The Washington herald., 1909-05-01
BUNYAS N PRISON.

a many lsy Esth hin IN Bedford 5zii-
CUt-1hToGt5 and thieves and women q ths st-eeti
Spawn q al eTll sv-awled about his feet
TIE While he dreamed his dream ard told bis tale.
What nstteTed Il 70 him. Within ths pale
o. these four walls hin Faithful s;oPped 70 greet
Or win stout Hopeful walked II couvsse sweet.
And Christian oer ADolyo1 did prevail
And 50 the foul wards vidsned When he viIisd-
Let II & word 81 little. tnen- rsrCwIng grew
To sen6snce of the Giants Dungeon du1;
Shifted 70 shapes Of TIE vale and meadow. fIed
With al the Visions glory- changed
The shining rOOIns Of tie house lz-o BesEtisEl-
Then ssv n NJ dreazs''-ths fair refrain
Sp-nklss the printed Tage, III he forgs-
He had his waking hours. VIXEN The fret
OF fear that yuss missed madness tsassd his brzin
Trzrsling with his own peculiar pain,
IN every path his Pilgrim knew, be SCI
Feet that might stumble hut Enger Dot. aid yet
HncE Bos tie ez5-ta.t vas TIE Dream again.
What wonder, n his book. the valley T1u
Stretches ere rise the Mount Delsctahle.
and the Slough hes before EDnanaei's Land
Fau many iezg1es Gods pace came late % hi1
wbo t-od the -o4d from earth 70 heaven. and
spanned
With lis rack'd soul the gulf tEiIt heaven and
he'll
We are all pilgrims We seek a better
country. The pursuit Of the higher IS an
ineradicable characteristic Of the human
species The lowest savage doubtless has
his moments Of discomfort and Of eager
desire for better life Because men
know themselves 20 be pilgrims and
strangers they love this old book with its
perplexed and burdened hero. By shar-
ing his experiences they gain his wisdom.
p T--sr nth hfr-- -IE-r
learn great life lessons
Life cannot be lived. Despite a popu-
lar theory that the final force Is the on
nipOtent ego. and that
an The master of ~ fate.
an The captain Of uy s5ul.
I. still remains true that IN the highest
spheres OF action the human win needs
supernatural reinforcement All rare
spirits have realized their own inability
10 come I'D TO the level OF their vision.
Paul found two forces ever contending
this truth. voiced the truth when he cried:
Oh that a Man v0zId srse n ue.
That ire nan that I An may cease 70 Be
There is warrant for Bunyan's giving 70
his blunderiag, stumbling pilgrim many
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the Celestial City.
The highest and most important truth
is that which pertains 10 the realm Of the
spirit, and spiritual things are spiritual
ly discered"
It the heart. ard not the brsin.
That TO the highest doth attain.
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shown g fire against a wall which could
not be quenched, though one cast water
upon Il continually. The explanation was
given 10 Pilgrim when he was shown the
other side OF the wall. where a man was
pouring oil into the IRE. This, the Inter
prefer said, was the way the devil tried
10 ex-inguish mans spirituality, and he
would succeed were II not that Christ is
ever pouring into his heart the oil Of His
grace There is q power IN the Christian
and from without the Christian. a power
which is not at all Of himself that en-
ables him 10 live a godly life, amid condi-
tions not fsvoTite thereto. Thus Christ
keeps His Own, in spite OF all that His
enemies can 90 10 wrest them from Him
Happy Is the pilgrim on HES highway
who fnds that there is an omniscient IN
terpreter, even the spirit OF truth, Who
viii show you al things"
Pilgrim was shown two children. named
Patience and Passion The latter wanted
what he wanted right away. and so sll
his pleasures came TO him al once and
we're soon exhausted But Patience wait
ed for the best things. which lasted. In
der this simple figure was set forth the
profound truth that the pleasures Of sin
are only for season. whereas at His
right hand are pleasures forsvermore -
The only sensible prizes TO seek in this
life are those which dc net perish in the
using. Sufficient far-sighte5ness would
make everybody religious.
If We have eternal life, all we have
takes on eternal qualities.-AmosR R Wells.
Bunyan believed in hell He could not
be satisfied with any theory Of compen-
sations which included only the present