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THE

INDIAN

PILGRIM;

OR, THE

PROGRESS OF THE PILGRIM NAZAREENEE,

(FORMERLY CALLED GOONAH PURIST, OR THE SLAVE OF SIN),

FROM THE CITY OF THE WRATH OF GOD TO
THE CITY OF MOUNT ZION.

DELIVERED UNDER THE SIMILITUDE OF A DREAM.

"In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed, then God openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction."-Job xxxiii. 15, 16.

THE

INDIAN PILGRIM.

CHAPTER I.

Showing how the Sinner sought Salvation from the Hindoo gods, but found it not.

'Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing; their molten images are wind and confusion. They have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save."-Isaiah xli. 29; xlv. 20.

As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I came to a place where the thick-leaved branches of the pepul-tree afforded a refreshing shade; there, having spread my cloak upon the ground, I laid me down to rest and was soon hushed to sleep by the rustling sound of the breeze among the branches of the tree. And in my sleep I had a dream, the which, when I awoke, I hastened to write in a book.

Behold, I saw before me, in my dream, a great city standing in a valley; and this city spread itself out exceedingly, to the east and to the west, to the north and to the south, even unto the utmost bounds of the habitable globe.

Above this mighty city, in the heavens, were dark clouds, charged with sulphur and electric fire, ever ready to burst over it; while beneath it was the pit of hell; and behold, from time to time, loud thunders rolled and vivid lightnings flashed on every side. Moreover, the earth quaked and trembled; and sometimes flames broke forth from beneath, licking up such of the inhabitants as were exposed to them. I saw, too, that the city was

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