But the foot-path still passes his door; and the old
gentleman now and then receives a call from some simple traveller, and
entertains him with fare as old-fashioned as himself."
Before our talk on this subject came to a conclusion, we were
rushing by the place where Christian's burthen fell from his
shoulders, at the sight of the Cross. This served as a theme for Mr.
Smooth-it-away, Mr. Live-for-the-world, Mr. Hide-sin-in-the-heart, Mr.
Scaly-conscience, and a knot of gentlemen from the town of
Shun-repentance, to descant upon the inestimable advantages
resulting from the safety of our baggage. Myself, and all the
passengers indeed, joined with great unanimity in this view of the
matter; for our burthens were rich in many things esteemed precious
throughout the world; and especially, we each of us possessed a
great variety of favorite Habits, which we trusted would not be out of
fashion, even in the polite circles of the Celestial City. It would
have been a sad spectacle to see such an assortment of valuable
articles tumbling into the sepulchre. Thus pleasantly conversing on
the favorable circumstances of our position, as compared with those of
past pilgrims, and of narrow-minded ones at the present day, we soon
found ourselves at the foot of the Hill Difficulty.
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