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CHRISTIAN FLEEING FROM THE CITY OF DESTRUCTION. 
 
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 PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, 
 
 IN 
 
 WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE, 
 
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 BY 
 
 MAR\ GO DOLPHIN,^-.: 
 
 AUTHOR OF "ROBINSON CRUSOE," "EVENINGS AT HOME," AND "THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON. 
 
 WITH COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 N E W Y O R K : 
 
 MCLOUGHLIN BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. 
 
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AUTHORS 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 Adtclt Beginners, no less than for Children, 
 There is a large class of persons who do not begin to 
 acqtiire 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 syste7n involves the ttse of 
 zvords which, though short, a7'e difficult to 2i7iderstand, a7id 
 might be made more intelligible iji polysyllabic language. 
 But I have endeavored as far as possible to avoid ha^^d 
 and technical expressions, and I cannot but think that the 
 7nere fact of the brevity of the words mitst be a great 
 attraction to beginners of all ages. By this jnethod the 
 
A U T H O R' S P R E F A C E. 
 
 labor of dividing and acceiitiiating words is avoided : 
 a diffimlty which pupils who have only attained to the 
 knowledge of monosyllables cannot conquer by independent 
 effort. 
 
 I take this opportunity of acknowledging tlie great 
 favor with which 7ny previous books of the sa^ne charac- 
 ter have bee7i received, and I a?n glad to hear that they 
 have been found useful as Pinzes in Schools. 
 
 I have thought it necessary to 7'etain all the names of 
 Persons and Places in their original form, but this is 
 the only exception to my general rule. 
 
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 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 lenofth 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, 
 
THE PI I. G R IM'S P ROGRE S S. 
 
 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 nouo^ht. 
 So he went to his room to 
 pray for them, as well as to 
 nurse his own grief He 
 would go, too, in 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 
 eave a crroan. — 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. 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 Evangelist. — Why do 
 you fear to die, since this 
 Hfe 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 
 a 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 eone 
 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 
 
THE P I LG R I MS P ROGRES S. 
 
 threats, and there were two 
 who set off to fetch him 
 back by force, the names 
 of whom were Obstinate 
 and Phable. 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 De- 
 struction, 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 
 goods, and all our kith and 
 kin? 
 
 Yes, said Christian, for 
 that a// which you might 
 leave is but a grain to that 
 which I seek, and if you 
 will g-Q 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 g-Q in search of them. 
 Read it so, if you will, in 
 my book. 
 
 Obstinate. — Tush ! Ofl' 
 with your book. Will you 
 eo back with us or no ? 
 
 Christian. — No, not I, 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 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 w with this eood 
 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. 
 
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 Now I saw in ni)' dream, . Christian. — That there 
 that when Obstinate was ! are crowns of h^ht in store 
 
 gone back, Christian and 
 PHable set off to cross the 
 plani, 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 ^o 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 has no 
 bounds, and a life that has 
 no end. 
 
 Pliable. — Well said, and 
 what else ? 
 
 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 w^ho 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 II 
 
 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 things : 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 m 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 not 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 
 
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 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 Evangel- 
 ist, 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
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 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 De- 
 struction 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 to The 
 
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 THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 Wicket Gate in front of 
 me, lor there I shall be put 
 in a wav 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 your mind 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 it 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 Evan- 
 
 gelist. 
 
 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 15 
 
 no heed of what Evange- 
 Hst 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 gain 
 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 Mo- 
 rality — 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 ereat deal of o-ood in that 
 way ; ay, and he has the 
 skill to cure those who, 
 from the loads they bear, 
 are not quite sound in their 
 wits. To him, as L said, 
 you may go and get help. 
 His house is but a mile 
 
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 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 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. Le- 
 
 gality'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 
 fears lest it should fall on 
 his head ; so he stood still, 
 as 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 flamesof 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 World- 
 ly Wisernan ; 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 
 creep on his face for shame. 
 So Evancrelist drew near, 
 and when he came up to 
 him, he said, with a sad 
 
CHRISTIAN DROPPING HIS LOAD AT THE SIGHT OF THE CROSS. 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 17 
 
 look; What dost thou here, 
 Christian ? 
 
 To these words Christian 
 knew not what to say, so 
 he stood quite mute. Then 
 Evangehst 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. 
 
 Evangehst. — Did not I 
 point out to thee the way 
 to the Wicket Gate ? 
 
 Christian. — Yes, you did, 
 Sir. 
 
 Evangehst. — 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 
 
 e man 
 
 to tl 
 
 lee : 
 
 ? 
 
