Tag Archives: George MacDonald

Evil

“Annihilation itself is no death to evil.  Only good where evil was, is evil dead.  An evil thing must live with its evil until it chooses to be good.  That alone is the slaying of evil.”  Lilith, p. 153, by … Continue reading

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The Third Temptation of Christ

We shall now look at the third temptation. The first was to help himself in his need; the second, perhaps, to assert the Father; the third to deliver his brethren. To deliver them, that is, after the fashion of men—from … Continue reading

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The Child in the Midst

_And he came to Capernaum: and, being in the house, he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves who should … Continue reading

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The Consuming Fire (14)

THE CONSUMING FIRE _Our God is a consuming fire_.–HEBREWS xii. 29 Nothing is inexorable but love. Love which will yield to prayer is imperfect and poor. Nor is it then the love that yields, but its alloy. For if at … Continue reading

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Wandering Willie*

“The cows must look after themselves for I have work to do,” said Ranald as he ran to search for wandering Willie, the loon Wild Willie had taken Davie without even asking to, along with his highland bagpipes upon which … Continue reading

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