-5CLCCT10N-3 
 
 PROAV 
 
 
 FOR 
 
 EVEKY DAY or TMC YEAK. 
 
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 >10V 23 1889 1 
 
 'Art thou for something rare and profitable? 
 Or, would'st thou see a Truth within a Fable? 
 Art thou forgetful ? Would'st thou remember 
 From New Year's Day to the last of December? 
 Then, read my Fancies; they will stick like burrs. 
 And may be to the Helpless, Comforters." 
 
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 COPYRIOHT, 1859, BY 
 Ti-iE rKu^r^^s or tms 
 'E^BYTERIAN ECARD op FUBL!'::AriON 
 AND 5AB3ArM = 5CMOOL WO^:^. 
 
 ALL RlQt-lT.5 KE.5EKVED. 
 
 AMERICAN PKINTlNQ MOU^E, 
 PKINTEKo. 
 
Jmm 
 
 A piLQRiM walke:d tmrogqm Tme 
 
 WILDEKNEvSvS or TMlvS WORLD WlTli 
 A DOOK IN MlvS MAND, AND A QKEAT 
 DGKDEN GFON Mlv5 DACKj AND, A.5 ME 
 KEAD, ME WEPT AND TREMDLED, vSAYlNQ, 
 Wl-IAT .SMALL I DO? 
 
 2 1 TMEN vSAlD EVANQELI^r, DO YOCI 
 I v5EE ZONDEK WICKET QATE? DO 
 
 YOCJ ^EE YONDER vSMlNINQ LIQMT? 
 
 KEEP TMAT LIQMT IN YOGR EYE, AND QO 
 DIRECTLY TMEEETO: v50 v5MALT TMOG vTEE 
 TMEQATE: AT WMICM, WMEN TMOG KNOCK- 
 Ev3T, IT vSMALL DE TOLD TMEE WMAT 
 TMOCI ^MALT DO. 
 
 I AM QOINQ TO YONDER WICKET 
 QATE BEEORE ME, EOR TMERE, Av5 1 
 AM INEORMED, I ^MALL DH. POlT INTO 
 
 A WAY TO DE RID OR MY MEAVY DOR- 
 
 DEN. 
 
J 
 
 4 
 
 I WOULD ADVlvSE TMEE, TMEN, TMAT 
 TMOG WITH ALL vSPLLD QET ThY- 
 vSELr RID or TMY DGRDLN, TOR 
 riiOG WILT NLVEK DL vSLTTLLD IN TriY- 
 MIND TILL TMLNj NOK CAN^T TMOG EN- 
 JOY TME PLNEriTvS Or ThL DLLvSvSINQ 
 WHICH QOD MATH DL^TOWLD UPON THLE 
 TILL THEN. ' 
 
 NOW, HIvS NAME WA^ CHKIvSTlAN, AND 
 HE TRIED TO PERsSGADE HI^ EAMILY 
 AND NEiQHDOKvS TO LEAVE THE CiTT 
 
 or DEvSTracTioN, vSATinq, all which 
 
 YOG .SHALL ror^SAKE 1.5 NOT WORTHY TO 
 DE COMPARED WITH A LITTLE OE THAT 
 THAT I AM vSEEKINQ TO ENJOY; EOR 
 THERE WHERE I QO 1.5 ENOCIQH AND TO 
 .SPARE. 
 
 CHRI.5T1AN NO .SOONER LEAVE.5 THE 
 WORLD DGT MEET.5 EVANQELI.ST, 
 WHO LOVINQLY HIM QREET.5, WITH 
 TIDINQ.5 or ANOTHER, AND DOTH .SHOW 
 HIM HOW TO MOGNT TO THAT EROM TH1.S 
 DELOW. 
 
1 
 
 COME AWAY AND PROVE rCT WORDvS. 
 
 WMAT ARE THE THINQ^ VOCI vSEEK, 
 vSINCE YOG LEAVE ALL ThE WORLD 
 TO riND THEM? 
 
 ir YOGI DELIEVE NOT ME, READ MERE 
 IN TMIvS DOOKj AND TOR ThE TRClTM 
 or V/MAT I^ EXPRE.5T THEREIN, 
 
 DEHOLD, ALL 1^5 CONEIRMED DT ThE 
 
 DLOOD or hiM ThAT MADE IT. 
 
 1 vSEEK AN INHERITANCE, INCOR- 
 RGPTIDLE, GNDEriLED, AND ThAT 
 EADETh NOT AWATj AND IT I^ 
 LAID GP IN hEAVEN AND .SAEE ThERE, 
 TO BE PE^TOWED AT ThE TIME APPOINT- 
 ED ON ThEM ThAT DILIQENTLT v5EEK IT. 
 
 ! COMEWlTh MEj ThERE ARE vSClCH 
 I ThINQsS TO BE hAD WhICh I vSPOKE 
 - OR AND /AANT MORE QLORIE^S 
 
 DEvSIDE^. 
 
J/^Mi^lT 
 
 :^ I TME:RE 1v5 an ENDLEvSvS kinqdom 
 ^ I TO DE INMADlTED, ANL^ EVEK- 
 
 • ' LA.5T1NQ LITE TO DE QIVEN U^, 
 
 TliAT WE MAT INMADlT TMAT KINQ^OM 
 rOK EVER. 
 
 g^ I ThEKE ARE cr^OWNvS OE QLORT 
 3 TO DE QIVEN CIvS, AND CiAEMENTvS 
 
 TMAT V/ILL MAKE 01^ vSNINE LIKE 
 
 TME sSGN IN TME EIRMAMENT OE MEAVEN. 
 
 14 
 
 TMERE ^MALL DE NO MOEE CRY- 
 INQ, NOR vSORROW, EOR ME TMAT 
 1^5 OWNER OE TME PLACE WILL 
 WIPE ALL TEARo EROM OLIR EYE.5. 
 
 WMAT CO/APANT sSMALL WE MAVE 
 TMERE? 
 
 <i /7 j TMERE TOG ^MALL MEET WTM 
 11 ® I TMOGvSANDvS AND TEN TMOCIvS- 
 
 ANDv5 TMAT MAVE QONE DEEORE 
 
 Uv5 TO TMAT PLACE. NONE OE TMEM ARE 
 MGRTEGL, DUT LOVINQ AND MOLT. 
 
 fl? 
 
 MOW vSMALL WE QET TO DE .5MAR- 
 ERv5 MEREOE? 
 6 
 
J 
 
 LORD MATH [RECORDED IN 
 TMlvS E500K TMAT IT WE DE TRULY 
 WILLINQ TO MAVE IT, ME WILL DE- 
 sSTOW IT UPON GvS EKEELY. 
 
 @J 
 
 O 
 
 QLAD AM 1 TO MEAr^ TME^E 
 Th I NQv5. COME ON, LET GvS -^.END 
 OCIR PACE. 
 
 NOW, CMf^Iv5TlAN, DECAG^E OE TME 
 DCJKDEN THAT WAv5 ON MI^ DACK, 
 
 ' DID .5CIDDENLT TALL INTO TME 
 
 DOQ — TME ^LOGQM OE DE^SPOND. 
 
 TMEN FLIADLE TURNED DACK, 
 AND MELP CAAAE TO CMKl^TlAN 
 
 ' AND QAVE HIM Ml^ MAND AND 
 
 DREW M!M OUT, AND DID MIM QO ON MI^ 
 WAT. 
 
 2c^ I NOW, WOELDLT WI^SEMAN AD- 
 ^ . VIvSEvS TO QET RID OE TMT DUR- 
 
 DEN, rOR TMOU wilt NEVER DE 
 
 sSETTLED IN TMT MIND TILL TMEN : TMOU 
 ART LIKE TO MEET IN TME WAT TMOU 
 QOEvST WEARINEvSvS, PAINEULNEv5v5, MUN- 
 QER, PERIL, NAKEDNEvSvS, vSWORD, LION.5, 
 DRAQONA DARKNE^.5, AND IN A WORD, 
 DEATM. 
 
JMM^/^IT 
 
 I WHEN CMKlvSTlANvS WlTh C/.RNAL 
 
 MEN QivE n.AK, oar or their 
 
 WAY THEY QO, AND PAY EOK 'T 
 DEAR; rorx MA^STEK worldly WISEMAN 
 CAN DCir vSHOW A sSAINT THE WAY TO 
 DONDAQE AND TO WO. 
 
 vSEE THAT YE KEEGsSE NOT HIM 
 THAT vSPEAKETH, TOR IE THEY 
 
 ' EvSCAPED NOT WHO REEGvSED HIM 
 
 THAT vSPAKE ON EARTH, MCJCH MOKE 
 sSHALL NOT WE ESCAPE IE WE TGRN 
 AWAY EEO/A HIM THAT vSPEAKETH EROM 
 HEAVEN. 
 
 2[^ I NOW, THE JGvST sSHALL LIVE BY 
 3 EAITH, DGT ir ANY MAN DRAWLS 
 
 ^ DACK, MY sSOGL vSHALL HAVE NO 
 
 FLEAvSGRE IN HIM. 
 
 THOCl ART THE MAN, THOU ART 
 RGNNINQ INTO MISERY; THOCl 
 HAvST DEQGN TO REJECT THE 
 COUNSEL or THE M0.5T HIQH, AND TO 
 DRAW DACK THY EOOT rROM THE WAY 
 or PEACE, EVEN ALMOvST TO THE HAZ^ 
 ARDINQ or THY PERDITION. 
 S 
 
J^M^diT 
 
 ? 
 
 V/O 1.5 ME, rOK I AM ClNDONEl DE 
 NOT TAlTMLE^S^, BGT DELIEVINQ. 
 
 2(^ I REJECT THE COGN^EL OE WORLD- 
 @ I ISr WIvSE/AAN, EOK THE LORD 
 
 vSAYvS, STRIV E TO ENTER IN AT 
 
 THE vSTRAlT QATE, TOR vSTRAlT 1^5 THE 
 QATE TtiAT LEADETM GNTO LIRE, AND 
 EEW THERE DE THAT RIND IT. 
 
 (^ j THOa MCl^T FREEER THE CRO.5.5 
 ^ ! DEEORE THE TREAvSGREvS OR 
 EQTPT. THE KINQ OR QLORT 
 
 HATH TOLD THEE THAT HE THAT WILL 
 ^AVE HIv5 LIRE .SHALL LOv5R IT. 
 
 KNOCK AND IT .SHALL RE OPENED 
 UNTO YOCl. MAT 1 NOW ENTER 
 HERE? WILL HE WITHIN OPEN TO 
 vSORRT A\E, THOGQH I HAVE DEEN AN ON- 
 DEvSERVINCi REREL? THEN .SHALL 1 NOT 
 RAIL TO .5INQ HI.5 LA.5TINQ RRAI.SE ON 
 HIQH. 
 
j|ffl«/ilT 
 
 liE TMAT WILL ENTER IN MG^T 
 
 riRvST wiThoar ^tand knockinq 
 
 AT TME QATE, NOR NEED ME 
 DOdBT ThAT lv5 A KNOCKER, DClT TO EN- 
 TER IN, rOR QOD CAN LOVE MIAA AND 
 rORQIVE MI^ s5IN. 
 
 ^llllll!!lllillll!!lllllllllil!ll!l!!lili!l{|l!llll|{{|||||li{||lillillli 
 
 lO 
 
: A.5 TO TMY DUKDEN, DE CONTENT 
 TO DEAK IT CJNTIL TfiOU COMEvST 
 
 ' TO r\-\n. PLACE or deliverance 
 
 rOR TMEF.E IT WILL EALL EKOAA TMT 
 DACK IT^ELE. 
 
 21 JGvST A^ CMf^IvSTlAN CAME GP 
 I WITH TME CROvSvS^ MIvS DGRDEN 
 
 ' LoOvSED rKor\ orr mi.5 ^hociLD- 
 
 EK^ AND TELL EROM OEE MI^S DACK, 
 AND DEC:AN TO TCIMDLE, AND .50 CON- 
 TINUED TO DO TILL IT CAME TO ThE 
 MOCJTM or TME vSEPGLCt-irE, WMERE IT 
 EELL IN, AND I v5AW IT NO MORE. 
 
 3A^ ME .STOOD LOOKINQ, DEMOLD, 
 TMREE vSMININQ ONEv5 CAME TO MlM 
 
 AND .SALUTED MIM WlTh, PEACE DE 
 
 TO TMEE. 
 
 ^ I ME WOULD DH. OETEN READINQ IN 
 ^ I TME ROLL TMAT ONE OR TME .SMIN- 
 
 ' INQ ONE.5 QAVE MIM, DT WMICM ME 
 
 WA.5 REEREvSMED. 
 
 i : 
 
fES 
 
 J I TMCN WA^ CMKIvSTlAN QLAD AND 
 liqmt^ome, and .said with a nn.K- 
 
 ' KY HEAKT, ME MATH QIVEN ME 
 
 REvST DY MI.3 .50KK0W, AND LITE D'Y MIv5 
 DEATh. 
 
 /^ I WE Af^E ALWAYS MO^T ZEALOGvS 
 © WMEN KELIQION QOE^ IN MI^ SILVER 
 — ' vSLIPFEK^. WE LOVE MCICM TO WALK 
 WITH MIM IN THE vSTKEET, IE THE .5CJN 
 vSHlNEvS AND TME PEOPLE AFFLAGD MIAA. 
 
 7 
 
 TMEN 1 PERCEIVE 'Tl^ NOT DEvST TO 
 COVET TMINQ^ THAT ARE NOW, 
 DOT TO WAIT rOR TMINQvS TO COME. 
 
 TME COMEORTER DE ALWAY'^S WITM 
 TMEE, QOOD CMRIvSTlAN, TO QCJIDE 
 TMEE IN TME WAY TMAT LEAD^ TO 
 
 TME ClTT. 
 
 DGT TME NARROW WAT LAY RIQMT 
 UP TME MILU AND TME NAME OR 
 TME QOINQ CIR TME vSIDE OR TME 
 MILL k5 CALLED DiRRICCJLTY. 
 
r 
 
 I ir 1 CAN Q^r TO TME CELESTIAL 
 CITY, 1 AM vSGRE TO DE IN s5AEE- 
 
 TY TMEKE. I MG^T VENTGKE, I 
 
 WILL YET QO rOKWARD. 
 
