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The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which Is to Come.

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THE MAN WITH THE BURDEN
I DREAMED; and I thought that I saw in my dream a man standing with his face turned away from his own house. He was clothed in rags, a book was in his hand, and a great burden was on his back.
Then I saw him open the book and read; and as he read, he wept and cried out, "What shall I do?"
By and by he turned and went into his house. His wife and children saw that he was in trouble, and they wondered ; but he kept silent for a long time, and said not a word.
At last, when he could hold in no longer, he said, "Dear ones, do you see this great burden that is on my back? It is so heavy that I can hardly bear its weight."
But they could not see the burden, and they won-
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