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By Way of the Wilderness

Wayne Pierson can’t remember a time when his life was easy. Enemies in the form of a stepmother and stepbrother have come between Wayne and his father, and now he is without a home. His one ally is his Aunt Crete, but even she can't be told everything. Wayne can never forgive the people who made his life a misery. But with his heart so full of bitterness, can there ever be room in his heart for Christ - or for real, pure love?

Some people, it seems, must go through life "by way of the wilderness" - through the really difficult paths, until they learn their own inadequacy and the pride is subdued, so that they can finally embrace the God they so need. - Summary by TriciaG

NOTE: The emotional abuse portrayed in the first few chapters of this story may be disturbing to regular listeners of Pansy. (9 hr 47 min)

Chapters

Revelations

22:16

He Meant to Be Good

19:19

"If Only --"

19:57

A Crisis

21:41

Apologies

19:32

Enid

20:14

A Fateful Letter

21:58

The "Upper Deestrict"

19:55

"I might be a Fool"

18:47

"Wayne Lorimer Pierson"

18:08

"Bethune Breckinridge Armitage"

19:56

The Way Out

22:51

Progress, and Problems

21:00

"Sarah"

21:08

"Do you really mean it?"

22:43

A Counterfeiter's State of Mind

21:48

Educating a Conscience

20:04

Conscience Salve

21:22

"Who is Sarah Jane?"

22:31

The Demands of Decency

23:24

Whither?

19:50

A Land Not Inhabited

20:37

"I will fear no Evil"

21:13

A Weary Way

21:33

"All that is left of him"

22:10

By the Way of Peace

19:52

"The Lord thy God hath led thee"

20:20

"By a way that they know not"

23:47