The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-10-26
JESUS AMOUNTED
IN BETHANY

Sunday School Lesson Tor Oct. 7S' 1906



Lesson TEXT.-Matt 25ele Memory
GOLDEN TEXT -"she hath wrought
good work upon me Malt -i.lu.
TINE.-Thr Saturday evening prey ioNs
to Olr nst lesson. fue evening obi ti'
Jewish Sabbath. April D. A. 3D. ot
PLACE Bethany. 300 tle Mount on
olives. at tle house oi Sim'n' WHO "''
been leper
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
v. 6. I'm the house of simon me
leper" 10 is commonly supposed Cha.
this man of whom nothing further L.
known. had been healed OF his disea'
by Jesus.
" There came unto him a WON
an" Jesus. with other male guests.
was reclining 40 the table. when Mary
the sister of Lazarus and Martha.
came 90 him. "Aiabaster box. a
bottle. or cruise. made Of the rare ana
delicate alabastcr Very precion.
ointment" The other accounts tell
ms that This ointment was the rare and
costly spikenard distilled from an
odorous plant which grew IN the iai
east and mingled with oil, making
rich porfume unknown to modern
chemists. ln quantity it was a pound
that is - ounces. Poured 10 ON
his head" Also upon his feet John,
and in her cageness 20 lavish every
drop upon her beloved, perhaps She
crushed the fragile jar lMarlO. She
also wiped his feet with her han
Johm. The practice of amounting the
person with pcriumed oils was as com
mon among The Hebrews as amone
other oriental peoples.
" s. Ellis disciples had indigna
ton" Judas was the spokesman, hm
the other apostles joined him in con
demning Mary lavish expenditure.
v. @. "MIght have been sold for
much" It's value was estimated by
Judas at 300 pence. that is. about Si5
Given TO the poor This was Judas
suggestion. made. not because he
cared for the poor. but because as
treasurer of the little band he would
have had opportunity TO purloin some
portion of the money entrusted Ia
him.
V. 10. when Jesus understood.
Jesus perceived that some actually
condemned Mary's beautiful deed. II
of course. panied Mary TO be criticised
by good men for whom she had great
esteem. and Jesus reproved them. say
ing. "Why trouble ye the woman? for
She hath wrought a good work The
APOSTLES thought Mary had wasted her
ointment
v. II. "Ye have the poor always
with YOU" At that day, and in every
day and land since. there have beer
abundant opportunities for Jesus
friends TO help the poor lie recog
nizos this service as done unto hin
Matt. 25.3l4Gl. "But me ye have
not always" Only a few days longe
would the friends OF Jesus have 10 ok
press their loving devotion to his per
SON.
VIZ. "She did it for my burial j
was customary for the Jews TO anoin
the dead body for burial.
v. 10. "Wheresoeyer this gospe
shall be preached Wherever the goo
= news shall De proclaimed how God
through the life and death Of his Son
poured ont his love and life In sacri
flee for his children. there shall th
story also be told of Mary who poure.
out her dearest treasure TO expires
her love TO Jesus. In the who'll
world Jesus poured out his life 70
an mankind, and he foresaw that thi
good news would be proclaime
throughout the world.
VA. Then" Very soon after thi
feast. Judas lscariot' Judas q
Kerioth. the only one of the apostoli
band who was not a Galilean. He ha
enjoyed the advantage Of intimat
companionshlp with Jesus for thre
years but his ayaricious heart ha
not been won TO love the loving One
Went unto the chief priests" Tn
PRIESTS. of whom Caiaphas was Oh
leader. had determined to seize Jesu
and put him out of the way. The
eagerly welcomed Judas. who came
them and offered to betray his Lord.
VS.. What will ye give me?' Thi
sentence gives us key to Juda
character. He was continually seel
ing something for himself Jesu
words. from the early days of his mil
istry. indicate that he felt that Juda
heart was not with him John 6:7C
Matt. 26.20. Thirty pieces of 81
YER" Thirty shekels; that is, lit
less than $40 I'm our money. An a
cient prophet had foretold the yer
price for which Jesus would be sol
Zach. 11:12).
V. 16. Opportunity to betray him
The chief priests were anxious thu
Jesus should be quietly and secret
delivered into their hands, lest the
be an uprising Of the people in his d
Tense.
Practical Points.
VI. Estimate the precious things
Christ has poured out, until you fe
there is naught too precious to POI
out upon him. Pet 1:19; "a, Il;
Pet. Ia.
Y. S.A cold heart cannot unde
stand the power and beauty Of e
thusiastic love- Cor. 4:4.
V. 10. Though we may fail to app
ciate anothers way of serving God. ]