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10 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. “Walkover” The Best Shoe. For men’a general wear, the Walkover is the Shoe. It’s so-^ejl built, put together in a way to stand the strain;*Had the maker knows, from long, studious experience, just where the strain comes. The material is the best, every imperfect piece of stock being rejected. The style is perfect and the variety of shapes and lasts is such as to meet tiie demands of the most exacting wearer. * • t. The price is moderate. If you’ll try the Walkover, yon’ll be pleased. Sure thing. Try it. 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. 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