In all history, sacred or secular, no story can be found so full of pathos,—touching the heights and depths of being,—as the story of a woman's gratitude which we find recorded by three of the Evangelists. (Matthew, 26:6-13; Mark, 14:3-9; John, 12:1-8.)
Well might it have inspired the genius of poet and painter; yet, strange to say, but little notice seems to have been taken of one of the most deeply significant events in Jesus' career.
It is the story of the anointing of Jesus' head and feet by Mary of Bethany a few days after her brother Lazarus had been raised from the grave.
