The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1910-10-27
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'"She hath q2"c rhqt .he '2n"l' -Nar% I.3.
m u previous stuG: Nc considered
the Great Teachers ;riumih M, ~
IT. into JcrusH.cin oh the ass, and
his ,euder Of u!use!f 20 the Nation Of
Israel as rheic King, in tulr!!urnt ot
the prophecy Of Zcchariah o:9-l2
That was five days before the Pass
over For several days Jesus taught
II the temple, going at night to the
home OF Lazarus. Martha and Mary al
Bethany. He knew what 10 eXpect-that
his hour was come. He knew that even
then the chief priests and elders OF the
people Were considering his destruction
and hesi,atirg 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 inpostor a0d
in sending him 10 his death. for III"
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 10 be that
it occurred on the Sabbath evening
preceding the triumphal ride 20 Je-
rusalem II matters DOT however
There was such feast. Jesus and
his disciples were present During the
feast 8 woman approached with AL
alabaster flask Of very precious per
fume She poured It upon his bead
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 q waste was tnstigated by Judas
the treasurer Of the little company OF
the Lords disciples. John remarked
that be was a thief aud carried the
bag and intimated that be was more
interested IN the money than In the
poor and that bis mention Of the poor
was merely suhterfuge But the
Great Teacher rebuked bis disciples.
saying. "Why trouble ye the woman;
for she hath wrought good work
upon me; in that she hath poured this
ointment upon my body she did 1t 10
prepare me for burial Truly ! say
unto you, Wheresoeyer this Gospel
shall be preached in the whole world.
there shah also this which this wom-
an hath done be told for memoria!
of her" Matthew XVI. 1919. How
considerate was the Great Teacher!
How sympathetic! How appreciative
of everything done for him!
"Shs Hath Done What She Could"
The Lord. in line with al the Scrip
ture teachi:.Cs and usages. declines 70
recognize woman as .eacher Of re-
iigion In the Church amongst his fol.
towers. no woman was given place
amongst the twelve Apostles-uor even
when the seventy evangeiists were 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 be did not send wom-
en-, aor even a representative OF the
sex. The man, in Scriptural usage. Is
the 6gure Of the Lord: the woman. the
figure of the Church. II would be out
of harmony with the figure that the
Church should be the instructor and
the Lord the pupil Consistently, there
fore, II would have been improper fol
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 teacher Of er-
m