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 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 
 
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 THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 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, 
 EvangeHst 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 
 ofive more heed to the 
 thincTs that I shall tell thee 
 of The Lord says, 'Strive 
 to <iio in at the strait o-ate, 
 the eate 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 sa\^e 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. Worldlv Wiseman 
 and his friend Mr. Leoal- 
 ity 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 19 
 
 that I rave ear to this man's | on it, that those who would 
 
 voice ; but mav mv sni find 
 
 grace : 
 
 Evangehst. — Thy sin is 
 great, for thou hast gone 
 from the way that is good, 
 
 knock could 2^0 in, he e^ve 
 two or three knocks, and 
 said : May I go in here ? 
 
 At last there came a 
 grave man to the rate, 
 
 to tread in false paths, yet whose name was Good-will, 
 will the man at the rate i and he said ; Who is there; 
 let thee through, for he has whence come you, and what 
 love and eood will for all would vou have ? 
 
 men ; but take heed that 
 thou turn not to the right 
 hand or to the left. 
 
 Christian. — I come from 
 The City of Destruction 
 with a load of Sins on my 
 
 Then did Christian make back; but I am on my way 
 a move to go back, and to Mount Zion, that I may 
 Evanofelist eave him a kiss be free from the wrath to 
 
 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 
 
 come; and as I have been 
 told that my way is through 
 this gate, I would know, 
 Sir, if vou will let me in ? 
 Good-will. — With all my 
 
 means feel safe till he was heart. 
 
 in the path which he had ; So he flung back the 
 left. In time, he got up to 1 gate. But just as Christian 
 the gate. And as he saw I went in, he gave him a 
 by the words which he read pull. 
 
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 THE P I LG R 1 M 'S P R O G R E S S. 
 
 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, 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 21 
 
 but when they found that 
 I would not yield, Obsti- 
 nate went home, but Plia- 
 ble 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 orain 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 
 
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 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. In- 
 terpreter, 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 : 
 
 Wh 
 
 o is 
 
 th 
 
 ere 
 
 Christian. — I have come 
 to see the o^ood man of the 
 house. 
 
 So in a short time Mr. 
 Interpreter came to him 
 and said : WHiat would you 
 have ? 
 
 Christian. — Sir, I am 
 come from The City of 
 Destruction, and am on 
 my way to Mount Zion. I 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 23 
 
 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 orold hunsf 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 
 
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 who knows not the grace ' keep all things so in thy 
 of God. The dust is his mind that they may be a 
 first sin and the vice that goad m thy sides ; and 
 is in him. He that swept may faith guide thee ! 
 
 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 
 
 Then I saw in mv dream 
 that the high way which 
 Christian was to tread, had 
 a wall on each side, and 
 the name of that wall was 
 
 first of these sweep, the Salvation. Up this high 
 dust did so fly that the way did Christian run, 
 room could not be made but with great toil for the 
 clean by him ; this is to j load on his back. He ran 
 show you that the law as it thus till he drew near to 
 works does not cleanse the a place on which stood a 
 heart from sin, but gives cross, and at the foot of it 
 strength to sin, so as to a tomb. Just as Christian 
 rouse it up in the soul. came up to the cross, his 
 Then you next saw the | load slid from his back, 
 maid come in to lay the close to the mouth of the 
 dust ; so is sin made clean tomb, where it fell in, and 
 and laid low by faith in I saw it no more. 
 
 The Book. 
 
 Then was Christian Qrlad, 
 
 Now, said Christian, let and said with a gay heart: 
 
 me eo hence. 
 
 He gives me rest by his 
 
 Well, said Interpreter, grief, and life by his death, 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 25 
 
 Yet he stood still for a 
 while, for he was struck 
 with awe to think that the 
 sio^ht 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 ran, and give it 
 in at The Celestial Gate ; 
 and then they left him. 
 
 Christian gave three leaps 
 for joy, and sang as he 
 
 went : AK, what a place is 
 this ! Here did the strings 
 crack that bound my load 
 to me. 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 Chris- 
 tian 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 
 
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 said : I would tain take 
 more sleep. Presumption 
 said : Let each man look to 
 his own. And so they lay 
 down to sleep once more. 
 
 Then I saw m mv dream 
 that two men leapt from 
 the top of the wall and 
 made o^reat haste to come 
 up to him. Then' names 
 were Formalist and Hy- 
 pocrisy. 
 
 Christian. — Sirs, whence 
 come you, and where do 
 you go ? 
 
 Formalist and Hypoc- 
 risy. — We were born in 
 the land of \ am-glory, and 
 are on our way to Mount 
 Zion for praise. 
 
 Christian. — W^hy came 
 you not in at the Gate ? 
 Know you not that he that 
 comes not m at the door, 
 but climbs up to get m, the 
 same is a thief? 
 
