'And clothe them all.' This done, he let them know He bade him buckle shield and helmet on:— "This place has been our second stage, "The chicken too, to me "Have taught a lesson: let me then "The Butcher, Garden, and the Field, "The Robin and his bait, "Me argument of weight: "To move me more to watch and pray, "To strive to be sincere, "To take my cross up, day by day, "And serve the Lord with fear." H THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. PART II. THE FOURTH BOOK. THEY ARRIVE AT THE CROSS, AND LINGER THERE SOME TIME PROCEEDING ONWARDS, THEY COME TO THE PLACE WHERE PRESUMPTION, SIMPLE, AND SLOTH ARE HANGING IN IRONS LEAVING THAT SPOT THEY ASCEND THE HILL DIFFICULTY - A GIANT COMES OUT AND BACKS THE LIONS GREAT-HEART SLAYS HIM, AND THEY ARRIVE AT THE HOUSE CALLED BEAUTIFUL WHERE GREAT-HEART LEAVES THEM. NOW, in my dream, I saw that they went on, Great-Heart before, till they arrived ere long Where Christian's burden fell, and rolled away Into the Sepulchre. Ah! here they stay: They'd seen the sight from the first gate before, But now they linger, for they love it more. Yes, here they stay, to talk of Him who gave His precious life their guilty souls to save. 'Oh how my husband wished for me when here!' Said Christiana; as the silent tear Flow'd down her cheek to think how he had And trod the path to glory all alone! 6 gone, 'Oh,' said she, Mercy were your parents here, 'And Mrs. Timorous with all her fear;— |