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The Witness

Grace Livingston Hill

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Paul Cortland seems to have it all as a popular, successful athlete and college student. Tragedy leads him to find peace through the faith of a classmate. Paul must overcome temptations of his own emotions and troublesome friends to grow in his faith. He struggles to make his mark in a positive way to those he meets.
standards of a small country place, and knew not city prices, and therefore little suspected how very much he had done to smooth her way. He told her of the preacher he had secured that afternoon by telephone—a plain, kindly man who had been recommended by the undertaker. She thanked him again, apathetically, as if she had not the heart to feel anything keenly, but was grateful to him as could be.

"Have you had anything to eat to-day?" he asked, suddenly.

She shook her head. "I could not eat! It would choke me!"

"But you must eat, you know," he said, gently, as if she were a little child. "You cannot bear all this. You will break down."

"Oh, what does that matter now?" she asked, pitifully, with her hand fluttering to her heart again and a wave of anguish passing over her white face.

"But we must live, mustn't we, until we are called to come away?"

He asked the question shyly. He did not understand where the thought or words came from. He was not conscious of evolving them from his own mind.

She looked at him in sad acquiescence. "I know," she said, like a submissive child; "and I'll try, pretty soon. But I can't just yet. It would choke me!"

Even while they were talking a door in the front of the hall opened, and an untidy person with unkempt hair appeared, asking the girl to come into her room and have a bite. When she shook her head the woman said:

"Well, then, child, go out a few minutes and get something. You'll not last the night through at this rate! Go, and I'll stay here until you come back."

Courtland persuaded her at last to come with him down to a little restaurant around the corner and have a cup of tea—just a cup of tea—and with a weary look, as if she thought it was the quickest way to get rid of their kindness, she yielded. He thought he never wo

Sarah 05/17/2024
This is a very different GLH story. There are obvious parallels with Paul and Stephen of the Bible, the romance that gets the most page time is a bad girl trying to seduce the good guy. Yet, I found to this book encouraging. This book is about a man who, imperfectly, walks with God after witnessing
Angie 04/19/2018
I liked the strong faith element in this and the emphasis on the Holy Spirit's presence and leading. Didn't particularly like the fact that the romantic element was so focused on the wrong romance with so little attention given to the right one. The rose-colored glasses that everyone seemed to view
Bre 02/24/2016
Although we all know old Gracey tends to be a bit of an exaggerator, syrupy sweet characters, terrible villains, I found this book to be a tad more on the mark. I found Jena to be exactly like several women I have met and the struggles that Paul faced made him very real to life and likeable.
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Liz 09/07/2012
Beautiful story. Beautiful picture of motherhood. The main character is a type of Paul from the new testament. There is a parallel throughout the story between the main character's and Paul's lives. One of my favorite things about this books is the mother that Paul comes to know and love.

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