 ThE HILL, TMOCIQM HIQM, I COVET 
 TO AvSCENL; TME DimcaLTT 
 ' WILL NOT ME OEEEND; TOR 
 PERCEIVE TME WAT TO LITE LIE^ MERE. 
 COAAEI PLUCK GP, MEAKT, LETvS NEITMER 
 TAINT NOR PEAR. DETTER, TMOUQM DIP- 
 riCClLT, TME RIQMT WAT TO QO, THAN 
 WRONQ, TMOGQM EA.5T, WMERE TME END 
 IvS WO. 
 
 <i c^ i ME LIPT CIP MI^ ETE^, AND DE- 
 U <^ I MOLD I TMERE WA^ a VERT 
 
 vSTATELT PALACE DEPORE MIM, 
 
 TME NAME OP WMICM WA^ DEACJTlPCIL; 
 
 AND IT v5TOOD JCI^T DT TME MIQMWAT 
 
 vSlDE. 
 
 PEAR NOT TME LION^, POR TMET 
 ARE CMAINED. KEEP IN TME 
 MID^T OP TME PATM AND NO 
 MGRT ^MALL COME GNTO TMEE. 
 
pESiq^f 
 
 4 
 
 v5o wATcnrau tme fof^ter, 
 
 r^ANQ A BELU AT ThE ^OCIND 
 
 ' or WMICM CAME OUT AT ThE 
 
 DOOR or THE MOClvSE A QKAVE AND 
 DEAUTirClL DAMvSEL NAMED Dlv5CRETlON. 
 
 v50 v5ME .SMILED, DUX TME WATER 
 
 vSTOOD IN J-IER EYEvS. AND v5hE 
 KAN AND CALLED PRGDENCE, 
 
 PIETY, AND CHAriTT. 
 
 <i ^ ; LET a^ TALK WITM TOG OE ALL 
 U ® I ThE TniNQ.5 TMAT MAVE MAP- 
 
 ' FEN ED TO TOG IN TOUR PIL- 
 
 QRIMAQE. 
 
 11 P^ I DO TOG NOT riND v50A\ETlMEv5 
 1 ^ \ AS IE TMOvSE TMINQ.5 WERE VAN- 
 ' QUlv5MED, WMICM AT OTMER TIME^ 
 ARE y'OUK FEKPLEXlTT? 
 
 ^ j YE.5, DCJT TMAT I^ vSELDOMj DGT 
 ^ I TMET ARE TO ME QOLDEN MOGRv5 
 ' IN WMICM vSGCM TMINQ^ MAPPEN 
 
 TO ME. 
 
PE 
 
 <| (Qn I I WOCILD TAIN DC WMEKC I vSIiALL 
 
 ^ ^ \ DIE NO MOr^E, AND V/lTM ThC 
 
 ' COMPANY ThAT vSMALL CONTlN- 
 
 CI ALLY CRY, hOLY! MOLY! MOLYl 
 
 INDLLD, 1 CANNOT COMMEND MY 
 LITE, rOR I AM CONv5C10a.5 TO 
 MYvSELr or MANY EAILINQ^S 
 THEREIN. 
 
 AND ALL THEIR TALK AT THE 
 TADLE WAvS ABOUT THE LORD OE 
 THE HILL. 
 
 2c^ j THEY HAD IT EROM HIv5 OWN LIFvS. 
 ^ I THAT HE Iv5 vSGCH A LOVER OR 
 POOR PILGRIMS THAT THE LIKE Iv5 
 NOT TO DE rOGND EROM THE EA.5T TO 
 THE WE.5T. 
 
 2^ j THE PILQRIM THEY LAID IN A 
 ^ j LARQE CIPPER CHAMDER, WHOv5E 
 WINDOW OPENED TOWARD THE 
 .5GN-RI.51NQ. THE NAME OE THE CHAM- 
 BER WAvS PEACE. 
 
 Iv5 
 
pEPl 
 
 WMEKE AM i NOW? 1^ TMI.5 TME 
 LOVE AND CAr^C Or JEv5a.5 roK 
 
 ' TME MEN THAT FILQKIM^S AKE, 
 
 TMGvS To PROVIDE? TMAT 1 .SMOGLD DE 
 rORQlVEN, AND DWELL ALREADY ThE 
 NEXT DOCK TO MEAVEN? 
 
 2[^ I IN TME AR/AOKX WMICM Th EI K 
 ^ \ LORD PROVIDED, WERE TME 
 
 ' vSWORD, vSMIELD, HELMET, DREA.5T- 
 
 PLATE ALL^PRAVER . AND vSMOE^ ThAT 
 WOCILD NOT WEAR OUT. 
 
 2/7 TMEY vSMOWED M I AV DEv5IDEv5. 
 © , MANY EXCELLENT TMINQvS, WlTh 
 ' WMICM CHRISTIAN WAv5 DELIQMTED. 
 
 7 
 
 TMEY WERE NEARER TME DEvSIR- 
 I ED MAVEN; TMEY ^AID IT WAv5 
 IMMANGEL'vS LAND. 
 
 2^ : TMEREEORE ME RE^SOLVED TO 
 @ I VENTURE AND TO v5TAND MIv5 
 
 ' QROCIND; rOR, TMOGQMT ME, MAD 
 
 I NO MORE IN MINE EYE TMAN TME v5AV^ 
 INQ or MY LIRE, 'TWOULD DE TME BEvST 
 WAY TO ^TAND. 
 
 16 
 
I COCINT TMAT TME PRINCE GN= 
 
 i^c^ ' Dcr^ wmOvSe: danncr now i 
 
 -- vSTAND !v5 ADLc: TO ABSOLVE ME. 
 1 A^\ MIvD SERVANT, AND 1 WILL TOLLOW 
 t-lIM. 
 
 ^iilillil;iiilllilllll!llllllllll!!llllilllll!lllll:ii!!;ll!l!;ill!:lilii:!!l!!^^ 
 
 \7 
 
lilvS rORDEAr^INQ AT FKEvSCNT TO 
 DCLlVEf^ TMEM 1^5 ON PGRPO^E TO 
 TRY TMEIR LOVE, WMETMEK TMEY 
 WILL CLEAVE TO filM TO TME END. 
 
 rOK, rOR PRESENT DELIVERANCE 
 TMEY DO NOT MGCM EXPECT IT, rOK 
 TMET vSTAT rOI^ TMEIK QLORT, AND 
 THEN THET ^MALL HAVE IT, WtiEN TMEIK 
 PRINCE COME.5 IN til.5 AND TME QLOKT 
 or ThE ANQELvS. 
 
 WMEN TMOG TALKE^ST OE TMT JOGf^- 
 NET AND or WMAT TMOG MAv5T 
 MEArD AND .SEEN, THOCI AKT IN- 
 WArDLT DEvSirOClvS or VAIN-QLOrT IN 
 ALL ThAT TliOCI vSATE^T AND DOEvST. 
 
 ^ TME PRINCE WMOM I vSERVE AND 
 ^ MONOK Iv5 AAERCiraL AND READT 
 
 ' TO rorQIVE, AND I MAVE OBTAINED 
 
 PARDON or MT PRINCE. 
 
 I AM IN TME KINQ'vS MIQMWAT, TME 
 WAT or MOLINEvSvS- 
 1 5 
 
/7 I I WILL MERE QIVE TMANKvS TO hl/A 
 © i THAT HATli DELIVERED A\E OClT OE 
 
 TME /-\oarti or tme lion, to him 
 
 TMAT DID HELP ME AQAIN^T APOLLYON. 
 
 J 
 
 {Q\ 
 
 IN ALL THEvSE THlNQvS WE AKE 
 MOKE THAN CONQClEROKv5 THKOCIQH 
 
 h:/a that loved a.5. 
 
 THEN THERE CAME TO HIM A HAND 
 WITH ^OME or THE LEAVER OE 
 THE TREE OE LirE. 
 
 HE ALvSO vSAT DOWN IN THAT PLACE 
 TO EAT DREAD. 
 
 I v50, DEINQ REERE^HED, HE AD- 
 i DREosSED H IMPEDE TO HIv5 JOCIR- 
 
 ' NET, WITH HIv5 vSWORD DRAWN IN 
 
 HlvS HAND. 
 
 1 WILL WALK IN THE vSTRENQTH 
 or THE LORD QOD. 
 
 1 Q 
 
TiioaQM 1 WALK ThKociQri tme: 
 
 VALLEY" or TME .5 MA DOW Or 
 DEATh. I WILL rn.AK NONE ILL, EOf^ 
 
 THOCl ART WiTfi ME. 
 
 . ^ j TMEN WAv5 ME QLAD, DECAGvSE ME 
 11 ^ I QATMERED rKOn TMENCE TMAT 
 
 ■ —- ' s50/AE WMO EEAKED QOD WERE IN 
 
 rMI>5 VALLEY A^5 WELL Av5 MIM^SELE. 
 
 ^ 
 
 ME MATM TCIKNED TME vSMADOW 
 or DEATM INTO TME MOKNINQ. 
 
 ME DIvSeOVEKETM DEEP TMINQ^5 
 OGT or DARKNEvS^, AND DKINQ^ 
 ETM OCIT TO LIQMT TME ^MADOW 
 or DEATM. 
 
 y j JU^T NOW TME sSClN WAv5 KI^SINQ. 
 
 S j MIvS CANDLE vSMINETM ON MT 
 
 — MEAD, AND DY Mlv5 LIQMT 1 QO 
 
 TMROGQM DAKKNEs5v5. 
 20 
 
c^ j O WORLD or WONDERS! (1 CAN 
 11 \ vSAY NO LEs5v5.) THAT I vSMOCJLD 
 
 BE PREsSEl^V'D IN THAT DI^- 
 
 TREvSvS THAT 1 M.W^E MET WlTh MERE! 
 
 O DLE^^ED DE TMAT MAND TMAT Ef^OAA 
 
 IT MATh DELIVERED ME; 
 
 11 (p. • ChRI^TiAN AND rAlTtirOL WENT 
 U O VERT LOVINQLT ON TOQETriEK, 
 
 ' ArSD riAD v5V/EET DI^COGR^SE OE 
 
 ALL TM.'NQ^ TMAT MAD MAFPENED TO 
 TME-n ON TMEIR PILQRIMAQE. 
 
 A ^ QOD MAvS ^O TEMPERED OGR 
 II ^ v5P1R:T^ TMAT WE CAN WALK As5 
 
 ' COMPANION.5 IN TM.'^ ^O PLEADS- 
 
 ANT A P.^TM. 
 
 AT TME DAY OR DOOM WE .SMALL 
 NOT DE DOOMED TO DEATM OR 
 
 ' LIRE ACCORDINQ TO TME MECTOR- 
 
 INQ .^PIRlTvS or TME WORLD, DGT AC- 
 CORDINQ TO TME WISDOM AND LAW OR 
 TME MlQMEvST. 
 
 2 1 
 
WMAT QOD vSAYvS 1.5 DE^ST, U5 DE^T, 
 TMOCIQH AL:. TME MEN IN TME 
 WOKLD ARE AQAlNvST iT. 
 
 2^ I THE I^OOK MAN TMAT LOVETM 
 
 ^ j CMK1.5r I^ KICMER THAN TME 
 
 i ^^^^^^^^ MAN IN TME WORLD 
 TMAT HATE^ Ml/A. 
 
 2^ I TME TRIALv5 TMAT TMO^SE MEN 
 <^ I DO MEET WITMAL THAT Af\E 
 
 ODEDIENT TO TME hEAVENLT 
 
 CALU ARE MANirOLD, AND ^SUITED TO 
 THE ELEvSn, AND COME, AND COME, AND 
 COME AQAIN AERE^M. THAT NOW, OR 
 vSOME TIME ELv5E, WE DT THEM MAT DE 
 TAKEN, OVERCOME, AND CA.5T AW AT. 
 OH, LET THE F1LQRIA\.5, LET THE PIL- 
 QRIM^ THEN DE VIQILANT, AND QCllT 
 THE/AvSELVE^ LIKE /AEN. 
 
 2/7; I 1 THINK WE AAGvST CRT TO HIM 
 iT I rOR HELP AQAIN^5T vSHA/AE, THAT 
 
 ■ — WOULD HAVE U^ TO BE VALIANT 
 
 ron TRUTH UPON THE EARTH. 
 22 
 
f^^KCH 
 
 1 HAD vSGN^MlNE ALL TML RL^ST 
 or TME WAY TMROGQri TliL 
 VALLEY or raMlLlTY. 
 
 1 CriEL TO QOD AND ME MEARD 
 ME, AND DELlVErED ME OGT OE 
 
 ALL r- 
 
 rrOG DLE^. 
 
 2P^ : LET Cl^ QO TOQETHEr, AND LET 
 l^ a.5 vSPEND oar time in di.5- 
 
 coar^iNQ or tminq^s TrAT are 
 
 proriTADLE. 
 
 2(^ i TO TALK rr TMINQ.5 THAT ARE 
 © I QOOD, TO ME I^ VERY ACCEPTA- 
 
 ' DLE, WlTM YOa Or WlTti ANT 
 
 OTMEr. 
 
 (g. I WMATTriNQ.5 ^O FLEA.5ANT AND 
 ^ I WHAT ^O rroriTAELE A^ TO 
 TALK or TME THINQ^ OE QOD. 
 
 WMAT TlilNQ^ v50 PLEAvSANT IE A 
 MAN DOTM DELIQMT TO TALK Or 
 ThE HI^TorT AND TME MYvSTERT 
 
 or ThlNQ^. 
 
 23 
 
3>l ' wmeke: ^mal^l. he: tind thinq^ 
 IJ ; RECORDED v20 DELlQMTrClL AND 
 
 ' v50 vSWEETLY PENNED Av5 IN TME 
 
 hOLY AiCRlPTClREvS? 
 
1 AM KEAD^" TO THINK YOG DO DU1 
 JEvSr. BECAG^E Y-QCl .SMILEiD. 
 
 A MAN MAY LCAKN DY" TALK THAT 
 IT 1.5 TO rxEPENT, TO EJEILIEVE, TO 
 PRAT, TO v5(J rrER, .^.ND "yME 1 _:kei. 
 
 A MAN /A.Vt' LEAKN D~r' TALK TO 
 
 KLraTE: r.^L^ii: opinion.?. 
 
 /r I A MAN r/.N KECLIVE NOTMINQ LX- 
 'tt I CLPT IT Dq QIVEN MIM TROM 
 ■ ' MEAVEN. ALL 1.5 Or QKACE— NOT 
 
 or 'vX'or^K.5. 
 
