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TOLD FOR A MEMORIAL OF HER.
Matthew 26: 1-16-October 30.

She hath done what she could
Mark 14S
In previous study we considered
the Great Teachers triumphal entry
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:y-12
That was five day 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 priest and
elders of the people We're considering
his destruction and iesitating only
lest it should cause tumult Their in
dignation 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, united i'll brand
ing him as an impostor and in send
ing him to his death for the good
of the cause.
The feast 1T 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 even
ing preceding the triumphal ride to
Jerusalem. 1t matters not, however
There was such I, feast. Jesus and
his disciples We're present. During the
feast L woman approached with an
ala baSter flask of very precious per-
tume. She poured it upon his head
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 intmated that he was NOR"
interested in the money than in the
poor and that his mention of the poor
was merely subterfuge. But the
Great Teacher rebuked his disciples.
saying. why trouble We 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
unto you Wheresoever this Gospel
shall he preached in the whole world.
there shall also this which this wom-
an hath done be told for a memorial
of her. (Mattllew XVI, 1919. 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 IA 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 were
sent forth with the simple message,
Which any woman could have given,
surley as gibly as any man or more
! so; even on this mission he did not
send women. nor even representative
of the sex. The man, in ScriptuaI
usage, is the figure of the Lord; the
woman. the figure of the Church. 1t
would be out of harmony with the
| figure that the Church should be the
| instructor ana the Lord the pupil.
Consistently. therefore, it would have
| been improper for woman to have
| been commissioned to represent the
| Lord. Hence, women as teachers in
| the Church have no authority in the
| Bible for the position. We read that
| the serpent beguiled Mother Eve and
made Of her Il teacher of error to her
| husband. We read that the evil spirits
| used certain young woman as q
medium to announce the Apostles. But
| we find no Divine sanction of woman
as a teacher in the Church, but that
! the young woman who acted under
| the spirit ct divinatiOn and attempted
| to preach Christ and the Apostles was
spirit OF diyination dispossessed.
All tins. however. does not Indicate
| that either Jesus or the Apostles We're
either rude toward women or unap-
preciative OF their qualities of heart
and mind. Quite the contrary.
Amongst the Lords followers We're
many honorable women and his Spe-
cial love for this Mary and her sister
Martha is particularly recorded. Let
us learn the lesson from the Book and
not attempt to teach the Book.
1.-THE Poor Always With You"
Our Lord in reply to the argument
of Judas, that the ointment should
have been sold for a large sum for the
benefit of the poor. answered. The poor
We have always with YOU. WhenSO-
ever " will We may do them good
but ne We have not always. Poverty
is sure to he factor in the social