The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

September 30

The enemy still hath many things in me;

Yea, many an evil nest with open hole

Gapes out to him, at which he enters free.

But, like the impact of a burning coal,

His presence mere straight rouses the garrison,

And all are up in arms, and down on knee,

Fighting and praying till the foe is gone.