Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1910-10-27
TOLD FOR A MEMORIAL OF HER


"she hath done chat she could Mark iI:s
previous study we considered
IL 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 fulfllment of
the prophecy of Zechariab 9:9-l2
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 ut
Bethany. He knew what TO expect that
then the chief priests and elders of the
people were considering his destruction
and hesitating 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
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
1t occurred on the Sabbath evening
preceding the triumphal ride to Je-
rusalem. II matters not, however.
Il
his disciples were present. During the
feast a woman approached with an
alabaster flask of very precious per
fume. 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 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 rebuked 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 ! say
unto you. Wheresoever this Gospel
shall be preached in the whole world
there shall also this which this won.
an hath done be told for a memorial
Of her" Matthew XVI. 1913. How
considerate was the Great Teacher,
How sympathetic! How appreciativs
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 teacher of re-
ligion I'm the Church amongst his fol.
lowers, No woman was given a place
amongst the twelve Apostles even
when the seventy evangelists 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 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 the 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