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The Huntington's European art collection encompasses
a broad range of styles, cultures and media, from antiquity to the twentieth
century. It features one of the most significant collections of British art
outside the United Kingdom, including important holdings of 18th- and
19th-century sculpture, as well as decorative arts from 15th-century silver
through the 19th- and early 20th-century designs of William Morris and his
followers. Famous for its collection of grand manner portraits, it is also
distinguished by important examples of 19th-century landscape painting by
Constable and Turner, and 17th-century portraiture by Peter Lely and Anthony van
Sarah Barrett Moulton: Pinkie, Thomas Lawrence, 1794
The European art collection also includes extensive
holdings of art from outside Great Britain. It is particularly strong in
Renaissance bronzes and 18th-century French decorative art and sculpture,
including a major group of terracottas by Clodion and works in marble and bronze
by Jean-Antoine Houdon. The collection of French paintings contains works by the
most important artists of the 17th and 18th centuries, such as Claude, Watteau
and Greuze.
The collection of British portraits of the late 18th and early 19th-century is
considered one of the greatest outside London. Many of the best works by the
most important English painters of the period were large formal portraits; 14 of
the finest examples are on display in the Thornton Portrait Gallery, including
portraits by Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, and Thomas Gainsborough, whose
works on view include Blue Boy (ca. 1770) and Karl Friedrich
Abel (ca. 1777), as well as Reynolds' Sarah Siddons as the Tragic
Muse and Thomas Lawrence's "Pinkie" (1794). In addition to painted
portraits, the Thornton Portrait Gallery also features an important collection
of British portrait busts, representing most of the important sculptors working
in England during the period.
Anne Killigrew, Mrs. Kirke, Anthony van Dyck, 17th century
Elsewhere in the Huntington Art Gallery, other
periods of British painting are represented. Seventeenth- and early 18th-century
portraits, including works by Van Dyck, Lely, and Allan Ramsay, can be found in
the anteroom to the Thornton Portrait Gallery. The rise of landscape painting
around 1800 is represented by important works from J. M. W. Turner and John
Constable, on view on the second floor. An important group of miniature
portraits can be seen in two new displays: early miniatures, including a
portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by Nicholas Hillard, are shown downstairs, while
18th- and 19th-century examples by artists such as Richard Cosway are on display
upstairs. British drawings and watercolors are presented in changing exhibitions
in a dedicated room in the upstairs west wing.
British decorative arts
include an important collection of silver, comprising works from the 15th
through the 19th centuries, extensive holdings of furniture, and porcelain and
pottery from the great manufactories of the industrial revolution, such as
Chelsea, Derby and Wedgwood.A recent acquisition of works relating to
William Morris established a new focus on the Design Reform movement from the
1840s through the early 20th century. The major renovation of the Gallery,
completed in 2008, included the conversion of a stairwell into a space to
display a 15-foot-high stained glass window (ca. 1898) produced by Morris and
Co. after designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
The collection of French art, mostly from the 18th century, is characteristic of the taste for grand-siècle style among American millionaires in the early 20th century. The downstairs rooms of the Huntington Art Gallery are furnished with French furniture and decorative objects, arranged to evoke the taste and lifestyle of Henry and Arabella Huntington. A set of Beauvais tapestries after designs by François Boucher, purchased by Huntington in 1909, hangs in the large library. This room also includes two of the great Savonnerie carpets designed for Louis XIV's redecoration of the Louvre palace in the late 17th century.
Diana the Huntress, Jean-Antoine Houdon, 1782, Bronze.
A large part of the French art collection is displayed in new galleries devoted to the Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection, in the upstairs east wing. This collection begins with Jean-Antoine Houdon's original life-size bronze Diana the Huntress, first publicly exhibited in 1782. The collection was assembled by Huntington in his wife's memory. Other highlights include five Beauvais tapestries from the Italian Village Scenes, a wonderful Houdon marble bust of Mme de Vermenoux and a substantial group of Sèvres porcelain.
The Adele S. Browning Memorial Collection displayed alongside includes an important group of paintings by leading artists of the ancien régime, such as Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honoré Fragonard, and Jean-Baptiste Greuze.
Nineteenth-century French art is represented by a group of paintings by artists associated with the Barbizon school. These were purchased by Henry Huntington before his marriage, and before he began to develop a new collecting focus on 18th-century art. These paintings are displayed with a group of 19th-century French sculptures in the upstairs northwest hallway which includes a major bronze by Alexandre Charpentier.
A small group of Renaissance paintings in the upstairs east wing, also part of the Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection, has as its centerpiece an exquisite Virgin and Child (ca. 1460) by the Flemish master Rogier van der Weyden. Renaissance bronzes in this wing form a group around Nessus and Deianira, a spectacular cast of a famous work by 16th-century Italian sculptor Giambologna. City views by Italian artists such as Antonio Canaletto and Bernardo Bellotto were collected by Englishmen as souvenirs of their "grand tours" of Europe and hang on the second floor in the southeast hallway.
As The Huntington's European art collection continues to grow by gift and purchase, installations in the Huntington Art Gallery will be dynamic, with new works going on view throughout the year.
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Hooksett school board members grapple with district's future
HOOKSETT — Despite the presence of a new Hooksett School Board member, tensions remained high during the board's workshop meeting Tuesday night designed to discuss efforts to terminate the district's high school contract with Manchester.
Board Chair Trisha Korkosz at one point declared board member John Lyscars out of order when he began to question the agenda of the meeting while apologizing to Superintendent Charles Littlefield for an email he previously sent questioning the procedure of the meeting.
"You asked to apologize, and any apology with a but is not an apology," Korkosz told Lyscars.
After Lyscars began to question Korkosz, she then called a five-minute recess.
Once the recess ended, Lyscars once again questioned Korkosz for declaring him out of order, saying, "I did not ask for the floor specifically to apologize."
Korkosz responded by saying Lyscars was using the floor, "to blast me and an agenda that you don't like."
Board member David Pearl than said that Korkosz was using her position as chair to be rude to certain board members, and that she has been indiscriminate with how uses her authority as chair.
"You are speaking rudely to other members, slamming the gavel and saying out of order. I object to that," Pearl said.
"Well, I object to being publicly bullied," Korkosz responded.
Pearl asked for clarification, asking if Korkosz was saying that he was bullying her, which he called "a very serious thing to say in a school setting."
Korkosz did not respond.
After tensions subsided, Littlefield gave a presentation to the board and the public in attendance detailing the issues the district will face if its claim of breach of contract is upheld against Manchester.
Saying that if the district's claim is successful — a situation Littlefield called "scary" — the district would have to have a plan in place where its high school students would attend the 2014-2015 school year.
"The hovering question is how are you going to handle high school assignments," Littlefield said.
Littlefield went into detail on how the timeline would work if the breach claim is successful, saying that along with the board, the voters of Hooksett, along with the voters of any town whose board of education agreed to take on Hooksett's students, would have to approve a warrant article agreeing to the new contract.
Littlefield also told the board that he wasn't sure what would happen if the district gets out of the contract with Manchester early, but doesn't have an agreement in place detailing where the district's students would be sent for the 2014-2015 school year.
He added that negotiations of this magnitude have a history of being contentious, and could take years, whereas the district would only have months.
Littlefield said that the State Department of Education would also have to approve any new contract, something he said would be no sure thing.
"I want to remind you this is not a one-way street," Littlefield told the board.
He added that if the breach claim is not upheld, the district would have until 2016 to inform Manchester of any plans to end the contract in 2018.
"That would give us the luxury of time," Littlefield said.

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UPDATE: In a special meeting Friday, March 7, the Germantown Municipal Schools board voted 3-0 to rescind its tuition requirement for open enrollment of students living outside Germantown.
Collierville Schools Superintendent John Aitken is preparing for early enrollment later this month of students in the forming suburban school district who live in Collierville.
And Aitken acknowledged this week there will be some "angst" and uncertainty as the parents of some of those children who now attend schools in Germantown weigh whether to pay tuition to stay there under Germantown's open enrollment policy or switch to Collierville schools.
"We'll do everything within our means to make you feel welcome," Aitken said Tuesday, March 4, as the Collierville Schools board approved its own open enrollment policy that does not charge tuition to open enrollment transfer students who live within Shelby County but outside Collierville.
The board vote was unanimous and came the day after the Germantown Municipal Schools board approved an open enrollment policy that charges non-Germantown students a $200 a year fee to attend Germantown's school system.
Collierville and Germantown Schools leaders had held talks to work out a specific arrangement for students at Houston Middle and High schools beyond Germantown's open enrollment policy.
