And then I thought: "Will there not be a
sentence pronounced against me there, by a jury of the just made
perfect, and written down in the registers of Heaven?"
These thoughts, I say, came upon me unasked, and, instead of
being able to dispel them, they mustered upon the summit of my
imagination in thicker and stronger array: and there was another
that impressed me in a very particular manner, though I have
reason to believe not so strongly as those above written. It was
this: "What if I should fail in my first effort? Will the
consequence not be that I am tumbled from the top of the rock
myself?" and then all the feelings anticipated, with regard to both
body and soul, must happen to me! This was a spinebreaking
reflection; and yet, though the probability was rather on that side,
my zeal in the cause of godliness was such that it carried me on,
maugre all danger and dismay.
I soon came close upon my brother, sitting on the dizzy pinnacle.
with his eyes fixed steadfastly in the direction opposite to me. I
descended the little green ravine behind him with my feet
foremost, and every now and then raised my head, and watched
his motions.
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