 They told him that to go 
 throuoh the rate 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 Ion or 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 \ve get in 
 the road at all, pray what 
 are the odds? If we are 
 in, wx are in ; you are but 
 in the way, who come in 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 27 
 
 at the gate, and we too are 
 in the way that choose to 
 cHmb 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 
 
 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 
 
 went on till they came to him to a wide field full of 
 
 the foot of the Hill of 
 
 Difficulty, where there was 
 
 a spring. There were m ' saw Christian go up the 
 
 dark rocks, where he fell, 
 and rose no more. I then 
 
 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 
 
 hill, where at first I could 
 see him run, then walk, and 
 then oro on his hands and 
 knees, so steep was it. 
 Now half way up was a 
 cave made by the Lord of 
 the hill, that those who 
 came by might rest there. 
 So here Christian sat down, 
 
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 and took out the scroll and lound that th('y met with 
 
 read it, till at last he fell more and more risk, so that 
 
 off in a deep sleep which great fear came on them, 
 
 kept him there till it was and all they could do was 
 
 dusk ; and while he slept to turn l)ack: 
 
 his scroll fell from his Yes, said Mistrust, for 
 
 hand. At length a man just in front of us there lay 
 
 came up to him and woke two beasts of prey in our 
 
 him, and said : Go to the path ; we knew not if they 
 
 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. 
 
 slept or not, but we thought 
 that they would fall on us 
 and tear our hmbs. 
 
 Christian. — You rouse 
 my fears. \\ here must I 
 
 When he had got near ! fly to be safe ? If I go 
 to the top of the hill, two ; back to my own town (De- 
 men ran up to meet him, struction) I am sure to lose 
 whose names were Tim- my life, but if I can get to 
 orous and Mistrust, to The Celestial City, there 
 whom Christian said, Sirs, shall I be safe. To turn 
 
 what ails you ? You run 
 the wrong way. 
 
 Timorous said that Zion 
 was the hill they meant to 
 
 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 
 
 climb, but that w^hen they go on yet. 
 
 had 
 
 got 
 
 half way they I So Mistrust and Tim- 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 29 
 
 orous 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 pa»ss 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 
 
30 
 
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 need not to ha\'c trod but wild beasts stood m Ins 
 
 once ; yea, now too I am way. Ah, thought he, 
 
 Hke to be lost in the night, these beasts range \w the 
 
 for the dav is well nigh night for their prey ; and 
 
 spent. O that I had not if they should meet with 
 
 slept ! me in the dark, how should 
 
 Now by this time he I fly from them ? I see 
 
 had come to the ca\'e once now the cause of all those 
 
 more, where for a while he fears that drove Mistrust 
 
 sat down and wept ; but at and Timorous back. 
 
 last, as he cast a sad glance 
 at the foot of the bench, he 
 
 Still Christian went on, 
 and while he thougrht thus 
 
 saw his scroll, which he on his sad lot, he cast up 
 caught up with haste, and I his eyes and saw a great 
 put in his cloak. Words I house in front of him, the 
 are too w^eak to tell the joy name of which was Beau- 
 of Christian when he had | tiful, and it stood just by 
 o-ot back his scroll. He ' 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 
 
 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 31 
 
 eo 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 oTeat 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 lodee 
 where Watchful dwelt. 
 
 Christian. — Sir, what 
 house is this? May I rest 
 here to niorht ? 
 
 Watchful. — This house 
 
 was built by the Lord of 
 the Hill to orive aid to 
 those who climb up it for 
 the good cause. Tell me, 
 whence come you ? 
 
 Christian. — I am come 
 from the Town of De- 
 struction, 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 
 
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 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 th. 
 
 ► f tl 
 
 le 
 
 these are tne rules o 
 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 niorht, and the more 
 so for I see this place was 
 built 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 Pru- 
 dence, 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 
 
CHRISTIAN OVERCOMING APOLLYON. 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 ZZ 
 
 all those thinors 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. 
 
 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 Jael slew 
 Sisera, the lamps with 
 which Gideon put to flight 
 the host of Midian, and 
 Charity. — And did you the ox goad with which 
 pray to God to put it in Shamgar slew his foes. 
 
 their hearts to eo with 
 you ? 
 
 Christian. — Yes, and 
 that with much warmth, 
 for you may think how 
 dear they were to me. 
 
 And they brought out the 
 jaw bone of an ass with 
 which Samson did such 
 great feats, and the sling 
 and stone with which Da- 
 vid slew Goliath of Gath. 
 
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 THE P ILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 Then I saw in my 
 dream that Christian rose 
 to take his leave of Dis- 
 cretion, and of Prudence, 
 Pietv, and Charity, but 
 they said that he must 
 stav 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. 
 
