Sir Gibbie

George MacDonald's Sir Gibbie (1879) tells the story of Gibbie Galbraith, a mute orphaned boy, whose instinctive innocence, generosity, and love for others reveal a child already doing the will of God before he knows the God whose will he does. After the tragic death of his father, Gibbie wanders into the Scottish countryside, where he encounters cruelty, but also kindness, especially in motherly Janet. Through her example and under her tender instruction in Scripture, Gibbie comes to recognize Jesus as the source of the goodness he has always loved. Unconscious obedience blossoms into conscious faith. Contrasting poverty and privilege, cruelty and kindness, MacDonald's beloved novel is a meditation on goodness, discipleship, and true nobility: the making of a "sir" not by rank or fortune, but by likeness to Jesus.Sir Gibbie, published in three parts, is one of George MacDonald's best fictional expressions of the theology in his foundational Unspoken Sermons. These new pocket study editions from Walking Together Press contain lined note pages in the back for capturing theological nuggets.