1 Samuel 21:8

The king’s business required haste.

Haste! Haste!

1. We are always called upon to work as if we had but one day to work in.

2. Such impetuosity need not involve carelessness.

3. The most deliberate things are to be done with the intensest earnestness, and the intensest earnestness is never to allow itself to be deprived of the advantage and utility of the highest spiritual dignity.

When the king’s business relates to the salvation of souls, who dare say there is a moment to be lost?

4. In all things let us hear the voice of the Saviour saying, “That thou doest, do quickly.” (J. Parker, D. D.)