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TOLD FOR A MEMORIAL OF HER
Matthew 26:1-16-october 80

Matthew 26:1-16-October 80
''She hath done tohGt she couLd."-Mdrk fi:S.
TN a previous study we considered
the Great Teachers triumphal en-.
try into Jerusalem on the ass, and
his tender of himself to the Nation of
Israel as their King, in fulfillment of
the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9-12.
That was five days before the Pass
over. For several days Jesus taught
in the temple, going at night to the
home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary at
Bethany. He knew what to eXpect-that
his hour was come. He knew that even
then the chief priests and elders Of the
people were considering his destruction
and hesitating only lest it should cause
tumult. Their Indignation against the
Great Teacher was that he did not
teach as they taught and that his
teachings had much more power with
the masses than all their teachings
combined. Anger, envy, hatred, unit
ed in branding him as an impostor and
in sending him to his death, "for the
good of the cause"
The feast at Bethany referred to in
this study may have been on the night
before our Lords betrayal, two days
before the feast of Passover. But the
concensus of opinion seems to be that
it occurred on the Sabbath evening
preceding the triumphal ride to Je-
rusalem, 1t matters not, however.
There was such q feast. Jesus and
his disciples were present. During the
feast woman approached with an
alabaster flask Of very precious per
fume. She poured it upon his mead
and the entire room was sweet with
the odOr. The woman was Mary, the
Sister Of Lazarus and Martha.
Another account shows that the pro-
test made by the disciples against this
as a waste was instigated by Judas,
the treasurer of the little company of
the Lords disciples. John remarked
that he was thief and carried the
bag and intimated that he was more
interested in the money than IN the
poor and that his mention Of the poor
was merely a subterfuge. But the
Great Teacher rehuked his disciples,
saying, "Why trouble ye the woman;
for she hath wrought a good work
upon me; in that she hath poured this
ointment upon my body she did it to
prepare me for burial. Truly l saw
unto you, Wheresoever this Gospel
shall be preached in the whole world,
there shall also this which this wom-
an hath done be told for a memorial
OF her. (Matthew XVI, 1913. How
considerable was the Great Teacher!
How sympathetic. How appreciative
of everything done for him.
"She Hath Done What She Could"
The Lord. in line with all the Scrip
ture teachings and usages, declines to
recognize woman as a teacher of re-
! ligion in the Church amongst his fol-
lowers. No woman was given a place
amongst the twelve Apostles-nor even
when the seventy evangelists We're sent
forth with the simple message. which
any woman could have given. surely
as glibly as any man, or more so; even
on this mission he did not send wom-
en-, nor even representative Of the
sex. The man, in Scriptural usage, is
the figure of the Lord; the woman, the
figure of tie Church. 1t would be out
Of harmony with the figure that the
Church should be the instructor and
the Lord the pupil. Consistently, there
fore, it would have been improper for
woman to have been commissioned to
! represent the Lord. Hence, women as
teachers in the Church have no author
ity in the Bible for the position. We
read that the serpent beguiled Mother
! Eve and made of her a teacher Of err