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A Good Man

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 11, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 50.

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A Good Man

By W. A. S.

Editorial

“A Good Man”

Of Barnabas, one of the apostles, it is said, “He was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith.” Acts 11:24. The emphasis seems to fall on the first qualification. “He was a good man.” It is the richest of the divine endowments. How that quality of goodness outranks cleverness, or brilliancy, in the all-round wear and tear of life!
It was no mere abstract goodness. Barnabas had the genuine gift, which strengthened every moral fiber, gave him clean-cut convictions, kept him true to principle, and energized him for active service. All this appears in the story of his life. A man of faith and full of the Holy Spirit was Barnabas, but first it is written that he was “a good man.”
The power of the Spirit of grace that transforms the life and makes its rough places smooth, and the high places low, and the crooked things straight, is the most wonderful work of all. This is the building of a life on the sure foundation of Christ Jesus the Lord. Do this gracious work in our hearts and lives, dear Lord, and bestow that plain but richest endowment that makes good men and good women. W. A. S.