The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-22

In q previous study We considered
the Great Teachers trfumphal 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 9:9-l2.
That was Ave 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 ex-
pect-that His hour was come. He
knew that even then the chief priests
and elders OF the people were con-
bidering His destruction and hesitat-
ing only lest II 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 COM
bined. Anger, envy, hatred, united
In branding Him az 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 II occurred on the Sabbath
evening preceding the triumphal ride
to Jerusalem. II matters not, how
ever There was such . feast. Jesus
and His disciples were present. Dur
ing the feast woman approached
with an alabaster flask of very pre-
cious perfume. She poured 1t 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
protest made by the disciples against
this az q waste was fnstigated by
pany of the Lords disciples. John
carried the bag and intimated that He
was more interested In the money
than In the poor and that His men
ton Of the poor was merely a subter-
fuge. But the Great Teacher rebuked
His 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 II to prepare Me for
burial. Truly say unto you. Where
soever this Gospel shall be preached
in the whole world, there shall also
this which this woman hath done be
told for a memorial of her" MAT
thew XVI, 1919. How considerate
was the Great Teacher! How sym
pathetic! How appreciauve OF every
thing 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
religion In the Church amongst His
followers. No woman was given a
place amongst the twelve apostles
nor even when the seventy evangel-
lists 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 mis-
sion He did not send women, nor
even q representative Of the sex. The
man, in Scriptural usage, is the figure
of the Lord; the woman, the figure OF
the Church. IL would be out OF har-
mony with the figure that the Church
should be the Instructor and the Lord
the pupil. Consistently, therefore, 1t
would have been improper for wo-
man to have been commissioned to
vpresent the Lord, Hence. women
ss teachers in the Church have no
authority In the Bible for the posi-
ton. We read that the serpent be.
guiled Mother Eve and made OF her