PAGES 41 TO 52
PART FODR
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY 3IORNING, OCTOBER 28, 1906.
NO.
VOL. XXV.
DOES MONEY RULE THE CHURCH
The International Sunday-School Lesson for Today, "Jesus
Annointed at Bethany." Matthew 26: 6-16.
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BY 'WILLIAM T. ELLIS.
THE recent widespread discussion or
"tainted money" has raised afresh
an issue that is not new in relig
ionthe place and importance of money.
It Is akin to a debate that raged in the
home of Simon the leper In the little town
of Bethany, just outside of old Jerusalem.
2000 years ago.
Then an ardent. Impetuous, grateful dis
ciple, a woman whose heart brimmed over
with love, lavished upon the restorer of
her brother a precious ointment that could
have been sold for x in gold as we rate
money, or that was the equivalent of
a year's wages for a workingman of the
time, or that was worth one-third more
than the sum which the disciple estimated
to be necessary to feed 6000. The treas
urer of the college of apostles resented
what he called the wastefulness of the
deed; bis idea was that the monetary
standard was supreme, and that the
most important thing for the incipient
church to consider was its source of finan
cial income.
It is rather interesting that these two
well-known Bible characters, Mary and
Judas, should each be remembered largely
for one incident, and that one having to
do with an estimate of money's worth.
Mary thought her richest treasure was
best spent in pouring it forth as a fra
grant anointing for the Master she loved.
Judas thought 30 pieces of silver far less
than the cost of Mary's alabaster cruse
of nard of more value than his Lord's
Jjfe, plus his own honor and fidelity and
salvation.
The money standard persists. Today a
live issue throughout Christendom is.
'Does money rule the church? Are de
votion to the ideals which had their em
bodiment in Jesus, and love's self -forget
ting sacrifice, of less importance than the
favor of the wealthy? Must churches
yield dominant influence to the men with
the longest purses? Can they get along
without, or venture to antagonize.' the
rich? Is the cold "practical" worldly
wisdom of Judas to control, or the "im
practical," impulsive, warm heart of
Mary?
The Aftermath of a Miracle.
This incident occurred at a feast given
by Simon, a healed leper. It was a
scandal in the eyes of the austere religion
ists of his time that Jesus came eating
and drinking and sharing the common
life of the people: but this is today his
glory, for it has sanctified the ordinary
relations of men and women, their joys
as well a3 their sorrows. Christianity is
as normal and appropriate at a feast as
at a funeral.
The happiest persons at this particu
lar festivity were the members of the
Bethany home whither the weary Christ
was accustomed to resort, whose head.
Lazarus, had been raised from the dead
by -him. The presence of both Jesus and
Lazarus at the feast made the occasion
really sensational. What a peeping in at
the doors and windows there must have
been, and what a curious crowd gathered
to see the guests arrive and depart. This
man who had been dead and buried four
days, and then made alive again, was
as much an object of interest as the Mir
acle-Worker himself. . . . .
The importance of this particular mir
acle is not to be overlooked. It tremen
dously stimulated interest in Jesus. It
increased the number of his disciples, and
it is given as the direct cause of the tri
umphal entry. Moreover, it intensified
the bitterness of Christ's enemies. They
included Lazarus in their hate, and would
have put him to death also, because the
testimony of his resurrection was so pow.
erful an argument for the divinity of the
Nazarene. The price paid for Christ's
friendship is always the enmity of his
enemies. They who would reign with
him must also suffer with him.
Contrasts at a Feast.
Life is not as simple as in our youthful
dreams we believed it to be. Each 3ey's
newspaper contains, side by side, trage
dies and rejoicings, failures and successes.
sorrows and joys; and Its marriage and
death notices are always grouped togeth
er. , This Bethany feast was a picture of
life. There was the deep and wondering
joy over the restoration of Lazarus,
chastened by memories of the great
sorrow of his death. There also was
seen the transcending love of Mary, who
by the way must not be confounded with
Mary Magdalene, nor with the sinful
woman who anointed Jesus at another
feast and in sharp contrast to this was
the greed of sordid-minded Judas. There
were the common run of people, and the
exalted Spirit who was incarnate God.
