trouble ye her? she has wrought a good work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good; but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body to the burying." (ver. 6, 7, 8.)

Those who have a heart to do good, never need to complain for want of opportunity. We can never fail to find in this world some to whom Christ will have kindness shown as to himself. There are other opportu nities of doing good, which come seldom are short and uncertain; and which require peculiar diligence to improve whilst in our

power.

The more Christ's servants and their services are reviled, the more he manifests his acceptance. This answer had a mystical meaning. "She did it for my burial."

This was as it were the embalming of his body because the doing of that after his death would be prevented by his resurrection, it was done before.

This act of faith and love was so remarkable, that the preachers of Christ crucified, and the inspired writers, could not but take notice of this passage; and being once enrolled in the sacred records, it could never be forgotten. It would be reported as a memorial of Mary's faith and love to all future ages. This is a remarkable prophecy. Christ knew that he should influence the evangelists to record this event, which might appear trivial among the great actions of our blessed Lord's public life; and the accomplishment of it has been equally remarkable.

Scarce had the sober morning's doubtful ray

Beckond the sun and warnd the shades away, When the two Mary's met with pious care T'anoint their Master in the sepulchre.

THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.

"I know your cares, dispel your causeless fear;
Jesus you seek; he's risen, he is not here.
This joyful news to his disciples bear;
For Galilee he's gone, to meet them there."

"MARY Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun." (Mark xvi. 1, 2.) The women who had attended Christ before his crucifixion, visited his sepulchre. On their arrival, an assurance was given them by an angel, that the Lord Jesus was risen from the dead. They entered into the sepulchre a little way, and saw that the body of Jesus was not where they left it.

The sight of the angel might justly have encouraged them, but they were affrighted