 1 COGLD QIVE YOGI A hClNDr^LD 
 v5-CKlPTaKEv5 rOK TME CONnrvMA- 
 TION or TMIvS. 
 
 Trilv5 MAN WITH WHOM YOG AKE .50 
 TAKEN WILL DEQCIILE, WITH TH1.5 
 TONQGE or HI.5. TWENTY Or THEM 
 THAT KNOW HIAA NOT. 
 2.5 
 
7 
 
 he: talke tm or pkayef^, or kh.- 
 prNTANcr, or rAirt-i, and or the 
 
 ' NEW Dirrn, Dur nr know^ dcit 
 
 ONLY TO TALK or mm. 
 
 (O) 
 
 I MAvr DrrN in mIvS rAMiLV and 
 
 MAVr OD^EKVrD tilM BOTH AT hOME 
 
 ■ AND ADf^OAD, AND I KNOW WMAT 
 
 1 v5AY or M:M 1.5 TME TR'JTn. 
 
 MIsS MOGvSE Iv5 A^ EAAPTY OE KELIQ- 
 ION Av5 TME WriTE OE AN EQQ Iv5 OE 
 ^AVOOir. 
 
 I v5EE TMAT vSA YlNQ AND DOINQ 
 ARE Two TMINCi^, AND liEfxEAE- 
 TEK I vSMALL DETTEK OD^EKVE 
 
 TMl^ DIvSTlNCTlON. 
 
 vSAYINQ. IE IT EE ALONE, Iv5 DClT A 
 DEAD CAKCAvSvS. 
 
 MEAEINQ I^ DLir A5 TEE vSOWINQ 
 
 oe tee vseed; talkinq 1.5 not 
 vSgeeicient to eeove teat 
 
 Er^CllT 1.5 INDEED IN TEE EEAET AND LIEE. 
 26 
 
^riiL 
 
 QO TO MIA\ AND CNTEK INTO v50/AE 
 vSCKlOGvS DI^COCir^vSE: ADOUT TME 
 POWEK or KELIQION. 
 
 4 
 
 HOW DOrn TME vSAVINQ QKACE 
 
 or QOD DivScovri^ iTvSrLr wmen 
 iT iv5 IN TMr MEArr or men. 
 
 whEKr TME Q[^Aer or qod i^s in 
 rnr nrArr ir cag^etm tmo^e 
 
 A QKEAT oarCKY AQAlNvST v51N. 
 
 TO KNOW Iv5 A TMINQ TliAT 
 FLEAvSrrt-I TALKEKvS AND DOA.5T== 
 rr^. DCir TO DO Iv5 ThAT WMICtt 
 
 PLEA^ETM QOD. 
 
 n 
 
 Tiirrr ivS, TMrrrrorr, knowl- 
 
 EDQE AND KNOWLEDQE. QIVE 
 ME GNDEK.5TANDINQ AND 1 
 vSMALL KEEP THT LAW; YEA, 1 vSMALL 
 ODvSErVE IT WlTM MT WHOLE MEAKT. 
 27 
 
mML 
 
 A wor^K or QRACE IN run sSocil 
 
 DI^COVEReYm iTvSELr QThEK TO 
 M1A\ TMAT MATli iT OK TO vSTAND- 
 
 ERvS DY. 
 
 A WORK or QRACE 1.5 DlvSCOVrKED 
 
 Dy AN rxrrriAArNTAL coNrE.5- 
 
 ^lON or MI.5 rAlTM IN CMRIvST. 
 
 vSAY NOTMINQ BUT WMAT YOCIR 
 
 coNvScirNcr can jUvSTirv yoci 
 
 IN. 
 
 2<i ! MOW TALKATlVr AT riRvST LirT^S 
 ii I CiP MI.5 FLGMrvS. MOW DrAVELY 
 
 ' DOTM ME vSPEAK! MOW ME PF^E- 
 
 vSGAAEvS TO DKIVE DOWN ALL DEEOf^E MIMl 
 DGT v50 vSOON Av5 EAlTMrGL TALKvS Or 
 MEAF^r^WOrK. LIKE TME ,^AOON TMAT-vS 
 FAvSr TME rCILL, INTO TME WANE ME 
 QOE^; AND v50 WILL ALL, DUX ME TMAT 
 MEAKT-WOKK KNOWvS. 
 
 1 MCI.5 TMEY WENT ON TALKINQ 
 or WMAT TMET MAD .SEEN DY 
 TME WAT, AND v50 MADE TMAT 
 WAT EAvST, WMICM OTMERWIv5E WOCILD 
 MAVE DEEN TEDloa.5 TO TMEM. 
 
 2a 
 
TM^ vSlQMT or TMY COUNTE- 
 NANCE DfxlNQ^ TO MY KEMEAV 
 DKANCE TMY ANCIENT KINDNE^^ 
 
 AND GNWEAt^iED L/.DOf^INQ E O f^ AAT 
 
 ETEr^NAL QOOD. 
 
 2/L \ THEN TME'Y' TOLD hlA\ CE ALL 
 ^ \ TMINQvS TMAT MAD HAPPENED TO 
 "- THEM IN THE WAY AND HOW, AND 
 
 WITH WHAT DirriCCJLTY THEY HAD AR- 
 r^IVED. 
 
 KIQHT QLAD AA\ I OE THI^S THINQ, 
 AND THAT EOR AAINE OWN .SAKE 
 AND YO:JE^. 
 
 KIQHT QLAD AM I. NOT THAT YOG 
 HAVE MET WITH TKIALvS. BUT 
 THAT YOG HAVE EEEN VICTOKvS. 
 
 ? 
 
 THE CKOWN Iv5 DEEOf^E YOG, AND 
 IT IvS AN INCORRGPTIBLE ONE; 
 vSO E-GN That YOG MAY OBTAIN IT. 
 
 HOLD EA^T, THEEEEOEE, THAT 
 YOG HAVE LET NO MAN TAKE 
 YOGK CrvOWN. 
 -22) 
 
YOG A[^;E not "r'Cr OGT Cr QCJN- 
 vSMOT or TME DCVIL; Y'OCI NAVE 
 NOT KEC31^TED CINTO LiLOCD. 
 
 vSIDE. 
 
 ^nx ^'ociK r/.cE^ like a tlinT. 
 
 YOCJ HAVE ALL ThE POWLf^ IN 
 HLAVLN AND EAKTtt ON YOUR 
 
 iJI!!llli!llll!i'llll!llllllll|llll!ll'llllllllllllll!!lll' 
 - - -^iiiiijiiii 
 
 PllilillllliiilLlilill.iiililllLi. 
 
 ^O 
 
nm 
 
 TMEY FREvSENTLY- v5AW A TOWN 
 DErOKE TMEM. TME NAME OE THAT 
 TOWN I.5VANITT, AND THERE 
 
 Iv5 A EA!K KEPT CALLED VANiTT EAIK. 
 
 IT Iv5 KEPT ALL THE TEAK LONQ. 
 
 ME TMAT WILL QO TO TME CITT 
 AND TET NOT QO TMKOaQM TMIsS 
 
 '■ TOWN, MGsST NEED.5 QO OG T OP 
 
 TME WOKLD. 
 
 WMAT WILL TE DCIT? WE PUT TME 
 TKGTM. 
 
 NOW, EAlTMrCIL, PLAT TME MAN, 
 vSPEAK rOK TMT QOD. PEAK NOT 
 
 ' TME WICKED'vS MALICE NOK TMEIP 
 
 ROD. vSPEAK DOLDLT, MAN, TME TKGTM 
 Iv5 ON TMT .SIDE. DIE POK IT, AND TO 
 LIPE IN TPIGMPM RIDE. 
 
n^T 
 
 J I 1 MEAKD hlM ONCE ArriFxn THAT 
 I criixivsriANiT-r and the Qusron-5 
 
 or oar^ to'x'n or vanity wrrr 
 
 DiAAArrricALLY orrOvSirr, and cogld 
 NOT rr rrcoNciLED. 
 
 /7 IN rnr v/or^hir or qod rnrrr ivS 
 © rrQGirrD a divine rAiTh, doit 
 rnrrr can de: no divine: rAiTh 
 
 WiTnCGT A DIVINE rrVELATlON Or TME 
 WILL or QOD. 
 
 1=77 i DKAVE rAlTMrGL, DKAVELY DONE 
 li I IN WORD AND DEEDj JGDQE, WIT- 
 NEv5.5E^, AND JCJKy MAVE, INvSTEAD 
 
 or ovrrcoMiNQ tmee, rar sSmewn riiEir 
 
 RACiE. WHEN ThEY AKE DEAD, TMOCl'LT 
 LIVE rrOM AQE TO AQE. 
 
 WELL, rAirnrGL, rnoci ma^t rAirn- 
 rciLLY prorEvSr gnto thy lord, 
 
 WITM WMOM ri-lOa vSHALT DE DLEvST. 
 v32 
 
n 
 
 YOCl MG^r OWN r^ELIQION IN liI-5 
 RAQA Av5 WELL /\s5 WMLN IN MIvS 
 .5ILVEK vSLIPFLKvS. AND v5TAND DT 
 hin, TOO, WMLN DOCIND IN ir^ON.5, Av5 
 WLLL Av5 WMLN ME WALKETM ThE 
 ^TRELTsS WITH APFLAGsSE. 
 
 ir I CANNOT QO WlTM TOG I 
 MGvST EVEN QO BT MT^ELE CIN- 
 
 ' TIL .SOME OVEr^TAKE ME TMAT 
 
 WILL DE QLAD CE /AT COMFANT. 
 
 TtiET CAME AT A DELICATE 
 PLAIN CALLED EAvSE, WMEf^E 
 TMEY WENT WiTh MUCN CON- 
 TENT, BUT THAT PLAIN WA^ DUX NAR- 
 ROW, ^O TMET WERE QGICKLT QOT OVER 
 IT. 
 
 1 ^AW, TtiEN, THAT TMET WENT 
 ON THEIR WAT TO A FLEAvSANT 
 RIVER. MERE, TMEREEORE, 
 
 CMRIvSTlAN AND MIv5 COMPANION WALKED 
 
 WITM QREAT DELIQMT. 
 Ov3 
 
ri^ny drank aLvSO or tme: wa- 
 ter or TMr rivrr, wnich wa^ 
 
 PLEASANT AND ENLlVrNINQ TO 
 
 rnriR weary vSpiriTvS. 
 
 4 
 
 ON riir DANK^ or ThlvS RivrR 
 
 ON riTHrr vSide wrrr qreen 
 
 ThAT DOrr ALL MAN- 
 NER or rRciiT, AND Tnr llavLvS or Thr 
 
 TRELvS WrRL QOOD ROR MEDICINE. 
 
 ON ElThER ^IDE OR TME RIVER 
 WAvS AL.50 A MEADOW CGRIOd^SLY 
 DEAGTiriED WlTM LIL1E.5. AND IT 
 WAvS QREEN ALL TME YEAR LONQ. 
 
 IN TMl^ MEADOW THEY LAY 
 DOWN AND vSLEPT, ROR HERE 
 ThEY MIQMT LIE DOWN vSARELY. 
 
 17 
 
 NOW, TME WAY EROM TME RIVER 
 WA.5 ROaeiH AND TMEIR REET 
 
 TENDER, ^O TME ^OCIL OR TME 
 
 FILQRIM^ \VA^ MQCM DIvSCOGRAQED DE- 
 CAOsSE or ThE WAY. 
 04 
 
1 WOGLD HAVE vSFOKEN PLAINER, 
 DUr TMAT YOG ARE OLDER 
 TMAN I. 
 
 DE COAAEORTED, ECR I EORQIVE 
 TEEE; AND DELIEVE, TOO, ThAT 
 ThlvS vSMALL EE EOR OGR QOOD. 
 
 ON vSATClRDAY AEOGT /AIDNIQMT 
 TMEY EEQAN TO F RAV, AND 
 CONTINGED IN PRAYER TILL AL- 
 MOST EREAK OE DAT. 
 
 1 MAYE A KET IN MT EO^OM 
 CALLED PROMIvSE TEAT WILL, I 
 
 ' AAA PER.501ADED, OPEN ANT LOCK 
 
 IN DOCIETINQ CA.5TLE. 
 
 2c^ ! OGT OE TEE WAT WE WENT, AND 
 ^ i TEEN WE EOGND WHAT ^TWA^S 
 
 TO TREAD aPON EOREIDDEN 
 
 Q ROUND; AND LET TEEM TEAT COME 
 AETER EAVE A CARE, LEvST EEEDLE.5v5- 
 NEvSvS MAKEsS TEEM, Av5 WE, TO EARE; 
 LEvST TEET EOR TRE^PA^.5INQ El^ 
 PRIvSONERsS ARE, WEO^E CA^TLE'vS 
 DOCJETlNQ, AND WEOvSE NAME's5 DESPAIR . 
 s3v5 
 
n^T 
 
 MOGNTAlNvS DELECTADLE TMEY 
 NOW ASCEND, WhEKE v5hEPMEKD.5 
 DE, WMICh TO TMEM DO COMMEND 
 ALLGKINQ TMINQ^S, AND TMINQ^S TMAT 
 CAGTiONvS ARE. FiLOKI/^vS AI^E STEADY" 
 KEPT BY EAITM AND EEAK. 
 
 4= 
 
 TME LOl^D or TME^E MOGNTAlNvS 
 liATh QIVEN GvS A CMARQE NOT 
 ■ TO DE ror^QETEGL TO ENTER- 
 TAIN vSTKANQERvS. TMEKEEORE TME 
 QOOD or TME PLACE Iv5 DEEOKE TOCJ. 
 
 Tna.5. DT TME vSMEPMEED^S v5E- 
 CKETvS A[\E KEVEALED, ■ WMICM 
 EKOM ALL OTMEK /A E N A f^ E 
 KEPT CONCEALED. COME TO TME vSMEP- 
 MEKDvS, TMEN, IE TOG WOULD v5EE TMINQ^ 
 DEEP, TM1NQ^5 MID, AND TMAT MT.5TE- 
 f^lOCIvS DE. 
 
 TE DE UTTER ^TRANQERvS TO 
 ME, v5AlD IQNOEANCE, DE CON- 
 TENT TO rOLLOW TME RELIQION 
 
 or TOUR COUNTRY AND 1 WILL EOLLOW 
 
 TME RELIQION OE MINE. 
 .36 
 
n^ 
 
 2t^ I IT IvS NOT QOOD TO v5AY ALL TO 
 ^ I lilM AT ONCE. LLT C1.5 PAvS^S lilM 
 
 ■ -' DY ir Y'OG WILL AND TALK TO 
 
 MIM ANON, EVEN Av5 ME IsS ABLE TO 
 DEAR IT. 
 
