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So tfi Alltil Way ltJDl'-
ing. or il you'd have sustained :, lab
orer ani his family for more than {.
year.
To the establishment OF everybody
and t" The horror OF some. Mary poure,
out. Without Il stint. and TO The las,
drop. this preciolS ointment upon Tho
Lord who mad been brought back iron
tho grave her brother. II Was Il WON.
ans deed-thc deed uf supreme AN,
self forgetting and uu~calcuiatins ar
lection. True iovc is always lavish il
its giving. lts best bclo,.s 10 its BE.
loved. When II begins to ponder ;,nc
weigh and count he cost. il is 40 long
tr love. FOR in lov there is no withhold
ing. And IN all his great world, IN.
most fragrant thing ia loves deco
done purely for loves sake. Well Gid
the Master crown j, viii, an etcrnA
memorial. declaring hat il would h.
recorded wherever The gospel i
preached.
There are many things iD life which
al even Tide We regret. pul the lavish
ness OF our love is never one OF them
The deeds we do nj aifections'S prompt
ings are. when We sec most clearly
out pride and qualification and llappi-
ness. The sorrow which nlcn feel II:
they stand before the bier of u loved
one is not for their much giving. bus
for their short sighted Withholding,
Love keeps no Ledger.
"Sentimental.' foolish" "extl;,Na-
CANT" the thrifty and careful viii
layers no doubt exclaimed over M4ry'S
ac; They We're unable to See that
there are better things in life than be-
ms thrifty and economical. To feed
the spirit is bettel than TIA feed tnA
body. and there is many q Wife. With Il
great ache in her heart. who would
gladly surrender the houses and bank
account which her true husband had
accumulated for her sake. We're he but
"A little more lavish in words and tokens
of affection. There is NOT enough of
flowers and gifts in life. and too much
of sordid calculation. Christ placed
his stamp of approval upon love that
shoWS itself in boul,eouS tokens of at
lection.
The Mercenary SPIRIT.
This whole proceeding must hav.
been helrt-breaking To Judas as he
watched the precious rard flow down
to the ground while its perfume filled
the house. He cared nothing for its
fragrance, and was blind to the light
that enkindled his Masters eye as he
beheld this glad Offering of pure de
Notion. Judas spirit was wholly ner-
cenary. and the finer instincts cannot
survive sordidness of sou 1t is aw-
full to contemplate how many fair and
IIiSIsIll SIOWtIS are sitllt. DN NnlS
rank weed of m~ercenariness. 1t en-
tiers the most sacred places. and pro-
fanes the most halluwed Institutions
and occasions.
Consider the death chambers that
have been mad. scenes OF strife. be-
cause the thought Of an Inheritance
was uppermost in the minds of all
present. When The passion for money
enters Il life. il feeds All other base
passions. and wages constant war
against those passions which are sa-
cred and %cnnohling. 1t prevents Il
proper sense OF values. the man who
loves money can never see straight.
even on questions of politics and prac-
teal morality.
So stirred was Judas that he could
not contain himself in silence. and he
cried out. Why was not this or. ment
sold for 300 shillings and given to the
poor This was the cunning of "a
miserly man. For n miser is proverbi-
ally cunning. Judas was shrewd
enough to cloak Il base motive under
I; pious pretense. This was not the
first time. nor the last. that self-in-
terest paraded as religion. John goes
to the root of the matter when he de-
clares. Now this ne said, not because
he cared for the poor: but because he
was a thief, and having the bag took
away h was pu: therein Despite
AhiiS aSSCNidtiOiS WIFI Jesus, ana N.tlIS
instructions from him. one of the
twelve had grown to be Il thief.
SO stirred was Judas by Mary's deed,
and 10y what he must have considered
the '~impractical' views of Jesus re-
garding h extravaganza, that he went
forth and mad his uni,oly bargain
with h priests. to sell his Master for
only Il small fraction of the value of
the amounting fluid which Mary had
poured upon Jesus feet. Judas had
already lost his soul. Ii had been
stifled 70 death by ,ov of money.