John Bunyon, in his powerful...
John Bunyon, in his powerful allegory, Pilgrim's Progress, connects spiritual peace with a vision of the cross. "Just as Christian came up with the cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulder and fell from his back ... then was Christian glad and lithesome and said with a merry heart, 'he has given me rest by his sorrow, and life by his death.' Weeping for sheer gladness and with a deep peace in his heart, he gave three leaps for joy, and went in singing, 'Blest Cross! Blest Sepulchre! Blest rather be the man there was put to shame for me!' " -- Keller