 WHEN HE DEQAN TO DE COM- 
 rOKTED TMEREWITM, TMEN 
 WOGLD EKE^H TliOGQHTvS OE hl.5 
 LOvSvS COME AQAIN UPON MIM, AND TMOvSE 
 TMOGQMTsS WOGLD .SWALLOW GP ALL. 
 
 TMOa TALKE.5T LIKE ONE CJFON 
 WM0v5E MEAD lv5 TME .SMELL TO 
 TMI.S VEKY DAT. 
 
 TMEREEORE, ME TMAT MAD sSKILL 
 
 MATM .SAID: AEOVE ALL, TAKE 
 
 TME vSMIELD OE EAlTM, WMEKE- 
 
 WITM TE vSMALL EE AELE TO QCJENCM 
 
 ALL TME EiEKT DAETvS OE TME WICKED. 
 
 v37 
 
rtiOClQM rAlTHLEvSvS ONEvS CAN 
 rOK CARNAL LGvSTvS, PAWN, OK 
 
 ' moktqaqe:, ok vSelu what rnnrr 
 
 MAVE, AND TMEM^ELVEvS OaTKIQMT TO 
 DOOT, YET THEY- TtiAT HAVE EAITM. vSAV- 
 INQ EAlTH , TMOCIQH DUT A LITTLE OE IT, 
 CANNOT DO v50. 
 
 iJllllilli 
 
 illlilllllllllllilllllllillllllilllllllillllllilllllnilliiilllllllllJIIilll 
 
 v36 
 
PAvSvS D'Y TMAT, AND CONvSlDEK TME: 
 MATTER CINDER DEDATE, AND ALL 
 vSMALL DH. WELL DETWIXT T M E E 
 AND ME. 
 
 PETER CIPON A T1A\E WOULD QO 
 ^ I TRT WhAT hE COGLD DO, DOlT 
 
 i THOCIQM vSOME DO v5AT OE tilM TMAT 
 
 liE I^ TME PRINCE OE TME APOvSTLEA 
 ThET HANDLED HIM v50 THAT THEY 
 MADE H:M at LA^T AERAID OE A vSORRT 
 QIRL. 
 
 POOR LITTLE EAlTH! HA.5T DEEN 
 
 AMONQ THE THIEVEsS? WA^T ROD- 
 EED? REME/AEER THIvS: WHOvSO 
 DELlEVEvS AND QET^ MORE EAlTH ^SHALL 
 THEN A VICTOR EE OVER TEN THOCl^AND, 
 ELvSE, vSCARCE OVER THREE. 
 
 ^ I THEREIN WE HAVE AL^O EORQOT^^ 
 
 1^ I TEN TO READ, AND HAVE NOT KEPT 
 
 ^ OGRvSELVE^ EROM THE PATHOS OE 
 
 THE DEvSTROTER. 
 
 ^>3 
 
JOTE 
 
 v50 ThEY TMANKED MIM rOK ALL 
 Ml^ KlNDNLvS^ AND WENT vSOrTLY 
 ALONQ TME: KIQnr way vSINQINQ. 
 
 COME MITMLK, YOG TMAT WALK 
 ALONQ TME WAY, ^EE MOW THE 
 FILQRIM^ TAKE TMAT QO AvSTRAY^ 
 TtiEY CATChED ARE IN AN ENTANQLINQ 
 NET, 'CAG^E TMEY QOOD COGN^SEL LIQMT- 
 LY DID rorxQET. 'TlvS TKGE TMEY KEv5- 
 CG^D WERE, DGT YET YOG v5EE TMEY'KE 
 ^SCOGKQED TO DOOT: LET THlv5 YOGR 
 CAGTlON DE. 
 
 JLET TMEE AND I QO ON KNOWINQ 
 
 TMAT WE MAVE DELIEE OE TME 
 
 TRGTM, AND NO LIE lv5 OE TME 
 
 TKGTM. 
 
 NOW DO I REJOICE IN MOPE OE TME 
 QLOEY OE QOD. 
 
 4-0 
 
Jum. 
 
 DO TOG NOT REMEA-'xBEK THAT ONE 
 OrThE .5MEPttEKDo DID CJvS DEWAr^E 
 
 -' or ^LEEPINQ IN THE INCMANTED 
 
 QKOCIND? WHERErOKE: LET CI^ NOT 
 sSLEEP, AvS DO or M ERA DCir LET C1.5 
 WATCM AND DE ^ODER. 
 
 1 ^EE IT I^ TEGE ThAT THE 
 W1.5E MAN vSAlTh, TWO AEE BET-- 
 TEE Th AN ONE. MlThEETO MATH 
 TM^' COMPANY EEEN MT MEECT, AND 
 TMOU .5MALT MAVE A QOOD EEWAED EOE 
 TMT LADOE. 
 
 WMEN vSAlNTvS DO .5LEEPT QEOW, 
 LET TME/A COME HTMEE AND 
 MEAE HOW TMEvSE TWO F1LQE1/Av5 
 TALK TOQETMEE. TEA, LET TMEM 
 LEAEN CE TEE/A, IN ANT WI^E TMGvS TO 
 KEEP OPE TEEIE DEOWv5T, vSLClMEEEINQ 
 ETEv5. ^AlNTv5' EELLOW^MIP, IE iT BE 
 /AANAQED WELL, KEEP^ TEE^\ AWAKE, 
 AND TEAT IN vf^PlTE OE HELL. 
 
 4- 1 
 
THE Hoar^^ IN wMien coNvie- 
 
 TlONvS WEKE UPON ME WERE 
 
 vSaCM TROCIDLEvSOME AND vSGCti 
 
 MEAKT-ArrRIQtiTlNQ MOGK^ TMAT i 
 CCCILD NOT DEAf^, NO, NOT v50 MCICM Av5 
 TME KEMEMDKANCE OE TMEM UPON MY 
 liEAF^r. 
 
 1 TMOCIQhir 1 rAClsr ENDEAVOf^ TO 
 MEND t-Vr LIEEj rOK ELvSE, 
 
 ■ ' TriOaQMT I. 1 A/A ^GKE TO DE 
 
 DAMNED. 
 
 14 
 
 IE 1 LOOK NAf^KOWLY INTO TME 
 DEvST OE WMAT I DO NOW, I vSTiLL 
 vSEE v5IN, NEW v5IN, MIXINQ iTvSELE 
 
 WiTh ThE DEvST TMAT I DO. 
 
 ■P I EAITtiEGL TOLD ME TliAT UN- 
 
 3 ! LEvSvS I COGLD ODTAIN TliE KIQMT- 
 I 
 ^ EOG^NEsSS OE A MAN ThAT NEV- 
 ER MAD vSINNED, NElTMEE MINE OWN NOR 
 ALL TME KIQMTEOOvSNEsSvS OE TME WORLD 
 COGLD sSAVE ME 
 
 42 
 
^ 1 ME TOLD nn. ME WA^ TME MIQMTY 
 S j QOD AND DID WMAT ME DID, AND 
 DIED TME DEATM AL.50, NOT rOK 
 
 MiMvSELr Dcir roK me; to wmom mi^ do- 
 
 INQ^ AND TME WOKTMINEsSvS OE TMEM 
 
 vSMOCILD on. IMPGTED, IE I EELIEVED ON 
 
 MIM. 
 
 Ij p=7 I I MADE rcr OBJECTiONvS AQAINvST 
 
 ^ ^ I ny DELIEVINQ EOf^ TMAT I 
 
 ' TMOaQMT ME WA.5 NOT WILLINQ 
 
 To vSAVE ME. 
 
 ME EID ME v5AY: QOD BE MEKCI- 
 EUL TO ME A JINNEE, AND MAKE 
 ME TO KNOW AND DELIEVE IN 
 JEvSGvS CMKIvST. 
 
 LOED, TAKE, TMEEEEOEE, TMI.5 
 OPPOETGNITT ANDMAQNIET TMT 
 QEACE IN TME ^SALVATION OE MT 
 ^OGL TMEOCIQM TMT v50N, JE.5CI^ CMEI^T. 
 
 I TMOGQMT WiTM MTvSELE, IE I 
 LEAVE OEE 1 DIE, AND I CAN PCIT 
 
 ■ ' DIE AT TME TMEONE OE QEACE. 
 
 IE IT TAEEX WAIT EOE IT, BECAUvSE IT 
 WILL ^SCJEELT COME; IT WILL NOT TAEf^T. 
 
E 
 
 I I v5AW THE LORD JE.5C1.5 LOOK 
 ' DOWN rr\OM MEAVEN UPON AAE 
 
 AND vSAYINQ, DELiEVE ON' ThE 
 
 LORD JEv5Gv5 CHf^IsST AND TMOCl vSMALT 
 DE vSAVED. 
 
 <:rv ^ j DE AWAKENED, THEN, .SEE TMINE 
 <^<£i I OWN WKETCMEDNE^vS AND ELY 
 
 TO TliE LORD JEv50Iv5, AND DY hlv5 
 
 RIQMTEOGvSNEvSvS, WMICM 1.5 ThE rvIQUT- 
 EOa.5NEv5v5 or QOD, TMOU vSMALT DE DE- 
 LIVERED EROM CONDEMNATION. 
 
 2^ I REMEMDER, MAN, IN TIME; vSTOOP 
 ^ DO NOT EEAR. QOOD COUNvSEL 
 
 TAKEN WELL, v5AVEv5: TMERE- 
 
 rOKE, HEAR. 
 
 2/7 TtiET DEQIN TO PICK HOLERS, Av5 
 ^ WE v5AT, IN TliE COATvS OE .SOME 
 
 or TtiE QODLT: AND TMAT DEV- 
 
 ILI.5MLT, TMAT TliET MAT HAVE /. .SEEM- 
 INQ COLOr TO TMEOW EELIQION DEMIND 
 ThEIR DACKvS. 
 
 4-4- 
 
J 
 
 THEN, DEINQ HAr^DENED, THCV 
 vSMEW TliEMv5ELVEv5 Av5 THEY 
 ARE. 
 
 ENTEF^INQ INTO THE COONTKY Or 
 DEGLAM, WtiOoE Alf^ WAs5 VERY 
 
 ■' sS^'EET AND PLEASANT, TME WAY 
 
 LYINQ DIRECTLY ThROGQM IT, ThEY 
 SOLACED TMEMvSELVEvS TOR A vSEAvSON. 
 
 7 
 
 I-IERETMEY MEARD CONTINCJALLY 
 TME vSlNQINQ OR BlRDv5. AND SAW 
 EVERY' DAY TME ELOWERvS AP=- 
 
 PEAR IN TME EARTti. 
 
 2ro^ I MERE TMEY WERE IN ^IQliT OR 
 @ j TME CITY TMEY WERE QOINQ TO, 
 
 ' ALvSO MERE MET TME^\, vSOME OR 
 
 TME INMADlTANTvS TMEREOR. 
 
 ^ (g\ ' ^O^ '^^ "^"'^ LAND TME vSMININQ 
 {£^ I ONEv5 COMMONLY WALKED, DE- 
 
 CAGvSE IT WAv5 GFON TME BOR- 
 
 DERvS OR MEAVEN. 
 
 I IN TMI.5 PLACE TMEY MET WITM 
 j ADGN DANCE OR WMAT TMEY MAD 
 
 sSOCIQMT ROR IN ALL TMEIR PIL- 
 
 QRIMAQE. 
 
 4-^5 
 
AT TME: vSICiMT TMEr^ErOKE or Thl.5 
 RIVER TME PlLQRiMvS WERE MGCh 
 .STGNNED; YOCl /ACJ^ST QO TMROaQM, 
 OR YOCl CANNOT COME AT TME QATE. 
 
 TMEvSE TROGBLEsS AND DIv5TRE.5s5Es5 
 TMAT TOG QO TMROGQM IN TMEvSE 
 WATERvS ARE NO vSIQN TMAT QOD 
 MATM rORvSAKEN TOG, DGT ARE .SENT 
 TO TRT TOG WMETMER TOG WILL CALL 
 TO MIND TMAT WMICM MERETOEORE TOG 
 MAVE RECEIVED OR MI^S CiOODNEvSsS, AND 
 LIVE GFON MI/A IN TOGR DIv5TRE.5v5Ev5. 
 
 WMEN TMOG FA^vSEvST TMROGQM 
 TME WATERvS 1 WILL BE WITM TMEE, 
 AND TMROGQM TME RIVERvS TMET 
 ^MALL NOT OVERELOW TMEE. 
 
 n TMET LEET TMEIR MORTAL QAR' ' 
 
 ^ M ENT vS DEMIND TMEM IN TME 
 
 RIVER. rOR TMOGQM TMET WENT 
 
 IN WITM TMET\, TMET CAME OGT WITMOGT 
 TMEM. 
 
 40 
 
J 
 
 J I TMEV TMEKCroi^E WENT GF 
 I TMROCIQM TME KEQIONvS Or TME Alf^, 
 
 SWEETLY TALKINQ Av5 TMEY- WENT, 
 
 DEINQ COMrCRTED, DECAG^E TMEY 
 vSAEELV QOr OVEr^ TME RIVER, AND HAD 
 vSCJCh QL0R10G.5 COMPANIONvS TO AT^ 
 TEND ThE/A. 
 
 YOCI ARE QOINQ NOW TO TME FAK^^ 
 ADI^E or QOD, WHEREIN YOG 
 vStiALL .SEE TME TREE OR LIRE, AND 
 
 EAT or TME NEVER RADINQ RRGlTvS 
 
 TM ERROR. 
 
 ^ j AND WHEN YOG COME THERE, YOG 
 11 \ .SHALL HAVE WHITE RORE.5 QIVEN 
 
 ' YOG, AND YOGR WALK AND TALK 
 
 sSHALL RE EVERY DAY WITH THE KINQ, 
 EVEN ALL THE DAYvS OR ETERNITY. 
 
 rp^ I IN THAT RLACE YOG MG.5T WEAR 
 @ ! CROWN.5 or QOLD AND ENJOY PER- 
 
 FETGAL vSIQHT AND VIvSION OR THE 
 
 HOLY ONE, rOR THERE YOG .SHALL .SEE 
 HI/A A.S HE I.S. 
 
 47 
 
(o^ 
 
 TliEKE YOG .SMALL ENJOY VOCJK 
 <^ I rKIEND.5 AQAIN TMAT ARE QONE 
 
 TlilTMLK DLrOKE YOG j AND TliEF^E 
 
 YCa .SMALL WITM JOY KLCLIVE EVEN 
 EVERY ONE TMAT EOLLOW^S INTO TliE 
 tiOLY PLACE AETEK YOG. 
 
