Christiana:--I pray of you to make me up a large box full of them, for
+if I can get these, I will take none else.
+
+Skill:--I make no doubt that if a man will but use them as he should, he
+could not die. But good Christiana, these pills will be of no use if you
+do not give them as I have done, and that is, in a glass of grief for
+the sins of those who take them. So he gave some to Christiana and the
+rest of her boys, and to Mercy; he bade Matthew, too, keep a good look
+out that he ate no more green plums; then he gave them a kiss, and went
+his way.
+
+Now, as they had spent some time here, they made a move to go. Then
+Joseph, who was Christiana's third, son, said to her: You were to send
+to the house of Mr. Interpreter to beg him to grant that Mr. Great-heart
+should go with us as our guide.
+
+Good boy! said Christiana, I had not thought of it.
+
+So she wrote a note, and Interpreter said to the man who brought it: Go,
+tell them that I will send him.
+
+Great-heart soon came, and he said to Christiana and Mercy, My Lord has
+sent you some wine and burnt corn, and to the boys figs and dry grapes.
+
+They then set off, and Prudence and Piety went with them. But first
+Christiana took leave of Watchful, who kept the gate, and put a small
+coin in his hand while she gave him her thanks for all that he had done
+for her and her dear boys. She then said to him, Have you seen men go by
+since we have been here?
+
+Watchful:--Yes, I have, and there has been a great theft on this high
+way; but the thieves were caught.
+
+Then Christiana and Mercy said they felt great fear to go on that road.
+
+Matthew:--Fear not, as long as we have Mr. Great-heart with us to guide
+us.
+
+I now saw in my dream that they went on till they came to the brow of
+the hill, when Piety said: O, I must go back to fetch that which I meant
+to give to Christiana and Mercy, and it was a list of all those things
+which they had seen at the house where we live. On these, said she, I
+beg of you to look from time to time, and call them to mind for your
+good.
+
+They now went down the hill to the Vale of Humiliation. It was a steep
+hill, and their feet slid as they went on; but they took great care, and
+when they had got to the foot of it, Piety said to Christiana: This
+is the vale where Christian met with Apollyon and where they had that
+fierce fight which I know you must have heard of. But be of good cheer,
+as long as we have Mr. Great-heart to guide us, there is nought here
+that will hurt us, save those sights that spring from our own fears. And
+as to Apollyon, the good folk of the town, who tell us that such a thing
+fell out in such a place, to the hurt of such a one, think that some
+foul fiend haunts that place, when lo! it is from the fruit of their
+own ill deeds that such things do fall on them. For they that make slips
+must look for frights. And hence it is that this vale has so bad a name.
+
+James:--See, there is a post with words on it, I will go and read them.
+
+So he went, and found that these words were cut on it: Let the slips
+which Christian met with ere he came here, and the fights he had in this
+place, warn all those who come to the Vale of Humiliation.
+
+Mr. Great-heart:--It is not so hard to go up as down this hill, and
+that can be said of but few hills in this part of the world. But we will
+leave the good man, he is at rest, and he had a brave fight with the
+foe; let Him who dwells on high grant that we fare no worse when our
+strength comes to be put to the test. This vale brings forth much fruit.
+
+Now, as they went on, they met a boy who was clad in mean clothes and
+kept watch on some sheep. He had a fine fresh face, and as he sat on the
+bank he sang a song.
+
+Hark, said Great-heart, to the words of that boy's song.
+
+So they gave ear to it.
+
+"He that is down need fear no fall, He that is low, no pride, He that is
+meek at all times shall Have God to be his guide."
+
+Then said Great-heart: Do you hear him? I dare say this boy leads as gay
+a life as he that is clad in silk, and that he wears more of that plant
+which they call heart's ease.
+
+Samuel:--Ask Great-heart in what part of this vale it was that Apollyon
+came to fight Christian?
+
+Great-heart:--The fight took place at that part of the plain which has
+the name of Forgetful Green. And if those who go on their way, meet with
+a shock, it is when they lose sight of the good which they have at the
+hand of Him who dwells on high.
+
+Mercy:--I think I feel as well in this place as I have done in all the
+rest of our way. This vale has a sweet grace, and just suits my mind;
+for I love to be in such a spot as this, where there are no coach wheels
+to make a din. Here one may think a while what he is, whence he came,
+and for what the King has made him; here one may muse and pray.
+
+Just then they thought that the ground they trod on shook. But the guide
+bade them be of good cheer, and look well to their feet, lest by chance
+they should meet with some snare.