 \\ hat 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 crate of The Ce- 
 
 lestial Citv. Then thev 
 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 
 thev went with him down 
 the hill. 
 
 Of a truth, said Chris- 
 tian, 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 oo down to The Vale of 
 Humiliation, as thou dost 
 now, and for this cause 
 have we come wnth ^'ou 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 
 eood friends of Christian's 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 35 
 
 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 
 ot Humiliation poor Chris- 
 tian 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 ApoUyon. 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 m 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 De- 
 struction, which is the 
 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. 
 Hqw 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. 
 
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 THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 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 vou ? 
 
 Apollyon. — You have 
 made a change, it seems, 
 from bad to worse ; but 
 why not give Him the 
 slip, and come back with 
 
 me r 
 
 ? 
 
 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 
 Kinor's hio^h 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 Chris- 
 tian draw his sword, for he 
 saw it w^as 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 37 
 
 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 
 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 Chris- 
 tian 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 Christia-n could pass 
 through, and where no 
 man dwelt. So that here 
 he was worse put to it 
 
3^ 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 than in his fii>"ht 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 
 lone 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 
 
THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 39 
 
 foot to stand on. The path 
 way was not broad, and 
 so orood Christian was the 
 more put to it. This went 
 on for miles, and in the 
 midst of the 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 stept 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 the man's 
 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 the 
 path might be clear to 
 those who were bound for 
 Zion. Up this road Chris- 
 tian 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 
 
40 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S P RO(;rkSS. 
 
 them to a town, the name 
 of which is Vanity, w^here 
 there is a fair kept through 
 the whole year, and all 
 that is houofht or sold there 
 is vain and void of worth. 
 There, too, are to be seen 
 at all times games, plays, 
 fools, apes, knaves, and 
 roeues. 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 oTQods for sale in 
 Vanity Fair. When Chris- 
 tian spoke, his words drew 
 from these folks fierce 
 taunts and jeers, and soon 
 the noise and stir erew to 
 
 such a height that the chief 
 man of the fair sent his 
 friends to take u}) 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 rhust 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 m^n 
 at the fair. Then the 
 worse sort of folk set to 
 pelt them, out of spite, and 
 some threw 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 41 
 
 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 
 lenofth 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 Faith- 
 ful'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, Su- 
 perstition, and Pick-thank, 
 stood forth and swore to 
 speak the truth, and tell 
 what they knew of Faith- 
 ful. 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 now that the ways of 
 our town of Vanity are 
 
42 
 
 THE PILGRIM' S PRO C, R K S S. 
 
 vile. And docs he not in Then said the ludee to 
 
 that speak ill ot us 
 
 Faithful : Thou base man 
 
 Then Superstition said : Hast thou heard what 
 My lord, I know not much these good folk have said 
 of this man, and ha\^e no of thee ? 
 wish to know more; but Faithful. — May I speak 
 of this I am sure, that I a few words in my own 
 he is a bad man, for he cause ? 
 
 says that our creeds are Judge. — Thy just doom 
 vain. would be to die on the 
 
 Pick-thank was then bid spot ; still, let us hear what 
 to say what he knew, and | thou hast to say. 
 his speech ran thus: — My I Faithful. — I say, then, 
 lord, I have known this to Mr. Envy, that all laws 
 man for a long time, and and modes of life in which 
 have heard him say things ' men heed not the W^ord 
 that ouo^ht not to be said, of God are full of sin. As 
 He rails at our great to the charge of Mr. Super- 
 Prince Beelzebub, and says stition, I would urge that 
 that if all men were of his nought can- save us if we 
 mind, that prince should do not the will of God. 
 no more hold sway. More j To Mr. Pick-thank, I say 
 
 than this, he hath been 
 heard to rail on you, my 
 
 that men should flee from 
 the Prince of this town 
 
 lord, who are now his ' and his friends, as from 
 
 judge. 
 
 the wrath to come. And 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 43 
 
 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 m our 
 town. You have heard 
 what these raod men have 
 said of him, which he owns 
 to be true. It rests now 
 with you to save his Hfe 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. En- 
 mity. 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 the}^ 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 
 
44 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 strange car with two bright drank. On each side of 
 steeds, which, as soon as it were green trees that 
 his foes had slain him, took | bore fruit, and in a field 
 
 Faithful up through the 
 clouds straight to The 
 Celestial City, with the 
 sound of the harp and 
 lute. 
 
 As for Christian, for this 
 
 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, 
 
 time he got free ; and there and to pass the time they 
 came to join him 
 Hopeful, who did so from 
 
 one sano- 
 
 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 
 
 " 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 ? 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 45 
 
 Christian. — How can it? I sky, and rain came down 
 
 it not 
 
 go 
 
 by 
 
 Look, doth 
 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 Ce- 
 lestial 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 
 
 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 wrone? 
 
