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CHRIST. But were you not afraid, good Sir, when you saw him come out with his club? GREAT-HEART. It is my duty, said he, to distrust my own ability, that I may have reliance on Him that is stronger than all. CHRIST. But what did you think when he fetched you down to the ground at the first blow?
Mnason, do bid you welcome, and, whatever you want, do but say, and we will do what we can to get it for you. HON. Our great want, a while since, was harbour and good company, and now I hope we have both. MNASON. For harbour, you see what it is; but for good company, that will appear in the trial. GREAT-HEART. Well, said Mr. Great-heart, will you have the Pilgrims up into their lodging?
As soon as we turn aside to vain janglings and doubtful disputations, we get upon the devil's ground. As Great-heart was knocked down with this giant's club, so many a faithful minister has been confounded with the subtle arguments of a cunning disputer. Well may Giant Maul, with his sophistry, be called a dangerous enemy.
Here we frequently find our author speaking of our God and Saviour as Man; he excels in this. It is to be wished that authors and preachers wrote and spake of the manhood of Jesus, who was a perfect Man, like unto us in all things except sin. What cannot Great-heart do? what feats not perform? what victories not gain? Who can stand before Great-heart? O for more of Great-heart's company!
We have met with some notable rubs already; and what are yet behind, we know not; but for the most part, we find it true, that has been talked of, of old, A good man must suffer trouble. CONTRITE. You talk of rubs; what rubs have you met withal? HON. Nay, ask Mr. Great-heart, our guide, for he can give the best account of that. GREAT-HEART. We have been beset three or four times already.
GREAT-HEART. Such are not over wise. That man would have been loath, might he have had a week to run twenty miles in for his life, to have deferred that journey to the last hour of that week. HON. You say right; and yet the generality of them, that count themselves pilgrims, do indeed do thus.
Great-heart began to take his leave of him, and to wish him a good reception above; so he said, "I shall, I shall;" then parted we asunder, and I saw him no more. Doth this water of life run like a river, like a broad, full, and deep river? Then let no man, be his transgressions never so many, fear at all but there is enough to save his soul and to spare.
How mindful is our Lord of us! How gracious is He to us! What blessed provision doth He make for us! If pilgrims are attacked by Giant Grim, and terrified with the sight of lions, they may be sure that it is only a prelude to some sweet enjoyment of their Lord's love, and that they are near to some asylum, some sanctuary of rest, peace, and comfort. O it is hard work to part with Great-heart!
Great-Heart, familiarly known as "Jamie Macdonald," has been taking me over the factory and stables. We have been out since early morning on the jumpiest and beaniest of Waler mares. I am not killed, but a good deal shaken. The glass trembles in my hand. I have an absorbing thirst, and I drink copiously, almost passionately.
He lacks the tremendous force of Tolstoi, the flawless perfection of Turgenev, and the mighty world-embracing sympathy of Great-heart Dostoevski. But he is a faithful interpreter of Russian life, and although his art was objective, one cannot help feeling the essential goodness of the man behind his work, and loving him for it.
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