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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER M, 190*
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
JESUS ANOINTED IN BETHANY
MATT. 26: 6-16
Mrrd to what CbrL_ ■NH.. -
fbr rastorntlorj «»f her brother from tb«
grave. 'amt restoring him to her embrace,
•ml the homo circle?
White -he stands lletenlne to the mur-
rapr of the disciples sad wondering wliBir
the Mauler will Join In the censure, or np-
prove the art, Jesus breaks the silence by
sit Jon of tin
By DR. GEORGE A. BEATTIE.
GOLDEN TEXT: 8he' hath wrought a good work on me,—MATT. 26:10
Amon* the many Interesting events that
occurred during the lss». week of the 8a«
vidr's ministry on earth a tie, at the most
Interesting Is recorded in this lesson, which
does not follow in chronological order the
previous lessons, bat precedes them.
This Incident took plsce on the day fob
lowing Ills arrtva!;at Bethony from Jericho,
where He had cured Bartfnieus of his blind
ness and dined with gaccheua. He reached
Bethany on Friday' and the supper wgs on
Saturday, after the sun was set and the
Jewish Sabbath ended.
Bethany Is it place of historic Interest.
It was here that Christ raised Lnxarus
from the dead: the home of Martha and
Mary. His nightly resting place during the
week preceding His pnsaion; where ffe be*'
gan bln triumphant entry Into Jerusalem,
sod It was somewhere near this place, on
wooded slope beyond Olivet, the disciples
stood when they Igst beheld His form ss
He ascended to heaven, mantled In Ills
cloud of glory.
On this occasion they were assembled At
the house of Simon to pnrtake of s supper,
doubtless prepared by him In. honor of,
Jesus, and as an expression of bis grati
tude for curing him of leprosy. t
Among those present were Lnsarus 'and
bis sisters Martha and Mary,';who were
there to serve. *•
While they were reclining at the table
Mary took an alilMoter box of precious
Ointment and, breaking its seal, poured the
content* on ]e*u*' head and feet. So
doubt all the disciples were astonished that
there should be such waste, and Judas said
It might have been sold for 800 pence—UO—
nnd have been given to the poor.*
Mary stands back with mute Hits nnd
downcast eyes, abashed at what sne had
done.
The offering was her own. 8he wanted to
do something for Christ. Simon bad made
a supper for Him, nnd she. doubtless
thought that nothing would In* more fitting
and expressive of her lore and gratitude.
When It was proposed to raise a few thou
sand dollars to-defray the expenses of th<*
Chapman meetings in Atlanta some one
computed how much this money
purchase of the necessaries of III .
said bow much better It would be to so ex
pend the money for the j>oor.
It was the old cry of Judas: “Why* this
witsfe of ointment?"
Men are ant to meaaure things by dollars;
women by their affections.
Home men would sell the flowers on the
pulpit to defray the expenses of the
church, at least would rather the money
expended for them had been put In the
uontelhutIon basket.
’ Home would even sell the flowers on the
casket that with loving hands have been
woven In crosses and crowns and bedewed
wlfn tears to pay the expenses of the fu-
love was so Intense nnd her grati
cule so great that she never thought of
the' expense, and If she had It would not
* a single moment have deterred her.
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The style is perfect and the variety of shapes
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25 WHITEHALL ST.
or sorrows, me onjeei or scorn sna con
tempt; IIe was maliciously maligned; He
wa» nendfttcntJy persecuted, but ife re*
reived all this treatment from the hands of
Ho" far ns the record shows, there was
never a woman lifted her bond or raised
her voice against Him. Men slandered and
misrepresented Him; a man !»etraved Illm.
a man denied Him, men desei
men tried Illm and nailed Him to the cross.
On the other band. It woa a woman that
gare most Into the treasury: In a womnu
He found the. greatest Illustration of faith;
U was a woman that pressed through the
crowd that followed Him, confident that If
she could only touch the hem of His gar-
inent with her wasted, trembllug hand she
would lie healed. It was a woman who
Him when tho angel of death had
the threshold' of her home, nnd
anch filth had she In Ilia power that she
greeted Him by saying: *It thou hsdest
lieen here my brother would not have
died/*
Women brought their little children that
He might lay Ilia hands upon them am?
bless them.
Women ministered nnto Him: woman fob
lowed Him: women lingered longest at the
cross nnd were the flrat at the sepulcher
after the resurrection. A woman nt the
well of Lycban was the flrat to recognise
and proclaim Him' as the long-promised
Messiah, in the very crisis of Ills trial
there trim heard a woman's voice, pleading
for Ilia acquittal, Apd woman for her
loyalty nnd lore haa received high honor.
