The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

April 21

To trust is gain and growth, not mere sown seed!

Faith heaves the world round to the heavenly dawn,

In whose great light the soul doth spell and read

Itself high-born, its being derived and drawn

From the eternal self-existent fire;

Then, mazed with joy of its own heavenly breed,

Exultant-humble falls before its awful sire.