Excerpt from Staff and Scrip, or Help for the Pilgrim on the Journey of Life: Furnished by the Contemplation of Divine Truth, Exhibited in the World's History, and in Figures, Allegories, and Similitudes Scrip and Staff for the Journey of Life. The two words in the title, with small allowance for metaphor, will give the scope and contents of this book. The scrip is for the pilgrim to carry provisions for the way, and the staff is to help his weary feet up steep hills and over hard places. The scrip is well stored with kind words from the good and with grave counsels from the wise. The staff is strong to support the heavy laden, and it is better than shield and spear in time of danger. Whenever the wayfarer opens the scrip, he will find in it good bread to satisfy hunger and great truths to strengthen mind and heart. Whenever the pilgrim leans on the staff, he can trust to its strength without fear that it will prove a broken reed, piercing the hand. The scrip is not woven and lettered with threads of gold, nor is the carving of the staff in the highest style of art. Both are intended for plain people who work their passage through the world and pay their fare as they go. Both scrip and staff will do good service all the journey through, and the pilgrim will like both the better when he gets near his home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.