The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites by Eva March Tappan
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Then I saw in my Dream, that in the morning the Shepherds called up _Christian_ and _Hopeful_ to walk with them upon the Mountains; so they went forth with them, and walked a while, having a pleasant prospect on every side. Then said the Shepherds one to another, Shall we shew these Pilgrims some wonders? So when they had concluded to do it, they had them first to the top of an Hill called _Errour_, which was very steep on the furthest side, and bid them look down to the bottom. So _Christian_ and _Hopeful_ lookt down, and saw at the bottom several men dashed all to pieces by a fall that they had from the top. Then said _Christian_, What meaneth this? The Shepherds answered, Have you not heard of them that were made to err, by hearkening to _Hymeneus_ and _Philetus_, as concerning the Faith of the Resurrection of the Body? They answered, Yes. Then said the Shepherds, Those that you see lie dashed in pieces at the bottom of this Mountain are they; and they have continued to this day unburied (as you see) for an example to others to take heed how they clamber too high, or how they come too near the brink of this Mountain. Then I saw that they had them to the top of another Mountain, and the name of that is _Caution_, and bid them look afar off; which when they did, they perceived, as they thought, several men walking up and down among the Tombs that were there; and they perceived that the men were blind, because they stumbled sometimes upon the Tombs, and because they could not get out from among them. Then said _Christian_, _What means this_? The Shepherds then answered, Did you not see a little below these Mountains a Stile, that led into a Meadow, on the left hand of this way? They answered, Yes. Then said the Shepherds, From that Stile |
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