The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

October 8

Lord, in my silver is much metal base,

Else should my being by this time have shown

Thee thy own self therein. Therefore do I

Wake in the furnace. I know thou sittest by,

Refining—look, keep looking in to try

Thy silver; master, look and see thy face,

Else here I lie for ever, blank as any stone.