Patience in Trouble by P. L. Cornell

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 10, 1871

Patience in Trouble.

By P. L. Cornell

The past year has been the most trying one to myself and family I think we have ever seen. One misfortune after another, in quick succession and unexpectedly, has come, until we have lost nearly all we possessed; then came sickness from which we have suffered for nearly six months, and are still enduring, without a home of our own. Yet I think I have never realized so much my own unworthiness and have never felt more like resigning all into the hands of my Heavenly Father; and I feel confident that nothing can befall me without his permission. The language of my heart still is, Let me remain in the crucible until I reflect more perfectly the image of my divine Lord. I am aware that I need every trial that I am called to endure, and if I may but be purified and fitted for the society of the pure and holy in my Father's kingdom, it is enough. Soon the chilling winds and the poisonous atmosphere will be passed, and if faithful to God, I shall be freed from sin and all its consequences, and with those whose society I would gladly enjoy, bask forever in the light of my Saviour's countenance. P. L. CORNELL. Kent Co., Mich.