The Seaboard Parish, Complete
George MacDonald's comprehensive work on fundamental Christian theology and spiritual discipline.
45 Chapters
Table of Contents
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CHAPTER I: Dear Friends,--I am beginning a new book like an old sermon; but, as
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CHAPTER II: Was it from observation of nature in its association with human nature,
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CHAPTER III: In the course of a month there was a good deal more of light in the
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CHAPTER IV: When I went in to see Constance the next Sunday morning before going to
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CHAPTER V: I think I will tell the dream I had. I cannot well account for the
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CHAPTER VI: I will not attempt to describe the astonishment of the members of our
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CHAPTER VII: During all this time Connie made no very perceptible progress--in the
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CHAPTER VIII: Try not to get weary, respected reader, of so much of what I am afraid
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CHAPTER IX: More especially now in my old age, I find myself "to a lingering motion
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CHAPTER X: It was, then, in the beginning of April that I received one morning an
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CHAPTER XI: Mr. Turner, being a good mechanic as well as surgeon, proceeded to
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CHAPTER XII: For more than two months Charlie and Harry had been preparing for the
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CHAPTER XIII: We carried Connie in first of all, of course, and into the room which
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CHAPTER XIV: Our dining-room was one story below the level at which we had entered
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CHAPTER XV: The awe that dwells in churches fell upon me as I crossed the
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CHAPTER XVI: As I walked home, the rush of the rising tide was in my ears. To my
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CHAPTER XVII: In the hope that some of the shipwrecked mariners might be present in
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CHAPTER I: In the evening we met in Connie's room, as usual, to have our talk. And
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CHAPTER II: The next morning the captain of the lost vessel called upon me early to
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CHAPTER III: The next day I set out after breakfast to inquire about a blacksmith.
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CHAPTER IV: The next day rose glorious. Indeed, early as the sun rose, I saw him
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CHAPTER V: When I reached home I found that Connie was already on her watch-tower.
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CHAPTER VI: When Wynnie appeared at dinner she looked ashamed of herself, and her
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CHAPTER VII: Leaving the younger members of the family at home with the servants, we
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CHAPTER VIII: "Now, my dear! now, Wynnie!" I said, after prayers the next morning,
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CHAPTER IX: I was glad to be able to arrange with a young clergyman who was on a
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CHAPTER X: The place Turner had chosen suited us all so well, that after attending
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CHAPTER XI: How bright the yellow shores of Kilkhaven looked after the dark sands
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CHAPTER XII: The next morning Harry came with the clothes. But Joe did not go to
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CHAPTER XIII: It was some time before we got the bells to work to our mind, but at
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CHAPTER I: The autumn was creeping up on the earth, with winter holding by its
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CHAPTER II: The next day was very lovely. I think it is the last of the kind of
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CHAPTER III: The next morning rose neither "cherchef't in a comely cloud" nor
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CHAPTER IV: We had a week of hazy weather after this. I spent it chiefly in my
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CHAPTER V: We went on talking for some time. Indeed we talked so long that the
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CHAPTER VI: The weather cleared up again the next day, and for a fortnight it was
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CHAPTER VII: I woke in the middle of the night and the darkness to hear the wind
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CHAPTER VIII: Things that happen altogether have to be told one after the other.
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chapter in: Percivale's account of the matter, as far as he was concerned, was,
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CHAPTER IX: It was a lovely morning when I woke once more. The sun was flashing
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chapter of: proceeded to tell the story in the words God gave me; for who can dare
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CHAPTER XI: In a day or two Connie was permitted to rise and take to her couch once
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CHAPTER XII: I will not linger over our preparations or our leave-takings. The most
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CHAPTER XIII: I will not detain my readers with the record of the few days we spent
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chapter of: "Now faith is the essence of hopes, the trying of things unseen."