All gathered about Simon's table, merged
into the one world, and yet each a world
in himself.
It is suggestive that these diverse inter
ests found their common meeting point in
the person of Jesus. For in him all the
conditions and classes and races of man
kind are discovering a common center.
The world's great point of agreement is
the Man of Nazareth, whom every other
man finds close kin to himself. There is
nothing more wonderful about the charac
ter of the Savior than his affinity for ev
erybody. He is still in complete sympa
thy with the lowliest and the highest.
Friend gropes to find a congenial nature
in friend, but in Jesus one meets instant
and perfect union.
The Lavlshness of Love. j
This particular feast; the chief Guest
declared, is to be known wherever the
gospel is preached for one supreme occur.
rence there. Mary had brought with her
what had probably long been a precious
household heritage, an alabaster cruse of
pure nard. the most fragrant of spices. :
In that simple community which knew
nothing of modern luxury, its value must
have been enormous, for it would have
sent 300 beggars on their way rejoicing, or
it would have sustained a laborer and
his family for more than a year.
To the astonishment of everybody and
to the horror of some. Mary poured out
without stint, and to the last drop, this
precious ointment upon the Lord, who
had brought back from the grave her
brother. It was a woman's deed the
deed of supreme and self-forgetting and
uncalculating affection. True love is al
ways lavish in its giving Its best be
longs to its beloved. When it begins
to ponder and weigh and count the cost.
It is no longer love, for in love there is
no withholding. And in all this great
world the .most fragrant thing is love's
deed done 'purely for love's sake. Well
did the Master crown it with a memorial,
declaring that it would be recorded wher
ever his gospel is preached.
There are many things in life which at
eventide we regret, but the lavishness of
out love is never one of them. The deeds
we do at affection's prompting are, when
we see most clearly, our pride and grat
ification and happiness. The sorrow
which men feel as they stand beside the
bier of a loved one is not for their much
giving but for their short-sighted with
holding. Love keeps no ledger.
-Sentimental!" "Foolish!" "Extrava
gant!" the thrifty and careful villagers
no doubt exclaimed over Mary's act.
They were unable to see that there are
better things in life than being thrifty
and economical. To feed the spirit is
better than to feed the body, and there
is many a wife with a great ache in her
heart who would gladly surrender the
houses and the bank account which her
true husband had accumulated for her
sake were he but a little more free with
words and tokens of affection. There is
not enough of flowers and gifts in life
and too much of sordid calculation.
Christ placed His stamp of approval upon
love that shows itself in bounteous tok
ens of affection.
The Mercenary Spirit.
This whole proceeding must have been
heartbreaking to Judas, as he watched
the precious nard flow down to the
ground while its perfume filled the house.
He cared nothing for its fragrance, and
was blind to the light that enkindled his
Master's eye as he beheld this glad offer
ing of pure devotion. Judas' spirit was
wholly mercenary,, and the finer in
stincts cannot survive sordidness of soul.
It Is awful to contemplate how many
fair and fragrant growths are stifled by
this rank weed of mercenariness. It en
ters the most sacred places and profanes
the most hallowed institutions and occa
sions. Consider the death chambers that have
been made the scenes of strife, because
the thought of an inheritance was upper
most in the minds of all present. When
the passion for money enters a life, it
feeds all other base passions, and wages
constant war against those passions
which are sacred and ennobling. It pre
vents a proper sense of values. The man
who loves money can never see straight,
even on questions of politics and prac
tical morality.
So stirred was Judas that he could not
contain himself in silence, and he cried
out: "Why was not this ointment sold
for 300 shillings and given to the poor!"
This was the cunning of a miserly man.
For a miser is proverbially cunning.
Judas was shrewd enough to cloak a
base motive under a pious pretense. This
was not the first time nor the last, that
self-interest paraded as religion. John
goes to the root of the matter when he
declares: "Now this he said, not be
cause he cared for the poor, but because
he was a thief, and having the bag, took
away what was put therein." Despite
daily association with Jesus and dally in.
struction from him, one of the 12 had
grown to be a thief!
