What He Said by George MacDonald

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 23, 1913

What He Said

By George MacDonald

(A suggestion for city workers)

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 tonight 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 be hard in heaven To have followed the steps of your Guide."

Then into his hand went mine, And into my heart came he; And I walk in a light divine The path I had feared to see. —George MacDonald.