"We will welcome new children with open arms and warm hearts. And we will have a seat for your child notwithstanding what you may have heard," said Collierville Schools board chairman Mark Hansen. "We do have a tight capacity. It's no secret to anyone. But we have plans and we are making plans in place to accommodate any kids that come in."
Hansen said no talks were scheduled but that he is not ruling out the possibility of more talks on the matter.
The Collierville board heard from some of those parents as well as Collierville residents who advocated charging tuition as well.
But all five school board members said they support a no tuition policy at least for the start of the suburban school system. The policy could be reviewed and changed by the board at any time. That would most likely happen if the town began using Collierville property tax revenue to operate the school system.
Hansen said the idea of charging students outside Collierville's borders was discussed at the outset of the district's formation including in talks that led to the settlement of the federal court lawsuit over the local schools reformation.
"Tuition was very prominently discussed and we made a commitment to not put impediments in the way of children that want to attend our schools including tuition at least for the first years," Hansen said of the discussions leading to the settlement last year on the formation of the suburban school systems.
The Collierville open enrollment policy spells out that transportation will not be provided for those in-county students who are accepted in Collierville schools with the 2014-2015 school year.
Students who live outside Shelby County would pay approximately $3,700 in tuition and those living out of state would pay approximately $7,800 under the formula in the policy.
After an early enrollment period for Collierville residents on March 24, 25 and 27, Aitken said the school system will have a better idea of enrollment numbers and how much capacity is left at which schools. And that will determine the number of open enrollment slots with the deadline for applications for those slots following closely in early April.
Some of the Collierville citizens favoring a tuition requirement for open enrollment said no tuition wasn't fair when Collierville residents paid property taxes.
School board member Cathy Messerly, however, pointed out that sales tax revenue is what is pledged in terms of local revenue to the new school system.
It was a point echoed by board member Kevin Vaughan, who initially favored some kind of tuition for those students now in Collierville schools who live in annexation reserve areas.
"This is an annexation question more so than a school board and school attendance policy," he said of the change in his position. "So many children are already in our system. They are here now. And so we'd be looking at displacing children that are in our schools."
Vaughan also said a tuition fee could mean the loss of much more in state funding that follows students to whatever school their parents select.
"These children represent $1.4 million in funding and they are already in our schools," he added. "We'd be asking that funding to leave. And if we were to charge an arbitrary tuition – say, $200 – all we would realize would be less than $36,000 for these children. We would be giving up $1.4 million for the sake of $36,000. I don't see that as being a good steward of all of our resources."
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Currently 18 students from SDJU are studying at UNIBusiness through the 2+2 partnership. This number is on the rise, as 17 students transferred to UNI during the two years prior, and between 20 to 30 additional students are expected to enroll next fall.
One participant in the 2+2 program is Leiping (Hilary) Xu, a senior from Shanghai majoring in marketing. Xu enrolled in the 2+2 program in order to receive a high quality education and to take advantage of all the unique opportunities the 2+2 program presents.
"I love all the opportunities that UNI offers," said Xu. "There are so many activities that I can take part in to make friends and improve myself as a student and a person. I love the people here a lot."
One of the opportunities she took advantage of was living on campus and becoming a resident assistant (RA). "Being an RA is one of the greatest experiences that I have had," said Xu. "Through this experience, I'm able to meet and interact with a lot of people and learn so many things from them. The RA position helps me socialize with residents and enables me to get involved more on campus. Also, it allows me to bring my ideas to make a difference."
Her advice to future DianJi 2+2 participants and all international students is simple: "Establishing a solid foundation of the English language is very important. At UNI, there is a lot of freedom and a lot of opportunities, so defining your goals and knowing what you want to do will be a big step in being successful."
Xu will graduate in May 2013. Her future plans are to gain work experience related to her major and continue her education with a high quality MBA.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The husband of a jogger found strangled in a park has been charged with her murder, police said Sunday, days after they warned female runners to take extra precautions until the killer was caught.
Authorities announced the arrest of 48-year-old Christopher Murray at a Sunday afternoon news conference. His 46-year-old wife, Constance, was found dead Tuesday in Pennypack Park in northeast Philadelphia. The mother of two had been out running the night before.
"The reality was he became a suspect early on and remained a suspect until he confessed," Lt. Philip Riehl said.
Riehl said Murray has expressed remorse. "I think it was more of a rage incident more than premeditated," he said.
Investigators say Murray trailed his wife in a car while she went out Monday night, and the two began to argue. Police say Murray continued to follow her, and the pair went to a bench at the park where they continued to fight.
"She went up there voluntarily to talk to him about whatever was going on and things went bad," Riehl said.
Christopher Murray strangled his wife and left her body near the bench, police said. He called police early Wednesday to report her missing, and a woman walking her dog found Connie Murray's body a few hours later.
Surveillance video showed Christopher Murray in his vehicle, and he was taken in for questioning Saturday night, police said.
Riehl said aspects of his story didn't add up. He failed a lie detector test and then confessed, Riehl said.
Connie Murray's headphones and cellphone were recovered in a nearby sewer.
A memorial service was scheduled for Sunday and the funeral for Monday, according to an obituary. The couple have two daughters, ages 12 and 15.
In a phone interview with the Philadelphia Daily News last week, Christopher Murray described his wife's death as "devastating" and said she was "a beautiful woman, a loving, caring mother, a fabulous friend."
Murray was denied bail, and no attorney is listed for him in court papers. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Aug. 27.


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UPDATE: Three firefighters hurt in Claremont fire in good conditionBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
March 02. 2014 9:20PM
CLAREMONT -- Two city firefighters remain hospitalized in good condition Monday after being injured in a house fire Sunday, Claremont Fire Chief Richard Bergeron said Monday.
"They are both still hospitalized, and each hospital is listing their conditions as good," Bergeron said.
Claremont Fire Department Lt. Andy Stevens was life-flighted to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Mass., and firefighter Scott Kenniston was life-flighted to Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, Vt.
Both firefighters suffered burns escaping a quickly moving house fire they were battling Sunday night.
A third firefighter, Nick Koloski, injured his thumb or wrist while helping the firefighters escape. He was treated and released from Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont Sunday night, Bergeron said.
Firefighters were called to 8 Cherry Hill Road just after 6 p.m. for a report of a chicken coop fire, with exposure to the home.
When firefighters arrived, the rear side of the house was fully in flames, Bergeron said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but the cause has been "tentatively placed on a heat lamp that was operating in the chicken coop to help keep it warm for the birds," Bergeron said.
The family, three adults and three children, were out of the house when firefighters arrived, though initial reports of the fire reported two adults were trapped inside.
The first firefighters arrived on scene at 6:12 p.m., six minutes after the initial 911 call, to find flames had spread from the coop to the rear of the house, which was engulfed in heavy fire.
Exterior materials on the house helped spread the fire up the rear side of the house including an exterior vinyl siding and the composite porch.
Homeowners sometime favor these materials because they are low or no maintenance, Bergeron said, "But when you inject fire into these buildings all bets are off; it becomes a whole new environment for the firefighters."
From the front, the house appears to have two stories, but from the rear, because of a slope, the basement level opens out into the backyard, Bergeron said.
Firefighters went through the front and entered the first floor to attack the porch on the first floor.
"They went through a small entryway and into the dining room, working on extinguishing the deck fire," Bergeron said. "I think unbeknownst to them the fire had communicated to the floor beneath them as well as the floor above them," Bergeron said.
They didn't realize the fire was quickly spreading through the basement and top floor, he said.
There was so much fire in the building, conditions deteriorated before they could react, Bergeron said.
"Fire is unpredictable and there's no guarantee that it will travel in the direction and speed that you will anticipate it will. Every now and again it will catch you off guard and it's an unforgiving thing," Bergeron said.
Once they realized this, it was too late and they had to "self-rescue," he said, running down the basement stairs and out the back door.
Their fire-protective suits could only protect them so much against the fire, and they suffered burns of varying degrees, Bergeron said. The firefighters were sent to hospitals with burns centers that could treat them. They are expected to be released from care anywhere from a few days to up to a week, he said.
The home was destroyed by the fire, Bergeron said, but the family owns another home in Claremont they plan to live in.
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CLAREMONT - Three firefighters were injured battling a house fire on Cherry Hill Road Sunday night and two remain hospitalized Monday morning with serious burns.
Firefighters were called to 8 Cherry Hill Road just after 6 p.m. for a report of a chicken coop fire, with exposure to the home.
Two homeowners, inside when the fire broke out, escaped unharmed.
The first firefighters arrived on scene at 6:12 p.m., six minutes after the initial 911 call, to find flames had spread from the coop to the rear of the house which was engulfed in heavy fire.
