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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 6, 1868

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 32, No. 15.

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GRATITUDE

By A. F. Stansell

This morning is surpassingly beautiful, and as I look out upon the clear blue sky and bright sunshine, and feel the balmy breeze that gently moves the verdure without, all nature seems alive with beauty. My first thoughts upon this lovely sight were, if there are yet scenes upon this sin-cursed earth that so fill our hearts with gladness and gratitude, while our souls drink in the lovely inspiration, “Oh! what must it be to be there!” Oh! what shall then be the measure of God’s love if he so blesses us now? Oh! what has our Father prepared for those who love him and keep his commandments? Mortals cannot comprehend, neither could they endure, in this present state, that which God has in store for his glorified ones. I cannot sufficiently express what I feel this morning of gratitude in my heart for my dear Saviour, who has by the shedding of his blood opened a way for unworthy me, and kindly bids me come to his home.
“Fountain of Mercy! whose pervading eye Can look within, and read what passes there,— Accept my thoughts for thanks; I have no words. My soul, o’erfraught with gratitude, rejects The aid of language—Lord behold my heart.”
A. F. STANSELL.
Kent Co., Mich., Sept. 13, 1868.