Article August 31, 1899 Issue

By the Way

O. P. Gifford

The Standard

Once when the Master was hurrying to the home of Jairus to raise his daughter from the dead, a poor, friendless woman touched the hem of his garment, and straight-way she was healed. He planned to save the ruler's daughter; he healed the woman by the way, without planning. Much of our best and worst work is done by the way. What we purpose to do expresses our wills; what we do by the way expresses our characters. We can do good by deliberately setting ourselves to do good, if we are not good. We may assume a virtue, if we have it not, we may play a part on the stage of life; but the work by the way is the real test of character.

O. P. Gifford, D.D., in The Standard (Baptist).

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