. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member : A twentieth century allegory. attendant, is beset with many dan-gers, and passes through many places similarto the one far down the valley. They alllooked through their glasses and saw theMeshes of Doubt on each side of the Nar-rowWay. Those are the sorts of places, concludedthe speaker, that one must constantly passthrough in the service of an imaginary king. Mrs. Discouraged saw all these thingsand heard all these words. She was so dis-heartened that she knew not what to do. Have I served my God in vain? shequestioned inwardly. Must all my testimon>ies
. Mr. World and Miss Church-Member : A twentieth century allegory. attendant, is beset with many dan-gers, and passes through many places similarto the one far down the valley. They alllooked through their glasses and saw theMeshes of Doubt on each side of the Nar-rowWay. Those are the sorts of places, concludedthe speaker, that one must constantly passthrough in the service of an imaginary king. Mrs. Discouraged saw all these thingsand heard all these words. She was so dis-heartened that she knew not what to do. Have I served my God in vain? shequestioned inwardly. Must all my testimon>ies fall to the earth ? Surely the way of theworld seems to be an easy way, and more suitedto a person in trouble. She suddenly fell on her knees, as she waswont to do in such emergencies, and, behold, Isaw her, on wings of prayer, fly in triumphfrom the towers top, down the valley, over theMeshes of Doubt, and land on the Kings High-way in a most glorious place called Victory byFaith. She thence went on her way rejoicing. Then did the attendant on the tower speak. The great victory of Mrs. Discouraged who, on wings of prayer, escaped from the Tower of Temptation to a place called Victory by Faith. THE TOWER OF TEMPTATION. 133 of her in ridicule. The poor mortal, in herinsanity, has descended to a bad level and must,of necessity, climb yonder terrible hill which,as your eyes bear testimony, is the last partof the Narrow Way visible from this tower. She went, how^ever, in a miraculous wings were sure and steady, and I waspleased with the swiftness of her flight, saidMrs. Diligence who was also a pilgrim fromthe Kings Highway. Without doubt, answered the attendant,but she went with heavy labor of her she told me that she wished to take aflight, I could have given her a finer trip inone of the aerial ships lately invented by theexperts of the Wizard City. I will summonone. Look no more at Mrs. Discouraged withwings, but fix your eyes toward the east, andyou will s
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