He made the first, proclamation of His
Messlahshlp to n woman: to a woman He
made Hla first appearance after the resur
rection; a woman was the flrat mesaeuger
of the glad news that He had risen; a
woman was the flrat convert to Christianity
In nil Europe, and on a woman He pro
nounced the greatest, grandest eulogy that
ever tell tram Up*, human or dlrlne, tor
“done whnt she could" Is equivalent, and
Is surs to be followed by well done of
heaven.
Slary'a example (s one for opr Imitation.
for the opinions nnd con
Jest we find ourselves Jn tin
one Juror who hold out against the other
eleven and said. “They were the most ob
stinate set of men I ever knew.”
If wo find ourselves Jn opposition to a
Inr/re minority In the churcu of equal In
telligence nnd grace with ourselves, we
may well question the tenableness of our
position and the foundation* of our faith.
But In matters of Conscience and duty wp
must act Independently o! majorities.
No Christian should ever make the
My friends would call to mind with 1-
tboukt
Some kindly deed the Icy hand
— ’gi^Kr*
ger
_ ifd;
Crrand- o
sped;
Some gentle’ word tho frozen lips hsd
which the willing feet had
“Ob, friends. I pray tonight.
amount be glvea conditioned on what aome Think gently of me; I am jravel
oue elae_ gives. He should not look over Myjfeet
speech, and more than ever "carefuf and
troubled about many things," but her quiet
•later la rarely to !>e found. There may be
more acrlptnre study than ever, but It tends
largely to the coldly analytic nnd scientific.
The electric blase of criticism Is le«a con
genial nnd unfolds less to the spiritual eye
than the twilight of the /still hour." ,
It is possible for each of us to so live that
at the close of every day a?d nt the end
of life Mary's commendation may be ours.
lit order to receive and merit It, we must
act Independently of the conduct and criti
cism of others.
In our opinions and actions we are nat
urally inclined to be gregarious; the ten
dency Is to go with the crowd, to drift
with ■ the current
Politicians know ehla and take advantage
of It.
We have an Illustration of It In every
impalgn, when In the preaa and on the
platform each candidate Is confident of
Thi»v thi M appeal to the n
i the wlpnlng side.
and brandies of palms, nnd rent the air
Often, almost unconsciously, we do as
1’hen John, more fleet of foot thau Peter,
reached the sepulcher flrat he, trembling,
stood and looked within, but dared not
enter; biit when the l»oId. Impetuous, 1m-
pujaire Peter came mt nnd entered he Im*
nedlntely followed. John wna ready to fob
low Petpr where he dared not go al(*e.
After the resurrection, when Peter, who
was always the flrat to apeak and act. made
a Virtual renunciation of hla hope of ever
•eelng Christ again, and expressed a deter-
mlnatlon of abandoning hla dlaclpleshlp nnd
going back to hla old occupation of a fish
erman. saying, “I go a-flshlng," the other
alx disciples Immediately responded, "We
alao go with thee."
In aome things It la well to have regard
your duty „
others give anything or not.
Had the poor widow • compared her e
eumatanre* with the rich and ganged b
gift with theirs, the treasury hid nev
received her two mltea, -and her examp
had nerer come down to us as an lnsplt
do her share. She did not consider what
she should, but what the could give.
Hhe did not consult the«dlodnTes, and. If
ahe hail, they doubtless would have told
her that R was a waste of ointment, that
the Master would not approve, who had
commanded that the fragments should he
gathered.
Mie did not consult her husband, ft aha
had any,.aa many women are obliged to do
today • lief ore they give,' and if ahe bad the
presumption Is that It would have created
a family discussion and the fragrance of
her ointment had never .filled the room,
nor been wafted down the centuries to us.
She acted for herself. Ho we should de
termine our labors and gifts, not by what
others do and give, lint by what we can
do and rive, and then and then only will
we receive the Master's commendation.
Mary Improved Hop Opportunity,
Christ.said, "The poor ye have,always
with yon, and whenever ye wlU ye may
da them good; but Me ye have not al
ways."
One great reason why we do not dll
the measure of our potentialities and possi
bilities is because of our proneness to pro
crastination; our putting oft until tomor
row what should be done today.
Rome duty claims our heart and hand,
and are nay,' “I'm busy now." We may say,
and sincerely, "I would like to attend to
it now, and will aoon." If it presses too
heavily upon the conscience, we endeavor
to cushion It with some excuse.