 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 o-ood. 
 
 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 
 
46 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 was deep from the rain j Then said Giant Despair: 
 
 that fell, and to go back You have no right to force 
 
 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, apd 
 
 your way m 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 
 
 there they slept till break hold. Here they were kept 
 
 o 
 
 f day. 
 
 for three days, and they 
 
 Now, not far from the had no light nor food, nor 
 place where they lay was | a drop to drink all that 
 Doubting Castle, the lord time, and no one to ask 
 of which was Giant Des- them how they did. Now 
 
 Giant Despair had a wife, 
 whose name was Diffi- 
 dence, and he told her 
 what he had done. Then 
 said he. What will be the 
 best way to treat them ? 
 Beat them well, said Diffl- 
 
 pair ; 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 i dence. So when he rose 
 they had lost the path, he took a stout stick from 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 47 
 
 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 siorhs 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 out 
 of 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 
 
4S 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 of ease in the grave, but j could be said, for from 
 can a man ^o to bliss who their wounds and want of 
 
 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 they had not been born. 
 
 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 than if 
 
 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 
 
 At this they shook with 
 fear, and Christian fell 
 down in a swoon ; but 
 when he came to. Hopeful 
 said : My friend, call to 
 
 when first he came to the I mind how strong in faith 
 cell. But let us not put an ; you have been till now. 
 
 end to our own lives, for a 
 good time may come yet. 
 
 By these words did 
 Hopeful change the tone 
 of Christian's mind. 
 
 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 
 
 Well, at night the Giant griefs, the woes that you 
 
 went down to the cell to have gone through. And 
 
 see if life was ^till in them, now to be cast down ! I, 
 
 and in good truth that life too, am in this cell, far 
 
 was in them was all that more weak a man than 
 
CHRISTIAN AND FAITHFUL AT VANITY FAIR. 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 49 
 
 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. Diffi- 
 dence : 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 
 
50 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 I 
 
 am 
 
 tl 
 
 lUS 
 
 to 1 
 
 ic in 
 
 thi 
 
 IS 
 
 dark den when I might walk 
 at lar^^e 
 
 ! 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 Doubt- 
 ing 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 Doubt- 
 ing 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 mio^ht 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 
 2fo 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 51 
 
 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 Hope- 
 ful leant on their staves to 
 rest, while thus they spoke 
 to the men : — Who owns 
 these Delectable Mount- 
 ains, 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 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 
 
52 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 we greet you on The De- 
 lectable Mountains ! 
 
 Their names were Know- 
 ledge, Experience, Watch- 
 ful, 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 nio^ht. 
 
 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. 
 
 th 
 
 Have you not heard of 
 
 ? 
 
 em : sai 
 
 id th 
 
 e 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 ; 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 53 
 
 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 Chris- 
 tian and Hopeful go down 
 near the foot of these hills, 
 where lies the land of Con- 
 ceit, which joins the way 
 to Mount Zion, by a small 
 lane. Here they met a 
 brisk lad, whose name was 
 Ignorance, to whom Chris- 
 tian 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 
 
54 
 
 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 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, 
 yoii will have this laid to 
 
 your charge, that you are 
 a thief — and so you will 
 not get in. 
 
 Ignorance. — Well, I 
 know you not; do 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 
 that 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 55 
 
 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 our 
 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. 
 
56 
 
 THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 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 in 
 the right way once more. 
 He said : Where were you 
 last niorht? 
 
 Quoth they : With the 
 
 men who kept watch on 
 their sheep on The De- 
 lectable Mountains. 
 
 Then he said : But when 
 you were at a stand why 
 did you not read your 
 note ? 
 
 They told him they had 
 not thoucrht 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 
 dropt, and he said : Let 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 57 
 
 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 w^ho kept watch on 
 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 thinors 
 do you speak of? 
 
 Hopeful. — All the goods 
 of this life; such as lies, 
 oaths, drink ; in a word, 
 love of self and all that 
 tends 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 
 throuofh The Enchanted 
 Ground, and had come to 
 the land of Beulah, where 
 
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 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 Des- 
 pair ; nor could they from 
 this place so much as see 
 Doubting Castle. 
 
 Now were they in sight 
 of Zion, and here some of 
 the Bricrht 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 eates 
 were flunor 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 
 
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 59 
 
 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 Ce- 
 lestial 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 brio^ht as the lio^ht. 
 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 Hope- 
 ful 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 
 
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 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 
 sio^ht, so that he could not 
 
 55 
 
 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 
 
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 6i 
 
 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 
 tongue could tell, and that 
 there they would cee the 
 Tree of Life, and eat of 
 the fruits 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. 
 