They sounded a first alarm and immediately entered the home to extinguish the blaze. Several minutes later, however, the firefighters were in trouble and sounded a mayday call.
The two firefighters, who made the mayday call, got themselves out of the burning structure within minutes.
However, both suffered serious burn injuries, according to fire officials. One was med flighted to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, while the other was taken to Fletcher Allen Hospital in Burlington, Vt.
A third firefighter was treated for a wrist injury at Valley Regional Hospital and then released.
Fire officials have not released the names of the injured firefighters, citing the need to notify families first.
The fire was reported knocked down as of 8:40 p.m.
Claremont Fire Capt. Bryan Burr said a cause of the fire has not been determined, and that the state fire marshal's office will be involved in the investigation.
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It is said that the tradition of English poetry began with Caedmon–an illiterate seventh-century lay brother who, ashamed of his inability to versify when the harp was passed around at a feast, fell asleep in his stable among the animals and dreamed of an angel. This angel, too, bade him sing, and again Caedmon protested that he did not know any songs; but then, inexplicably, he found himself obeying the angel's dictum: "Sing the beginning of the creatures!" Immediately on waking he wrote down the eulogy to the world and its maker that had been transmitted to him in his dream; today the nine-line Anglo-Saxon "Caedmon's Hymn" is the earliest known English poem–a product of what poets now often call "dictation." The gods (or God), the muses (or the Muse); afflatus, ecstasy, poetic madness: the lore of poetry worldwide attests to the claim that poetry at its best emerges from somewhere "other"–a source beyond the poet's ego and conscious mind. Sometimes the poem appears in dreams, as with Caedmon; sometimes during autohypnosis, as with William Butler Yeats. James Merrill's medium of choice was his Ouija board; Jack Spicer's, his orphic radio. A key interchange in the transition from angels to radios is the visionary poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke.
As an ambitious young poet, Rilke was chastised by his elder, Stefan George: "You've started to publish too early." Damning words! Rilke had authored seven volumes of poetry before The Book of Hours, his 1905 breakthrough, and repudiated them later in life, by which time he had grown tired of the publishing marketplace altogether and taken to circulating his poems mainly among friends (Constantine Cavafy, another poet whose mature work spanned the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, was doing the same in Alexandria). Rilke turned from writing fashionable Jugendstil lyrics about maidens to producing inimitable meditations on the philosophical subjects of perceiving, knowing and being. For this he was rewarded with episodes of so-called dictation, culminating in February 1922, when he "received" a complement of Duino Elegies, which he had begun a decade before, and a new cycle, Sonnets to Orpheus.
By that point Rilke had traveled far from his origins. Born in Prague in 1875, he considered himself the product of a middling family, a middling education and a middling city. At a time when poets still honored, faithfully or fitfully, the Romantic ideal of depicting the sagas of the public world in epic terms, Rilke's distaste for his family and his city propelled him onto a different aesthetic path, one of lifelong cosmopolitan itinerancy. He escaped first to Berlin, then to Russia, then to Paris; there were sojourns in Spain, Egypt, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Switzerland; he was rerouted by World War I, and by the penury that drove him from villa to castle as the houseguest of patronesses all over Europe. (Some say he was a freeloader–his sense of entitlement is legendary.) In his introduction to Edward Snow's commanding and essential new volume of translations of Rilke's major poetic works, the culmination of decades of labor, Adam Zagajewski says that Rilke's "weak beginnings" placed him on the periphery of German culture in an era when Goethe, Schiller, Hölderlin and Heine still awaited their successors. Rilke's benefactors were on the periphery as well. Most of them were aristocrats, but unlike Goethe (who was an adviser to a duke) or Yeats (who was in the Irish Senate), Rilke didn't meet them at court, and the ones he knew in private life were, as Zagajewski notes, "the shadows of once-powerful magnates."
But most important, it was out of his experience of homelessness that Rilke fashioned a persona who speaks with an elegiac voice not for himself but for the world of consciousness, which migrated here into animals (often cats), there into objects (roses, sculptures). This consciousness, which belongs to no one and everyone, earns Rilke's unending praise: it is the principle not only of biological life but ontological essence–whatever it is that causes something to arise from nothing, as in the lines carved on his tombstone:


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Stress and long-term high blood pressure may not be linked, but taking steps to reduce your stress can improve your general health, including your blood pressure. Discover how.
Stressful situations can cause your blood pressure to spike temporarily, but can stress also cause long-term high blood pressure? Could all those short-term stress-related blood pressure spikes add up and cause high blood pressure in the long term? Researchers aren't sure.
However, exercising three to five times a week for 30 minutes can reduce your stress level. And if you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure, doing activities that can help you manage your stress and improve your health can make a long-term difference in lowering your blood pressure.
Your body produces a surge of hormones when you're in a stressful situation. These hormones temporarily increase your blood pressure by causing your heart to beat faster and your blood vessels to narrow.
There's no proof that stress by itself causes long-term high blood pressure. It may be that other behaviors linked to stress — such as overeating, drinking alcohol and poor sleeping habits — cause high blood pressure. However, short-term stress-related spikes in your blood pressure added up over time may put you at risk of developing long-term high blood pressure.
It's possible that health conditions related to stress — such as anxiety, depression, and isolation from friends and family — may be linked to heart disease, but there's no evidence they're linked to high blood pressure. Instead, it may be that the hormones produced when you're emotionally stressed may damage your arteries, leading to heart disease. It may also be that being depressed may cause self-destructive behavior, such as neglecting to take your medications to control high blood pressure or other heart conditions.
Increases in blood pressure related to stress can be dramatic. But once the stressor disappears, your blood pressure returns to normal. However, even temporary spikes in blood pressure — if they occur often enough — can damage your blood vessels, heart and kidneys in a way similar to long-term high blood pressure.
In addition, if you react to stress by smoking, drinking too much alcohol or eating unhealthy foods, you increase your risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke.
While reducing stress might not directly lower blood pressure over the long term, using strategies to manage your stress can improve your health in other ways. Mastering stress management techniques can lead to other behavior changes — including those that reduce your blood pressure.
When looking for ways to manage stress, remember that you have many options. For example:
The goal is to discover what works for you. Be open-minded and willing to experiment. Choose your strategies, take action and start enjoying the benefits.
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ECHL Game Night: 12-10-12
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Season totals: 23 GP, 7-14-21, +5, 23 PIM
After falling behind 2-0 early in the third period, Alaska came on strong and finally got on the board with a few minutes remaining in regulation but could not manage the equalizer despite dominating play in the final frame. Thompson, who was held pointless in the last two matches, added a primary assist on the lone Aces goal scored Joey Crabb. Crabb, a night after fellow NHLer Thompson engaged in some fisticuffs, also earned a fighting major in the match after tangling with the Utah defenseman Josh Burrows. Having split the four-game series with Utah, Alaska (18-7-0, 36 PTS) now travels to face Idaho (16-5-3, 35 PTS) for a single match Wednesday night in what will be a show-down of the Mountain division front-runners.
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The Committee Chairs Coordinator serves as a resource for chairs of LITA committees and interest groups. The Coordinator facilitates communication between the leaders of these groups through administering meetings and running the comchair email list.
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The oft-painful drama of high school life, heightened by a Muslim girl's decision to wear a head-covering to school, drive the drama and message of "Does My Head Look Big In This?", presented by Hood River Valley High School drama department and opening Friday at Bowe Theater. This is the first production of the play by Elizabeth Wong and Jeff Gottesfeld.
Peer pressure and expectations are tough enough when you're in high school.
The complications multiply when you decide on principle to stand out from the crowd, based on your belief in a religion that is misunderstood or even hated.
The oft-painful drama of high school life, heightened by a Muslim girl's decision to wear a head-covering to school, drive the drama and message of "Does My Head Look Big In This?", presented by Hood River Valley High School drama department and opening Friday at Bowe Theater. This is the first production of the play by Elizabeth Wong and Jeff Gottesfeld.
Feb. 28 and March 1, 7, 8, 14 and 15 at 7 p.m. and March 9 at 2 p.m. at HRVHS.
$7 for adults
$5 students and seniors.
Junior Cayla Sacre more than holds down the challenging lead of Amal, a Muslim who chooses to adhere to her religious customs but also wants to be just like the other kids. A boy who cares for her and a couple of loyal, if perplexed friends, are counterpoints to a bullying crowd led by Tia, played by Gabriella Whitehead, who has had smaller roles at HRVHS and now takes on the key role of the mean girl.
