AND HE CALLED UNTO HIM HIS DISCIPLES. — The act was significant. He
sought to teach them to judge of acts by other than a quantitative
standard. For him the widow’s mites and the ointment that might have
been sold for 300 pence stood on the same level, so far as each was
the expression of a generous... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY DID CAST IN OF THEIR ABUNDANCE... SHE OF HER WANT. — The
contrast between the two Greek words is somewhat stronger: _They of
their superfluity... she of her deficiency._ We recognise the same
standard of judgment, possibly even an allusive reference to our
Lord’s language, in St. Paul’s praises... [ Continue Reading ]