"' 'True,' said Butler, 'and I am
surprised that though I have read that Scripture a thousand times, I
never felt its virtue till this moment, and now I die in peace.'
The third and the last time on which the pilgrims meet with their old
friend and helper, Evangelist, is when they are just at the gates of the
town of Vanity. They have come through many wonderful experiences since
last they saw and spoke with him. They have had the gate opened to them
by Goodwill. They have been received and entertained in the
Interpreter's House, and in the House Beautiful. The burden has fallen
off their backs at the cross, and they have had their rags removed and
have received change of raiment. They have climbed the Hill Difficulty,
and they have fought their way through the Valley of the Shadow of Death.
More than the half of their adventures and sufferings are past; but they
are not yet out of gunshot of the devil, and the bones of many a
promising pilgrim lie whitening the way between this and the city. Many
of our young communicants have made a fair and a promising start for
salvation.
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