It's a new dimension for Whitehead, who director Rachel Harry said is "by nature very sweet," and a break-out role for Sacre, who was a dancer in last fall's "Reach 4 It!" and 2013's "Legally Blonde," and had a small role in Hamlet in 2012. She's been involved in theater since middle school, in Rebekah Meyer's private drama program.
Sacre had understudied for Noalani Euwer as Leila in "Does My Head Look Big In This?", which director Rachel Harry said prepared her well for the task of understudying for the much larger role of Amal, after junior Delaney Barbour could not continue due to health problems.
"It's taken a lot of hard work and dedication and having to cram a lot of stuff into a week and a half," Sacre said. "We've been learning a bunch as the year has gone about everything. It's so awesome to learn about this religion I'd otherwise have no connection to."
Amal: Cayla Sacre
Leila: Noalani Euwer
Eileen: Claire Hamada
Simone: Rhue Buddenbeck
Tia: Gabriella Whitehead
Adam: August Beard
Josh: Ben Dane
Student 2: Neil Hauer
Mrs. Walsh: Sophie Finstad
Dad: Marcos Galvez
Mom: Rebecca Wolf
Mrs. Vaselli: Rhianna Salman
Leila's Mom: Olivia Newcomb
Mr. Pearse: Graham Sholar
Cathy Peldyak and Sarah Delano did the costumes and Delano sewed the silk backdrop panels (top right). Art teacher Amirra Malak, herself of Muslim descent, assisted in the set design and construction along with Jeff Lorenzen. Hossein Salman and Rhianna Salman offered cultural and linguistic support, along with Rebecca Wolf's help with Hebrew pronunciation by the character of Mrs. Vaselli.
She joked that she read the script "about a million times, it feels like," and has found time during school to do one-on-one scenes with other actors.
"Kayla's been awesome. She is a wonderful actor," Harry said. She knew she had an adaptable performer, having asked Sacre initially to create a character for the play, "Someone who starts out one way and then evolves."
"So we allowed her to learn other characters and pick up those parts and she's now able to do this. It is tough on these guys to have a part and then lose a part, she's always been the ultimate professional," Harry said.
Barbour has been supportive of her cast-mates. "Her prognosis is really good and they are very positive about it, but they don't know when she is coming back," said Harry.
"It's incredible how supportive the kids are. It's counter to the story of the play and I will talk about that in my director's notes," she said.
In this production, "We have no Tias," Sacre said.
"No, but there are Tias out in the world, and these guys support each other," Harry said.
The theme of bullying is explored in terms of its manifestations and its causes, be it the typical kind some youths inflict on others, or bullying inspired by religious intolerance.
"I think it's going to be really relatable," Sacre said. "I think it's becoming a lot more common that people are understanding and seeing it more as a problem, and it's becoming a phenomenon more and more people are paying attention to.
"Even Amal is kind of a bully and seeing that even people who are good and work to do good can be bullies, and you have to try to be self-aware and know what you are doing to other people," Sacre said.
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WORD GAME- Stephen Stills TUNING: D D D D A D (low to high) (riff 4x) Gsus (riff) Would you knock a man down if you didn't like the cut of his clothes? Gsus (riff) Could you put a man away if you don't want to hear what he knows? Gsus (riff) Well, it's happening right here, people dying of fear by the droves D2 C And I know most of you either don't believe it's ture Gsus Dm/F (riff) Or else you don't know what to do, or maybe I'm singing about you who knows? It's incredibly sick, you can feel it as across the land it flows Prejudice is slick, when it's a word game it festers and grows Move along quick, it furthers one to have somewhere to go You can feel it as it's rumblin' let emotions keep a-tumblin' Then, as cities start to crumblin' mostly empty bellies grumblin' here we go (riff 4 times) People see somebody different, fear is the first reaction shown Then they think they've got him licked, the barbaric hunt begins and they move in slow A human spirit is devoured, the remains left to carrion crow I was told that life is change and yet history remains Does it always stay the same? Do we shrug it off and say only God knows (riff 4 times) By and by, somebody usually goes Down to the ghetto, try and help, but they don't know why folks treat them cold And the rich keep getting richer, and the rest of us just keep getting old You see, one must have a mission in order to be a good Christian If you don't you will be missing High Mass or the evening show And the well fed masters reap the harvests of the polluted seeds they've sown Smug and self-righteous, they bitch about people they owe And you can't prove them wrong, they're so God damn sure they know D2 C I have seen these things with my very own eyes Gsus Dm/F And defended my battered soul, it must be too tough to die D2 C Gsus American propaganda, South African lies will not force me to take up arms Dm/F That's my enemy's pride D2 C and I won't fight by his rules, that's foolishness besides Gsus Dm/F His ignorance is gonna do him in and nobody's gonna cry D2 C Because his children, they are growing up and plainly tired of putting up Gsus Dm/F With bigots and their silver cups D (riff 4 last time end w/ A) They're fed up, they might throw up on you, alrightCHORDS: D D2 C F C2 Gsus2 Dm/F AD --0----7----5----3----x----0----0----x-----|A --0----5----3----3----3----0----0----0-----|D --0----0----0----0----x----0----0----x-----|D --0----0----0----0----5----0----0----2-----|D --0----0----0----0----0----5----3----0-----|D --0----0----0----0----0----5----3----0-----|RIFF: D2 C F DD --7p5h7--5--3-------0-----|A --5------3--3--3----0-----|D --------------------------|D ---------------5----------|D --------------------------|D --0--------------0-----0--|NOTE: I didn't attempt to provide timing or total accuracy on the riff. The important thing is to keep the bass note going while the other strings are being played. Also, the tuning can also be E E E E B E, as if a capo was placed on the second fret. Between these two tunings, one can play the other Stills songs 4+20, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes, and We Are Not Helpless. (from Stephen Stills 2, 1971. Also on the CSN box set) (sent by Harlan at email@example.com)


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The Pilgrims Progress, in the Similitude of a Dream; The First Part
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I saw then that they went on their way to a pleasant River, which
the King called the
River of God,
River of the Water of Life.
Now their way lay just upon the bank of the River; here therefore
and his Companion walked with great delight; they drank also of the water of the River, which was pleasant and enlivening to their weary spirits: besides, on the banks of this River on either side were
green Trees,
that bore all manner of Fruit; and the Leaves of the Trees were good for Medicine; with the Fruit of these Trees they were also much delighted; and the Leaves they ate to prevent Surfeits, and other Diseases that are incident to those that heat their blood by Travels. On either side of the River was also a Meadow, curiously beautiful with Lilies; and it was green all the year long. In this Meadow they lay down and slept, for here they might
lie down safely.
When they awoke they gathered again of the Fruit of the Trees, and drank again of the water of the River, and then lay down again to sleep. Thus they did several days and nights. Then they sang,
Behold ye how these Cristal streams do glide,
(To comfort Pilgrims) by the High-way side;
The Meadows green, beside their fragrant smell,
Yield dainties for them: And he that can tell
What pleasant fruit; yea Leaves, these Trees do yield,
Will soon sell all, that he may buy this field.
Trees by the river. The fruit and leaves of the trees
A meadow in which they lie down to sleep
So when they were disposed to go on (for they were not as yet at their Journeys end) they eat and drank, and departed.
Now I beheld in my Dream, that they had not journeyed far, but the River and the way for a time parted; at which they were not a little sorry, yet they durst not go out of the way. Now the way from the River was rough, and their feet tender by reason of their travels;
so the soul of the Pilgrims was much discouraged because of the way.
Wherefore still as they went on, they wished for better way. Now a little before them, there was on the left hand of the road a
and a Stile to go over into it, and that Meadow is called
Then said
to his fellow, If this Meadow lieth along by our way-side, lets go over into it. Then he went to the Stile to see, and behold a Path lay along by the way on the other side of the fence. Tis according to my wish, said
here is the easiest going; come good
and let us go over.
By-path Meadow
One temptation does make way for another
But how if this Path should lead us out of the way?
Thats not like, said the other; look, doth it not go along by the way-side? So
being persuaded by his fellow, went after him over the Stile. When they were gone over, and were got into the Path, they found it very easy for their feet: and withal, they looking before them, espied a man walking as they did, (and his name was
) so they called after him, and asked him whither that way led? He said, To the Clestial Gate. Look, said
did I not tell you so? by this you may see we are right. So they followed, and he went before them. But behold the night came on, and it grew very dark, so that they that were behind lost the sight of him that went before.
Strong Christians may lead weak ones out of the way
See what it is too suddenly to fall in with strangers
He therefore that went before (
by name) not seeing the way before him, fell into a deep Pit, which was on purpose there made by the Prince of those grounds, to catch
fools withal, and was dashed in pieces with his fall.
