a closer relation to herself. And Gaius said that he for
his part would give the marriage supper. And I shall make no will, said
Honest, but hand all I have over to Matthew my son. This is the way,
said Old Honest; and he skipped and smiled and kissed the cheek of the
aged mother and said, Then thy two children shall preserve thee and thy
husband a posterity in the earth! Then he turned to the boys and he
said, Matthew, be thou like Matthew the publican, not in vice, but in
virtue. Samuel, he said, be thou like Samuel the prophet, a man of faith
and of prayer. Joseph, said he, be thou like Joseph in Potiphar's house,
chaste, and one that flees from temptation. And James, be thou like
James the Just, and like James the brother of our Lord. Mercy, he said,
is thy name, and by mercy shalt thou be sustained and carried through all
thy difficulties that shall assault thee in the way, till thou shalt come
thither where thou shalt look the Fountain of Mercy in the face with
comfort. And all this while the guide, Mr. Greatheart, was very much
pleased, and smiled upon the nimble old gentleman.

5. "Then it came to pass a while after that there was a post in the town
that inquired for Mr. Honest. So he came to his house where he was, and
delivered to his hands these lines, Thou art commanded to be ready
against this day seven night, to present thyself before thy Lord at His
Father's house. And for a token that my message is true, all thy
daughters of music shall be brought low. Then Mr. Honest called for his
friends and said unto them, I die, but shall make no will. As for my
honesty, it shall go with me: let him that comes after me be told of
this. When the day that he was to be gone was come he addressed himself
to go over the river. Now, the river at that time overflowed the banks
at some places. But Mr. Honest in his lifetime had spoken to one Good-
conscience to meet him there, the which he also did, and lent him his
hand, and so helped him over. The last words of Mr. Honest were, Grace
reigns! So he left the world." Look at that picture and now look at
this: "They then addressed themselves to the water, and, entering,
Christian began to sink, and crying out to his good friend Hopeful, he
said, I sink in deep waves, the billows go over my head, all His waters
go over me. Then said the other, Be of good cheer, my brother, I feel
the bottom, and it is good. Then said Christian, Ah, my friend, the
sorrows