. The life of our Saviour Jesus Christ : three hundred and sixty-five compositions from the four Gospels. liarity, these collec-tions of copper conduits looked very much like a group oftrumpets, hence the popular name given to tJiem. Outside theentrance to the Gazophylacium was a kind of vestibule pro-vided -with seats against the walls affording a good positionfor watching the passers-by and noting the behaviour ofthose who brought offerings. On this occasion fesus too wasseated there, restin<rafter an exhaustinrrdav of the various groups o f pilgrims pass bv zcho had come
. The life of our Saviour Jesus Christ : three hundred and sixty-five compositions from the four Gospels. liarity, these collec-tions of copper conduits looked very much like a group oftrumpets, hence the popular name given to tJiem. Outside theentrance to the Gazophylacium was a kind of vestibule pro-vided -with seats against the walls affording a good positionfor watching the passers-by and noting the behaviour ofthose who brought offerings. On this occasion fesus too wasseated there, restin<rafter an exhaustinrrdav of the various groups o f pilgrims pass bv zcho had come upto the Temple for the festivals and had brought -with themtheir voluntary offerings, and amongst them were manywealthy men who ostentatiously dropped in their generous gifts, whilst a widow also came in her turn and threw in a d.^.picjromu^c ^ouih. ,. two mites ail her living „. Saint Mark explains to his Ro-man readers that the Greek ivord used meant liai fa t/iiadrans : now the Roman cjiiadraiis wasthe fourth part of an as and the as was eanal to rather less than an Einrlisli farthiinr, so. THE DISCIPLES ADMIRE THE BUILDIXCS ()|.^ T\\i: TEMPLE 47 l/ujf the iviJoivs fico miles were scarcely as much cis thai. Hut for all that they repre-sented < all her living »,and this was why Jesus coniinended her so highly: and, anxiousthai the example should not belost on His disciples, He calledthem together and praised thepoor woman in their hearing,saying she « hath cast more inthan all they -which have castinto the Treasury ». // icasthis touching and pathetic epi-sode that ended a da x which hadbeen full of eager before Jesus had been re-proaching the Pharisees withdevouring widows houses andfor a pretence making long , TT 7 7 \ Steps til the Haram. t prayers; He now calls our at-tention to one of the poor widozcs ruined by the pretended zuorshippers of God, consecrat-ing to the service of the Lord all that I hey had left to her.
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