So he told her he was

told him how matters were. heartily glad of the news, and could have been glad HER SPEECH TO had the Post come for him. Then she HER GUIDE. bid him that he should give advice how all things should be prepared for her journey. So he told her, saying, Thus and thus it must be; and we that survive will accompany you to the River-side. Then she called for her children, and

TO HER CHILDREN.

gave them her blessing, and told them, that she had read with comfort the mark that was set in their foreheads, and was glad to see them with her there, and that they had kept their Garments so white. Lastly, she bequeathed to the poor that little she had, and commanded her sons and daughters to be ready against the Messenger should come for them.

When she had spoken these words to her guide, and to her children, she called for Mr. Valiant-for-truth, and said unto him, Sir,

TO MR. VALIANT-
FOR-TRUTH.

you have in all places shewed yourself true-hearted; be faithful unto death, and my King will give you a crown of life. I would also entreat you to have an eye to my children; and, if at any time you see them faint, speak comfortably to them. For my daughters, my sons' wives, they have been faithful, and a fulfilling TO MR. STAND- of the promise upon them will be their end. But she gave Mr. Standfast a ring. Then she called for old Mr. Honest, and said of him, " Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile"" Then said he, I wish you a fair day when you set out for Mount Zion, and shall be glad to see that you go over the River dry

FAST.

TO OLD HONEST.

shod. But she answered, Come wet, come dry, I long to be gone; for, however the weather is in my journey, I shall have time enough, when I come there, to sit down, and rest me, and dry me.

Then came in that good man, Mr. Ready-to-halt, to see her. So she said

your

READY

TO MR. Ready-
TO-HALT.

AND HIS DAUGHTER.

to him, Thy travel hitherto has been with difficulty, but that will make thy rest the sweeter. But "watch and be ready; for, at an hour when ye think not, the messenger may come." After him came Mr. Despondency, and his daughter Much-afraid; to whom she said, "You ought with thankful- TO MR. DESPONDENCY ness for ever to remember deliverance from the hands of Giant Despair, and out of Doubting-castle. The effect of that mercy is, that you are brought with safety hither. Be ye watchful, and cast away fear; be sober, and hope to the end." Then she said to Mr. Feeble-mind, TO MR. FEEBLEThou wast delivered from the mouth MIND. of Giant Slay-good, that thou mightest live in the light of the living, and see thy King with comfort; only I advise thee to repent of thine aptness to fear and doubt of his goodness before he sends for thee; lest thou shouldest, when he comes, be forced to stand before him for that fault, with blushing.

HER LAST DAY,
AND MANNER OF

Now the day drew on that Christiana must be gone. So the road was full of people to see her take her journey. But, behold, all the banks beyond the river were full of DEPARTURE. horses and chariots, which were come down from above to accompany her to the City-Gate. So she came forth, and entered the River with a beckon of

farewell to those that followed her. The last words that she was heard to say were, "I come, Lord, to be with thee, and bless thee."

So her children and friends returned to their place, for those that waited for Christiana had carried her out of their sight. So she went and called and entered in at the Gate, with all the ceremonies of joy that her husband Christian had entered with before her.

At her departure her children wept; but Mr. Greatheart and Mr. Valiant played upon the well-tuned cymbal and harp for joy. So all departed to their respective places.

In process of time there came a Post to the town MR. READY-TO- again, and his business was with Mr. HALT SUMMONED. Ready-to-halt: So he inquired him out, and said, I am come from Him whom thou hast loved and followed, though upon crutches; and my

message is to tell thee that he expects thee at his table, to sup with him in his kingdom, the next day after Easter; wherefore prepare thyself for this journey. Then he also gave him a token that he was a true messenger, saying, " I have broken thy golden bowl, and loosed thy silver cord."

After this, Mr. Ready-to-halt called for his fellow Pilgrims, and told them, saying, I am sent for, and God shall surely visit you also. So he desired Mr. Valiant to make his will. And because he had nothing to bequeath to them that should survive him, but his crutches and his good wishes, therefore thus he said: These crutches I bequeath to my son that shall tread in my steps, with an hundred warm wishes that he may prove better than I have been.

PROMISES.

HIS WILL.

Then he thanked Mr. Great-heart for his conduct and kindness, and so addressed himself to his journey. When he came to the brink of the River, he said, Now I shall have no more need of these crutches, since yonder are chariots and horses for me to ride on. The last words he was heard to say were, " Welcome life!" So he went his way.

HIS LAST

WORDS.

FEEBLE-MIND
SUMMoned.

After this, Mr. Feeble-mind had tidings brought him, that the Post sounded his horn at his chamber door. Then he came in, and told him, saying, I am come to tell thee that thy Master hath need of thee; and that, in a very little time, thou must behold his face in brightness. And take this as a token of the truth of my message: "Those that look out at the windows shall be darkened." Then Mr. Feeble-mind called for his friends, and

told them what errand had been brought unto him, and what token he had received of the truth of the message. Then he said, since I have nothing to bequeath to any, to what purpose should I make a will? HE MAKES As for my feeble-mind, that I will leave beHIS WILL. hind me, for that I shall have no need of in the place whither I go; nor is it worth bestowing upon the poorest Pilgrims; wherefore, when I am gone, I.desire that you, Mr. Valiant, would bury it in a dunghill. This done, and the day being come on which he was to depart, he entered the River as the rest. His last words were, "Hold out, faith and patience!" WORDS. So he went over to the other side.

HIS LAST

When days had many of them passed away, Mr. Despondency was sent for; for a Post was come, and brought this message to him: "Trembling man, these

MR. DESPONDENCY'S

SUMMONS.

are to summon thee to be ready with the King by the next Lord's day, to shout for joy for thy deliverance from all thy doubtings."

GOES TO0.

And, said the messenger, that my message is true, take this for a proof; so he gave him " a grasshopper to be a burden unto him."5 Now, Mr. Despondency's HIS DAUGHTER daughter, whose name was Much-afraid, said, when she heard what was done, that she would go with her father. Then Mr. Despondency said to his friends, Myself and my daughter, you know what we have been, and how troublesomely we have behaved ourselves in every company; my will and my daughter's is, that our desponds and slavish fears be by no man ever received

HIS WILL.

5 Eccl. xii. 5.