The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-04-18
FIELDS
OF HOLY WRIT
q REV. DAVIS ". CLARK. D. D.. Editor. Cincinnati,

out Jesus' commendaIon and the ampl.
grounds upon which that commentator Is
based. Mary performs this act one of
worship. 1t is her last opportunity Jesuy
VIII soon pass into, that state tof DEATH In
which He will Obvious to her act. One
'os the loveliesr deeds was the provoking
cause OF one OF tho most dastardly deeds OF
human history. The loss of the money for
which the nard might have been sold burned
in Judas heart with "a secret, dark and
n,elancholic fire." lIc will not lose every
priests 10 get price for the lead which
Love had iust anolnted with oil
THE TEACHERS LANTERN.
Judas is first in the long line of embez-
zlers He was footing" the mcasre treas
ury Of the college of apostles and doing II
with system like the confidential empoye
OF to-day 1t is practically Impossible to
keep absolute check upon the cashier OF 4
large commercial establishment. Such
man is on honor. II he has none, 1t Is the
misfortune OF the establishment.
You wonder that the defaulter sells him
self. his employer, his children. his wife.
lie does not as a rule, do II on a sudden
n. is an evolution from the first peculation.
Judas ended by selling the life of Jesus.
That WAS the climax in a course of sin.
How contemplate the price. Two and one
half times less than the value OF the ONT
ment against the holy use of which he pro-
tested.
Y Here Is a study in the aesthetics OF re-
lieion. Religion may EXPRESS ITSELF in per-
fume, n color. or harmony: fresco or an
oratorio. Shall the money put into cathe-
drals be considered wasted or misspent: ,Do
VIC not erect monuments to encourage patriot
ism, and valor, and shall we lave none to
inspire to eligion?
Marie Corelli utters her philippe in MAS
ter Christian" against ST. Peters and the
Vatican. But should she not remember thar
~ a md Thar tran yraat nf tba Dn o'S
palace have been the legacy OF Europe for
200 years. and that the cathedral OF Michael
Angelo and his fellows Is not merely place
tic worship in, but Is worship itself? Sell
Ing all and giving all" to the poor. taken
literally. would pauperlze those who know
how to use wealth, and would enrich those
who do not know how to use riches
However. while we listen to John Ruskin's
plea for marble church in every English
town, we should not forget Frederick Bre
mers caution against installing the purely
aesthetic for the religious emotonan subs
shutting the former for the latter.
The superb bearing OF Jesus as He APP
preached Fills tragic end has extorted the
admiration OF believer and unbelieyer alike
Though the cruel denouement was only six
days off. and He knew it was impending He
accepted an invitation TO a party. and graced
ond beautihed It with His presence.
This blending OF service and sentiment is
Illustrated In this very supper made for
jesus Martha served" MARY anontcd"
y,
It Is the successors of Mary, not OF Judas
who really care for the poor.
This is the exception which proves the rulo
IofGcontnuous benevolence toward the poor
whom we will always have with us. This
Recommendation, instead OF being a deterrent
Is really an Incentive to benevolence. Others
Who have not the opportunity of doing what
Mary did. do that from which she was ex-
cused; Viz, give to tho poor.
Jesus does not affirm the inveterate per-
slstence Of a poor class. He does not say
"Ye will have the poor with you always
Poverty. like sin, is to be substantially elm
mated.
The phrase Against the day OF Ny bury
ing hath she kept this Is of uncertain
meaning. r. VI: "surfer her to keep it,
against tho day OF Ny burying." meaning,
part only is used let the rest be kept Tor
My embalmment." d54 q 81
An adult Bible class recently spent the
entire time forathe lesson In discussing the
shape OF 3Mary's box. some thinking II round
others ohlong, while others stoutly affirmed
| 1t a bottle with a neck. SO passed the time
about q 8trifle and the heavenly fragrance
20. the ethical and spiritual meaning Of tho
Incident WAS lost ny u