+
+Then James felt sick, but I think the cause of it was fear, and
+Christiana gave him some of the wine which Mr. Interpreter had put in
+her hands, and three of the pills which Mr. Skill had made up, and the
+boy soon got well.
+
+They then went on a while, and Christiana said, What is that thing on
+the road? A thing of such a shape I have not seen in all my life!
+
+Joseph said, What is it?
+
+A vile thing, child, a vile thing! said she.
+
+Joseph:--But what is it like?
+
+Christiana:--It is like--I can't tell what. Just then it was far off,
+now it is nigh.
+
+Great-heart:--Well, let them that have the most fear keep close to me.
+
+Then it went out of sight of all of them.
+
+But they had not gone far when Mercy cast a look back, and saw a great
+beast come fast up to them with a loud roar.
+
+This noise made them all quail with fright save their guide, who fell
+back and put the rest in front of him. But when the brute saw that
+Great-heart meant to fight him, he drew back and was seen no more.
+
+Now they had not left the spot long when a great mist fell on them, so
+that they could not see.
+
+What shall we do? said they.
+
+Their guide told them not to fear, but to stand still, and see what an
+end he would put to this too.
+
+Then said Christiana to Mercy: Now I see what my poor dear Christian
+went through; I have heard much of this place. Poor man, he went here
+in the dead of the night, and no one with him; but who can tell what the
+Valley of the Shadow of Death should mean, till they come to see it? To
+be here fills my breast with awe!
+
+Great-heart: It seems now as if the earth and its bars were round us. I
+would not boast, but I trust we shall still make our way. Come, let us
+pray for light to Him that can give it.
+
+So did they weep and pray. And as the path was now more smooth, they
+went straight on.
+
+Mercy:--To be here is not so sweet as it was at The Gate, or at Mr.
+Interpreter's, or at the good house where we were last.
+
+Oh, said one of the boys, it is not so bad to go through this place as
+it is to dwell here for all time; for aught I know we have to go this
+way that our last home may seem to us the more blest.
+
+Great-heart:--Well said, Samuel; thou dost now speak like a man.
+
+Samuel:--Why, if I do in truth get out of this place, I think I shall
+prize that which is light and good more than I have done all my life.
+
+Great-heart:--We shall be out by and by.
+
+So on they went.
+
+Joseph:--Can we not see to the end of this vale yet?
+
+Great-heart:--Look to your feet, for you will soon be where the snares
+are.
+
+So they took good heed.
+
+Great-heart:--Men come here and bring no guide with them; hence it is
+they die from the snares they meet with in the way. Poor Christian! it
+is strange he should have got out of this place, and been safe. But
+God dwelt in his soul, and he had a stout heart, of his own, or else he
+could not have done it.
+
+Christiana:--I wish that there were some inn here where we could all
+take rest.
+
+I Well, said Mr. Honest--one whom they had just met--there is such a
+place not far off.
+
+So there they went, and the host, whose name was Gaius, said: Come in,
+for my house was built for none but such as you.
+
+Great-heart:--Good Gaius, let us sup. What have you for us to eat? We
+have gone through great toils, and stand much in want of food.
+
+Gaius:--It is too late for us to go out and seek food; but of such as we
+have you shall eat.
+
+The meal was then spread, and near the end of the feast all sat round
+the board to crack nuts, when old Honest said to Gaius, Tell me what
+this verse means:
+
+A man there was, and some did count him mad; The more that this man gave
+the more he had.
+
+Then all the youths gave a guess as to what Gaius would say to it; so he
+sat still a while, and then said:
+
+He that gives his goods to the poor, Shall have as much and ten times
+more.
+
+Joseph:--I did not think, Sir, that you would have found it out.
+
+Gaius:--Ah! I have learnt of my Lord to be kind, and I find I gain by
+it.
+
+Then Samuel said in a low tone to Christiana, This is a good man's
+house; let us make a long stay, and why should not Matthew wed Mercy
+here?
+
+When Gaius heard him say this, quoth he: With all my heart. And he gave
+Mercy to Matthew to wife.
+
+By this time Christiana's son James had come of age, and Gaius gave
+Phebe (who was his child) to be his wife. They spent ten days at the
+house of Gaius, and then took their leave. But on the last day he made
+them a feast, of which they all ate and drank.
+
+Great-heart:--Now, Gaius, the hour has come that we must be gone; so
+tell me what I owe you for this long stay at your inn, for we have been
+here some years.
