Salted with Fire
1897
Salted with Fire, published in 1897 by George MacDonald, is a Christian fiction novel that explores the lives of a humble shoemaker, John MacLear, and his daughter, Maggie. The story delves into themes of faith, love, and the tension between human desires and spiritual truths, particularly in relation to authority figures within the church. Through their conversations and Maggie's journey in the Scottish landscape, the novel highlights the complexities of personal integrity and societal expectations.
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“He could not pray without words, and not a word would come!””
— George MacDonald
“It is strange, but so it is, that many a man never sees himself until he becomes aware of the eyes of other men fixed upon him; they seeing him, and he knowing that they see him, then first, even to himself, will he confess what he may have long all but known.””
— George MacDonald
“And now, in love with himself, and so shut out from the salvation of love to another, he was specially in danger of falling in love with any woman’s admiration.””
— George MacDonald
“The praise of men, and the love of that praise, had now restored him to his own good graces.””
— George MacDonald
“out of evil He has brought good””
— George MacDonald
“Not that,” he once said to Maggie””
— George MacDonald
