In all the world’s annals there is nothing which approaches, in the
sublimity of its courage, that last conversation between our Saviour
and the Roman procurator, before Pilate led him forth for the last time
and pleaded scornfully with his nation for the life of their king.
There must be no flaw or spot on Christ’s courage, any more than on his
wisdom and tenderness and sympathy. And the more unflinchingly we apply
the test the more clear and sure will the response come back to us.