 WHEN MEvSMALL COME WlTli 
 vSOGND or TRGMPET IN THE 
 
 CLOGD^, A.5 GFON TME WINQ^S OE 
 
 TliE WIND, YOU .SMALL COME WITM MIM. 
 
 ^ ^ I NOW WMEN TMEY WERE COME UP 
 II 11 j TO TME QATE TMERE WA05 WRlT^* 
 
 TEN OVER IT IN LETTER .5 OR 
 
 QOLD, DLE.S.SED ARE TMEY TMAT DO MI.5 
 COMMANDMENT.5 TMAT TMEY MAY MAVE 
 RIQMT TO TME TREE OE LIRE, AND MAY 
 ENTER IN TMROGQM TME QATE.S INTO 
 TME CITY. 
 
 >] ^ I EEMOLD, TME CITY .SMONE LIKE 
 11 ^ I TME .SGNj TME vSTREET.5 WERE 
 
 "^ RAVED WITM QOLD, AND IN TMEM 
 
 WALKED MANY MEN WiTM CROWN.S ON 
 TMEIR MEADvS, FALM.5 IN TMEIR MAND.5. 
 AND QOLDEN MARP.5 TO .SINQ FRAIsSEvS 
 
 WlTMAL. 
 
 4-6 
 
AND Ar^EK TMAT ThlEY sSHGT 
 GP TME QATEvS, Wh;CM WHEN I 
 MAD ^EEN I W1.5MED MV^SELE 
 AMONQ TMEM. 
 
 NOW READER, I MAVE TOLD MY 
 DREAM TO THEE, v5EE IE TMOCl 
 
 CANvST INTERPRET IT TO AAE OR 
 
 TO TMTvSELE, OR NEIQhBCR; DUT TAKE 
 hEED or M 1^5-1 NTERPRETINQ; EOR TMAT, 
 INSTEAD or DOINQ QOOD, WILL DCIT my- 
 .5ELr ADGvSE: DT M lv5=I NTERF R ETi NQ, 
 EVIL ENvSGEvS. 
 
 ^ g j TAKE MEED AL.50, TMAT TMOG DE 
 \l <3) NOT EXTREME IN PLATINQ WITM 
 
 Tme ogTvSide or mt dream. 
 
 H /f I NOR LET MT riQGRE OR vSlMILI- 
 11 © I TCIDE par TMEE INTO A LAGQM- 
 '■ TER OR A EEGD. 
 
 ^ P^ LEAVE TMIvS EOR EOTvS AND 
 U l( rOOL.5, BGT A.5 rOR TMEE, DC 
 
 TMOG TME sSQDsSTANCE OR M^' 
 
 MATTER .:5EE. 
 
POT DV TMC CCIf^TAINvS. LOOK 
 WITHIN MY VAIL; TCIKN UP MY 
 METAFMOf^vS. AND DO NOT TAIL, 
 TliEKE ir ThlOa vSEEKEvST TMEM, vSGCM 
 1 MINQvS TO riND A.5 WILL DE liELPrClL 
 TO AN MONEvST MIND. 
 
 WhAT or MT DKO^^ TMOa riND- 
 
 Es5T TMLf^E, DE DOLD TO TMKOW 
 AWAT, DCir TLT Pf^E^EKVE THE 
 
 QOLD. 
 
 WHAT ir MT QOLD DH. WRAPPED 
 UP IN ORE, NONE THROWvS AW AT 
 THE APPLE rOK THE CORE. 
 
 DOT ir THOCl .SHALL CA.5T ALL 
 AW AT Av5 VAIN, I KNOW NOT DOIT 
 'TWILL MAKE ME DREAAA AQAIN. 
 
 TELL THEAA THAT THET HAVE 
 LEET THEIR HOGvSE AND HOME, 
 ARE TURNED PILQRIMvS, .SEEK A 
 WORLD TO COME; THAT THET HAVE 
 /AET WITH HARDvSHIPsS IN THE WAT, THAT 
 THET DO MEET WITH TROGDLE^ NIQHT 
 AND DAT. 
 
 v50 
 
2^ I YEA, TELL TMEM AL.50 Or TME 
 'i^) j NEXT WHO MAVE.Or LOVE TO FIL- 
 
 QRIMAQE, DEEN vS^TOGT AND 
 
 DKAVE DEEENDERvS OE TMAT WAX AND 
 MOW TMEV vSTlLL REEa.5E TMIvS WORLD 
 TO DO ThEIR EATMER-vS WILL. 
 
 4 
 
 i QO TELL TMEM AL^O OE 7 HO^SE 
 
 I DAINTY TMINQvS TMAT FILQKIM- 
 
 AQE UNTO TME PILQRIM DKINQ^. 
 
 2[^ ; LET TMEM ACQCIAINTED EE, TOO, 
 3 i MOW TMEY AEE DE LOVED OE 
 
 TMEIR KINQ, GNDEK MlvS CAKE, 
 
 WMAT QOODLY' MAN^ION^ EOR TMEM ME 
 PROVIDERS, TMOGQM TMEY MEET WiTM 
 f^OGQM WIND^ AND ^WELLINQ TlDEvS. 
 
 DOT MOV/ IE TMEY WILL NOT 
 BELIEVE OE A\E, TMAT 1 AAA 
 Tr^GLY TMINE, 'CAGv5E vSOME 
 
 TMEEE DE TMAT COGNTEr^EElT TME PIL- 
 QRIM AND MIo NAME, v5EEK DY DlvSQGI^E 
 To v5EEM TME VEKY vSAME. 
 v51 
 
? 
 
 ir vSCICM TMOCl MEETEvSr WlTh. 
 THEN TMINE ONLY v5AY, DErORE 
 
 TME/n ALL i^ TO ^Av oaT Tnv 
 
 vSAX IN ThlNE OWN NATIVE LANQGAQE 
 WlilCM NO MAN NOW UvSETM, NOR V/lTM 
 EAsSE DlvS^EMDLE CAN. 
 
 MY PlLQKIM'vS BOOK MA.5 Tf^AV- 
 ELED v5EA AND LAND, YET COGLD 
 I NEVER CO-^E TO GNDERvSTAND 
 TtiAT IT WA.5 vSLIQMTED, OR TURNED OUT 
 or DOOR DY ANY KINQDOM, WERE TMEY 
 RICM OR POOR. 
 
 lilQMLANDERvS AND WILD 1 R I v5 M 
 CAN AQREE, MY PlLQRl/A vSHCGLD 
 EAMILIAR WITH TMEM DE. 
 
 YOGNQ LADlEvS, AND YOCINQ 
 QENTLE-WOMEN TOO, DO NO 
 ^/AALL KlNDNEvSvS TO MY FIL- 
 
 QRIM sSMOW. 
 
 ^2 
 
TMEY THAT MAVE NEVER ^SEEN 
 HIAA, YET ADAAIFvE WHAT TMEY 
 
 ' 1-lAVE MEAKD OE MiM, AND MGCM 
 
 DEv5!RE TO HAVE Ml^ COMPANY, AND 
 liEAr^ tilM TELL TMOvSE FILQKIM ^TORlEvS 
 WtilCM ME KN0W.5 v50 WELL. 
 
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 ^o 
 
TME /AERCirGL ONE. MA^ vSENT AAE 
 TO TELL TMLE THAT ML 1^ A QOD 
 KLADY TO rORQIVL, AND TfiAT ML 
 TAKLTM DLLIQMT TO MULTIPLY TO PAR- 
 DON OrrLNCLvS. 
 
 ML WOCJLD ALvSO MAVE TMEE KNOW 
 TMAT ME INVlTETM TMEE TO COME 
 INTO Ml^ PKEvSENCE, TO Ml^ TADLE, 
 
 AND TMAT ME WILL PEED TMEE WIT M TME 
 
 PAT OP MIvS MOLIvSE. 
 
 TMEY WILL ALL DE QLAD WMEN 
 TMEY J^MALL ME/\R TME .50GND OP 
 TMY PEET vSTEP OVEP TMY PA- 
 TMEP'^ TMF^Ev5MOLD. 
 
 4 
 
 COME, MY CMILDPEN, LET GvS PACK 
 GP AND PE QONE TO TME QATE 
 TMAT LEAD^ TO TME CELEvSTlAL 
 COGNTPY. 
 
 TME PPINCE OP TME PLACE MA.5 
 ALvSO ^5ENT POP ME WiTM PPOMI.5E 
 OP ENTEPTAINMENT IP I ^SMALL 
 COME TO MIM. 
 
 v54- 
 
/^TO^ST 
 
 liIvS AAEvS^SENCiEK WA3 hERE EVEN 
 NOW, AND MA.5 Dr^GaQMT ME A LET- 
 TER WhlCM INVITE.5 ME TO COME. 
 
 ^ I 1 HAVE NOW A PRICE PUT INTO MT 
 ^ I MAND TO QET QAIN, AND 1 .^hlOGLD 
 ■ ' DE A rOOL or ThE QREATE.5T vSIZE 
 
 ir I vSMOGLD HAVE NO HEART TO .STRIKE 
 IN WITH THE OPPORTGNITT. 
 
 AND rCR THAT TOCI TELL /AE OR 
 ALL THE.5E TROG^LE^ THAT 1 AM 
 LIKE TO MEET WITH IN THE WAT, 
 THET ARE s50 EAR ORE EROM BEINQ TO 
 ME A DI.5COGRAQEMENT THAT THET 
 sSHEW I AM IN THE RIQHT. 
 
 THE BITTER MG^T COME BERORE 
 THE ^WEET, AND THAT ALvSO WILL 
 MAKE THE sSWEET THE J^WEETER. 
 
 1 WILL YET HAVE MORE TALK 
 
 WITH THI^ CHRIvSTlANA, AND IE I 
 
 RIND TRUTH AND LIRE IN WHAT 
 
 vSHE .5HALL v5AT, MTsSELE V/lTH MT 
 
 HEART, vSHALL ALvSO eO WiTH HER. 
 
 vr-3 
 
^a^^sT 
 
 I TMINK TO WALK TMI^S vSGNsSHINE 
 AAOI^NINQ A LITTLE WAT WITH 
 MER, To MELF MEr^ ON TME WAT. 
 
 ^ c:~s 1 I TAKE Tni^ A^ AN UNEXPECTED 
 U t^ j EAVOR THAT TtiOCI vSMOCILD^T 
 
 v5ET roOT OUT or DOOR.5 WITM 
 
 ME, TO ACCOM PANT /AE A LITTLE IN AAT 
 WAT. 
 
 TME KINQ WMO MATM vSENT rOK 
 ME AND AAT CHILDREN, lv5 ONE 
 THAT DELIQHTETH IN MEKCT. 
 
 14 
 
 QO WITH ME TO THE WICKET 
 QATE . AND THERE I WILL EOIR- 
 THER ENQGiRE TOR THEE, AND 
 ir THERE THOCI sSHALT NOT MEET WITH 
 ENCOCIRAQEMENT I WILL DE CONTENT 
 THAT THOU vSHALT RETCIRN TO THT 
 PLACE. 
 
 11 p i THEN I WILL GO THITHER, AND 
 U 3) I WILL TAKE WHAT .5HALL HOLLOW, 
 
 ' AND THE LORD QRANT THAT MT 
 
 LOT MAT THERE HALL, EVEN A^ THE 
 KINQ or HEAVEN ^HALL HAVE HIv5 
 HEART UPON ME. 
 
^«^MST 
 
 11 /?- I 1 MOPE M EKCr. TME^E TEARvS Or 
 11 © I TMINE WILL NOT BE LO^T, rOK 
 
 THE rKCjm MATM .SAID, TMAT 
 
 TMEY ThAT v50W IN TEAI^vS vShALL REAP 
 IN JOX IN vSINQINQ. 
 
 |i P^ LET THE MO^r DLE^^ED DE MY 
 11 ^ QGIDE, irr DE hl.5 DLE^^.ED V/ILU 
 
 UNTO niv5 QATE, INTO MIo TOLD, 
 
 UP TO MIvS HOLY HILL. 
 
 5^ j AND NEVER LET HIM vSGrEER ME, 
 ^ I TO vSWERVE OK TCJRN A.5IDE 
 
 ■ EKOM H!^ TREE QRACE AND 
 
 HOLY WAY^, WHAT E'ER .SHALL ME DE- 
 TIDE. 
 
 (^ I AND LET HIM QATHER THEM OR 
 ^ I MINE, THAT I HAVE LERT BEHIND; 
 LORD MAKE THEM PRAY THEY 
 
 MAY DE THINE, WITH ALL THEIR HEART 
 AND MIND. 
 
 LET NOT OCIR LORD DE OR- 
 RENDED WITH H1.S HAND-MAIDEN^ 
 ' ROR THAT WE HAVE KNOCKED 
 AT THIvS PRINCELY QATE. 
 
 ^7 
 
ME TOOK MER DY XU^ HAND AND 
 LET MEK IN. AND vSAID AL^O, 
 
 vSarrEK tme little cmildren 
 
 TO COAAE UNTO ME. 
 
 Av5 MT LORD vSEEvS, I A/A COME, 
 AND ir TMEKE I^ ANT Qf^ACE OK 
 rOKQIVENE^^ or .51 N .TO vSPAF^E, 1 
 
 BEvSEECM TliAT I, THT FOOK MAND-MAID 
 
 MAY DE PAr^TAKER TMEREOE. 
 
 1 FI^AY rOK ALL TMEM TMAT 
 DELIEVE ON ME, DY WM/^T MEANvS- 
 sSOEVEK TtiEY COME CINTO ME. 
 
 4^ 
 
 ME vSPAKE MANY QOOD WORD5 
 GNTO TMEM WMEr\EDY TMEY 
 WEf^E QKEATLY QLADDED. 
 
 CAN YOCJ NOT TELL MOW YOCJ 
 KNOCKED? 1 AM ^GKE YOGK 
 KNOCKvS WEf^E ^O EAF^NEvST TMAT 
 
 TME VERY .50CIND OE TMEM MADE ME 
 
 ^TAKT. 
 
 v56 
 
^^QQST 
 
 © DOOR TO DOOf^ WILU RAThEK 
 
 ThAN TMEY WILL LOvSL A .SaP- 
 
 POvSED ALM^, KQN TME: MAZAKD Or TML 
 liOWLlNQ, ^Ar^KINQ, AND DlTlNQ TOO Or 
 A DOQ. 
 
