The Pilgrim's Progress Revisited (Part 5)

'Christian Losing His Burden at the Cross'

This is the fifth in a series of excerpts from the 17th-century Christian allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress and a subsequent series of stereograph paintings inspired by the book. Read parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 to follow along with the story.

“Christian Losing His Burden at the Cross,” circa 1877 (Library of Congress)

Now I saw in my dream, that the highway up whi…