The City of Fire by Grace Livingston Hill
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through humility can he make good."
"But he is letting all his opportunities go by." "I'm not so sure. You can't tell what he may be doing out in the world where he is gone." "But they say he is very wild." "They were always saying things about him when he was here, and most of them were not true. You and I knew him, Mary. Was there ever a finer young soul on earth than he with his clear true eyes, his eager tender heart, his brave fearlessness and strength. I can not think he has sold his soul to sin--not yet. It may be. It may be that only in the Far Country will he realize it is God he wants and be ready to say, 'I have sinned' and 'I will arise.'" "But Graham, I should think that just because you believe in him you could talk to him." "No, Mary. I can't probe into the depths of that sensitive soul and dig out his confidence. He would never give it that way. It is a matter between himself and God." "But Lynn--" "Lynn has God too, my dear. We must not forget that. Life is not all for this world, either. Thank God Lynn believes that!" The mother sighed with troubled eyes, and rose. The purring of the |
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