So stirred was Judas by Mary's deed,
and by what he must have considered
the "impractical" views of Jesus regard
ing the extravagance, that he went forth
and made his unholy bargain with the
priests, to sell his Master for only a
small fraction' of the value of the anoint
ing fluid which Mary had poured upon
Jesus' feet. Judas had already lost his
soul. It had been stifled to death by
love of money.
Africa's Hero and His Work
Terse Comments X'pon Uniform Prayer Meeting Topic.
DAVID LIVINGSTONE, the son of a
poor Scotch weaver, was born in
Blantyre, Scotland, March 19, 1813.
Amopg the names of men of achieve
ment of the 19th century his stands
pre-eminently as a discoverer, explorer
and missionary. Livingstone's great
work in Africa was exploration, open
ing up the Zambesi country from sea
to sea, and the region around the great
African lakes, many of which he dis
covered. Yet in alj his work of ex
ploration his one supreme object was
to blaze a path for the missionary
work of the future.
The story is told of an African ex
plorer one day finding Livingstone in
his boyhood, during the noon hour at
he cotton mill where he was employed,
absorbed in a book of African travel.
Asked if he would like to travel
through a country like that. Living
stone replied in the affirmative, adding
"for there's muckle to be done there
yet." "There is indeed." said the trav
eler, "and it's just fellows of your sort
that we need to do it. If you ever go
to Africa, I think it will take more
than a lion in your way to stop you."
A few years later, as a student at On
gar. the same sturdy " persistence of
character manifested itself, as evi
denced by the remark of a fellow stu
dent, "Fire, water, stone wall, would
not stop Livingstone In the fulfillment
of any duty."
At the age of 19 he decided to become
a medical missionary and offered him
self to the London Missionary Society
for work in China. Then occurred one
of those chances which so often turn
the currents of lives the opium war
in China opened, and Livingstone was
delayed in carrying out his purpose.
Impatient to be at work, a chance
meeting with Dr. Moffat decided him
to go to Africa. When 31 years of age
he reached Kuruman. the home of Dr.
Moffat, and began the study of the
language. As his knowledge of the
people increased he became consumed
with the desire to penetrate into the
regions beyond. Having in the mean
time married a daughter of Dr. Moffat,
they together went into the interior,
ministering to the people by the way.
and themselves suffering untold dan
gers and exposures. The health of his
family becoming seriously affected with
African fever, he took them to the
coast and sent them home to England,
while he himself returned and worked
alone for four years.
Sixteen years of hardship and labor
in Africa passed before Livingstone re
turned to England. His explorations
of the Zambesi River and the surround
ing country were of such value to Eng
land that he was received with great
honor by men of science and even the
Queen. Tet he was Livingstone, the
missionary, first of all, and met the
honors conferred upon him with the
simple . reply: "Where the geograph
ical feat ends, there th,e misisonary
work begins."
"Anywhere, provided it be forward,"
was the compelling motive of Living
stone's life, and it led him back to the
heart of Africa once more, and there
he became lost to the world, and alone
faced and overcame appalling obstacles
the death of his wife, the patient en
durance of six long years without the
sight of a white face, "deserted by
most of his followers, thwarted in
every possible way by Arab slave deal
ers and exhausted by hardships."
Speaking of these years, Livingstone
says: 'T felt in my destitution as if I
were the man who went down from
Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among
thieves, but I could not hope for priest.
Levite or good Samaritan to come by
on the other side. But when I was
most discouraged, the good Samaritan
wasc lose at hand." The good Samar
itan was Henry M. Stanley, who had
been sent out from America to find the
intrepid explorer after these long
years of silence. The story of his
search for Livingstone is full of inter
est how he followed In his footsteps
from place to place, until at length he
heard of a white man who was said to
be "old and sick, with white hair."
