Pilgrim's Progress Quote.

I didn't have time this week to write a review so instead, I'm posting an extract from the classic novel, Pilgrim's Progress, for your enjoyment. It's from the second part of the book {my favorite half}, it has my favorite character in it doing what he does best and it's one of my favorite scenes!

“But now Great-heart replied, ‘I am a servant of the God of heaven; my business is to persuade sinners to repentance. I am commanded to do my endeavor to turn men, women, and children from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God; and if this be indeed the ground of thy quarrel, let us fall to it as soon as thou wilt.’

“Then the giant came up, and Mr. Great-heart went to meet him; and as he went, he drew his sword, but the giant had a club. So without more ado they fell to it; and, at the first blow, the giant struck Mr. Great-heart down upon one of his knees. With that, the women and children cried out. So Mr. Great-heart, recovering himself, laid about him in full lusty manner, and gave the giant a wound in his arm. Thus he fought for the space of an hour, to that height of heat, that the breath came out of the giant’s nostrils as the heat doth out of a boiling cauldron.

“The they sat down to rest them; but Mr. Great-heart betook himself to prayer. Also the women and children did nothing but sigh and cry all the time that the battle did last.

“When they had rested them, and taken breath, they both fell to it again; and Mr. Great-heart with a blow fetched the giant down to the ground. ‘Nay, hold, and let me recover,’ quoth he. So Mr. Great-heart fairly let him get up; so to it they went again; and the giant missed but little all-to-breaking Mr. Great-heart’s skull with his club. “Mr. Great-heart seeing that, runs to him in the full heat of his spirit, and pierceth him under the fifth rib. With that the giant began to faint, and could hold up his club no longer. Then Mr. Great-heart seconded his blow, and smote the head of the giant from his shoulders. Then the women and children rejoiced, and Mr. Great-heart also praised God for the deliverance He had wrought.” ~ Pilgrim’s Progress.