As Mr Great-heart guides his companions into the Valley of Humiliation, he bids them listen to the song of a shepherd boy.
In the second part of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, a little band of believers enters into the Valley of Humiliation. As they make their way down into the valley, Mr Great-heart calls a halt and bids the others listen to the song of a shepherd boy, tending his father’s sheep on the hillside.
Mr Valiant-for-Truth reflects on what is needed for a Christian on the way to his reward.
In the second part of John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, Mr Valiant-for-Truth has been explaining why he has not turned aside on his pilgrimage as Mr Fearing and Mr Despondency had. He sums up with some lines of verse which have become one of the best-loved of all hymns in English.