In the Christian Science Sentinel issued August 31, 1899, the following is quoted from the Reverend O. P. Gifford, D.D., as published in 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 straightway she was healed. He planned to save the ruler's daughter; he healed the woman by the way without planning. Which of our best and worst work is done by the way? What we purpose to do, may but express our wills; what we do by the way expresses our characters. We can do good by deliberately setting ourselves to do good though we ourselves 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."
Hamilton W. Mabie, in his essay "Revelation through Character," says:—