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 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 si^ht 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 brino^ 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 it 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 
 
 rmg. 
 
 Now, just as the gates 
 
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 63 
 
 were flung back for the 
 men to pass in, I had a 
 sight of Zion, which shone 
 hke 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. 
 
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 PART II. 
 
 Ox\CE more I had a dream, 
 and it was this: — Christi- 
 ana, 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 Chris- 
 tian. 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 his 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, 
 
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 65 
 
 too, may bow down to this 
 kinof? But he said : Chris- 
 tiana, joy is born of grief: 
 care must come first, then 
 bHss. 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 hast got 
 it by rote, but 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 Chris- 
 tian, 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 De- 
 struction. 
 
 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. 
 
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 Then her first two sons | be so ? Who or what has 
 burst out in tears of joy \ brought you to this state 
 that Christiana's heart was , of mind ? 
 
 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. 
 
 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 niorht that I saw Chris- 
 tian. Oh, that my soul 
 were with him now ! The 
 Prince of the place has 
 sent for me, through one 
 
 Timorous. — To what who came to me at sun 
 
 end, pray tell me ? 
 
 rise, and brought me this 
 
 Christiana. — To go to note to bid me go there; 
 my dear Christian. And do read it, I pray you. 
 
 with that she wept. 
 
 Timorous. — Nay, can it 
 
 Timorous. — Ah, how 
 mad to run such risks ! 
 
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 67 
 
 You have heard, I am 
 sure, from our friend Ob- 
 stinate, what Christian met 
 with on the way, for he 
 went with him ; yea, and 
 Phable too, till they, like 
 wise men, came back 
 through fear. You heard 
 how he met with the 
 beasts of prey and Apol- 
 lyon, 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 
 sake, 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 ridit. 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 Christi- 
 ana had said had laid hold 
 
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 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 Tim- 
 orous : 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 Timo- 
 rous. 
 
 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 thouorht it would be 
 good to join you, I would 
 not o^o back at all to the 
 town. 
 
 Christiana.-Well, Mercy, 
 cast your lot m with mine ; 
 I know what will be the 
 end of our toils. Christian 
 is where he w^ould 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 
 Kine 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 
 
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 69 
 
 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 
 miorht. 
 
 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 elad 
 that she had a friend to 
 join her, and that that 
 friend should have so ereat 
 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 bad 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. 
 
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 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 Mercy, these tears of vours | Had I as eood grounds to 
 will not be shed in vain, hope to get in at the gate 
 for He who could not he, as you have, I think no 
 has said that they who sow ; Slough of Despond would 
 
 in tears shall reap in joy. 
 
 Now when Christiana 
 came up to the Slough of 
 Despond, she and her sons 
 made a stand, and Chris- 
 tiana told them that this 
 was the place in which her 
 dear Christian fell. But 
 Mercv said : Come, let us 
 
 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. 
 
 try ; all we have to do is to should steer clear of frights 
 
 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 
 
 and fears on their way to 
 that bright bourn which it 
 is their aim to reach ? 
 
 When they came to the 
 eate, it took them some 
 
 heard a voice say to them: , time to make out a plan of 
 Blest is she who hath faith,. ' what they should say to 
 for those thincrs which were ' Him who stood there ; and 
 
 told her of the Lord shall 
 come to pass. 
 
 So now they went on 
 
 as Mercy was not so old 
 as her friend, she said that 
 it must rest with Christiana 
 
 once more, and Mercy said: to speak for all of them. 
 
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 So she gave a knock, and 
 then (Hke 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 I 
 the eate said: Who is' 
 
 tl 
 
 lere : 
 
 Th( 
 
 dog 
 
 was 
 
 heard to bark no more, 
 and the srate swunor 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 Chris- 
 tian, 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, 
 
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 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 said He: \\^ho is 
 there ? 
 
 Ouoth 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 ? 
 
 Mercv. — I do not come 
 
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 73 
 
 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 eot in ! 
 
 Mercy. — So you may 
 well be; but I most of all 
 have cause for joy. 
 
 Christiana. — I thougfht 
 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 on 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 
 bv rude force. 
 
 Mercy. — Ah me! You 
 
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 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 saw that the door was shut 
 on mc, 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 rave 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 boy& 
 said : Pray ask to have a 
 chain put on the dog, for 
 
 it will bite us when we eo 
 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 o-ood 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 
 
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 n 
 
 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 
 thinors well. 
 
