| The Way of Victory |
Chapter 5 |
Page 8 |
A woman like this does not need a monument over her grave after she is gone, for her own works will be the best and noblest memorial she can have. We remember what a memorial Mary’s broken alabaster box became to her, and how the fragrance of that beautiful, blessed deed of hers still fills all the world. We must not forget that it was through the breaking of the box and the pouring out of the ointment that the memorial was made. If Mary had thought the vase too fine to break and the ointment too precious and costly to pour out we should never have heard of either. Things we keep to ourselves leave no blessing in the world and write no record for us in heaven. It is only the broken things that do good, the things dear to us that we give up Jor Christ that are remembered and become immortal. The “works” of this good woman in our lesson that praise her in the gates are not the things she did for herself-to get rich, to win honour. They are her kindness to the poor, the distressed, the troubled, the sorrowing. Not only do such “works” praise us in the gates of earth, but our Lord assures us they will also praise their doers at the final judgment, and in the gates of heaven for ever. There ought to be sweet encouragement in this for every woman who is trying to live a life of loving service for Christ. No one knows what the final outcome will be of the smallest thing done in love for one of Christ’s little ones in the Master’s name.
Printed by Hazell, Watson & Viney, Ld., London and Aylesbury.
Page 8