Good is the Lord by A. M. A. Cornell

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 9, 1865

Good is the Lord.

By A. M. A. Cornell

Bro. White: I esteem it a privilege to acknowledge through the Review the great goodness of the Lord toward me in my late afflictions; and to express my deep gratitude for the words of sympathy and comfort received from many of God's dear people. It is my firm conviction that my life has been spared in answer to the fervent prayers of faithful brethren and sisters. I feel humbled under a sense of my own unworthiness and of the loving kindness of the Lord, and trust that my afflictions have been for my profit, that I may be drawn nearer to the Lord, and feel more closely united than ever before with his people.

I feel like giving myself anew to the Lord, and devoting the life he has so mercifully lengthened out, to his service. When I review the events of the past few months, I feel to exclaim, Good is the Lord and greatly to be praised.

I have found sympathizing hearts and willing hands to minister to my necessities. May the Lord, who has promised a blessing to those who give even a cup of water, abundantly reward them all.

I feel that I have strong incentives to faithfulness in the cause of God, and by his grace I hope to be numbered with the redeemed when they shall come to Zion with singing and everlasting joy upon their heads.

“Affliction, and sorrow, and death will be o'er; The saints then unite to be parted no more; Their loud hallelujahs fill Heaven's high dome; They dwell with the Saviour, forever at home.” A. M. A. Cornell. Portland, Me., March 10, 1865.