 Then Christiana rose as 
 if she would go on her 
 way. So He fed them, 
 and set them in the rieht 
 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 bouorhs of which 
 
 hung from the top of a 
 wall that was built round 
 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 ; thouo-h 
 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 
 
76 
 
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 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 
 hke 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 field 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 rane 
 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 
 thouQrhts all fears to come. 
 And how could we think 
 that such bad 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 
 
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 n 
 
 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 oruard? 
 
 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 
 
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 young maid, Innocent by 
 name. 
 
 Innocent.- — \\ ith 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 cro on 
 to nii{ht. 
 
 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 Chris- 
 
 tiana, 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 Chris- 
 tian left m 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, 
 
THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 79 
 
 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 
 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 Chris- 
 tian. 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 sticks 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 ereat thino^s to live for. 
 
 At that Christiana and 
 Mercy wept, and said: 
 Ah, yes, it is too true ! 
 
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 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 
 wins^s ; 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 H'is 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; 
 
GREATHEART KNOCKING AT MR. WATCHFUL'S DOOR. 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 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 
 ofT, 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 Inter- 
 preter to show or tell them 
 some more thinors. 
 
 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 had 
 all had a good night's rest, 
 
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 they rose with the sun, and 
 made a move to leave ; l^ut 
 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 brincr the seal, and 
 when it was brouo^ht 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 83 
 
 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 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 2:0 down hill to 
 death than up hill to life. 
 
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 You are a good boy, | lost his scroll. How was 
 
 said Great-heart. 
 
 At this Mercy could but 
 smile, and it made James 
 blush. 
 
 Christiana. — Come, will 
 you not drink out of this 
 
 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 : 
 
 flask, and eat some fruit, ' and when you lose sight 
 while we sit here to rest ? of a boon you lose sight 
 For Mr. Interpreter put | of Him who grants it, and 
 
 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 wav. 
 
 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 
 
 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 
 
 sent James back to fetch it. | strong man, so he had no 
 Mercy. — I think this is fear ; but their fierce looks 
 
 the place where Christian ' made the boys start, and 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 85 
 
 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 o-ruff voice : What riofht 
 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 truth, so 
 
 grown 
 
 grass 
 
 fierce were these beasts, 
 and so grim the looks of 
 him who had charge of 
 them, that the road was 
 with weeds and 
 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 brouorht him to the 
 
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 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 si^ht 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 o^ate the o^uide 
 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 friend to take us ? 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 87 
 
 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 Chris- 
 tiana, Mercy, and my dear 
 boys, fare ye all well. 
 
 Then did Watchful, who 
 kept the lodge, ask Chris- 
 tiana 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 ranor the 
 bell, 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 
 then said to her : Chris- 
 tiana, come in, thou wife 
 of that good man ; come 
 in, thou blest one ; come 
 
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 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 
 up 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 Chris- 
 tian set off with his load 
 on his back that I should 
 do the same thino^. 
 
 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 
 
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 89 
 
 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 a while, 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, 
 
 w 
 
 hat ail 
 
 ans 
 
 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, 
 
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 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 hke 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 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 said 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 
 
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 91 
 
 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 Chris- 
 tiana 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 Chris- 
 tiana 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 
 thouofht 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. 
 
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 So the next time he | they sent to Mr. Skill to 
 came, he found her at her cure him. Then said he : 
 
 work. 
 
 What still at it? said 
 he. 
 
 Mercy. — Yes. 
 
 Mr. Brisk. — How much 
 can you earn in the day ? 
 
 Mercy. — I work at these 
 thinijs for the Q^ood 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 
 could not tread the same 
 road of life side by side. 
 
 Now Matthew, the son 
 of Christiana, fell sick, so 
 
 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 Chris- 
 tiana, 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 orrounds. Did 
 no one warn you of it ? 
 
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 93 
 
 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 Chris- 
 tiana 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 Char- 
 
 ity. 
 
 Christiana. — Pray, Sir, 
 
 th 
 
 ese 
 
 pills 
 
 what else are 
 good for ? 
 
 Skill. — They are good 
 for all those that eo 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 vou 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 
 eave 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 
 
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 more green plums ; then 
 he eave him a kiss, and 
 went his way. 
 
 Now, as they had spent 
 some time here, they made 
 a move <o go. Then Jo- 
 seph, who was Christi- 
 ana's third son, said to 
 her : You were to send to 
 the house of Mr. Inter- 
 preter to beg of hmi to 
 grant that Mr. Great- 
 heart should go with us as 
 our o^uide. 
 
 Good boy ! said Chris- 
 tiana, 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 Chris- 
 tiana took leave of Watch- 
 ful, 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 eo on that road. 
 
