n witnesses more and more hideous and unholy sights and sounds. The forest becomes a nightmare to the young man and he still proceeds on. He sees his honorable minister and the good deacon traveling along the path speaking of a meeting in the forest. Brown doesn't understand knowing that a meeting was never held out there. He proceeds on and finally comes to this wretched place. The horrid sounds fill his ears and boggle his mind. The congregation of his beloved church is there before the altar of a flaming rock surrounded by flame engulfed trees. But one person is missing, Faith. A figure escorts a fair damsel to the altar. The devil makes a speech and tells the assembly that evil is the nature of mankind and the only thing that has importance. The young man is summoned to the altar and we see that the lady was Faith. They are the two whom have not gone to the dark side. His last words before Faith is baptized into darkness are "look up to heaven, and resist the wicked one." But if Faith heard his cry or not he does not know because after uttering those words he finds himself in the calm woods. He staggers back to town and is disgusted at his community. He shuns his congregation and even his own wife makes him shudder. He lost his faith and doesn't have any belief in righteousness anymore. He dies a lonely and gloomy man. The Minister's Black Veil involves a minister by the name of Mr. Hooper. He had one peculiarity about him. He wore a black veil over his face. Covering his whole face from his forehead down excluding the eyes. His congregation didn't approve of this too much. They built in their minds a reason for this veil because Mr. Hooper never explained why till his deathbed. Even his love couldn't persuade him to show his face to her. He tried to explain to her it was merely a mortal veil and that it wasn't for eternity but she was too frightened by it and left him nonetheless. He was too ashamed and vowed to never remove it. Mr...