 2^ v50 I ^AW IN MY DREA-n ThAT 
 ^ TMEY" WALKED ON THEIR WAY, 
 
 ' AND MAD ThE WEATMEK VERY 
 
 COMEORTADLE TO ThEM. 
 
 ^, (S) ! IT Iv5 NOT ALWAYvS NECEv5v5ARY 
 
 TO QRANT TMINQvS NOT A^KED 
 rOR, LE^T DY v50 DOINQ TMEY 
 
 DECOME or LITTLE ESTEEM. 
 
 2^ j TO QO DACK AQAIN, YOCJ NEED 
 3) I NOT, rOR IN ALL PLACEvS WHERE 
 
 ■ YOG vSHALL COME YOCI .SHALL 
 
 riND NO WANT AT ALL. 
 
 rOR IN EVERY OE MY LORD'^S 
 LODQINQo WHICH HE HA.5 PRE- 
 PARED rOR THE RECEPTION OR 
 HIvS PlLQRIMvS, THERE I^ vSUrriCIENT XO 
 EGRNIvSH THE^\ AQAIN.5T ALL ATTE^\PT^5 
 WHATsSOEVER. 
 
^M^aST 
 
 ME WILL DE LNQGir^LD OT DY 
 TMEIM TO DO iT rOK TMLM, AND 
 IT Iv5 A POOK r;-i:NQ THAT Iv5 NOT 
 
 WOKTM AvSKlNQ rOK. 
 
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 60 
 
^ I A^ DY- rt\l^ NEQLECr WE MAVE AN 
 
 11 I OCCAvSION MINIvSTKED CINTO US TO 
 
 ' DEMOLD OCJK OWN IMPEf^rECTlON^, 
 
 ^O OUK LORD MAvS TAKEN OCCAvSION 
 
 THEREDV TO MAKE MANIEE^ST THE 
 
 KICME^ or MI^ QKACE. 
 
 rOK ME, A^ WE vSEE, MA^ EOLLOWED 
 G^ WlTM GNAvSKED KINDNE^SvS, AND 
 MA^ DELIVERED US rKOr, THEIR 
 HAND.5 THAT WERE vSTRONQER THAN 
 WE, or HIvS MERE QOOD FLEA^GRE. 
 
 THET DREW NIQH TO AN HOG^E 
 WHICH ^TOOD IN THE WAX WHICH 
 HOGvSE WA^ BGILT EOR THE RELIEE 
 or riLQRIM^. 
 
 ^ CHRISTIANA KNOCKED AS SHE HAD 
 iT DONE AT THE QATE BEEORE, 
 THERE CAME TO THE DOOR A 
 TOGNQ DAMSEL AND SAID TO THEM, 
 WITH WHOM WOGLD TOG SPEAK IN THIS 
 PLACE? 
 
 61 
 
^EFTEnPEl 
 
 CnrvIvSTlANA ANvSWCRED, WE ON- 
 DER^TAND TMAT TMI^ 1^5 A FKIV!- 
 LEQED PLACE rOK TMO^E TMAT 
 
 ARE BECOME PlLQKlMo, AND WE NOW AT 
 
 THl^ DOOR, ARE vSCJCM. 
 
 WE FRAY Tt-IAT WE MAY DE PAR- 
 TAKERS or TMAT rOR WMICM WE 
 AT This TIME ARE COME. 
 
 7 1 I AM TMAT WCA\AN TMAT V7As5 v50 
 I MARD-MEARTED Av5 TO vSLIQliT MY 
 
 " ' MGSDAND'S TROGSLES, AND TMAT 
 
 LEET HiM TO QO ON MIS JOURNEY 
 ALONE, DCIT NO'vV I ALvSO AM COME, EOR I 
 An CONVINCED TliAT NO WAY IS RIQtiT 
 DUr THIS. 
 
 IS ECILEILLED THAT WHICH 
 ® I ALSO IS WRITTEN OR TME MAN WHO 
 ' SAID TO MIS SON, QO WORK TO-DAY 
 
 IN AAY VINEYARD, AND ME SAID TO MIS 
 EATMER 1 WILL NOT, DOT AETERWARDS 
 REPENTED AND WENT. 
 02 
 
.EFTiniiEl 
 
 WE WERE TALKINQ Or TMEE DOT 
 NOW, rOK riDINQ^ MAD COME TO Gv5 
 
 ' DEEOKE MOW TMOa ART BECOME A 
 
 FILQKIM. 
 
 QOD MAKE IT A TRGE sSAYINQ 
 UPON ME, AND Qf^ANT TMAT I 
 MAY DE rOGND AT TME LA^ST OE 
 
 MIM IN PEACE WlTMOar vSPOT AND 
 
 BLAMELEv5^. 
 
 .50 WMEN TMEY WERE WITMIN, 
 TMEY WEEE DIDDEN vSlT DOWN 
 AND EEvSr TMEM; TME WMICM 
 WMEN TMEY MAD DONE, TMO^SE TMAT AT- 
 TENDED UPON TME PILQRIM^ IN TME 
 MOClvSE, CAME INTO TME f^OOM TO v5EE 
 TMEM. 
 
 AND ONE sSMILED, AND ANOTMEK 
 vSMlLED, AND TMET ALL sSMlLED 
 
 ~ rOK JOT TMAT CMKIvSTlANA WA^ 
 
 DECOME A FILQKIM. 
 
 6s3 
 
.EFTEJ 
 
 TME INTERPRETEK UA.2 TMlM 
 riRvSr INTO A KOOAA WMEr^E WAvS 
 A MAN TMAT CCULD LOOK NO 
 WAY DOIT DOWNWARDS, WITM A MUCK- 
 RAKE IN Hlv5 MAND. 
 
 tl /^ ThERE vSrOOD ALv!:0 ONE OVER 
 11 '^ M!^ MEAD \X'ITM A CELESTIAL 
 
 CEOWN IN MIs5 MAND, AND FEOE- 
 
 EEEED MIM TMAT CEOWN EOE M,'^ MGCK- 
 EAKE. 
 
 EOT TME MAN DID NElTMEE LOOK 
 UP NOE EEQAED, EOlT EAKED TO 
 MIM.5ELE TME vSTEAW^, TME 
 vS/AALL oTlCK^ AND DUsST OE TME ELOOE. 
 
 116 
 
 NOW WMEEEAvS iT WA^ AL.50 
 sSMOWED TMEE TMAT TME MAN 
 WOOILD LOOK NO WAY EGT DOWN- 
 WAED.5, IT Is5 TO LET TMEE KNOW TMAT 
 EAETMLY TMINQ^, WMEN TMEY AEE WiTM 
 FOWEE GFON MEN'v5 MINDv5, QUITE 
 CAEEY TMEIE MEAET.5 AWAY EEO^V COD. 
 64- 
 
iFTEnPEK 
 
 11 II I vSCAKCELY TMC PKAYEK Or ONE: 
 
 ' Cr TEN TMOCIvSAND; .5T[^AW^ AND 
 
 vSTlCKsS AND D(J-5r WlTM MOvST AKE ThlE: 
 QREAT TMlNQvS NOW LOOKED ArTER. 
 
 a! 
 ! 
 
 TM E .SPIDE R TAKETli M OLD WlTM 
 MER MAND^ AvS VOG vS EE, AND IvS 
 
 ' ^ IN KIN Q^^ PALACEvS . WHEREEORE 
 
 lv5 TMI^ RECORDED BGT TO .5MOV/ YOG 
 
 ThAT now rcjLL or tme venom or ^in 
 
 sSOEVER YOG DE, YET YOCl MAY DY T'ME 
 liAND or rAlTh LAY MOLD Or AND 
 DV/ELL IN TME DE.5T ROO/A TMAT 
 DELONQ^ TO TME KINQ'^ MOCIvSE ADOVE. 
 
 O 
 
 ONE or TME CHICKENS WENT TO 
 TME TROCIQM TO DRINK, AND 
 EVERY TIME s5ME DRANK v5ME 
 
 Lirr OP MER MEAD AND liER EYEvS 
 
 TOWARD.5 HEAVEN. 
 
 .5EE, WHAT TMI^S LITTLE CMICK 
 DOTr, AND LEARN OR MER TO 
 
 ^ ACKNOWLEDQE WHENCE YOCIR 
 
 MERCIES CO/AE, DY RECEIVINQ THEM AN.^ 
 LOOKINQ GP. 
 
 6v5 
 
.EFTEni 
 
 ^ 11 1 TO vSarrER, and to fgt cip 
 
 WRONQ^ WITMOUT MCIK/ACIRINQ^ 
 
 AND COMPLAINTvS. 
 
 ^ ^ I F-f^'^'T YOG vSEE: 1v5 TliAT TMINQ 
 ^^ I YOCI LOOK rOK, AND rOK WANT 
 or TMAT YOG CONDEMN IT TO 
 
 run. riKH., and to de: trodden uNDEf^ 
 rooT or MENj DrwArr tmat in TmIvS 
 
 YOG CONDEMN NOT TOGRvSELVEvS. 
 
 THERE !v5 A DEvSIKE IN WOMEN 
 TO QO NEA.T AND EiNE, AND IT lv5 
 
 ■ ' A COMELT TMINQ TO DE ADORNED 
 
 WITH THAT, THAT IN QOD'^ vSiQHT 1^ OE 
 QREAT PRICE. 
 
 'Tlv5 EAvS.IER WATCH ;NQ A NIQHT 
 OR TWO, THAN TO v5lT GP A 
 
 ' WHOLE YEAR TOCiETHER; ^O 'Tls5 
 
 EASIER rOR ONE TO DEQIN TO PROEE^^ 
 WELL, THAN TO HOLD OGT Av5 HE vSHOGLD 
 TO THE END. 
 
 66 
 
.EFTEnPEI 
 
 EVERY vSMIP-MAvSTEK WHEN IN A 
 ^rOKM, V/ILL WILLI NQLY CAvST 
 TMAT OVERBOARD THAT Iv5 OR 
 
 THE ^AAALLE^r VALUE IN THE VEvS^EL; 
 
 DUr WMO WILL TMROW TME DE^ST OGT 
 
 riRvSr? NONE BGT ME TMAT rEARETM 
 
 NOT QOD. 
 
 ONE LEAK WILL vSINK A vSMIP, 
 AND ONE sSIN WILL DEvSTROY A 
 vSINNER. 
 
 7 
 
 HE TMAT rORQET^ MI^ ERIEND I^ 
 GNQRATEraL CINT'O MIM, DGT ME 
 
 ' TMAT rORQEr.2 MI^ .5AVIOCJR 1^5 
 
 GNMERCirClL TO MIM.5ELE. 
 
 ^ ^ I IE A MAN WOGLD LIVE WELL, LET 
 ^ O I MIM EETCM MIvS LA^T DAY TO MIM, 
 1 ^p^j^ /AAKE IT ALWAYvS MIv5 COM- 
 PANY KEEPER. 
 
 IE TME LIRE TMAT 1.5 ATTENDED 
 
 WlTM v50 MANY TROGDLEvS. 1^ v50 
 LOTM TO EE LET QO BY U^, 
 WMAT lv5 TME LIEE ADOVE? 
 67 
 
sWTEnnm 
 
 WE sSELDOM vSlT DOWN TO MEAT, 
 DCir WE EAT AND LEAVE; .50 
 
 ' TMEf^E I^ IN JEvSCI^ CMKIvSr MOf^E 
 
 MERIT AND RlQMTEOa^NE^vS TMAN ThE 
 WHOLE WOKLD HA^ NEED OE. 
 
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 ^^ 
 
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 6S 
 
riiE LORD I^ ONLY MV vSUPPOKT, 
 AND hE THAT DOTfi ME TEED; hOW 
 CAN I THEN V/ANT ANYTlilNQ 
 
 WMEKEOr I .STAND IN NEED! 
 
 rtiE LORD RECO/AP ENvSE TMY 
 
 WOf^K, AND A rOLL KEWAKD DE 
 QIVEN TMEE OE TME LOf^D QOD OE 
 
 l^KAEU UNDEr^ WMOvSE W1NQ.5 TMOG ART 
 
 COME TO TKG^T' [kutm 2: 12]. 
 
 ^ I HE MA^ MOEE KIQtiTEOCiv5NE^.5 
 ^ THAN TOU MAVE NEED OE, OK 
 TMAN HE NEEDETH HIM^SELE. 
 
 n TH!^ KICiHTEOC1.5NE^.5. vSINCE CHI^I^ST 
 TT" JE^O'^ the LOf^D HA^ MADE HI/A- 
 
 ' vSELE UNDER THE LAW, MCJ.ST DE 
 
 QIVEN AW AT: EOf^ THE LAV/ DOTH NOT 
 ONLY DIND Hl/n THAT lo GNDEK IT TO 
 DO jg^TLT. D(jr TO U^E CHARlTT. 
 
©CTQPEl 
 
 J 
 
 NOW OCJK LOKD INDEED MATM TWO 
 COATvS, ONE rOK h IMPEDE, AND ONE 
 TO ^PARE; WliEREEORE ME EKEELY 
 
 DEvSTOW^ ONE GPON TMO^E TMAT HAVE 
 
 NONE. 
 
 TME LOKD DE V/lTM THEE, AND ADD 
 TO ALL TMY DLEv5v51NQ.5 /AGCIi IN- 
 
 ' cr^EAvSE, rOK TME KlNDNEvSS TMAT 
 
 THOCJ MAvST sSMEWED ME. 
 
 p^ I AM PER^CJADED DY WMAT 1 HAVE 
 ^ EELT, TMO' 1 HAVE EELT BGT LIT- 
 
 TLE As5 YET, THAT IE TME MO^T 
 
 DCJr^DENED MAN IN TME WOELD WAv5 
 liEEE, AND DID v5EE AND EELIEVE Av5 I 
 NOW DO, 'TWOGLD MAKE MIv5 HEART TME 
 MOEE MEKKY AND DLlTME. 
 
 ^ I YOCI vSPEAK NOW IN THE WAEMTH 
 © I OE TOGK AEEECTlONvS: WILL IT, 
 
 THINK TOa ^E ALWATsS THClsS WITH 
 
 YOG? 
 
 vo 
 
0CTO1E1 
 
 SI MOW .SWEET Iv5 Kn.sr TO ThEM THAT 
 I LABOR, AND MOW QOOD Iv5 TME 
 
 ' PRINCE or FILQRI/A^ TO PROVIDE 
 
 sSClCM RE.5T1NQ PLACETS TOR TMEM. 
 
