the walls, and in the doors of their houses.' There was need of the caution given by Him, who knew what was in man, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness."

6. An upright and good minister of the Gospel, may be openly calumniated, abused and driven away by his hearers. The more abundantly such a minister loves the souls of his people, the more clearly and plainly will he teach them the whole truth, and the more earnestly and affectionately will he inculcate upon them their whole duty.And in this case, if their hearts are going after their covetousness, the more likely they will be to lose their love for him, and even to become his enemies, because he tells them the truth. It is, then, only necessary for some circumstance or occasion to occur, which shall embolden them to say openly, what they have said secretly behind the walls and doors of their houses, to form a confederacy to vilify his character and put him out of the synagogue. Thus most of the ancient prophets were treated by the people to whom they spake the words of God. Thus was he treated by his hearers, who spake as never man spake. Thus the apostles were cast out as "the filth of the world, and the offscouring of all things."

7. Those who withdraw from the appointed means of salvation, be cause truth is preached and duty urged, are in an unhappy and dangerous condition. They are probably covetous-but certainly void of that love to the truth and spirit of obedience, without which they cannot be saved.

Finally, How happy are those, who receive with meekness the en grafted word, which is able to save their souls, and feel disposed to have respect unto all the commandments of God. The love of God has been shed abroad in their hearts by the Holy Ghost. They are sanctified through the truth. As they grow in knowledge, they grow in grace, and have increasing evidence that they are the disciples of him, who is the way, the truth and the life, and who hath said, "Where I am, there shall also my servant be." Let them go on their way rejoicing, and abound more and more in good works, and become more and more "rich towards God."

Let those, whose love of the world and of the things that are in the world, turn away their ears from hearing the truth, and render them averse to the commands of God, be exhorted to 'forsake all that they have,' deny themselves, and take up the cross and follow Christ. On no other terms is there any ground to expect durable riches and righteousness, a treasure in heaven. In no other way is it possible to avoid a loss which the whole world would not repair Amen.

FOR THE HOPKINSIAN MAGAZINE.

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

BY BUNYANUS.

[Continued from p. 138, U. C. Repository, Vol. 5.]

CHAPTER XXII.

In the morning, Thoughtful and Ardent went on their way, leaving the rest of their company to stay longer at the house of Mr. Liberal. Then said

Thoughtful. I seldom have any dreams which I think worth mentioning again, but one I had last night is of so singular a character, that I am disposed to relate it.

Ardent. Pray tell it. For though I do not think any confidence is to be placed in mere dreams, I am disposed to think they are sometimes intended to prepare our minds for better meeting the events which are before us.

Thoughtful. I dreamed that we had already arrived at the town of Vanity, which you know we are to pass through, and which is only a day's journey before us. I thought that Beelzebub, the Lord of the place, had just summoned a grand council of all his chief officers, who were assembled from every part of the town, to deliberate upon the state of their affairs, and consult what was to be done, to continue their power and influence, and oppose the cause of the Prince Immanuel. I thought I entered with them, unobserved by any, into the grand court of Pandemonium, and sat down where I could see and hear all that passed. When the doors were shut, and the Prince Beelzebub himself had taken the chair, the business was opened as follows: Beelzebub. I have called you together, that I may avail myself of your united wisdom, in a most important crisis of our affairs. You know how, for more than eighteen hundred years, we have carried on, with various success, the contest in which we are engaged, with the Prince Immanuel and his followers. Previous to that time, the world was all our own; except a single race, in one small territory, and even among them we had far more subjects than he. But when we accomplished his death, in the vain expectation of thereby striking a blow that should be fatal to his interest in the world, we laid a foundation for a series of disasters, which followed in rapid succession, till we had lost many a province of our ancient empire. We tried the effect of persecution, by stirring up both Jews and Gentiles to crush the rising kingdom of the crucified Nazarene. But we found, to our deep mortification, that, the more we did in this way, the more his followers increased; so that it soon became a maxim among them, that "the blood of the martyrs, is the seed of the Church." We then changed our policy, and employed our efforts no longer to destroy, but to enlarge and corrupt the Church, by persuading the great ones of the earth, to give it their patronage, and load it with wealth and

honors. In this way we succeeded better; and for a long time we had the chief direction of affairs in that kingdom which was nominally his. But we over acted a little, in pushing on our instruments and agents to the sale of indulgences to commit sin; which roused the spirit of that bold reformer, Martin Luther. It was in vain that we tried again the efficacy of faggots and tortures. And we had the mortification to see, not only the progress of revolt from our dominion in many parts of the European quarter of our city, but the emigration of many hardy spirits to the American quarter, where we had till that time held our sway undisturbed. Learning wisdom from our past oversight, we again tried the effect of courting those who had revolted, and of disposing our friends and subjects to seek alliances with them, and bestow favors upon them. By this policy we had regained much that we had lost; till we imagined that the way was prepared for our friends, in certain parts of the European quarter, to cast off the allegiance they had nominally paid to the Prince Immanuel, and avow their opposition to his cause. We have seen how this step has roused the followers of the Prince our enemy, and to what efforts it has led to make further inroads upon our dominions. We have, indeed, endeavored to retrace our steps, and have induced our friends again to assume their former disguise, and to proclaim Immanuel as their Prince, while they still pay to us a real and willing subjection. But those institutions to which the present age has given birth, for dispersing every where the copies of the King's book, for making the young and others acquainted with its contents, and for preparing and sending forth ambassadors of the King, into every part of our dominions, will be likely to give us much trouble, unless we can devise some way to corrupt them, to divert them from their object, or to gain them over, and bring them under our controul and direction; which I am not without hopes of seeing accomplished. Besides, you know there are many ancient prophecies of an age to come, in which our influence and power shall be entirely destroyed, and the whole of our dominions come under the yoke of our great enemy. And you know also, that that period is expected soon to arrive; and that, in order to its introduction, many great changes are looked for, throughout our dominions, and mighty revolutions are expected to take place. I have called you together, at this time, to deliberate upon these subjects, and to give counsel, according to the wisdom and experience of each one, by what means we can best preserve and increase our influence, and avert the calamities which we fear. Let every one speak his mind freely, both great and small; for no time is to be lost.

