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Prepared by H. C. Inlngton
THE l.ESSON TKXT.
(Matthew J6:6-16.)
I. Nnw when Jesus was In Itethany, In
the house of Blmon the leper.
7. There rame unto Him a woman having
an alabaster box of very precious oint
ment, and poured It on His head, us He sat
at meat
8. Hut when Hit disciples saw It. they
had Indication, saying: To what pur
pose Is this waste?
8. For this ointment might have been
sold for much, and given to the poor.
10. When Jesus understood It, He said
.nto them: Why trouble ye the woman?
lor she hath wrought a good work upon
me
IL For ye have the poor always with you;
tn.t Me y- have not always.
I-. For In that she hath poured this oint
ment on my body, i-he did It for my burial.
13 Verily 1 say unto you: WhertSCH vtt
this Goapel shall be preached In the whole
World, thi re shall tlto this, that this wom
an hath done, be told for a memorial of
her.
11 Then one of the 11". called Judas Iscar
lot. went unto the chief prlettt,
13. And said unto them I Whal will ye
give me, and 1 will deliver Him unto you?
And they covenanted with him tor SO piece
of silver.
IB. And frntn that time he sought oppor
tur.lt to betray Him.
GOLDK" TBXT Bbe hath done ft lint
the could. Mnrk I4iN,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
From Jericho Jesus went tn lie'h
any, arriving there Friday afternoon,
March SI, A. D, 3a Tins marks the
beginning of the last week of .1
MIS
life, tin Saturday Jesus had supper
at tlu' house f one "Simon ilie
leper." This man could not have
been a leper at this time, having prob
ably be,en healed by Jesus, lie hud
cause for exceptional gratitude, and
this supper was an expression of that
Bra! it ude.
LESS! IN ANALYSIS.
The Anointing of J. mis
False Criticism of Dltclph b
Mary's Act Commendi d
A Btrtktng Contrast
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Vs.
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S- 9
10- 13
11- IS
The Anointing of Jesus, - While
Jesus wits at supper in the house of
Simcn, Mary came to Jesus to do an
act of loving homage. This Mary was
tlic sister of Martha and Lazarus. Her
act was to anoint the head, and, ac
cording to John, also the feet, of
Jesus, with oil, It was not uncom
mon for rabbis to be so honored, and
.Mary chose this method of honoring
her Master, Anointing the feel win
not so usual as anointing the head,
and Main's net showed extreme hu
mility as well as affection. Another
point brought out was the costliness
of the ointment, To Mary nothing
within her power to secure was too
costly to give to Jesus.
The Criticism of the Disciples. It
was the costliness (,f tin- spikenard
that furnished the basis of the criti
cism of the disciples. They were in
dignant and asked: "To what pur
pose is this waste?" It is Interesting
to note that, while all (or at the least
most ) of th disciples shared the feel
ing, it was Jmlas scaiiot who put
this question to Jesus. This fncl we
learn front John's, record (John 1-:
1-5). Judas had no love in his heart,
and could not therefore sympathize
with Mary's loving net. Judas, too,
was the treasurer of this little com
pany of disciples. He asks why the
ointment had not been sold, and the
proceeds given to his hay. lie gains
the sympathy of the other disciples
by suggesting that it ought to have
been given to the poor.
Mary's Act Commended.- Judas' :ir
gument was plausible, to most people
it would be convincing. The weak point
in it was that the emphasis is laid on
the yift. not upon the spirit which
prompted the f,rift. Jesus improved
every occasion to emphasize the spirit
behind the act. A gift to the poor is
commendable, if love prompts the gift
it is better by tenfold. Mary's deed waa
an act of love, therefore commendable
in itself. Hut anot her reason for com
mending the deed was the fact that
Jesus in the physical man could not al
ways he with them. The indefinite
poor the world would always have. An
other point to be noticed is the fact
that the standard of judgment has
much to do with whether such an act
would Le waste, it would undoubtedly
have been waste had it not been the
spontaneous outburst of a loving heart.
Following the natural impulse was in
finitely better for Mary; to another
Jesus would undoubtedly have taken a
gift to the poor as a sign of homage to
Himself, for at another time He said:
"Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of
these, my brethren, even these least, ye
did it unto me."
A Striking Contrast. The last three
verses of the lesson present a striking
contrast to the loving act commended
by Jesus. Judas, who had been the
li adi r of the criticism afrarnst Mary at
this time bargained to deliver Jesus in
to the hands of His inclines. This deed
was undoubtedly provoked by the im
plied rebuke of Jesus, for Jesus' com
mendtttion of Mary was surely a re
buke to Judas. Another suggestion li
that J udas had aspired to be treasurer
of the kingdom Jesus was to establish,
He saw bis hope was not well-founded,
for Jesus here spoke of His "burial,"
and on other occasions had foretold
His death. Disappointed Judas sold his
Master, and for a sum that was equal
to only two-fifths of the value of the
spikenard.
Graiiei from (minim.
A very little child may open a very
large door into Heaven.
To be content with less is to have
less discontent.
No coin is current with God with
out lore's stamp on it.
It is little use lending a hand unless
you give a heart.
When we think to thank God for
our pleasures it will be easier to bless
Him for our burdens.
It is mockery to pray that your
children may be gathered home in
' eternity while you do nothing to keep
them at home in time. Barn's Horn.
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