Glimpses of My Life
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 clouds 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 seem hard in Heaven To have followed the steps of your Guide." I cast one look at the fields, Then set my face to the town; He said, "My child, do you yield? Will you leave the flowers for the crown?" Then into His ha...
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