A pit to catch the vainglorious in
and his fellow heard him fall. So they called to know the matter, but there was none to answer, only they heard a groaning. Then said
Where are we now? Then was his fellow silent, as mistrusting that he had led him out of the way; and now it began to rain, and thunder, and lighten in a very dreadful manner, and the water rose amain.
Reasoning between Christian and Hopeful
groaned in himself, saying,
Oh that I had kept on my way!
Who could have thought that this Path should have led us out of the way?
I was afraid ont at the very first, and therefore gave you that gentle caution. I would have spoken plainer, but that you are older than I.
Good Brother be not offended; I am sorry I have brought thee out of the way, and that I have put thee into such imminent danger; pray my Brother forgive me, I did not do it of an evil intent.
Christians repentance for leading of his brother out of the way
Be comforted by brother, for I forgive thee; and believe too that this shall be for our good.
I am glad I have with me a merciful Brother; but we must not stand thus, lets try to go back again.
But good Brother let me go before.
No, if you please let me go first, that if there be any danger, I may be first therein, because by my means we are both gone out of the way.
No, said
you shall not go first; for your mind being troubled may lead you out of the way again. Then for their encouragement, they heard the voice of one saying
Let thine heart be towards the Highway, even the way that thou wentest, turn again.
But by this time the waters were greatly risen; by reason of which the way of going back was very dangerous. (Then I thought that it is easier going out of the way when we are in, than going in when we are out.) Yet they adventured to go back; but it was so dark, and the flood was so high, that in their going back they had like to have been drowned nine or ten times.
They are in danger of drowning as they go back
Neither could they, with all the skill they had, get again to the Stile that night. Wherefore at last, lighting under a little shelter, they sat down there till the day brake; but being weary, they fell asleep. Now there was not far from the place where they lay, a Castle called
Castle, the owner whereof was giant
and it was in his grounds they were now sleeping: wherefore he, getting up in the morning early, and walking up and down in his fields, caught
asleep in his grounds. Then with a
voice he bid them awake, and asked them whence they were? and what they did in his grounds? They told him they were Pilgrims, and that they had lost their way. Then said the Giant, You have this night trespassed on me, by trampling in and lying on my grounds, and therefore you must go along with me. So they were forced to go, because he was stronger than they. They also had but little to say, for they knew themselves in a fault. The Giant therefore drove them before him, and put them into his Castle, into a very dark Dungeon, nasty and stinking to the spirits of these two men. Here then they lay from
morning till
night, without one bit of bread, or drop of drink, or light, or any to ask how they did; they were therefore here in evil case, and were far from friends and acquaintance. Now in this place
had double sorrow, because twas through his unadvised haste that they were brought into this distress.
The Pilgrims now, to gratify the Flesh,
Will seek its Ease; but oh! how they afresh
Do thereby plunge themselves new Griefs into!
Who seek to please the flesh themselves undo.
They sleep in the grounds of Giant Despair
He finds them in his grounds, and carries them to Doubting Castle
The grievousness of their imprisonment
Now Giant
had a Wife, and her name was
So when he was gone to bed, he told his Wife what he had done, to wit, that he had taken a couple of Prisoners and cast them into his Dungeon, for trespassing on his grounds. Then he asked her also what he had best do further to them. So she asked him what they were, whence they came, and whither they were bound; and he told her. Then she counselled him that when he arose in the morning he should beat them without any mercy. So when he arose he getteth him a grievous Crabtree Cudgel, and goes down into the Dungeon to them, and there first falls to rating of them, as if they were dogs, although they gave him never a word of distaste. Then he falls upon them, and beats them fearfully, in such sort, that they were not able to help themselves, or to turn them upon the floor. This done, he withdraws and leaves them, there to condole their misery, and to mourn under their distress: so all that day they spent the time in nothing but sighs and bitter lamentations. The next night she talking with her Husband about them further, and understanding that they were yet alive, did advise him to counsel them to make away themselves. So when morning was come, he goes to them in a surly manner as before, and perceiving them to be very sore with the stripes that he had given them the day before, he told them, that since they were never like to come out of that place, their only way would be forthwith to make an end of themselves, either with Knife, Halter, or Poison; For why, said he, should you chuse life, seeing it is attended with so much bitterness? But they desired him to let them go. With that he looked ugly upon them, and rushing to them had doubtless made an end of them himself, but that he fell into one of his Fits, (for he sometimes in Sun-shine weather fell into Fits) and lost for a time the use of his hand wherefore he withdrew, and left them as before, to consider what to do. Then did the Prisoners consult between themselves, whether twas best to take his counsel or no; and thus they began to discourse:
On Thursday, Giant Despair beats his prisoners
On Friday, Giant Despair counsels them to kill themselves
The Giant sometimes has fits
Brother, said
what shall we do? The life that we now live is miserable: for my part I know not whether is best, to live thus, or to die out of hand.
My soul chuseth strangling rather than life,
and the Grave is more easy for me than this Dungeon. Shall we be ruled by the Giant?
Christian crushed
Indeed our present condition is dreadful, and death would be far more welcome to me than thus for ever to abide; but yet let us consider, the Lord of the Country to which we are going hath said Thou shalt do no murder, no not to another mans person; much more than are we forbidden to take this counsel to kill ourselves. Besides, he that kills another can but commit murder upon his body; but for one to kill himself is to kill body and soul at once. And moreover, my Brother, thou talkest of ease in the Grave, but hast thou forgotten the Hell, whither for certain the murderers go? For no murderer hath eternal life,
And let us consider again, that all the Law is not in the hand of Giant
Others, so far as I can understand, have been taken by him as well as we, and yet have escaped out of his hand. Who knows but that God that made the world may cause that Giant
may die? or that at some time or other he may forget to lock us in? or but he may in short time have another of his Fits before us, and may lose the use of his limbs? and if ever that should come to pass again, for my part I am resolved to pluck up the heart of a man, and to try my utmost to get from under his hand. I was a fool that I did not try to do it before; but however, my Brother, lets be patient, and endure a while; the time may come that may give us a happy release; but let us not be our own murderers. With these words
at present did moderate the mind of his Brother; so they continued together (in the dark) that day, in their sad and doleful condition.
Hopeful comforts him
Well, towards evening the Giant goes down into the Dungeon again, to see if his prisoners had taken his counsel; but when he came there he found them alive, and truly, alive was all; for now, what for want of Bread and Water, and by reason of the Wounds they received when he beat them, they could do little but breathe: But, I say, he found them alive; at which he fell into a grievous rage, and told them that seeing they disobeyed his counsel, it should be worse with them than if they had never been born.
At this they trembled greatly, and I think that
fell into a Swoon; but coming a little to himself again, they renewed their discourse about the Giants counsel, and whether yet they had best to take it or no. Now
again seemed to be for doing it, but
made his second reply as followeth:
Christian still dejected
My Brother, said he, rememberest thou not how valiant thou hast been heretofore?
could not crush thee, nor could all that thou didst hear, or see, or feel in the Valley of the
Shadow of Death.
What hardship, terror, and amazement hast thou already gone through, and art thou now nothing but fear? Thou seest that I am in the Dungeon with thee, a far weaker man by nature than thou art; also this Giant has wounded me as well as thee, and hath also cut off the Bread and Water from my mouth; and with thee I mourn without the light. But lets exercise a little more patience, remember how thou playedst the man at
Vanity Fair,
and wast neither afraid of the Chain, nor Cage, nor yet of bloody Death: wherefore let us (at least to avoid the shame, that becomes not a Christian to be found in) bear up with patience as well as we can.
Hopeful comforts him again, by calling former things to remembrance
Now night being come again, and the Giant and his Wife being in bed, she asked him concerning the Prisoners, and if they had taken his counsel: To which he replied, They are sturdy Rogues, they chuse rather to bear all hardship, than to make away themselves. Then said she, Take them into the Castle-yard to-morrow, and shew them the Bones and Skulls of those that thou hast already dispatchd, and make them believe, eer a week comes to an end, thou also wilt tear them in pieces, as thou hast done their fellows before them.
So when the morning was come, the Giant goes to them again, and takes them into the Castle-yard and shews them as his Wife had bidden him. These, said he, were Pilgrims as you are, once, and they trespassed in my grounds, as you have done; and when I thought fit, I tore them in pieces, and so within ten days I will do you. Go get you down to your Den again; and with that he beat them all the way thither. They lay therefore all day on
in a lamentable case, as before. Now when night was come, and when Mrs Diffidence and her Husband the Giant were got to bed, they began to renew their discourse of their Prisoners; and withal the old Giant wondered, that he could neither by his blows nor counsel bring them to an end. And with that his Wife replied, I fear, said she, that they live in hope that some will come to relieve them, or that they have pick-locks about them, by the means of which they hope to escape. And sayest thou so, my dear? said the Giant, I will therefore search them in the morning.
