I said Let me walk in the field
God said Nay walk in the town
I said There are no flowers there
He said No flowers but a crown… See More
I said But the sky is black
There is nothing but noise and din
But He wept as He sent me back
There is more He said There is sin
I said But the air is thick
And fogs are veiling the sun
He answered Yet souls are sick
And souls in the dark undone
I said I shall miss the light
And friends will miss me they say
He answered me Choose tonight
If I am to miss you or they
I pleaded for time to be given
He said Is it hard to decide?
It will not seem hard in heaven
To have followed the steps of your Guide
I cast one look at the fields
Then set my face to the town
He said My child do you yield?
Will you leave the flowers for the crown?
Then into His hand went mine
And into my heart came He
And I walk in a light divine
The path I had feared to see
George McDonald
