Pilgrim's Progress

In this way he was found by Evangelist, and once more set on the right path; and so in process of time he got up to the wicket-gate.
The gate was opened to him by Goodwill, who, after hearing his story, asked him to look before him at a narrow way.
" That," said Goodwill, " is the way thou must go."
" But," said Christian, " are there no turnings or windings by which a stranger may lose his way ? "
" Yes," said the other, " there are many ways butt down on this, and they are crooked and wide. But thus thou mayest know the right from the wrong, the right only being straight and narrow."

Then Christian went on till he came to the house of the Interpreter.
After he had knocked, as he had been told to do by Goodwill, and the door had been opened, I saw in my dream that the Interpreter took him by the hand, and, leading him within, showed him a picture of the man whom the Lord of the place whither he was going had authorised to be his guide, and other excellent things such as would be a help to him in his journey.
When the Interpreter had given him his blessing, Christian went on his way, pondering on the things that had been shown to him.

Now, I saw that the highway up which he had to go was fenced on either side with a wall, called Salvation. Up this way, therefore, did burdened Christian run, but not without great difficulty, because of the load on his back.
He ran till he came at a place somewhat ascending, and upon that place stood a cross, and a little below, in the bottom, a sepulchre.
So I saw in my dream, just as Christian came up with the cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders, and fell from off his back and began to tumble, and so continued to do till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre, when it fell in, and I saw it no more.

Then was Christian glad and lightsome, and stood awhile to look and wonder, till the springs that were in his head sent the water down his cheeks.
As he stood looking and weeping for gladness, behold three Shining Ones came to him and saluted him with : "Peace be to thee." The first said to him : " Thy sins be forgiven thee " ; the second stripped him of his rags, and clothed him with change of raiment; the third also set a mark on his forehead, and gave him a roll with a seal upon it, bidding him look on it as he ran, and that he should give it in at the Celestial Gate.
So they went their way, and Christian gave three leaps for joy and went on singing.