On Saturday, the Giant threatened that shortly he would pull them in pieces
Well on
about midnight they began to
and continued in Prayer till almost break of day.
Now a little before it was day, good
as one half amazed, brake out in passionate speech:
What a fool,
quoth he,
am I, thus to lie in a stinking Dungeon, when l may as well walk at liberty.
I have a Key in my bosom called Promise, that will, I am persuaded, open any Lock in
Castle. Then said
Thats good news; good Brother pluck it out of thy bosom and try.
A key in Christians bosom, called Promise, opens any lock in Doubting Castle
pulled it out of his bosom, and began to try at the Dungeon door, whose bolt (as he turned the Key) gave back, and the door flew open with ease, and
both came out. Then he went to the outward door that leads into the Castle-yard, and with his Key opened that door also. After he went to the iron Gate, for that must be opened too, but that Lock went damnable hard, yet the Key did open it. Then they thrust open the Gate to make their escape with speed; but that Gate as it opened made such a creaking, that it waked Giant
who hastily rising to pursue his Prisoners, felt his limbs to fail, for his Fits took him again, so that he could by no means go after them. Then they went on, and came to the Kings High-way again, and so were safe, because they were out of his jurisdiction.
Now when they were gone over the Stile, they began to contrive with themselves what they should do at that Stile, to prevent those that should come after from falling into the hands of Giant
So they consented to erect there a Pillar, and to engrave upon the side thereof this sentence,
Over this Stile is the way to
Castle, which is kept by Giant
who despiseth
the King of the Coe
lestial Country, and seeks to destroy his holy Pilgrims.
Many therefore that followed after read what was written, and escaped the danger. This done, they sang as follows:
Out of the way we went, and then we found
What twas to tread upon forbidden ground;
And let them that come after have a care,
Lest heedlessness makes them, as we, to fare.
Lest they for trespassing his prisoners are,
Whose Castles
and whose names
A pillar erected by Christian and his fellow
They went then till they came to the
Delectable Mountains,
which Mountains belong to the Lord of that Hill of which we have spoken before; so they went up to the Mountains, to behold the Gardens and Orchards, the Vineyards and Fountains of water; where also they drank, and washed themselves, and did freely eat of the Vineyards. Now there were on the tops of these Mountains
feeding their flocks, and they stood by the High-way side. The Pilgrims therefore went to them, and leaning upon their staves (as is common with weary Pilgrims, when they stand to talk with any by the way) they asked,
Whose Delectable Mountains are these? And whose be the sheep that feed upon them?
Mountains Delectable they now ascend,
Where Shepherds be, which to them do commend
Alluring things, and things that Cautious are,
Pilgrims are steady kept by Faith and Fear.
The Delectable Mountains
They are refreshed in the mountains
Talk with the Shepherds
These mountains are
Immanuels Land,
and they are within sight of his City; and the sheep also are his, and he laid down his life for them.
Is this the way to the Clestial City?
You are just in your way.
How far is it thither?
Too far for any but those that shall get thither indeed.
Is the way safe or dangerous?
Safe for those for whom it is to be safe,
but transgressors shall fall therein.
Is there in this place any relief for Pilgrims that are weary and faint in the way?
The Lord of these Mountains hath given us a charge
not to be forgotten to entertain strangers;
therefore the good of the place is before you.
I saw also in my Dream, that when the Shepherds perceived that they were way-faring men, they also put questions to them (to which they made answer as in other places) as, Whence came you? and, How got you into the way? and, By what means have you so persevered therein? For but few of them that begin to come hither do shew their face on these Mountains. But when the Shepherds heard their answers, being pleased therewith, they looked very lovingly upon them, and said,
Welcome to the Delectable Mountains.
The Shepherds welcome them
The Shepherds, I say, whose names were
Knowledge, Experience, Watchful,
took them by the hand, and had them to their Tents, and made them partake of that which was ready at present. They said moreover, We would that ye should stay here a while, to be acquainted with us; and yet more to solace yourselves with the good of these Delectable Mountains. They then told them, that they were content to stay; and so they went to their rest that night, because it was very late.
The names of the Shepherds
Then I saw in my Dream, that in the morning the Shepherds called up
to walk with them upon the Mountains; so they went forth with them, and walked a while, having a pleasant prospect on every side. Then said the Shepherds one to another, Shall we shew these Pilgrims some wonders? So when they had concluded to do it, they had them first to the top of a Hill called
which was very steep on the furthest side, and bid them look down to the bottom. So
looked down, and saw at the bottom several men dashed all to pieces by a fall, that they had from the top. Then said
What meaneth this? The Shepherds answered, Have you not heard of them that were made to err, by hearkening to
as concerning the Faith of the Resurrection of the Body? They answered, Yes. Then said the Shepherds, 1 Those that you see lie dashed in pieces at the bottom of this Mountain are they; and they have continued to this day unburied (as you see) for an example to others to take heed how they clamber too high, or how they come too near the brink of this Mountain.
Then I saw that they had them to the top of another Mountain, and the name of that is
and bid them look afar off; which when they did, they perceived, as they thought, several men walking up and down among the Tombs that were there; and they perceived that the men were blind, because they stumbled sometimes upon the Tombs, and because they could not get out from among them. Then said
Christian, What means this?
Mount Caution
The Shepherds then answered, Did you not see a little below these Mountains a Stile, that led into a Meadow, on the left hand of this way? They answered, Yes. Then said the Shepherds, From that Stile there goes a path that leads directly to
Castle, which is kept by Giant
and these men (pointing to them among the Tombs) came once on Pilgrimage, as you do now, even till they came to that same Stile; and because the right way was rough in that place, they chose to go out of it into that Meadow, and there were taken by Giant
and cast into
Castle; where, after they had been awhile kept in the Dungeon, he at last did put out their eyes, and led them among those Tombs, where he has left them to wander to this very day, that the saying of the Wise Man might be fulfilled,
He that wandereth out of the way of understanding, shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
looked upon one another, with tears gushing out, but yet said nothing to the Shepherds.
Then I saw in my Dream, that the Shepherds had them to another place, in a bottom, where was a door in the side of a Hill, and they opened the door, and bid them look in. They looked in therefore, and saw that within it was very dark and smoky; they also thought that they heard there a rumbling noise as of Fire, and a cry of some tormented, and that they smelt the scent of Brimstone. Then said
Christian, What means this?
The Shepherds told them, This is a by-way to Hell, a way that Hypocrites go in at; namely, such as sell their Birth-right, with
such as sell their Master, as
such as blaspheme the Gospel, with
and that lie and dissemble, with
his Wife. Then said
to the Shepherds, I perceive that these had on them, even everyone, a shew of Pilgrimage, as we have now; had they not?
A by-way to hell
Yes, and held it a long time too.
How far might they go on in Pilgrimage in their day, since they notwithstanding were thus miserably cast away?
Some further, and some not so far as these Mountains.
Then said the Pilgrims one to another,
We had need to cry to the Strong for strength.
Ay, and you will have need to use it when you have it too.
By this time the Pilgrims had a desire to go forwards, and the Shepherds a desire they should; so they walked together towards the end of the Mountains. Then said the Shepherds one to another, Let us here shew to the Pilgrims the Gates of the Clestial City, if they have skill to look through our Perspective-Glass. The Pilgrims The Hill then lovingly accepted the motion; so they had them to Clear the top of a high Hill, called
and gave them their Glass to look.
The Shepherds perspective glass
The Hill Clear
Then they assayed to look, but the remembrance of that last thing that the Shepherds had shewed them, made their hands shake, by means of which impediment they could not look steadily through the Glass; yet they thought they saw something like the Gate, and also some of the Glory of the place.
The fruits of servile fear
Then they went away and sang this song,
Thus by the Shepherds Secrets are reveald:
Which from all other men are kept conceald
Come to the Shepherds then if you would see
Things deep, things hid, and that mysterious be.
When they were about to depart, one of the Shepherds gave them a
Note of the way.
Another of them bid them
beware of the Flatterer.
The third bid them
take heed that they sleep not on the Inchanted Ground.
And the fourth bid them
So I awoke from my Dream.
A twofold caution
And I slept, and Dreamed again, and saw the same two Pilgrims going down the Mountains along the Highway towards the City. Now a little below these Mountains, on the left hand lieth the Country of
from which Country there comes into the way in which the Pilgrims walked, a little crooked Lane. Here therefore they met with a very brisk Lad, that came out of that Country; and his name was
asked him
From what parts he came, and whither he was going?