Spirit of Persecution. I am ready to speak my mind. I think we must stir up all our friends to open and violent opposition. I am not so well acquainted with the practice of secret arts, and deep laid plots. I am not discouraged by the partial failure of our former at

tempts in this way. We must learn wisdom from defeat, and guard better against the causes of it. Nor am I disposed to admit that we have failed in those attempts to so great an extent as some think. We have at least, by such means, put out of the way great numbers of our active and enterprising opposers. We have cut short their days, and terminated their exertions to destroy our influence. Who knows what they might have accomplished, if they had been suffered to live? And by their fate, we have terrified many from pursuing the same course. I take great encouragement from the well known temper of mankind. The Prince Immanuel himself told his followers, "ye shall be hated of all men, for my name's sake." Let us take advantage of this, and stir them up to open persecution. And I am the more induced to give this advice, and to hope this plan will be successful, from an ancient prophecy in the King's book, that, when the witnesses shall have ended the period of their prophesying in sackcloth, they shall be slain, and a day of rejoicing be kept by our friends over their dead bodies. Let us awake to action, and we shall gain, at least, one more triumph.

Spirit of Covetousness. I am not altogether opposed to the advice which has now been given. But, let us not run too fast. There is an opinion prevailing that men ought not to be put to death for their religious belief. It will take time to counteract this opinion, and introduce a contrary one. And perhaps it will not be necessary to make men believe that it is proper to put one another to death for their religious opinions. If we can raise the spirit of opposition sufficiently high, and make men believe that the followers of Immanuel are dangerous members of the civil community, and that their plans and enterprises are injurious to the State, we may then procure oppressive laws to be made, and lay them under restrictions which they must either break through, or violate their duty to their Prince. In that case we shall get an advantage against them, let them take which course they may. If, through fear, they violate their duty to their Prince, they will become an easy prey for us; and if they break through the restrictions of the government under which they live, it will then be easy to direct against them all the strength of the civil power, not under the name of persecution for their religion, but under the name of preserving good order in the State, and securing good government against disloyal and turbulent subjects. We have done this formerly, with much success; and I think I see the way in which the same thing may be done again. To carry on their enterprises, the followers of Immanuel must raise funds. Copies of the King's book cannot be multiplied for gratuitous distribution, and men be educated and sent forth as ambassadors of the King, without large contributions. Let these be frequently called for, and it will be easy for me to pursuade men that they have nothing to spare for such purpos

es, that it is unreasonable to tax them for the religious instruction of others, and that it is a useless waste of property which had better be saved. It will not hinder the success of my efforts to raise these ob jections, for the advocates of those enterprises to reply, that none are obliged to give but those who do it voluntarily. We well know, that those who wish to be respected among men, are not willing to be thought behind others in promoting objects of public utility. To indulge their disposition to withhold, and yet keep themselves in countenance, they must create the belief that these things are not objects of public utility. And this, I think will not be difficult, especially if any of these enterprises are carried on at a distance, as must be the case with many of them. It will be easy to represent that those distant enterprises are draining the country of its wealth; and that those who promote them are likely to make themselves a public charge, or at least to render themselves so poor, that they cannot bear a proper proportion of the public burdens, which will therefore fall more heavily upon the rest. Let them talk, if they will, about the more expensive vices which are indulged. Men will not regard them, as long as they are inclined to such indulgence. In this way, I think much may be done to rouse the spirit of opposition against the followers of Immanuel, and render them odious in the public eye, and objects of suspicion and distrust to civil rulers. And the time may not be distant, when the public mind will bear to have some severe enactments made against them, and such restrictions imposed, as I have before mentioned.

Spirit of Vain Glory. I have no objection to the counsel which has been given. But, it will take time to carry it into effect; and something ought to be done at once. I would propose that strong efforts be made to gain some influence over these institutions immediately. Perhaps some of them may be brought entirely under our control, and be made to forward our plans. And where this cannot be fully accomplished, I think much may be done to prevent their answering the ends for which they were instituted. Let us try to persuade those who have the direction of these institutions that their success will depend very much on rendering them popular, and attracting to them the attention of the wealthy and the great. Let us inspire them with the love of pomp and show. Let us induce them to court the countenance and patronage of the honorable of the earth; and to grace their list of officers with a multitude of great names. Perhaps we may get many of our friends included in the number. Let us induce them to make great institutions, to hold great meetings, to have great celebrations, to make great speeches, and to get great praises bestowed upon them. Perhaps we may make them believe, that the greatest noise and show, will give them the greatest influence, and the greatest power to do good. And when they once embrace this opinion,