 TMOCl .SMALT DE A .SMARER IN 
 ALL TME QOOD TMAT I MAVE, DE^ 
 
 CAG.5E TMOCi .SO V/ILLINQLT D1D.ST 
 
 BECOME A\T COA\PANION. 
 
 Il I PILQR1M.5 vSMOGLD WATCM, AND 
 11 I REMEMDER WMAT TMET MAVE 
 
 ' ALREADT RECEIVED UNDER 
 
 TMEIR QREATE.ST ENJOTMENT.5: DGT, 
 rOR WANT or DOINQ .SO, OrT-TlME.S TMEIR 
 REJOICINQ END.S IN TEAR.5. AND TMEIR 
 .SCIN-.SMINE IN A CLOUD. 
 
 ^^11 KNOW NOT MOW TO DE WILLINQ 
 11 ^ TOU .SMOULD LEAVE U^ IN OUR 
 
 ' p;lqrimacie; you mave been .SO 
 
 EAlTMrUL AND LOVINQ TO UA TMAT I 
 .SMALL NEVER RORQET YOUR EAVOR 
 TOWARD.5 U^. 
 
 71 
 
QCTOliEl 
 
 WE NEED NOT, WHEN A-DED, LIE 
 AWAKE TO TALK WlTM QOD. liE 
 CAN VI^lT GvS WMILE WE ^LEEP, 
 AND CAGvSE Gv5 THEN TO liEAK lil^ VOICE. 
 
 4- 
 
 [il.5 NAME WAv5 rAK. BKlvSK, A MAN 
 or .SOME DKEEDINQ, AND TMAT 
 
 ■— ' PRETENDED TO RELIQION, BCIT A 
 
 MAN TMAT ^TUCK VERT CLO^E TO TME 
 WORLD. 
 
 MERCT IN OCIR DAT I^ LITTLE 
 .SET DT ANT EGRTMER THAN A.S 
 TO IT.5 NAME; TME PRACTICE 
 WHICH 1.5 .SET rORTH DT THT CONDITION.S 
 THERE ARE DOT REW THAT CAN ASIDE. 
 
 LET THT QARMENT.5 BE ALWAT.S 
 WHITE, AND LET THT HEAD WANT 
 NO OINTMENT. 
 
 p^ THROCJQH ALL MT LIRE THT EA- 
 / VOGR !^ ^O ERANKLT .SHEWED 
 
 TO ME, THAT IN THT HOCJvSE ECR 
 
 EVERMORE MT DWELLINQ-PLACE .SHALL 
 BE. 
 
 72 
 
0CTO1E1 
 
 rOK WMY? TliE LORD OGf^ QOD Is5 
 
 vSClRE; HI.5 rKCim AT ALL TlA\E^ 
 
 riKAALY sSTOOD, AND vSMALL TRO/A AQE 
 TO AQE LNDLIKE. 
 
 TMEY" ARE OGR COGNTRY Dir^D.5. 
 ThLV vSINQ TME^E NOTEvS DCIT 
 sSELDOM, EXCEPT IT DE AT TME 
 .SPKINQWMEN ThE ELOWEKvS APPEAR, 
 AND TME vSGN .5M1NE5 WARM; AND THEN 
 TOG AAAT HEAR TMEM ALL DAT LONQ. 
 
 hE TMAT I^ DOWN NEEDvS PEAR 
 NO PALL, ME TMAT Iv5 LOW, NO 
 PRIDE j ME TMAT 1^5 MCJMDLE, 
 EVER vSMALL MAVE QOD TO DE M1.5 QCIIDE 
 
 «^ H I 1 AM CONTENT WTM V/MAT I 
 ^ 11 I MAVE, LITTLE DH. IT, OR AAGCM; 
 
 AND LORD, CONTENTMENT vSTiLL 
 
 I CRAVE, DECAG^E TMOG vSAVEsST ^GCM. 
 
 PGLLNEvSvS TO vSGCM A DGRDEN Iv5 
 TMAT QO ON PILQRIMAQE: MERE 
 LITTLE, AND MEREAPTER DUsSvS 
 16 DE6T PRO/A AQE TO AQE. 
 7v3 
 
0CT@PE1 
 
 TliIvS DOY LlVEsS A MEKKIEK LirE 
 AND WEAK^ MOI^E Or THAT 
 HERD CALLED MEAKT\5^EA^E^ I N 
 
 liIvS DO^OrA TMAN ME TMAT I^ CLAD IN 
 
 .51 LK AND VELVET. 
 
 2^ 1 lAU^r TELL YOG TtiAT IN EOK- 
 ii" MEK TIME^ A\EN MAVE MET WITH 
 
 ANQELvS MERE, HAVE r O CI N D 
 
 FEAF^LvS MERE, AND HAVE IN Ttil.5 PLACE 
 rOGND TME WOr^DvS OE LlEE. 
 
 ir AT ANT Tl/AE TME FILQRIMvS 
 MEET WiTM ANY BKGNT, IT lv5 
 
 ■' WMEN TMET EOf^QET WMAT EA- 
 
 VOKvS TMET MAVE RECEIVED, AND MOW 
 GNWOKTMT TMET Af^E OE TME/A. 
 
 2^ I MANT MAVE vSPOKE OE IT, DOT 
 © I NONE CAN TELL WMAT TME VAL- 
 
 LEY or TME sSMADOW OE DEATM 
 
 vSMOGLD MEAN, GNTlL TMEY COME IN iT 
 TMEMsSELVEvS. 
 
 7 
 
 DGT LET TMEA\ TMAT WALK IN 
 DAKKNEvSvS AND MAVE NO LIQMT 
 
 ■ Tf^G.5T IN TME NAME OE TME 
 
 LOf^D, AND ^TAY UPON TMEIK QOD. 
 VA- 
 
COME LET Gv5 PRAY rOK LIQMr 
 TO hIA\ TMAT CAN LlQMTEN OUK 
 DARKNEvSvS. AND TMAT CAN RE- 
 
 DCIKE NOT ONLY TME.5E DCIT ALL THE 
 
 vSATANvS IN HELL. 
 
 2(Qs j IT lv5 NOT .50 DAD TO QO TMROCIQM 
 ^ I MERE Av5 IT 1^5 TO ABIDE MERE 
 
 ' ALWAY'vS; ONE REAvSON WMT WE 
 
 MGv5T QO TMIvS WAT TO TME MOUSSE PRE- 
 PARED rOR GvS. lv!3, TMAT OCIR MOME 
 MIQMT DE MADE TME vSWEETER TO US. 
 
 ir EVER 1 QET OClT MERE AQAIN, I 
 TMINK I sSMALL PRIZE LIQMT AND 
 QOOD WAT DETTER TMAN EVER 1 
 
 DID IN ALL rAY LIRE. 
 
 NOW QREAT HEART REPLIED. I 
 AA\ A vSERVANT OR THE QOD OR 
 HEAVEN. AAT DG^INEvSvS 1^5 TO 
 PERvSCIADE ^INNERvS TO REPENTANCE. 
 7v5 
 
IT lv5 MY DCITY TO DIvSTKa^T MINE 
 OWN ADILITY, TMAT I MAY hAVE 
 
 reliance: on mi/a tmat IvS 
 .stkonqek than all. 
 
 rOK MY PAKT, I v5LE NO KEA^SON 
 WMY WE vSMOGLD DI^TKavST OGK 
 QOD ANY MOKE, vSINCE ME MA^ NOW . 
 
 AND IN vsae n a place a^ tmi^, qiven 
 
 CIv5 vSaCM TEvSTlMONY OE MI.5 LOVE Av5 
 THlvS. 
 
 rOK A CMRI^TIAN CAN NEVEK DE 
 OVERCOME CINLE^.5 ME v5 M A L L 
 YIELD or MIMvSELE. 
 
 ^ DCir WAv5 A MAN IN A MOUNTAIN 
 "tT or ICE, YET ir TME .SUN OE KIQMT- 
 
 EpCJvSNE^sS WILL AI^I^SE. GFON MIM 
 
 MIv5 rroZEN MEART WILL EEEL A TMAW. 
 76 
 
ofinpEi 
 
 DY r^HKorr , .smalt tmoci de vSGvS^ 
 
 TAINED, AND CAKKIED TMIXOGQM 
 
 ALL riiOvSE DirricaLTiL^ tmat 
 
 vSMALL AvSvSAGLT TMLL IN TMY WAY; 
 TILL THOG vSMALT CO/AL TMlTMER V/MLf^E 
 TMOCI ^MALT LOOK TME rOGNTAIN Or 
 MLRCT IN TME ry\CE WlTM COAAEOKT. 
 
 ME WAvS ALWATvS AERAID TMAT ME 
 vSMOClLD COME .SMOf^T OE WMlTMEK 
 ME MAD A DE.51RE TO QO. 
 
 7EVEKTTMINQ Er^lQMTENED MIM 
 TMAT ME MEAKD ANTDODT vSFEAK 
 
 OE, TMAT MAD BUT TME LEA.5T AP^ 
 
 PEAKANCE or OFPOvSlTlON IN IT. 
 
 TME CELEvSTlAL CiTT, ME ^AID, ME 
 .5MOOILD DIE IE ME CAME NOT TO IT 
 AND TET V/Av5 DEJECTED AT EVERT 
 DirriCGLTT, AND vSTU/ADLED AT EVERT 
 vSTKAW TMAT ANTDODT CA^T IN MIv5 
 WAT. 
 
 77 
 
PO¥EniEl 
 
 WELU ArrE:K m^ mad lain at tme 
 
 sSLOLJQM or DE.5POND A QKEAT 
 WMILE, A^ I HAVE TOLD YOG, ONE 
 vSGNvSMINE MORNINQ, I DO NOT KNOW 
 MOW, ME VENTCir^ED AND ^O QOT OVER. 
 
 PEACE DE TO TMEE, UP, EOK 1 
 MAVE v5ET OPEN TME DOOR TO 
 TMEE, COME IN, rOK TMOG ART 
 
 DLEsST. 
 
 AT LAvST ME CA/AE IN, AND I WILL 
 v5AT TMAT EOr^ MT LOKD, ME 
 CAKr^iED IT WONDEKEGL LOV- 
 INQLT TO MIM. 
 
 ^ c=^ 1 WMEN WE CAME TO TME MILL Dir=- 
 11 (£ I ricaLTT ME MADE NO vSTlCK AT 
 
 ' TMAT, NOR DID ME MCICM PEAR 
 
 TME LION^: rOK TOG MG^T KNOW TMAT 
 MI^ TPOCJDLE WAv5 NOT ADOGT vSGCM 
 TMINQ^ A^ TMO^E, MIv5 PEAR WAv5 ABOGT 
 MIs5 ACCEPTANCE AT LAvST. 
 76 
 
DYEniEl 
 
 lic WA^ .50 Arr^AiD or doinq in- 
 
 JCIRIE^ TO OTMEKvS. THAT ME 
 OrTEN WOGLD DENY MIMv5ELr Or 
 
 THAT WMIOi V/A^ LAWrUL, DECAG^SE ME 
 
 WOGLD NOT OrrEND. 
 
 TME riKvST vSTKINQ TMAT TME 
 /ACI.5ICiAN a^GALLT TOCICME.5 1^ 
 TME DA.5^, WMEN ME INTEND.5 TO 
 FCIT ALL IN TCINE; QOD ALvSO FLAY.5 
 CIPON TMl^ .5TKINQ riR.5T, WMEN ME v5ET.5 
 TME vSOGL IN TCINE rOK MIM^SELE. 
 
 I LAKE RELIEVE TMAT A.5 TME 
 PROVERD Iv5. ME COGLD MAVE DiT 
 
 A riRE^BRAND MAD IT vSTOOD IN 
 MI^ WAT; BGT TME TMINQ^ WITM WMICM 
 ME WA^ OPPRE.5^ED, NO MAN EVER TET 
 COGLD ^MAKE OEE WlTM EA^E. 
 
 I IMS TROGDLE^ LAT v50 MAKD 
 
 I UPON MIM, TMET MADE MIAA TMAT 
 
 ' ME COGLD NOT KNOCK AT TME 
 
 MOGvSEvS PROVIDED EOr^ ENTERTAINMENT, 
 
 DGT MY TROGDLE WA^ ALWAYS sSGCM 
 
 A^ MADE ME KNOCK TME LOGDER. 
 
 73 
 
PEl 
 
 /\ ^ on, riiOGQMT 1, MAY i HAVE THE 
 11 Li MAFFlNE^vS TO rlAVE A MADITA- 
 
 ' TlON TMEr^E, ^TlvS ENOGQM 
 
 TMOCIQM 1 PART WlTM ALL TME WORLD 
 TO WIN IT. 
 
 THO^ ThEKE I^ NOT ALWATvS 
 Qr^ACE WMERE THERE 1^5 ThE 
 TEAR or HELL, YET TO DE vSURE 
 
 TMEKE 1.5 NO QKACE WHERE THERE I^ NO 
 
 REAR or QOD. 
 
 (^ I THOa HA.5T HIT THE MARK, ROR 
 ^ I THE REAR OR QOD 1^5 THE DEQIN- 
 
 ' NINQ or WISDOM, AND TO DE 
 
 ^GRE THET THAT WANT THE P EQINNINQ 
 HAVE NETHER MIDDLE NOR END. 
 
 HE HELD THAT A MAN AAIQHT 
 ROLLOW THE VlCEvS A.5 WELL Av5 
 THE VIRTGEvS OR THE FILQRIM^, 
 
 AND THAT IE HE DID DOTH HE ^HOGLD DE 
 
 CERTAINLY vSAVED. 
 
 ao 
 
QYEHiEl 
 
 rOK INDEED WE ARE EXEMPTED 
 EROM NO VICE AD^SOLGTELX DOT 
 
 ■ ON CONDITION TMAT WE WATCM 
 
 AND vSTr^IVE. 
 
 2cr^ I rOK ThIvS 1.5 Av5 MGCh Av5 TO sSAT 
 ^ I TMAT DECACl^E QOOD MEN MERE- 
 
 TorORE MAVE sSlNNED OE INEIKM- 
 
 ITY, TMEREEORE ME MAD ALLOWANCE TO 
 DO IT or A PKEvSGMPTGOa^S MIND. 
 
 2^ I I MAVE vSEEN vSOME TMAT MAVE 
 ^ j .SET OUT Av5 IE TMET WOCJLD 
 
 ■ ' DRIVE ALL TME WORLD AEORE 
 
 TMEM, WMO TET MAVE IN A EEW DAT.5 
 DIED Av5 TMET IN TME WILDERNESSES, AND 
 vSO NEVER QOT vSlQMT CE TME PROMIvSED 
 LAND. 
 
