FIFTH READER. time or other, he may forget to lock us in; or that he 14. "The time may come that may give us a happy With release. But let us not be our own murderers." these words Hopeful at present did moderate the mind of his brother. So they continued together in the dark that day in their sad and doleful condition. John Bunyan. FOR PREPARATION.-I. Have you read "The Pilgrim's Progress" (from which this extract is made)? Christian and Hopeful have strayed over the stile into the wrong path, and have lost their way. II. Tres'-passed, ae-quaint'-ançe, griev'-oŭs, dŭn'-geon (-jun), perçeiv'-ing, a-mazed', pris'-on-er (priz'n-er), jū-ris-die'-tion, både (băd), Wědneş'-day (wěnz'da), eoun'-sel (and eoun'-çil), eoŭ'-ple (kŭp'l). III. What, whence, and whither-with what two letters do these words begin? Name some other words used in asking questions that begin with the same letters (e. g., why, when, etc.). Note the relation of the sentences, "Then he asked her," etc. (then points out, "So when he was gone," etc., and when refers). Find other words beginning with the letters th that point out-e. g., this (which ?), that (what?), thou (who?), thither (whither ?)— and give the corresponding reference- or question-words. IV. Stile, surly, condole, celestial, “in evil case." V. This is an allegory or continued metaphor-Christian life repreNote the fact sented as a pilgrimage; its trials, as giants, dungeons, etc. that their bewilderment at being lost occasions despair (figured as a giant); they are filled with doubt; Diffidence (distrust in one's powers) urges on Despair (utter loss of courage and hope), which afflicts them with many blows, so that they sigh and lament. In their diffidence and despair they debate the question of suicide (8 to 13). "In sunshiny weather he fell into fits" (in sunshiny, cheerful moods of the soul, despair is powerless). LXII.-ESCAPE FROM DOUBTING CASTLE. 1. Well, toward evening the giant goes down into the dungeon again to see if his prisoners had taken his counsel. But when he came there he found them alive; and, truly, alive was all: for now, what for want of bread and water, and by reason of the wounds they received when he beat them, they could do little but breathe. 2. But, I say, he found them alive, at which he fell into a grievous rage, and told them that, seeing that they had disobeyed his counsel, it should be worse with them than if they had never been born. At this they trembled greatly, and I think that Christian fell into a swoon. But, coming a little to himself again, they renewed their discourse about the giant's counsel, and whether yet they had best take it or no. 3. Now Christian again seemed to be for doing it, but Hopeful made his second reply as followeth: "My brother, rememberest thou not how valiant thou hast been heretofore? Apollyon could not crush thee; nor could all that thou didst hear, or see, or feel in the Valley of the Shadow of Death. 4. "What hardships, terror, and amazement hast thou already gone through! and art thou now nothing but fear? Thou seest that I am in the dungeon with thee a far weaker man by nature than thou art; also this giant has wounded me as well as thee, and has also cut off the bread and water from my mouth; and with thee I mourn without the light. 5. "But let us exercise a little more patience. Remember how thou playedst the man at Vanity Fair, and wast neither afraid of the chain nor care por vet of FIFTH READER. bloody death. Wherefore let us, at least to avoid the shame that becomes not a Christian to be found in, bear up with patience as well as we can." 6. Now, night being come again, and the giant and his wife being in bed, she asked him concerning the prisoners, and if they had taken his counsel; to which he replied: "They are sturdy rogues; they choose rather to bear all hardships, than to make away with themselves." 7. Then said she: "Take them into the castle yard to-morrow, and show them the bones and skulls of those that thou hast already dispatched, and make them believe, ere a week comes to an end, thou wilt also tear them in pieces as thou hast done their fellows before them." 8. So, when the morning was come, the giant goes to them again, and takes them into the castle yard, and shows them as his wife had bidden him. "These," said he, "were pilgrims as you are, once; and they trespassed in my grounds as you have done, and when I thought fit I tore them in pieces; and so within ten days I will do you. Go! Get you down to your den again!" And with that he beat them all the way thither. 9. They lay, therefore, all day on Saturday in lamentable case, as before. Now, when night was come, and Mrs. Diffidence and her husband the giant had gone to bed, they began to renew their discourse of their prisoners; and withal the old giant wondered that he could neither by his blows nor counsel bring them to an end. 10. And with that his wife replied: "I fear that they live in hopes that some one will come to relieve them, or that they have picklocks about them, by the means of which they hope to escape." FIFT t thou so, my dear?" said the giant. "I earch them in the morning." aturday night they began to pray, and ayer till almost break of day. little before it was day, good Christian, as ed, brake out in this passionate speech: quoth he," am I, thus to lie in a stinking I may as well walk at liberty! I have a ɔm, called Promise, that will, I am pery lock in Doubting Castle." Then said t is good news, good brother! Pluck it n, and try." hristian pulled it out of his bosom, and at the dungeon door, whose bolt, as he , gave back, and the door flew open with cian and Hopeful both came out. Then outward door that leads into the castle this key opened that door also. After, iron gate, for that must be opened too; ent very hard, yet the key did open it. hey thrust open the door to make their ed; but that gate, as it opened, made such it waked Giant Despair; who, hastily rishis prisoners, felt his limbs to fail, for his ain, so that he could by no means go after ey went on and came to the king's highsafe, because they were out of the giant's hen they were gone over the stile, they ve with themselves what they should do revent those that should come after from hands of Giant Despair. So they con sented to erect there a side thereof this sentence Doubting Castle, which despiseth the king of th destroy his holy pilgrims." after, read what was writ FOR PREPARATION.-I. "Apol III. Write, wrote, written (th erect there a pillar, and to engrave upon the eof this sentence: "Over this stile is the way to g Castle, which is kept by Giant Despair, who the king of the celestial country, and seeks to is holy pilgrims." Many, therefore, that followed d what was written, and escaped the danger. John Bunyan. PARATION.-I. "Apollyon" (the fiend that Christian had fought ley of Humiliation") (LXX.). "Vanity Fair" (where Christian's Faithful, had been put to death, and where Hopeful had joined lley of the Shadow of Death" (wherein he had encountered dships, terror, and amazement"). "King of the celestial counhighway they had left). tiençe (-shens), pris'-on-ers (priz'n-), dis-pătched', a-gain' e'-före, creak'-ing, pur-sue'. te, wrote, written (these are forms of write). Give the similar come, is, find, have, bid, do, think. sdiction, "cut off the bread and water from my mouth." n Christian and Hopeful are escaping from Doubt, note that his fit of powerlessness come over him. (When we see our despair no longer molests us.) tony. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears: bury Cæsar, not to praise him. that men do lives after them; I is oft interred with their bones: be with Cæsar. The noble Brutus |