The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

with Christian until supper was ready.
PIETY: "Come, good Christian, tell us of everything that has happened
to you on your pilgrimage."
CHRISTIAN: "Gladly, and I am thankful that you are lodging me."
PIETY: "What moved you to commence a Pilgrim's life at first?"
CHRISTIAN: "I was driven out of my native country by dreadful news;
namely, that unavoidable destruction awaited me, if I remained in that
place."
PIETY: "How did it happen that you came out of your country by this
way?"
CHRISTIAN: "It was as God would have it; for when I was under fear of
destruction, I did not know where to go. Then it happened that a man
named Evangelist came to me while I was trembling and weeping. He
showed me the way to the narrow-gate, which I would never have
otherwise found. It was he who directed me into the way that has led me
to this palace."
PIETY: "Did you come by the house of the Interpreter?”
CHRISTIAN: "Yes, and I saw such things there, that I will remember as
long as I live! Especially these three things: How, in spite of Satan's
schemes, Christ maintains His work of grace in the heart. Secondly,
how a man had so sinned himself into despair that he had no hope of
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