 1 MAVE .SEEN vSOME TMAT PROM- 
 ISED NOTMINQ AT riRvST vSET- 
 
 ' TINQ OClT TO DE FlLQRIMvS. AND 
 
 TMAT ONE WOGLD A TMOGQMT COCILD 
 NOT MAVE LIVED A DAY, TMAT MAVE 
 PROVED VERY QOOD PILQRIAAvS. 
 61 
 
9¥EnPEl 
 
 2^ 1 I MAVE MrAI^D sSOMC WHEN TMEY 
 3) ; riK^r vSET oar roK fakadivSe, 
 
 ' v5AY FOvSlTlVELT ThEKE ]v5 vSGCM 
 
 A PLACE. WHO WMEN ThEY MAVE DEEM 
 ALMOvST THERE, liAVE CO/AE BACK ACiAIN 
 AND vSAID TMERE I^ NONE. 
 
 THEN ^AID MK. QF^EAT HEART, 
 WHAT HA^T THOG TOR vSCIPPER? 
 rOR THE.5E PILQRIMvS HAVE COA^.E 
 
 EAR TO-DAX AND ARE WE ART. 
 
 2(=97 i IT Iv5 LATE, v50 WE CANNOT CON- 
 l( I VENIENTLT QO OGT TO ^EEK 
 
 ' ROOD, DOT .5CICH A^ WE HAVE 
 
 TOG sSHALL BE WELCOME IE THAT WILL 
 CONTENT. 
 
 2^ ! V/E WILL DE CONTENT WITH WHAT 
 @ I THOG HA^T IN THE HOG.5E, TOR- 
 
 ' A^MGCH A^ I HAVE PROVED 
 
 THEE, THOG ART NEVER DE^5TITGTE OR 
 THAT WHICH 1.5 CONVENIENT. 
 S2 
 
D¥E1 
 
 2/Qv ; COME rcr qood tkienDvS yog 
 ^ j AKH. welcome: to me, and while 
 
 . ^^j_^j_,^^ j^ MAKiNQ f^EADX IT 
 
 YOG PLEAvSE, LET a.5 ENTEKTAIN ONE 
 ANOTMEK WITM vSOME QOOD DIvSCOUKoE. 
 
 j ALL PKEACMINQ BOOKvS AND OK- 
 j DI NANCES MERE, Ar^E DUT A^ 
 
 ' TME LAYINQ OE TME TKENCHEKvS 
 
 AND A.5 vSETTlNQ OE ^SALT GPON THE 
 DOAKD, WHEN COMPARED WITM TME 
 EEA5r TMAT OCJK LORD WILL MAKE EOR 
 G^ WHEN WE COME TO Miv5 MOG.5E. 
 
 ailII!llli!!illllliilIlllllllll!IIIIIIII!IIIIII!l(lliliillP 
 
 Plllilllllliililllllllllllillllllliilllllllilllllllilliilliild 
 
 6>3 
 
i MAVE LEARNED Or /AY LORD TO 
 DE KIND, AND MAVE EOGND DV EX- 
 
 PEKIENCE 
 
 TliEREDY. 
 
 TMAT 
 
 MAVE QAINED 
 
 rOK THAT WMICM MEAD^ IT AQAINvST 
 TtiE QREATE^r OFFO^ITION, QIVE^S 
 — ' DE^r DEMON^TKATION TMAT IT Iv5 
 sSTKONQEvSr. 
 
 JC1.5r LIKE THOvSE THAT KNOW NOT 
 TMAT PRECIOUS vSTONEvS ARE COV- 
 ERED OVER WITM A hOAAELY CRUvST, 
 WHO WHEN TMEY' MAVE EOGND ONE, 
 DECAG^E TMEY KNOW NOT WMAT TMEY 
 MAVE rOGND, QAST IT AQAIN AWAY Av5 
 MEN DO A COMMON .STONE. 
 
 ^ I TMIvS, 1 MAVE RESOLVED ON, TO RGN 
 TT WMEN I CAN, TO CiO WMEN 1 CANNOT 
 — ~~ RGN, AND TO CREEP WMEN J CAN- 
 NOT QO. 
 
 64- 
 
[^ECEHPEl 
 
 >^AY WAV 1.5 DErCKE ME, MY MIND 
 I^ BEYOND TME RlVEf^ TMAT HAvS 
 NO Df^lDQE, ThO' 1 AM A.5 VOG .'^EE 
 DGT or A EEEDLE MIND. 
 
 6j ONE ThAT WOULD BE RELIQIOGvS 
 I WMICh WAY EVER THE WORLD 
 
 ' WENT. DUr v50 CCINNINQ TMAT ME 
 
 WOULD DE vSURE NEITHER TO LOvSE OR 
 ^GEEER rOR IT. 
 
 7 
 
 i THE vSIQHT or QOOD MEN TO THEM 
 j THAT ARE QOINQ ON FILQRIMAuE, 
 
 ' Iv5 LIKE ro THE APPEARING Or 
 
 MOON AND v5TARv5 TO THEM TH/.T ARE 
 sSAILINQ UPON THE v5EAv5. 
 
 rp^ [ THERE ARE TWO THlNCi^S TH.\T 
 @ THEY HAVE NEED TO DE rO.5"- 
 
 • ' v5Ev5v5ED WITH THAT QO ON PILQRIM- 
 
 AQE, COURAQE AND AN GNvSPOTTED LIRE. 
 
]^ECEnPE 
 
 mis DAY I .5E:E TM.\r QRACE DOTM 
 
 vSmine: in yogk r/>eE:, and that 
 
 TOG ARE MY LOf\D'v5 sSMEPMEf^D 
 INDEED; rOK TMAT YOCI MAVE NOT 
 PClv5MED TMEvSE Di^EAvSED NEITHER WITH 
 vSIDE NOR vSMOGLDEi^, DUX MAVE KATMEK 
 ^5TKEV/ED TMEIfx WAY INTO THE PALACE 
 WlTM r LOWERS, A^ YOG otiOGLD. 
 
 AND liE I^ QOr TMEKE TO TEACM 
 FILQRIMvS MOW TO RELIEVE DOWN 
 OK TGA\DLE OGT OE TMEIK WAY.5. 
 
 DlEElCGLTlEvS TMEY ^MALL MEET WiTM 
 
 DY EAITM. 
 
 IT WA^ s50; I DELIEVED, AND 
 ThEEEEOKE CAME OGT, QOT INTO 
 TME WAY, EOGQ hT ALL TMAT 
 v5ET TMEMvSELVEvS AQAlNvST ME, AND BY 
 DELIEVINQ AM COME TO TMIvS PLACE. 
 
 I THEN THOGQHT 1 WITH MY^ELE, 
 I WHO THAT QOETH ON PILQEIM- 
 
 AQE, DGT WOGLD HAVE ONE OE 
 
 THEvSE /AAP.5 AEOGT HIM, THAT HE /AAY 
 LOOK WHEN HE lv5 AT A v5TAND, WHICH Is5 
 THE WAY HE MGvST TAKE? 
 66 
 
[^E^EHBEM 
 
 vSO THEV WENT ON AND L00KE:D 
 
 Dn.roKn. tmem; and demold 
 
 ThEY'vSAW, A^ TMEY- TMOaQnT, A 
 MAN CiPCN MI^ KNEE^ WiTH MAND^ AND 
 EYE.5 Lirr GP, AND ^PEAKINQ A.5 THEY 
 ThOaQhT EAKNEvSTLY TO O^NE THAT 
 WA^ ADOVE. 
 
 <| ^ I AETEK Tni^ I DEMELD UNTIE 
 U ^l I TMET WERE COME TO ThE LAND 
 
 or DECJLAM Wl-IERE TME ^5CIN 
 
 vSMINETM NIQMT AND DAT. 
 
 .50 TMET WERE CONTENT TO 
 COMMIT ThEirv LITTLE ONEv5 TO 
 MIM WMEEE TME MEADOWS ARE 
 QEEEN ALL TME TEAfx LONQ, AND 
 WMEEE TMET AAIQMT LIE DOWN vSAEELT. 
 
 <i ^ IN TnIvS LAND TMET MEARD 
 11 © NOTMINQ, v5/.W NOTMINQ, MELT 
 
 ■ ' NOTMINQ, .5/AELT NOTMINQ, 
 
 TAv5T'ED NOTMINQ TMAT WAv5 OEEEN^SIVE. 
 67 
 
j5)ECEniEl 
 
 ? 
 
 I IT WA^ MERE AL^O MGCM DI^- 
 COClRvSED MOW TME RIVEi^ TO 
 
 vSOME HAD IT^ r LOWINQ^S. AND 
 
 WHAT EDDINQ-5 IT MAv5 MAD WMILE 
 OTMERvS MAVE QONE OVER. 
 
 <i r?s^ ! TMY TRAVEL MiTMEK MA^ EEEN 
 WITM DIEEieCiLTT, DGT TMAT WILL 
 MAKE TMT RE^T TME vSWEETEK ; 
 DGT WATCM AND DE READY, TOR AT AN 
 MOOR WMEN YOU TMINK NOT, TME MEv5- 
 vSENQER /A AT COME. 
 
 ^ ^Rx I 1 AM COME To TELL TMEE TMAT 
 TMT MA.5TER MA.5 NEED OE 
 TMEE, AND TMAT IN VERY LITTLE 
 
 TIME TMOCl MUvST DEM OLD MI^ RACE IN 
 
 DRIQMTNE^vS. 
 
 TMEN TMERE CAME EORTM A 
 vSCIMMONvS TMAT ME MClvST PRE- 
 PARE EOR A CMANQE OE LIRE, ROR 
 MI^ MASTER WA.5 NOT WILLI NQ TMAT ME 
 sSMOGLD BE v50 EAR EROM MIM ANY 
 LONQER. 
 
 aa 
 
{5)ECEnPEl 
 
 the: kinq wmoaa voci love and 
 
 sSEKVE MAKE yOCl A^ YOUK TA- 
 
 \ YMEK, AND DRINQ YOU WMEKE 
 
 ME lv5 IN PEACE. 
 
 i MY MAKKsS AND v5CAKv5 i CAKKV 
 ^ ^ i WITH /AE TO DE A WlTNEvS^S TOR 
 
 ' nn. TMAT 1 MAVE rOCJQMT H1.5 
 
 DATTLE^, WMO NOW WILL DE rVT KE- 
 WAKDER. 
 
 ^ ^ I ^EE AAY^ELE NOW AT THE END 
 ^^ : or MY JOClf^NEY, MY TOlLvSOME 
 
 ' DAY^ AEE ENDED, 1 AM QOINQ 
 
 NOW TO v5EE TMAT MEAD TMAT WAv5 
 CROWNED WITM TMOKNvS, AND TMAT 
 EACE TMAT WA^ vSFlT UPON EOK ME. 
 
 I 1 MAVE rOKMEf^LY LIVED DY 
 I MEAK-.5AY AND EAlTM, DUT NOW 
 
 ' I QO WMEr^E I vSMALL LIVE DY 
 
 ^IQMT. AND vSMALL BE WITM MIM IN WMOoE 
 COMPANY I DELIQMT MYvSELE. 
 Q3 
 
|5)CCEnPEl 
 
 2[^ j rOK Ao DEATM AND TME CORvSE: 
 3) I CAME INTO ThE WOKLD DY A 
 
 WOMAN, v50 ALvSO DID LITE AND 
 
 liEALTM : QOD vSENT ECfxTM MI.5 s50N 
 MADE or A WOMAN. 
 
 2/7 WhEN TME ^AVIOGK WAv5 COME, 
 © WOMEN r^EJOlCED IN HIM BEEOKE 
 EITHER MAN OK ANQEL. 
 
 2Py7 I 1 KEAD NOT, THAT EVEK ANT 
 l( I MAN DID QIVE OINTO CHKI^T v50 
 
 -' MCICH Av5 ONE Qf^OAT, DdX THE 
 
 WOMEN HOLLOWED HIM AND MINISTERED 
 TO HIM or THEIR SClDvSTANCE. 
 
 ?; ^°' 
 
 O) 
 
 I 'TWAS A \X/OMAN THAT WASHED 
 j HIS EEET WITH TEARS, AND A 
 
 WOMAN THAT ANOINTED HIS 
 
 DODT TO THE DGRIAL. THET WERE 
 WOMEN THAT WEPT WHEN HE WAS QO- 
 INQ TO THE CROSS, AND WOMEN THAT 
 rOLLOWED HIM EROM THE CROSS AND 
 SAT DT HIS SEPULCHRE WHEN HE WA>5 
 BGRIED. 
 
 ,90 
 
w 
 
 m 
 
 TliEY WCKE WO/AEN TMAT WERE 
 riKvSr WITM MIM AT Ml^ REv5Gf^- 
 r^ECTlON MORN, AND WOMEN 
 THAT Df^OCIQriT TIDINQ riRvST TO Mlv5 Dlv5- 
 CIFLEvS TMAT ME WAv5 Kl^SEN TROM TME 
 DEAD; WO/nEN TliEKErOKE ARE MIQMLT 
 EAVORED AND ^MARERsS WTM GvS IN THE 
 QRACE or LITE. 
 
 I MAVE LOVED TO HEAR A\T LORD 
 SPOKEN or, AND WHEREVER I 
 HAVE vSEEN THE PRINT OR HIv5 
 .SHOE IN THE EARTH, THERE I HAVE COV- 
 ETED TO v5ET MT root too. H1v5 NAME 
 HA.5 BEEN TO ME A^ A CIVET BOX, TEA, 
 vSWEETER THAN ALL FERrCIME.5. 
 
 vSHALL IT DE /AT LOT TO QO THIvS 
 WAT AQAIN, I MAT CilVE THOvSE 
 THAT DESIRE IT AN ACCOCINT OR 
 WHAT 1 HERE AM ^SILENT ADOClTj MEAN- 
 TIME 1 DID MT READER, A DIECI. 
 
 ^I 
 
NOW MAY TMIvS LITTLE DOOK 
 
 A DLEvSvSINQ DE, 
 TO TM0.5E WMO LOVL 
 
 ri-]\S LITTLE DOOK AND /AE, 
 AND MAT lTv5 DGTLf^ 
 
 HAVE NO CACJvSE TO vSAT, 
 lil.5 MONEY !v5 DGT LOvST 
 
 OK TMKOWN AWAY/' 
 
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