The country Conceit, out of which came Ignorance
Sir, I was born in the Country that lieth off there a little on the left hand, and I am going to the Clestial City.
Christian and Ignorance have some talk
But how do you think to get in at the Gate, for you may find some difficulty there?
As other good people do, said he.
But what have you to shew at that Gate, that may cause that the Gate should be opened to you?
I know my Lords will, and I have been a good liver; I pay every man his own; I Pray, Fast, pay Tithes, and give Alms, and have left my Country for whither I am going.
The ground of Ignorances hope
But thou camest not in at the Wicket-Gate that is at the head of this way; thou camest in hither through that same crooked Lane, and therefore I fear, how-ever thou mayest think of thyself, when the reckoning day shall come, thou wilt have laid to thy charge that thou art a Thief and a Robber, instead of getting admittance into the City.
Gentlemen, ye be utter strangers to me, I know you not; be content to follow the Religion of your Country, and I will follow the Religion of mine. I hope all will be well. And as for the Gate that you talk of, all the world knows that that is a great way off of our Country. I cannot think that any man in all our parts doth so much as know the way to it, nor need they matter whether they do or no, since we have, as you see, a fine pleasant Green Lane, that comes down from our Country the next way into the way.
He saith to every one that he is a fool
saw that the man was wise in his own conceit, he said to
There is more hopes of a fool than of him.
And said moreover,
When he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
What, shall we talk further with him, or outgo him at present, and so leave him to think of what he bath heard already, and then stop again for him afterwards, and see if by degrees we can do any good of him? Then said
a little while now muse
On what is said, and let him not refuse
Good counsel to imbrace, lest he remain
Still ignorant of whats the chiefest gain.
God saith, Those that no understanding have,
(Although he made them) them he will not save.
How to carry it to a fool
He further added, It is not good, I think, to say all to him at once; let us pass him by, if you will, and talk to him anon,
even as he is able to bear it.
So they both went on, and
he came after. Now when they had passed him a little way, they entered into a very dark Lane, where they met a man whom seven Devils had bound with seven strong cords, and were carrying of him back to the Door that they saw on the side of the Hill. Now good
began to tremble, and so did
his Companion; yet as the Devils led away the man,
looked to see if he knew him, and he thought it might be one
that dwelt in the Town of
But he did not perfectly see his face, for he did hang his head like a Thief that is found. But being gone past,
looked after him, and espied on his back a paper with this inscription,
Wanton Professor and damnable Apostate.
Then said
to his fellow, Now I call to remembrance that which was told me of a thing that happened to a good man hereabout. The name of the man was
but a good man, and he dwelt in the Town of
The thing was this; At the entering in of this passage, there comes down from
Broad-way Gate,
a Lane called
Dead Mans Lane;
so called because of the Murders that are commonly done there; and this
going on Pilgrimage as we do now, chanced to sit down there and slept. Now there happened at that time, to come down the
Broad-way Gate,
three sturdy Rogues, and their names were
Faint-heart, Mistrust,
(three Brothers) and they espying
where he was, came galloping up with speed. Now the good man was just awaked from his sleep, and was getting up to go on his Journey. So they came up all to him, and with threatning language bid him stand. At this
looked as white as a Clout, and had neither power to fight nor fly. Then said
Deliver thy Purse. But he making no haste to do it (for he was loth to lose his Money)
ran up to him, and thrusting his hand into his Pocket, pulld out thence a bag of silver. Then he cried out, Thieves, Thieves. With that
with a great Club that was in his hand, struck
on the head, and with that blow felld him flat to the ground, where he lay bleeding as one that would bleed to death. All this while the Thieves stood by. But at last, they hearing that some were upon the road, and fearing lest it should be one
that dwells in the City of
they betook themselves to their heels) and left this good man to shift for himself. Now after a while
came to himself, and getting up made shift to scrabble on his way. This was the story.
The destruction of one Turn-away
Christian telleth his companion a story of Little-faith
Broad-way Gate
Dead Mans Lane
Little-faith robbed by Faint-heart, Mistrust, and Guilt
They got away his silver, and knocked him down
But did they take from him all that ever he had?
No; the place where his Jewels were they never ransacked, so those he kept still; but as I was told, the good man was much afflicted for his loss, for the Thieves got most of his spending Money. That which they got not (as I said) were Jewels, also he had a little odd Money left, but scarce enough to bring him to his Journeys end; nay, if I was not misinformed, he was forced to beg as he went, to keep himself alive, for his Jewels he might not sell. But beg, and do what he could, he went (as we say)
with many a hungry belly
the most part of the rest of the way.
Little-faith lost not his best things
Little-faith forced to beg to his journeys end
But is it not a wonder that they got from him his Certificate, by which he was to receive his admittance at the Clestial Gate?
Tis a wonder but they got not that, though they missed it not through any good cunning of his; for he being dismayed with their coming upon him, had neither power nor skill to hide anything; so twas more by good Providence than by his endeavour, that they missd of that good thing.
He kept not his best things by his own cunning (2 Tim. i. 14)
But it must needs be a comfort to him that they got not this Jewel from him.
It might have been great comfort to him, had he used it as he should; but they that told me the story said that he made but little use of it all the rest of the way, and that because of the dismay that he had in their taking away his Money; indeed he forgot it a great part of the rest of his Journey; and besides, when at any time it came into his mind, and he began to be comforted therewith, then would fresh thoughts of his loss come again upon him, and those thoughts would swallow up all.
Alas poor man! This could not but be a great grief to him.
He is pitied by both
Grief! ay, a grief indeed. Would it not have been so to any of us, had we been used as he, to be robbed, and wounded too, and that in a strange place, as he was? Tis a wonder he did not die with grief, poor heart! I was told that he scattered almost all the rest of the way with nothing but doleful and bitter complaints; telling also to all that over-took him, or that he over-took in the way as he went, where he was robbed, and how; who they were that did it, and what he lost; how he was wounded, and that he hardly escaped with his life.
But tis a wonder that his necessity did not put him upon
some of his Jewels, that he might have wherewith to relieve himself in his Journey.
Thou talkest like one upon whose head is the Shell to this very day; for what should he pawn them, or to whom should he sell them? In all that Country where he was robbed, his Jewels were not accounted of; nor did he want that relief which could from thence be administered to him. Besides, had his Jewels been missing at the Gate of the Clestial City, he had (and that he knew well enough) been excluded from an Inheritance there; and that would have been worse to him than the appearance and villany of ten thousand Thieves.
Christian snubbeth his fellow for unadvised speaking
Why art thou so tart my Brother?
sold his Birth-right, and that for a mess of Pottage, and that Birth-right was his greatest Jewel; and if he, why might not
do so too?
did sell his Birth-right indeed, and so do many besides, and by so doing exclude themselves from the chief blessing, as also that caitiff did; but you must put a difference betwixt
and also betwixt their Estates.
Birth-right was typical, but
Jewels were not so:
belly was his god, but
belly was not so:
want lay in his fleshly appetite,
did not so. Besides,
could see no further than to the fulfilling of his lusts:
For I am at the point to die,
said he,
and what good will this Birth-right do me?
though it was his lot to have but a
little faith,
was by his
little faith
kept from such extravagancies, and made to see and prize his Jewels more than to sell them, as Esau did his Birth-right. You read not anywhere that
no not so much as a
therefore no marvel if where the flesh only bears sway (as it will in that man where no faith is to resist) if he sells his Birth-right, and his Soul and all, and that to the Devil of Hell; for it is with such, as it is with the Ass,
who in her occasions cannot be turned away.
When their minds are set upon their lusts, they will have them whatever they cost. But
was of another temper, his mind was on things Divine; his livelihood was upon things that were Spiritual, and from above; therefore to what end should he that is of such a temper sell his Jewels (had there been any that would have bought them) to fill his mind with empty things? Will a man give a penny to fill his belly with Hay? or can you persuade the
to live upon Carrion like the
ones can, for carnal Lusts, pawn or mortgage, or sell what they have, and themselves outright to boot; yet they that have
faith, saving faith,
though but a little of it, cannot do so. Here therefore my Brother is thy mistake.
A discourse about Esau and Little-faith
Esau was ruled by his lusts
Esau never had faith
Little-faith could not live upon Esaus pottage
A comparison between the turtle-dove and the crow
I acknowledge it; but yet your severe reflection had almost made me angry.
