hath
wrought a good work upon me." Then in further rebuke and by way of
solemn instruction He continued; "For ye have the poor always with you;
but me ye have not always. For in that she hath poured this ointment on
my body, she did it for my burial. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever
this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this,
that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her."

We are left without certain information as to whether Mary knew that
within a few days her beloved Lord would be in the tomb. She may have
been so informed in view of the hallowed intimacy between Jesus and the
family; or she may have gathered from the remarks of Christ to the
apostles that the sacrifice of His life was impending; or perhaps by
inspired intuition she was impelled to render the loving tribute by
which her memory has been enshrined in the hearts of all who know and
love the Christ. John has preserved to us this remark of Jesus in the
rebuke called forth by the grumbling Iscariot: "Let her alone; against
the day of my burying hath she kept this"; and Mark's version is
likewise suggestive of definite and solemn purpose on Mary's part: "She
is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying."

CHRIST'S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM.[1065]

While still in Bethany or in the neighboring village of Bethphage, and
according to John's account on the next day after the supper at Simon's
house, Jesus directed two of His disciples to go to a certain place,
where, He told them, they would find an ass tied, and with her a colt on
which no man had ever sat. These they were to bring to Him. If stopped
or questioned they were to say the Lord had need of the animals. Matthew
alone mentions both ass and colt; the other writers specify the latter
only; most likely the mother followed as the foal was led away, and the
presence of the dam probably served to keep the colt tractable. The
disciples found all to be as the Lord had said. They brought the colt to
Jesus, spread their coats on the gentle creature's back, and set the
Master thereon. The company started toward Jerusalem, Jesus riding in
their midst.

Now, as was usual, great numbers of people had come up to the city many
days before the beginning of the Passover rites, in order that they
might attend to matters of personal purification, and make good their
arrears in the offering of prescribed sacrifices. Though the great day,
on which the festival wa