-With a right good will, and I am glad that you should ask it
of me.

Prudence.--And, first, say what is it that makes you wish so much to go
to Mount Zion?

Christian.--Why there I hope to see Him that did die on the Cross; and
there I hope to be rid of all those thing that to this day grieve and
vex me. There, they say, is no death; and there I shall dwell with such
as love the Lord.

Charity.--Have you a wife and babes?

Christian.--Yes, I have.

Charity.--And why did you not bring them with you?

Christian then wept, and said: Oh, how glad should I have been to do so!
but they would not come with me, nor have me leave them.

Charity.--And did you pray to God to put it in their hearts to go with
you?

Christian.--Yes, and that with much warmth, for you may think how dear
they were to me.

Thus did Christian talk with these friends till it grew dark, and then
he took his rest in a large room, the name of which was Peace; there he
slept till break of day, and then he sang a hymn.

They told him that he should not leave till they had shown him all the
rare things that were in that place. There were to be seen the rod of
Moses, the nail with which Jail slew Sisera, the lamps with which Gideon
put to flight the host of Midian, and the ox goad with which Shamgar
slew his foes. And they brought out the jaw bone of an ass with which
Samson did such great feats, and the sling and stone with which David
slew Goliath of Gath.

Then I saw in my dream that Christian rose to take his leave of
Discretion, and of Prudence, Piety, and Charity, but they said that he
must stay till the next day, that they might show him The Delectable
Mountains; so they took him to the top of the house, and bade him look
to the South, which he did, and lo, a great way off, he saw a rich land,
full of hills, woods, vines, shrubs, and streams.

What is the name of this land? said Christian.

Then they told him it was Immanuel's Land. And, said they, It is as much
meant for you, and the like of you, as this hill is; and when you reach
the place, there you may see the gate of The Celestial City. Then they
gave him a sword, and put on him a coat of mail, which was proof from
head to foot, lest he should meet some foe in the way; and they went
with him down the hill.

Of a truth, said Christian, it is as great a toil to come down the hill
as it was to go up.

Prudence.--So it is, for it is a hard thing for a man to go down to The
Vale of