THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS
NOW I saw in my dream that the pilgrims came at length to the Delectable Mountains. These are the mountains which belong to the Lord of the Celestial Land, and which Christian had seen afar off when at the House Beautiful.
Very joyfully did the two weary ones go up into these mountains. And there they beheld the gardens and orchards, the vineyards and fountains of water. There also they drank and washed themselves; and they ate freely of the grapes of the vineyard.
Now there were on the tops of these mountains shepherds feeding their flocks, and they stood by the side of the highway. The pilgrims, therefore, as they came up, were fain to speak with them. So they stopped and
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