Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1905-07-14
THE USE OF RiCnEs.
BY Rev. John Watson. d. q

THE USE OF KlCnEs.
BY Rev. John Watson. d. ..
Then took Mary a pound of oint-
ment Of s%pikenard, very costly, and an
ointed the feet Of Jesus, and wiped
His feet with her hair. And the house
was filled with the odor Of the oint-
ment."-John 1913.
1t Is always to be remembered that
Jesus did not come into this world
upon an industrial, but upon a relig-
ious mission. He was concerned not
to secure bodily comfort for mems
bodies and to establish a bread-and-
butter paradise, but to secure salvation
for their souls and to make them par
takers of the riches of the kingdom OF
God. If He has been a reformer OF
society, and as the ages go on it will
be seen more and more clearly that He
has been such a reformer, 1t is because
He has been a Saviour Of the soul. Ano
Christ's idea of how to arrange the
is so to possess men with the spirit
Of the Father that they will treat their
fellow-men as brethren.
1 will say a word Of a law to which
and which illustrates the grace Of Je-
sus' teaching. 1t is the law of beauty,
which was illustrated in that hour
when a pious and devout woman,
touched with the which ever
clings round the person Of Christ and
the kingdom of heaven, took that pre-
cious ointment, and instead Of distrib-
uting it in aims at the door, poured
1t forth on the person Of our Lord; so
that although a little later they struck
Him, they put Him to shame, and they
cruclfed Him. He died bearing the
fragrance of that ointment upon His
body. Waste? All, glorious waste, the
fragrance Of which has flied not that
room alone, but the whole history. Sc
that If a man, having discharged his
duties to his home and to his workmen.
shall hold in his hand a surplus, what
magnificent and beautiful things he
can do with It. He can purchase pic.
lures and 'statuary, and lovely metal
work, and specimens Of the binders
art, and place them where the poorest
Of the people can have a vision Of beau
ty. He can erect some great building
In his city, wherein shall be writer
In stone the thoughts Of ages; and II
, that building can allow the poorest o.
the people to hear the greatest artist.
/, music-the great players and tue grea
! singers. They are to-day the monop
/, oily Of the rich; they might be givel
: for the service Of the poor. He cal
secure open spaces in the crowded
districts of the city, by pulling down
few houses and making there a littl
, circle Of quietness, where WORKING
. women can 60 in the afternoons wit
2 their children, away from the nois
and danger of the streets. He cal
. give great parks, as men are giving
where the people can 90 on Sunday
r and where the young men can hav
= their games; where public functions
D can be held. Any man who gives a
art gallery, or gymnasium, or must
room, or an hospital, or a school. or
a university, or a park, or a playgroun
to his fellow citizens, has given tina
which 1t honors him to give and whic
they receive without dishOnor. Richie
o may be a sordid thing, and used basel
v they are the corruption Of charactel
and they are the nurse of revolution
n Used christianity they are servants G
peace and righteousness, and establis
the kingdom of God by laying tn
foundation safe and strong Of innun
cradle homes, and brighten with tn
q Joy of beauty the inevitable greynes
Of innumerable lives, all to the goo
q Of human souls and the glory Of Jesu
Christ orr Lord