+
+Gaius:--At my house no one pays; for the good Samaritan told me that I
+was to look to him for all the cost I was put to. They now took leave of
+him and went on their way, when they met with all kinds of frights and
+fears, till they came to a place which bore the name of Vanity Fair.
+There they went to the house of Mr. Mnason, who said to his guests: If
+there be a thing that you stand in need of, do but say so, and we will
+do what we can to get it for you.
+
+Well, then, said they, we should like much to see some of the good folk
+in this town.
+
+So Mnason gave a stamp with his foot, at which Grace came up, and he
+sent her to fetch some of his friends who were in the house, and they
+all sat down to a meal.
+
+Then said Mr. Mnason, as he held out his hand to point to Christiana: My
+friends, I have guests here who are on their way to Zion. But who do
+you think this is? This is the wife of Christian whom (with his friend
+Faithful) the men of this town did treat so ill.
+
+Well, said they, go who would have thought to meet Christiana at this
+place! May The King whom you love and serve bring you where He is, in
+peace!
+
+They then told her that the blood of Faithful had lain like a load on
+their hearts; and that since, they had burnt him no more men had been
+sent to the Stake at Vanity Fair. In those days, said they, good men
+could not walk the streets, but now they can show their heads.
+
+Christiana and her sons and Mercy made this place their home for some
+years, and in course of time Mr. Mnason, who had a wife and two girls,
+gave his first born, whose name was Grace, to Samuel to wife, and Martha
+to Joseph.
+
+Now, one day, a huge snake came out of the woods and slew some of the
+folk of the town. None of these were so bold as to dare to face him, but
+all fled when they heard that he came near, for he took off the babes by
+scores.
+
+But Great-heart and the rest of the men who were at Mr. Mnason's house,
+made up their minds to kill this snake, and so rid the town of him. So
+they went forth to meet him, and at first the snake did not seem to heed
+them; but as they were strong men at arms, they drove him back. Then
+they lay in wait for him, and fell on him, till at last they knew he
+must die of his wounds. By this deed Mr. Great-heart and the rest won
+the good will of the whole town.
+
+The time now drew near for them to go on their way. Mr. Great-heart went
+first as their guide; and I saw in my dream that they came to the stream
+on this side of The Delectable Mountains, where fine trees grew on each
+bank, the leaves of which were good for the health, and the fields were
+green all the year round; and here they might lie down and be safe.
+Here, too, there were folds for sheep, and a house was built in which to
+rear the lambs, and there was One who kept watch on them, who would take
+them in His arms and lay them in His breast.
+
+Now Christiana bade the four young wives place their babes by the side
+of this stream, so that they might lack nought in time to come. For,
+said she, if they should stray or be lost, He will bring them back;
+He will give strength, to the sick, and here they shall not want meat,
+drink, or clothes. So they left their young ones to Him.
+
+When they went to By-Path Meadow they sat on the stile to which
+Christian had gone with Hopeful, when Giant Despair shut the two up in
+Doubting Castle. They sat down to think what would be the best thing
+to do, now that they were so strong a force, and had such a man as Mr.
+Great-heart to guide them; to wit, if it would not be well to pull down
+Doubting Castle, and should there be poor souls shut up there who were
+on their way to The Celestial City, to set them free. One said this
+thing and one said that; at last quoth Mr. Great-heart: We are told
+in the book of God's Word, that we are to fight the good fight. And, I
+pray, with whom should we fight if not with Giant Despair? So who will
+go with me?
+
+Christiana's four sons said: We will; for they were young and strong; so
+they left their wives and went.
+
+When they gave their knock at the gate, Giant Despair and his wife
+Diffidence, came to them.
+
+Giant Despair:--Who and what is he that is so bold as to come to the
+gate of Giant Despair?
+
+Great-heart:--It is I, a guide to those who are on their way to Zion.
+And I charge thee to throw wide thy gates and stand forth, for I am come
+to slay thee and pull down thy house.
+
+Giant Despair:--What, shall such as Great-heart make me fear? No!
+
+So he put a cap of steel on his head, and with a breast plate of fire,
+and a club in his hand, he came out to fight his foes.
+
+Then these six men made up to him, and they fought for their lives, till
+Despair was brought to the ground and put to death by Great-heart. Next
+they fell on his house, but it took six days to pull it down. They found
+there Mr. Despondency and one Much-afraid, his child, and set them free.