Suppose Mary bad aaid. "I would like
to make n present to my Master, but there
will be other opportunities, when I tan
better afford to do. when-1 may hot in
cur the opposition of the disciples, and 1
will wplt till then."
Had she so reasoned and acted, this story
would nerer have told of her as n memo-
rial, In four hundred different languages.
Hhe did not know It, but this was ner
last opportunity. It waa her anointing for
was enjoined to hold hts peace; had
concluded to wait till a more favorable
time, hla eye* had nerer seen the light, for
this was the last time that Jesua passed
along that road.
It was hts last opportunity. It was
blessed sight or perpetual darkness.
A pre-mortem In better than a post-mor
tem anointing. Better carry a single How
to the bedside of the Ifrlnr ' * ^
the word of a eer
the ear can hear, than a tearful shower
of grief and the moat glowing eulogy
when the eye la dimmed sod .the ear la
deaf.
If I Should Die Tonight.
If I ahonld die tonight;'
..lends would look upon my quiet face
Before they laid It In Its resting place,
And deem that death had almost left It
And lay lug snow white flowers against my
hair, -
Would smooth It down with tearful tender
ness,
And fold my hands with lingering caress,
Poor hands, sfl empty, and so^cold toulght.
"H 1 should die tonight.
Keep not your kisses for my cold dead
brow;
The why Is lonely; let mo feel them now.
* *■ D0 . j pure!-worn.
are pierced with many n
f triii not
need
The tenderness for which I long tonight.
We do not do what we can, because we
do not
do not do It when we can.
strike when the Iron Is hot. we ao nor
lift our auchor nud spread our aalls when
wind and wavea are favoring. \Ve do not
•ow our teed when soil nnd sun Invite; we
do not thrust In onr gleaming.sickles when
:>owcd for na-
gleaming, i
the golden grain with heads im
time's lienedictKm bids us i
The opportunity and the
chronous.
For every anointing, there will be a box
of ointment, if we will break Its seal.
Mary was willing to do what ahe could,
though It was not at much as she would
like to have done.
Viewed with her eyea filled with tenra
of adoration and devotion, the gift must
have shrunk Into Insignificance. And yet
she did not refuse .to make her offering.
There la a natural disposition to quarrel
with what, lu our estimation, are little
tb l?% have only one talent, we arc dis
posed to bury It In the ground. We want
to do some great thing; something that
will be commepaurate with onr estimated
position and powers; something that will
lift us above the common level: something
that will make people stop nnd sta?e nnd
say, "What a geulus he It; how magnani
mous; how benevolent."
We refuse to do many things because
they aeem ao little to us. We are privates
In the Lord's army, and we want to wear
bars and stars one* *
divisions. We want . -
balls out of onr muskets. If we can't 1»©
an electric light, we are not content to
be‘a tallow dip. If wc can't do somo
great thing, we will do nothing at nil.
We nerer pause to consider that we ara
not judges of what are great or little
things. That would require a knowledge
you almund In all the little
Sup "
Suppose
kindnesses and courtesies of life. Suppose
yqir ore tender -and .couslderate of the
feelings of .those around you, mindful of
others, rather than yourself, your life, like
Mary** box of ointment, will shed It* fra
grance everywhere, and your presence will
make sunshine wherever you go, that your
friends would not exchange for the glamor
of a genius or. the dnsxlft of n hero.
It la the littlenesses of kindness nnd cour
tesy, of conscience and duty, of tender
ness and love, which find* their way hum
bly and silently from heart to heart, nnd
home to home, and street to street, bind
ing society together with strong, Invisi
ble cords, and constituting for nil tho
sweetness, the harmony and the melody of
Edward Garrett never wrote anything
more true aud beautiful than—
“And when It Is all over, nnd out- feet
will run no more, and our hands aro help-
leas, and we have scarcely etrength,to mur-
K er, then we ahall see that,
Ing a larger field, we-have
left untllled many comers of our single
acre, and none of It fit for the Master's
use, were It not for the softening shadow
of the cross."
A needle In ulrnble fingers reared a mon-
with the brightness of
Republicans Name Candidate.
Special to The Georgian.
Savannah, Ga^ Oct. 26.—D. B. Hig
don. postmaster at Statesboro, has been
nominated by the Republican* of this
district for congress and has accepted
the nomination. Higdon Is about 40
years of age. He hpa been postmaster
at Statesboro about eight years..
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