What Christ Said by George Macdonald

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 29, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 50.

What Christ Said

By George Macdonald

I SAID, “Let me walk in the fields.” He said, “No; walk in the town.” I said, “There are no flowers there.” He said, “No flowers, but a crown!” I said, “But the skies are black; There is nothing but noise and din.” And He wept as He sent me back— “There is more,” He said; “there is sin.” I said, “But the air is thick, And fogs are veiling the sun.” He answered, “Yet souls are sick, And souls in the dark undone!” I said, “I shall miss the light, And friends will miss me, they say.” He answered, “Choose to-night, If I am to miss you, or they.” I pleaded for time to be given. He said, “Is it hard to decide? It will not seem hard in heaven To have followed the steps of your Guide!”

— George Macdonald.