. The home of fadeless splendour: or, Palestine of today . shall bepreached in the whole world, there shall alsothis, that this womanhath done, be told for a memorial of her. In the Magdalen College Library at Oxford there is a remarkablemanuscript of the Life of St. Marv Magdalene, which professesto be the copy of an original account of the life of the saint,compiled by one Rabanus, who lived 776-856, and thiscopy is supposed to date from about 1450. This documentopens witli a short history of the family of Bethany thus : Inthe territory of Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives, at fifteenstadia
. The home of fadeless splendour: or, Palestine of today . shall bepreached in the whole world, there shall alsothis, that this womanhath done, be told for a memorial of her. In the Magdalen College Library at Oxford there is a remarkablemanuscript of the Life of St. Marv Magdalene, which professesto be the copy of an original account of the life of the saint,compiled by one Rabanus, who lived 776-856, and thiscopy is supposed to date from about 1450. This documentopens witli a short history of the family of Bethany thus : Inthe territory of Jerusalem, on the Mount of Olives, at fifteenstadia to the east of the Holy City, is situated the Httle town ofBethany, the country of Mary Magdalene, of Lazarus, and ofMartha. Here was bom Martha, the venerable hostess of ourLord, whose mother, Eucharia, was descended from the royalfamily of the House of Israel. Her father, Theophilus, was aSyrian prince, and governor of the maritime country. Marthahad a sister of great beauty, named Mary, and a young brother ^ St. Matthew xxvi. 13. • About two ocu BETHANY 289 called Lazarus.^ We are told that they were wealthy people,a considerable portion of Jerusalem besides the village of Bethanybelonging to them, also the village of ]\Iagdala. The parentsbeing dead, the two sisters and brother lived together, and asthe younger sister grew up she moved from Bethany and took upher residence at Magdala. where, living a life of sin, she becamenotorious as j\Iary of Magdala, or Mary Magdalene, until arousedby the preaching of our Lord in the vicinity of her town, and laterpardoned by Him in the house of Simon the Pharisee. The hfe of Mary Magdalene is closely linked with the romantichistory of Bethany, and here is a short summary of the chiefepisodes in her life as told in H0I3 Scripture : 1. Mary Magdalene was brought to the Temple, taken inadultery, and her accusers demanded her death bystoning. He that is without sin among you, let him tirstcast a stone at her. \Micn all had left t
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