The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-05-23
Sunday, May "a.
Read Luke 20: l to :3S.

heau Luke ~: ! to Il 80.
Study Luke 20:45-47; 21: 10,
1886.
In the Temple at Jerusalem on
Tuesday of Crucifixion week, oc-
CURED the last conflict between
Jesus and the ecclesiastics, who
united against him and did their
utmost to compass his destruction.
First, his authority was challeng-
ed, but he transfixed the chal-
lengers upon dilemma from
which they could not free them
selves. Then he uttered three
parallels of warning: The Two
Sons, the Householder, and the
Marriage Feast. The Jewish rul-
ers then raised three insidious
questions concerning trii ute, the
ties in the resurrected life, and
the great commandment of the
Law, but they were repulsed each
time and put to final rout by his
unanswerable question. The rup-
ture between Christ and the ma
ton was now contaminated in the
eight woes of the Philippe against
Pharisaic hypocrisy Matt. 23).
Retiring then from the inner
Temple to the Court of the Wo-
men, he saw and praised the
widows gift of two mites, receiv-
ed the message from the Greeks,
for the third time heard the
Heavenly VOi%e, and afar saw the
conquest of Sa an through himself
the uplifted. Then for the last
time the Lord of the Temple left
the Temple of the Lord.
In the heart of our larger les
son we have a special imperative
on building for the. future.
BUILDING SINCERELY
(Luke 20)
Interest in Building for the flu
ture inspires. building sincerely.
The sanetimonious Scribes, now so
vehemently attacking Christ, were
no models and Jesus said so plain
ly in everybody's hearing. They
desired to appear in the long robes
worn by priests and princes on
festive occasions. They. loved to
be greeted in the crowded market
places as the country's religious
leaders. They loved to occupy the
chief seats in the synagogues
where they could be recognized as
prominent in the congregation.
They abused the liberality: of the
devout widows who contributed to
their support or the trust Of de-
pendent. widows who needed their
air. The. long prayers they made
in public were a poor mask for
their insinceritv. Before men they
should be held up as a warning
and before God they should stand
and would stand to receive the
greater condemnation because of
their hypocrisy and insincerity.
BUILDING SCIENTIFICALLY
duke 21) ill.,. '.......
Investment in Building for the
Future involves building sacrifi-
cially. After the conflict with the
Jewish authorities in the Temple,
Jesus retired to the area known as
the Court of the Women and took
his seat over against the treasury
which consisted of several rdecep-
tacles for gifts to the several OBJ
jects Indicated on them. Here,
sickened by the emptiness of Jew
ish formalities, Jesus witnessed a
beautiful deed that must have
cheered his aching heart. To their
credit there were MANY rich peo-
pie who came and cast in large Of
ferings, though some of them
doubtless gave ostentatiously. But
in the group of givers there came
a poor widow bearing in Fer hands
the smallest gift acceptable in
Temple worship: Only two mites.
each worth only about one-eighth
of a cent of our. money. It was
her best. and it was her all, for
not another coin was left in her
purse or in her home. Seeing that
act of amazing liberality. Jesus
called his disciples and declared
! that the widows gift was greater