El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-07-04
RuNYAN


John Bunyan was i-orn at Elsion- Eng.
IN November. 1928 His father was 4
rough tinker. but managed 10 send the boy
10 the village school, In the crude home.
current religious notions were so wildly
Impressed upon The child's mind that he
frequently had terrifying visiti0ns Of evil
spirits bearing him away to eternal tor
At II. he served for a year in the army.
Two years later he married a woman
whose only dowry was two religious books.
They intensified his religious fervor. After
long and terrible spiritual struggle. he
conquered his sins. the worst Of which
were Hiking TO ring the church bell and
dancing on the village green
The spirit Of preaching now lay such
hold upon him that he attracted great
crowds In 1860 he was arrested as q
Dissente- and thrown into the Bedford
JAIL 1Shere ne spent tho greater part OF Il
years He enjoyed occasional precarious
freedom. and was allowed 70 preach 10
50 other Dissenters in prison. but he wor-
children Nevertheless his confinement
was a boon. for II gave him leisure for The
thinking. out Of which grew his inconpar-
able Pilgrims Progress. He began 10
write It IN Jail but II was not published
until six years later. The Irresistible charm
Of the thrilling. fairy tale quality, com
bined with its reverence for God and sym
PATTY for man. won immense popularity
at once.
The last years Of his life were rich IN
activity and acclaim He preached 10
but remained simple and passionately earn
est 70 his death in ISIS
the Valley of Humiliation. where met
him the foul fiend. Apollyon. Apoll-
yon. claiming Christian as his sub
iect. the latter could in no wise deny
the fact seeing that he had been horn
in the City of Destruction over which
the monster ruled. Nevertheless.
Christian renowned his allegiance to
this wicked prince claiming that he
had sworn himself to the King OF
Princes who dwelt in the City Of
Zion Then ensued 2 dreadful fight
between Christian and the fiend. DUR
ing which the fiend was ike TO have
worsted the Pilgrim had Il not been
for the weapons furnished him from
their armory by the fair damseis in
the castle Beautiful. The battle be-
ing over there came a hand with
SEINE OF the leaves Of the Tree OF LIE.
wherewith Christian stanehed his
wounds.
Now at the end OF this Valley was
another still more dread called the
Valley Of the Shadow Of Death On
which the blind have led the blind in
all ages. while on the left was a dan
gerous quag. the which II even good
man were to fal into II he could
on Good Christian was the more put
to it. seeing that the pathway was ex-
ceedinE narrow. and as he went on he
sighed bitterly. About the middle Of
this valley was there also the mouth
OF hell out Of which came dismal
flame and smoke. When the fiends
came III 10 his entrance he cried out
in a vehement voice. T will walk in
the strength Of the Lord God" where
at they gave back.
He Meets Faithful
Having passed through this valley
he came up with his friend Faithful.
who had. though Christian knew II
Destruction. Then was there much
discourse between the two Pilgrims
as to the Derils through which thev
had come. with Faithful telling of his
as from the old man with three
daughters. the Lust Of the Flesh. the
Lust OF the Eyes. and the Pride Of
Life Also did Faithful tell Of his
encounters with Arrogancy. Pride and
Worldly-elorvl But the worst Of
them I'll was with Shame. hold
faced fellow who would never nave
done spea king against all good men
and things.
Then saw IN my dream that they
presently came TO the town Of Vanity. /
where is fair kept called Vanity I
Fair. Here is there at all times much /
noise and folly, with the buying and I
selling Of such foolish wares as have /
given the town its fame. The people !
of the fair taking the pilgrims for
outlandish men and bedlan,s. made a
great gazing at them Likewise were |
they not n little amused that Chris
tian and Faithful. setting very light
by al their merchandise. did sneak
exhortingiY Much huhbuh did follow
thereon. during which the pilgrims
were cast into Jail At 2 convenient
time they were brought forth TO trial I
before the lord Hategood. witness be-
ing given against them by such base
fellows as Envy. Superstition and
Pickthank- Among the Jurors were
Mr.. Nogcod. Mr.. Malice. Mr.. Lovelust
and such like, by whom good Faith
full was condemned. After much per-
secution they burned him to ashes
1T the stake, whereat 7 saw in my
dream that a chariot with horses car !
RED him I'd to the Celestial Gate by
the nearest way
As for Christian. he that over rules {
ali things released him from prison. /
50 that he went on his way in COM
pany with one Hopeful who had FOL
a ~ Copyright. 1913. b.