p. 267 | JOHN BUNYAN

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 7, 1868

JOHN BUNYAN.

It being well known to some of his persecutors in London that Bunyan was often out of prison, they sent an officer to talk with the jailer on the subject; and, in order to find him out, he was to get there in the middle of the night. Bunyan was at home with his family, but so restless that he could not sleep; he therefore acquainted his wife that, though the jailer had given him liberty to stay till morning, yet, from his uneasiness, he must immediately return. He did so, and the jailer blamed him for coming at so unseasonable an hour.

Early in the morning the messenger came, and, interrogating the jailer, said, “Are all the prisoners safe?” “Yes.” “Is John Bunyan safe?” “Yes.” “Let me see him.” He was called, and appeared, and all was well. After the messenger was gone, the jailer, addressing Bunyan, said, “Well you may go out again just when you think proper, for you know when to return better than I can tell you.”