Haste and distrust are the sure signs of weakness, if not of
cowardice. Just in so far as they prevail in any life, even in the most
heroic, the man fails, and his work will have to be done over again.
In Christ’s life there is not the slightest trace of such weakness or
cowardice. From all that we are told, and from all that we can infer,
he made no haste, and gave way to no doubt, waiting for God’s mind,
and patiently preparing himself for whatever his work might be. And so
his work from the first was perfect, and through his whole public life
he never faltered or wavered, never had to withdraw or modify a word
once spoken. And thus he stands, and will stand to the end of time, the
true model of the courage and manliness of boyhood and youth and early
manhood.