The Chilhowee echo. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1899-19??, 1900-05-12

Simon, nave SOIneWnl TO say unto LneG.
And he saith: Master, say on.
Al. There was certain creditor which
had two debtors: the one owed 500 pence,
and the other SO.
AZ. And when they had nothing to pay
he frankly forgave them both. Tell me,
therefore, which of them will love him
most?
43. Simon answered and said: I suppose
that he to whom he forgave most. And
He said unto him: Thou hast rightly
Judged.
A. And He turned to the woman, and
said unto Simon: Seese thou this woman?
I entered into thine house, thou gavest me
no water for my feet: but she hath
washed my feet with tears, and wiped
them with the hairs Of her head.
IS. Thou Gavest mo no kiss; but this
woman since the time l came in hath not
ceased to kiss my feet
&C. My head with oil thou didsr not an
feet with ointment
At. Wherefore l say unto thee, Her sins,
which are many, are forgiven; for she
loved much; but to whom little Is fOrgiv-
en-, the same loveth little.
48. And He said unto her: Thy sins are
forgiven.
40. And they that sat at meat with Him
began to say within themselves: Who Is
this that forgiveth sins also?
so. And He said to the woman: Thy
faith hath saved thee; go in peace
GOLDEN TEXT.-Thy faith hath saved
thee.-Luke 1850
Jesus at Pharisee's House.-It was
against the pharisees that Jesus
hurled His bitterest denunciations. AS
a class they stood for strict and pune.
tilious observance OF the Mosaic law
But this observance had become large.
ly outward and formal. Christ called
them hypocrites. But the love of the
Master was for the whole world just
as He found it, and however bitter His
public foundations seemed, He was
always kindly and courteous in bear.
ing. We have no reason to believe the
pharisee of the lesson other than one
of that type often denounced by
Jesus. His attitude toward the WON.
an with the alabastcr box of ointment
shows that his religion had but little
affected his heart and life. 1t was
with this kind of man that Jesus
went to dinner. Surely He is no re.
specter of persons!
Woman with Box of Ointment
The name of this woman is not given,
but we have in the text enough to tell
us considerable concerning her char
acter. What the pharisee said with.
in himself shows us that she was out.
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table sinner. But, evidently, the
pharisee did not see IN the woman
what Jesus saw. The picture of this
sinful woman attracted to Jesus, and
weeping as she breaks on His feet a
box of precious ointment indicates a
soft spot in her heart and something
within her to which the divine could
appeal
Parable of tn, Dcbtors.-Jesus per.
ceived what was going On in the mind
of the pharisee. So He spoke the par
able of the debtors. One of the debt
ors owed Just ten times the amount
which the other owed. That the one
to whom most was forgiven should
love most is perhaps the general rule.
There are exceptions. Ing"atitude is
a burning sin, and it 50 happens some
times that one to whom little is for
given should love more than the one
to whom much more has been for
given. But the general rule is prob
ably otherwise.
Application of Parable. - However
all this may be, the application of the
parable is clear and pointed. The
pharisee may have been as great a
sinner as the woman. Outward and
seeming righteousness ayai!s man or
woman little. Sin is sin, and poison
in small does will eventually kill as
well as one greater dose. The phari
see was Il sinner as we'll as the wom-
an. The degree of sinfu!ness is OF lit
tie consequence. The point is that
the pharsee did not view the matter
in this light. The woman he knew
was a great sinner. and he could not
himself but admit that he WAS grave
ly at fault when Jesus pointed out his
discourteousness and lack Of respect
in failing to give his guest a friendly
kiss and to provide water for that
guests dusty feet.
The woman knew that she had much
to be forgiven. and in the faith that
the Master would forgive all hex sin
she loved Him much. The pharisee
In his sclf-righteousness thought he
had little to be forgiven. consequently
he could not he forgiven. and his love
was corrcspondingly small.
In connection with the parable it IS
interesting to note however d.scour-
tesy or lack Of respect for another re-
veals the barrenness OF ones CHAR