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Thomas Wingfold, Curate

by George MACDONALD (1824 - 1905)

29 - The Sick Chamber

Republished in modern times as "The Curate's Awakening". A young man (Thomas Wingfold) "enters the church" through no real faith and only for want of something to do. After an encounter with a brash young atheist, he is thrown into an emotional, spiritual, and vocational crisis. Through his own doubts and through developing clarity gained from the counsel of a singular friend, he begins a slow journey toward faith, or - as he would put it - "a lovely hope." (Summary by John Schuurman & TriciaG)Note that there are two versions of chapter 67. Enjoy one or both of the renderings.

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Listen next episodes of Thomas Wingfold, Curate:
30 - The Curate's Progress , 31 - The Curate Makes a Discovery , 32 - Hopes , 33 - The Ride , 34 - Rachel and Her Uncle , 35 - A Dream , 36 - Another Sermon , 37 - Nursing , 38 - Glaston and the Curate , 39 - The Linen-Draper , 40 - Rachel , 41 - The Butterfly , 42 - The Commonplace , 43 - Home Again , 44 - The Sheath , 45 - Invitation , 46 - A Sermon to Helen , 47 - A Sermon to Himself , 48 - Criticism , 49 - A Vanishing Glimmer , 50 - Let Us Pray! , 51 - Two Letters , 52 - Advice in the Dark , 53 - Intercession , 54 - Helen Alone , 55 - A Haunted Soul , 56 - Compelled Confidence , 57 - Willing Confidence , 58 - The Curate's Counsel , 59 - Sleep , 60 - Divine Service , 61 - A Shop in Heaven , 62 - Polwarth and Lingard , 63 - The Strong Man , 64 - George and Leopold , 65 - Wingfold and Helen , 66 - A Review , 67 - A Sermon to Leopold , 67alt - A Sermon to Leopold (alternate reading) , 68 - After the Sermon , 69 - Bascombe and the Magistrate , 70 - The Confession , 71 - The Mask , 72 - Further Decision , 73 - The Curate and the Doctor , 74 - Helen and the Curate , 75 - An Examination , 76 - Immortality , 77 - Passages from the Autobiography of the Wandering Jew , 78 - The Wandering Jew , 79 - The Wandering Jew , 80 - Remarks , 81 - Struggles , 82 - The Lawn , 83 - How Jesus Spoke to Women , 84 - Deliverance , 85 - The Meadow , 86 - Rachel and Leopold , 87 - The Blood-Hound , 88 - The Blood-Hound Traversed , 89 - The Bedside , 90 - The Garden , 91 - The Departure , 92 - The Sunset , 93 - An Honest Spy , 94 - What Helen Heard , 95 - What Helen Heard More , 96 - The Curate's Resolve , 97 - Helen Awake , 98 - Thou Didst Not Leave