 Matthew. — Fear not, as 
 lonof as we have Mr. Great- 
 heart with us to cruide us. 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 95 
 
 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 o^ive 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 Hu- 
 miliation. 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 Chris- 
 tiana: This is the vale 
 where Christian met with 
 ApoUyon, and where they 
 had that fierce fio^ht which 
 
 I know you must have 
 heard of But be of eood 
 cheer, as long as we have 
 Mr. Great-heart to o^uide 
 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 thinor 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 thino^s 
 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 
 
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 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 that these words were cut 
 on it: Let the sHps 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 hio^h orrant 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 a bank he 
 
 sanor a sons:. 
 
 Hark, said Great-heart, 
 to the words of that boy's 
 
 song. 
 
 S# 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 
 
CHRISTIANA CROSSING THE RIVER OF DEATH. 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 97 
 
 their way meet with a 
 shock, it is when they lose 
 sieht of the orood 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, 
 bade them be 
 cheer, and look well to 
 their feet, lest by chance 
 
 But the guide 
 of good 
 
 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 thine of such a 
 shape I have not seen in 
 all my life ! 
 
 Joseph said : What is it ? 
 
 A vile thing, child ; a 
 vile thinof ! 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. 
 
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 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 Great-heart. — Well, well, j not to fear, but to stand 
 let them that have the most still, and see what an end 
 
 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, as she 
 thought, 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 euide told them 
 
 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 99 
 
 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 
 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 brinof no sfuide 
 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. 
 
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 THE PILGRIM S PROGRESS. 
 
 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 o^uess 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 lOI 
 
 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 more 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 charo^e I was at. 
 
 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, 
 
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 THE P IL G R IMS P ROGR E S S. 
 
 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, who 
 would have thought to 
 meet Christiana at this 
 place ! May The King 
 whom you love and serve 
 bring you were 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 
 shew 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 
 
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 103 
 
 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 
 miofht 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 Hmi. 
 
 When they went to By- 
 Path Meadow they sat on 
 the stile to which Christian 
 had gone with Hopeful, 
 
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 THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 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 fioht if not with Giant 
 Despair? So who will go 
 with me ? 
 
 Christiana's four sons 
 
 said: We will; for thev 
 were young and strong; so 
 they left their wives and 
 went. 
 
 When they gave their 
 knock at the gate, Giant 
 Despair and his wife. Diffi- 
 dence, 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 
 ofuide 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 
 
THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. 
 
 105 
 
 club in his hand, he came 
 out to fight his foes. 
 
 Then these six men made 
 up to him, and they fought 
 for their hves, 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. Des- 
 pondency and one Much- 
 afraid, his child, and set 
 them free. 
 
 Then they all went on to 
 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 youno: ones lost their 
 shoes in the mire. Oh, I 
 am down ! said one. Where 
 are you ? cries the next ; 
 while a third said : I am 
 held fast in this 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 
 
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 THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 from the sun. But Chris- 
 tiana and the rest gave 
 such eood 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 oro on and leave 
 them in their sleep, or to 
 try to wake them. Now 
 the guide who knew them 
 both, 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. 
 
THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 107 
 
 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 
 that 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. 
 
 Theq did Christiana, 
 Mercv, and their train eo 
 on with fear, and they 
 souo^ht from their Q^uide 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 
 huno^ from the bouo^hs 
 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. 
 
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 THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS 
 
 And now thev heard to be eone. The swn was 
 shouts rise up, for there a shaft with a sharp point, 
 was a noise in the town which was to tell her that 
 that a post was come from at the time the note spoke 
 The Celestial City with j of she must die. 
 words of great joy for Christiana heard with 
 
 Christiana, the wife of joy that her toils would so 
 Christian. So search was i soon be at an end, and that 
 made for her, and the she should once more live 
 house was found in which 
 she was. 
 
 with her dear Christian. 
 She then sent for her 
 Then the post put a note sons and their wives to 
 in her hands, the words of | come to her. To these she 
 which were: Hail, orood eave words of ofood cheer. 
 Christiana ! I bring thee She told them how glad 
 word that the Lord calls i she was to have them near 
 for thee, and waits for thee \ her at such a time. She 
 to stand near His throne sou^rht, too, to make her 
 in robes of white, in ten \ own death, now close at 
 
 days' time. 
 
 When he who brought 
 the note had read it to her, 
 
 hand, of use to them, from 
 this time up to the hour 
 when they should each of 
 
 he gave her a sign that them have to quit this 
 they were words of truth world. Her hope was that 
 and love, and said he had ' it might help to guide them 
 come to bid her make haste ; on their path ; that the 
 
THE PILGRIMS PROGRESS. 
 
 109 
 
 Faith which she had tauorht 
 them to chng 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. 
 
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