This indeed was Livingstone. The
meeting of the two men, the receiving
of the home letters for which Living
stone had waited years, and the news
of the outside world which Stanley was
able to impart make one of history's
thrilling chapters.
'
Stanley returned to England alone,
and Livingstone remained to continue
his work. But in 1S74 the end came to
the life of this brave man, who had
met all other obstacles unflinchingly.
His faithful black servant found him
one morning kneeling by his bed, but
his spirit had gone to its Maker. His
faithful followers buried the heart of
Livingstone under a tree in the land
where his heart had been for so long,
but his body was embalmed and labori
ously carried a nine months' journey to
the coast by these same faithful serv
ants, and there sent to England, where
it was buried in Westminster Abbey
with fitting ceremonies.
On Livingstone's monument in West
minster Abhey are inscribed these
words: "All I can add in my loneliness
is. May heaven's richest blessing come
down on every one American, Eng
lishman. Turk who will help heal this
open sore of the world" a ringing ap
peal made by Livingstone to America
to suppress the East Coast slave trade-
With the opening of 'Africa to com
merce and civilization the missionary
has kept close pace. Darkest Africa Is
becoming enlightened by the work of
the various missionary societies, wMch
are entering and establishing indus
trial, medical and evangelistic work
at their stations and schools.
In our own countr.' the home mis
sionary societies are continually en
larging the scope of their labors in the
"black belt" of the South. Hampton
and Fisk and Tuskegee Universities
are monuments of the work which is
being done to uplift the black man
from the degradation of the days of
slavery.
News and Notes From Everywhere
The oldest fixed date in history, as stat
ed by a professor in the University of
Chicago, is 4241 B. C.
To properly equip the religious workers
in the Canal zone will require an outlay
of J10.000.
The total membership of the Young
Mens Christian Associations of North
America KOw exceeds 400,000.
Chinese history dates from the 23d cen
tury B. C. but not until the opening of
the 20th century A. D., was a school for
girls established in the Empire..
It is estimated that there axe 2.000.000
children in this country in industrial
slavery, several millions who are the vic
tims of poverty and 1,000,000 annually drift
into crime.
The Congregationalists are considering
the preparation of a liturgy which will be
used in services of their church as the
Book of Common Worship is used by Pres
byterians. It is estimated that there are 200.000,000
Mohammedans in the world. 124.000.000 of
whom are under Christian rule or protec
tion. In nearly every important city in
the Moslem world where the population is
more than 100.000 there is a center of
Christian work in the form, of printing
press, hospital, school or college.
Judge Lindsey, the originator of the Ju
venile Court of Denver, was not a profess
ing Christian when he began this philan
thropic practice, six years ago. According
to his own statement, it was the sense of
the tremendous responsibilities connected
with this work which led him to ally him
self with the Methodist Church.
A novel institution has been organized
by the chaplain of the Indiana State Pris
on at Jeffersonville, and is known as the
Federated Church. To be eligible for
membership In this church a prisoner
must have an unblemished record for good
behavior for at least eix months previous,
and upon joining he must sign a creed
especially prepared for these men. Any
member of the church who is found guilty
of violating the rules of the prison will be
suspended from membership, and will be
reinstated only after six months more of a
clean record. When discharged from
prison each member will be required to
designate a church with which he pro
poses to unite, and he will be dismissed
on letter to that church.
Seven Sentence Sermons
Who keeps one end in view makes
all things sure Browning.
Between the great things we cannot
do and the small things we will not do,
the danger is that we shall do nothing.
Adolphe Monod.
Seek not to have things happen as
you choose them, but rather choose
them to happen as they do, and so shall
you live prosperously. Epictetus.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise
again
The eternal years of God are hers.
Bryant.
The best reward for having wrought
well already is to have more to do.
Charles Kingsley.
To make habitually a new estimate
that is elevation. Emerson.
Let us hope that to our praise
Good God not only reckons
The moments when we tread his ways,
But when the Spirit beckons
That some slight good Is also wrought
Beyond self-satisfaction.
When we are simply good in thought,
Howe er, we fail in action.
. Lowell.
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