AC 2371 - Doing Good

AC 2371 [5]

Those who strive to do good of themselves,

because the Lord has so commanded,

are they who at length receive this good;

and who, being afterwards instructed,

acknowledge with faith that all good is from the Lord;

and they are then so averse to self-merit

that when they merely think of it they grow sad,

and perceive their blessedness and happiness

to be proportionately diminished.