The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-10-28
TOLD FOR q MEMORIAL OF Hen
Matthew 2s.f.f6-october 80

TOLD FOR a MEMORIAL OF Hen
Matthew -f6-octobsr 30
"sse ham done ichai she could. "-nort rs.
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. ia fulfillment o.
the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9-l2
That was five days before the Pass
over For several days Jesus taught
I'm the temple, going "a night TO the
home of Lazarus. Marth and Mary al
bethany lie knew what expcct-that
his hour was come lie .naw that even
rhen the chief priests and elders Of the
reople were considering bis destruction
and hesitadng only lest it should cause
fumut Their Indignation against the
Great Teacher was that he did not
teach as they taught md that his
teachings had much mos power with
The masses than all their teachings
combined Anger, envy hatred uni,
cd iu branding dm ms AN impostor "a
in sending him 90 his death. for the
good of The cause.
The feast at Bethany referred 10 in
This study may nave been on the night
before our Lords betrayal, two days
before the feast of Passover. But the
concensus of opinion seems 10 be thai
IL occurred on the Sabbath evening
preceding the triumphal ride 10 Je-
rusalem Il matters not - 'wcrer
There was such feast - us and
his disciples were present DURING Oh
feast a woman approached with an
alabaster flask Of very precious per
fume She poured ii 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 q thief and carried the
lag and minated 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 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 il 20
prepare me for burial Truly l say
unto You. WhcreSoeyer 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 an the Scrip
ture teachings and usages. declines 10
recognize woman as a teacher of re-
ligiOn I'm the Church amongst his fol-
lowers. No woman was given a place
amongst the twelve Apostles-n0r even
when the seventy eyangelists, were sent
forth with the simple message. which
any woman could have given surely
rs clibly as any man. or more So; even
ON this mission be did not send wom-
On, nor even a representative of the
sex The man. i'm Scriptural usage is
the figure Of the Lord: the woman. the
figure of theFhurch II 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 20 have been commissioned to
represent the Lord. Hence. women rs
teachers in he Church have no author
ity in The Bible for the position. We
read chat the serpent beguilod Mother
Eve and made of her a teacher of err