James Isaac Good

James Isaac Good (1850–1924) was an American Reformed church clergyman and historian.

Formative years Good was born in York, Pennsylvania on December 31, 1850. He graduated from Lafayette College in 1872 and from Union Theological Seminary in 1875.

Career For thirty years (1875-1905), his ministered to congregants in Pennsylvania and later held a position at the Central Theological Seminary (Dayton, Ohio). He was also elected as president of the General Synod of the Reformed Church in the United States.

Death Good died in Philadelphia on January 22, 1924.

Works Life Pictures of John Calvin for Young and Old, with George R. Richards (1909) The Origin of the Reformed Church in Germany (new edition, 1913) Life of Rev. Benjamin Schneider, D. D., a Missionary of the reformed Church in the United States through the American Board at Broosa and Aitab, Turkey, 1834-1877. The History of the Reformed Church in Germany (1894) Rambles Around Reformed Lands; History of the Reformed Church in the United States (1899) Famous Places of the Reformed Churches (1910) History of the Reformed Church in the United States in the Nineteenth Century (1911) History of the Swiss Reformed Church since the Reformation (1913) The Heidelberg Confession in its Newest Light (1914)