Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-03
Golden Text: "She hath done what
sha cnnld.U Mark 14:8.

she could" Mark 1913.
Mathew has shown us the rejection
of the King and His rejection of the
people. The time has come for the
King to buy the field, to purchase
the pearl of great price. And He is
to do this by being sold at the price
of slave, if the slave were killed
by a beast.
Jesus was sitting on the hillside,
and had just finished answering the
questions of the disciples; then He
said to them. after two days is the
Passover and the Son Of man is be
trayed to be Crucified." After two
days? Why, at that very moment the
chief priests and the elders Of the
people were gathered in the court of
the high priest taking counsel how
they might take Him by subtility,
and kill Him. But the result of their
counsel was Not during the FEAST
said, After two days. Which should
be correct?
All, no man was taking His life
from Him; He was laying it down
that He might take it again. His life
was in His own hands, not in His
two days" they will follow His word;
for as He had come Sin due time" He
would go at the very tick of Gods
clock (and He is coming again in
the fullness of time, just when God
has planneD. Peter, speaking of Him
afterward, said, Him, being deliv-
cred by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, we have taken,
and by wicked hands crucified and
slain.'" He was Master of every
circumstance, and even when He was
mastered by death it was only by Ills
permission that He might master
death itself. He was the victim. but
IL n that moment the
victor as well. All! He is the One
whom we ought to worship. who gave
Himself for US that He might save
us from the guilt of past sins, from
the power of present sins, ana from
the punishment of sins in the future.
Another Contrast
IT was this counsel of His enemies
that make Matthew and Mark tell
here the story of the supper at
Bethany. for it was the occasion
which crystallized the determination
of Judas to make the bargain with
tham 70 deliver Him at convenient
time. The supper was on Saturday
evening before this Tuesday, as John
tells us specifically. That supper
brought out in marked contrast the
marvellous love of Mary ana ne
equally marvellous murmurlnG Oh lne
disciples, prompted by JGuaS d,o,Iotion
a contrast between unselhsh deToIIoit
and the most despicable SELF shn ness
d ltlp s the love and faith of Mary
and the hatred and foresight OIL
Judas. s,,,,,,ar
Tot MS study it a bit; but don !
confuse mn y" it with the Amounting t a iti
Nv Luke, nor Mary with N ~;
Topda1ene. Some have done nus nus
MT M supper was in Galllee yea ,l
before: this one was IN Bednaniy IN ot "
Saturday evening evening u,b itI@' was asa sim
w., m%o Ills was by Mary, the sister Oh
Martha and Lazarus, who was purity
itself. .,o bor,o Of ST.
mon, the Iepe pc his or 1e eomrsy or or he
Would UeTi not have been allowed to De
among other people. A leper Wa Wa
an outcast, had to stay outSlue nne
civ limits, and to cry unclean, u il
clean, whenever any one a apr one
e eF nose nos who had been healed D., by
Jesus and restored to his family. ms 2hs
home and society. No Wonder !it ne
wanted to give Jesus odppe99 Mar
t tha Would Would not have been s eT,n
h tn9 and 1 believe Simon, t he
iener was her husband. Lazaan ~ =
was one of those at the tape @ 4he
Mary had perfect access t +beV have
w Il
no9da Him supper. If Jesus mao
healed your husband OF leproSy @I,o
mSade if nossible for him to come
home and fellowship with you aItu
had also raised your prother itUtt
the dead after four days. Wo"i ,.,i,,.
you have wanted to give HIN q 7"p
per? Navy came nm
to Him as He reclined at the taoiCi
There was something IN ner t TGIio
that she valued more th2n any nSo oiltJ 5a5
she possessed-it was her engage
ment ring, For in those days young
men did not give diamond rlnSs' DuI
spikenard, as love tokens. Inc SllI
wore it in a bag hung apout nJt
neck. so that every time sn5 SIM It', !.
reminded of the one to whom sne
had given her hand and her near
This spikenard was in an alapaSler
hoy and was very costly. In lacl,
it had cost somebody a Whole yea'
' Mary had thought about it. She
wanted to show Him in some way
how she loved Him, and how mqch
She appreciated His raising heT
brother from the dead a; anb [o [es'or B T5id
she have anything else to give HIM
Yes, she might have given Him TINS
or that, as she looked over What
she had, but that would not AIDE
quately express her love. Nothing
less than her best would do, and that
best was the box of spikenard sure,
ly her espoused would understahi9 8
il: but if he did not, she would
stand the consequences. Nothing
less would do for her Lord who had
already done so much for her.
And then, she reasoned, His enc
mics have been most bitter lately,
especially since He had raised
Lazarus from the dead, and her in
tuition chat wonderful faculty