George MacDonald Quotes
No, there is no escape. There is no heaven with a little of hell in it--no plan to retain this or that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets. Out Satan must go, every hair and feather!
MacDonald, George. Unspoken Sermons. Second Series, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885.
If American fighting men were not killed in the war, they returned to the United States at Hoboken, New Jersey where the troop ships debarked. If the solder didn’t return through Hoboken the assumption was his destination was one of the other two alternatives. It is believed that Cook did not originate the phrase which had circulated in the oral military scuttlebutt of the day. He was the first to write it.
Hamilton had studied with Martin Luther at Wittenberg and returned to Scotland where he converted many from the Catholic Church. He was offered a chance to recant and spare his life but he refused. He became the first Protestant Martyr in Scotland and his death brought many new converts.
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works of Christian theology, including several collections of sermons.