Why, I did but compare thee to some of the Birds that are of the brisker sort, who will run to and fro in trodden paths, with the Shell upon their heads; but pass by that, and consider the matter under debate, and all shall be well betwixt thee and me.
these three fellows, I am persuaded in my heart, are but a company of Cowards; would they have run else, think you, as they did, at the noise of one that was coming on the road? Why did not
pluck up a greater heart? He might, methinks, have stood one brush with them, and have yielded when there had been no remedy.
Hopeful swaggers
That they are Cowards, many have said, but few have found it so in the time of Trial. As for a great heart,
had none; and I perceive by thee, my Brother, hadst thou been the man concerned, thou art but for a brush, and then to yield. And verily since this is the height thy stomach, they are at a distance from us, should they appear to thee as they did to him, they might put thee to second thoughts.
No great heart for God, where there is but little faith
We have more courage when out, than when in the conflict
But consider again, they are but journeymen Thieves; they serve under the King of the bottomless Pit, who, if need be, will come in to their aid himself, and his voice is:
as the roaring of a Lion.
I myself have been engaged as this
was, and I found it a terrible thing. These three Villains set upon me, and I beginning like a Christian to resist, they gave but a call, and in came their Master: I would, as the saying is, have given my life for a penny; but that, as God would have it, I was cloathed with Armor of proof. Ay, and yet though I was so harnessed, I found it hard work to quit myself like a man: no man can tell what in that Combat attends us, but he that hath been in the Battle himself.
Christian tells his own experience in this case
Well, but they ran, you see, when they did but suppose that one
was in the way.
True, they have often fled, both they and their Master, when
hath but appeared; and no marvel, for he is the
Kings Champion.
But I tro you will put some difference between
and the
Kings Champion.
All the Kings Subjects are not his Champions, nor can they when tried do such feats of War as he. Is it meet to think that a little child should handle
did? Or that there should be the strength of an
in a
Some are strong, some are weak; some have great faith, some have little: this man was one of the weak, and therefore he went to the wall.
The Kings champion
I would it had been
for their sakes.
If it had been he, he might have had his hands full; for I must tell you, that though
is excellent good at his Weapons, and has, and can, so long as he keeps them at Swords point, do well enough with them; yet if they get within him, even
Faint-heart, Mistrust,
or the other, it shall go hard but they will throw up his heels. And when a man is down, you know, what can he do?
Whoso looks well upon
face, shall see those scars and cuts there, that shall easily give demonstration of what I say. Yea, once I heard he should say, (and that when he was in the Combat)
We despaired even of life.
How did these sturdy Rogues and their fellows make
groan, mourn, and roar? Yet,
too, though Champions in their day, were forced to bestir them when by these assaulted; and yet notwithstanding they had their Coats soundly brushed by them.
upon a time would go try what he could do; but though some do say of him that he is the Prince of the Apostles, they handled him so, that they made him at last afraid of a sorry Girl.
Besides their King is at their whistle. He is never out of hearing; and if at any time they be put to the worst, he if possible comes in to help them; and of him it is said,
The Sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold, the Spear, the Dart, nor the Habergeon: he esteemeth Iron as Straw, and Brass as rotten Wood. The Arrow cannot made him fly; Sling-stones are turned with him into Stubble, Darts are counted as Stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a Spear.
What can a man do in this case? Tis true, if a man could at every turn have
Horse, and had skill and courage to ride him, he might do notable things;
for his Neck is cloathed with Thunder, he will not he afraid as the Grasshopper, the glory of his Nostrils is terrible, he paweth in the Valley, rejoiceth in his strength, and goeth out to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, neither turneth back from the Sword. The Quiver rattleth against him, the glittering Spear, and the Shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, neither believeth he that it is the sound of the Trumpet. He saith among the Trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the Battle afar off, the thundering of the Captains, and the Shoutings.
Leviathans sturdiness
The excellent mettle that is in Jobs horse
But for such footmen as thee and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy, nor vaunt as if we could do better, when we hear of others that they have been foiled, nor be tickled at the thoughts of our own manhood; for such commonly come by the worst when tried. Witness
of whom I made mention before. He would swagger, ay he would; he would, as his vain mind prompted him to say, do better, and stand more for his Master than all men; hut who so foiled and run down by these Villains as he?
When therefore we hear that such Robberies are done on the Kings High-way, two things become us to do. First, To go out harnessed and to he sure to take a Shield with us; for it was for want of that, that he that laid so lustily at
could not make him yield; for indeed if that be wanting he fears us not at all. Therefore he that had skill bath said,
Above all take the Shield of Faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Tis good also that we desire of the King a Convoy, yea that he will go with us himself. This made
rejoice when in the Valley of the
Shadow of Death:
was rather for dying where he stood, than to go one step without his God. O my Brother, if he will but go along with us, what need we be afraid of ten thousands that shall set themselves against us? But without him,
the proud helpers fall under the slain.
It is good to have a convoy
I for my part have been in the fray before now, and though (through the goodness of him that is best) I am, as you see, alive; yet I cannot boast of my manhood. Glad shall I be, if I meet with no more such brunts, though I fear we are not got beyond all danger. However, since the Lion and the Bear have not as yet devoured me, I hope God will also deliver us from the next uncircumcised
Then sang
Hast been among the Thieves?
Wast robbd? Remember this: Whoso believes
And gets more Faith, shall then a victor be
Over ten thousand, else scarce over three.
So they went on, and
followed. They went then till they came at a place where they saw a way put itself into their way, and seemed withal to lie as straight as the way which they should go: and here they knew not which of the two to take, for both seemed straight before them; therefore here they stood still to consider. And as they were thinking about the way, behold a man black of flesh, but covered with a very light Robe, came to them, and asked them why they stood there? They answered they were going to the Clestial City, but knew not which of these ways to take. Follow me, said the man, it is thither that I am going. So they followed him in the way that but now came into the road, which by degrees turned, and turned them so from the City that they desired to go to, that in little time their faces were turned away from it: yet they followed him. But by-and-by, before they were aware, he led them both within the compass of a Net, in which they were both so intangled, that they knew not what to do; and with that
the white Robe fell off the black mans back:
then they saw where they were. Wherefore there they lay crying some time, for they could not get themselves out.
A way, and a way
The flatterer finds them
Christian and his fellow deluded
They are taken in a net
Then said
to his fellow, Now do I see myself in an error. Did not the Shepherds bid us beware of the flatterers? As is the saying of the Wise man, so we have found it this day,
A man that flattereth his Neighbour, spreadeth a Net for his feet.
They bewail their condition
They also gave us a Note of directions about the way, for our more sure finding thereof; but therein we have also forgotten to read, and have not kept ourselves from the paths of the destroyer. Here
was wiser than we; for saith he,
Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
Thus they lay bewailing themselves in the Net. At last they espied a Shining One coming towards them with a Whip of small cord in his hand. When he was come to the place where they were, he asked them whence they came? and what they did there? They told him that they were poor Pilgrims going to
but were led out of their way by a black man, cloathed in white, who bid us, said they, follow him, for he was going thither too. Then said he with the Whip, It is
a false Apostle, that hath transformed himself into an Angel of Light. So he rent the Net, and let the men out. Then said he to them, Follow me, that I may set you in your way again: so he led them back to the way which they had left to follow the
Then he asked them, saying, Where did you lie the last night? They said, With the Shepherds upon the Delectable Mountains. He asked them then, If they had not of those Shepherds
a Note of direction for the way?
They answered, Yes. But did you, said he, when you were at a stand pluck out and read your Note? They answered, No. He asked them, Why? They said they forgot. He asked moreover, If the Shepherds did not bid them beware of the
They answered, Yes; but we did not imagine, said they,
that this fine-spoken man had been he.
A Shining One comes to them with a whip in his hand
They are examined, and convicted of forgetfulness
Deceivers fine spoken
Then I saw in my Dream, that he commanded them to
lie down;
which when they did, he chastised them sore, to teach them the good way wherein they should walk; and as he chastised them he said,
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore, and repent.
This done, he bid them go on their way, and take good heed to the other directions of the Shepherds. So they thanked him for all his kindness, and went softly along the right way, singing,
Come hither, you that walk along the way,
See how the Pilgrims fare that go astray;
They catched are in an intangling Net,
Cause they good Counsel lightly did forget;
Tis true they rescud were, but yet you see
Theyre scourgd to boot: Let this your caution he.
They are whipped and sent on their way
Now after a while, they perceived afar off one coming softly and alone all along the High-way to meet them. Then said
to his fellow, Yonder is a man with his back toward
and he is coming to meet us.
I see him, let us take heed to ourselves now, lest he should prove a
also. So he drew nearer and nearer, and at last came up unto them. His name was
and he asked them whither they were going.
The Atheist meets them
We are going to the Mount
fell into a very great Laughter.
He laughs at them
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