The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

March 29

"Father, let this cup pass." He prayed—was heard.

What cup was it that passed away from him?

Sure not the death-cup, now filled to the brim!

There was no quailing in the awful word;

He still was king of kings, of lords the lord:—

He feared lest, in the suffering waste and grim,

His faith might grow too faint and sickly dim.