+
+Then they all went onto The Delectable Mountains. They made friends with
+the men that kept watch on their flocks, who were as kind to them as
+they had been to Christian and Hopeful.
+
+You have brought a good train with you, said they. Pray, where did you
+find them?
+
+So their guide told them how it had come to pass.
+
+By and by they got to The Enchanted Ground, where the air makes men
+sleep. Now they had not gone far, when a thick mist fell on them, so
+that for a while they could not see; and as they could not walk by
+sight, they kept near their guide by the help of words. But one fell in
+a bush, while one stuck fast in the mud, and some of the young ones lost
+their shoes in the mire. Oh, I am down! said one. Where are you? cried
+the next; while a third said, I am held fast in the bush!
+
+Then they came to a bench, Slothful's Friend by name, which had shrubs
+and plants round it, to screen those who sat there from the sun. But
+Christiana and the rest gave such good heed to what their guide told
+them, that though they were worn out with toil, yet there was not one
+of them that had so much as a wish to stop there; for they knew that it
+would be death to sleep but for a short time on The Enchanted Ground.
+
+Now as it was still dark, their guide struck a light that he might look
+at his map (the book of God's Word); and had he not done so, they would
+all have been lost, for just at the end of the road was a pit, full of
+mud, and no one can tell how deep.
+
+Then thought I: Who is there but would have one of these maps or books
+in which he may look when he is in doubt, and knows not which way he
+should take?
+
+They soon came to a bench, on which sat two men, Heedless and Too-bold;
+and Christiana and the rest shook their heads for they saw that these
+men were in a bad case. They knew not what they ought to do: to go on
+and leave them in their sleep, or to try to wake them. Now the guide
+spoke to them by name; but not a sound could he hear from their lips. So
+Great-heart at last shook them, and did all he could to wake them.
+
+One of the two, whose name was Heedless, said, Nay: I will pay you when
+I get in my debts.
+
+At this the guide shook his head.
+
+Then Too-bold spoke out: I will fight as long as I can hold my sword.
+
+When he had said this all who stood round gave a laugh.
+
+Christiana:--'What does this mean?
+
+Great-heart:--They talk in their sleep. If you strike or shake them,
+they will still talk in the same way, for their sleep is like that of
+the man on the mast of a ship, when the waves of the sea beat on him.
+
+Then did Christiana, Mercy and their train go on with fear, and they
+sought from their guide a light for the rest of the way.
+
+But as the poor babes' cries were loud for want of rest, all fell on
+their knees to pray for help. And, by the time that they had gone but
+a short way, a wind sprang up which drove off the fog; so, now that the
+air was clear, they made their way.
+
+Then they came to the land of Beulah, where the sun shines night and
+day. Here they took some rest, and ate of the fruit that hung from the
+boughs round them. But all the sleep that they could wish for in such
+a land as this was but for a short space of time; for the bells rang to
+such sweet tunes, and such a blaze of lights burst on their eyes, that
+they soon rose to walk to and fro on this bright way, where no base feet
+dare to tread.
+
+And now they heard shouts rise up, for there was a noise in the town
+that a post was come from The Celestial City with words of great joy for
+Christiana, the wife of Christian. So search was made for her, and the
+house was found in which she was.
+
+Then the post put a note in her hands, the words of which were: Hail,
+good Christiana! I bring thee word that the Lord calls for thee, to
+stand near His throne in robes of white, in ten days' time.
+
+When he who brought the note had read it to her, he gave her a sign that
+they were words of truth and love, and said he had come to bid her make
+haste to be gone. The sign was a shaft with a sharp point, which was to
+tell her, that at the time the note spoke of, she must die.
+
+Christiana heard with joy that her toils would so soon he at an end, and
+that she should once more live with her dear Christian.
+
+She then sent for her sons and their wives to come to her. To these she
+gave words of good cheer. She told them how glad she was to have them
+near her at such a time. She sought, too, to make her own death, now
+close at hand, of use to them, from this time up to the hour when they
+should each of them have to quit this world. Her hope was that it might
+help guide them on their path; that the Faith which she had taught them
+to cling to, would have sunk deep in their hearts; and that all their
+works should spring from love to God. She could but pray that they would
+bear these words in mind, and put their whole trust in Him who had borne
+their sins on the Cross, and had been slain to save them.
+
+When the day came that she must go forth to the world of love and truth,
+the road was full of those who would fain see her start on her way; and
+the last words that she was heard to say were: I come, Lord, to be with
+Thee.
+
+THE END.
+
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