Morning journal and courier., 1889-09-16
1.ecture 1o Carpentors.

The third lecture in the series to working
 men was delivered in the St. John street M. E. church lest evening. A large audience was present, among whom were noticed sev- eral prominent carriage makers of our city. The speaker stated that his words would be directed only to the real worker.
 In the narrowed and restricted usaQes of our times the word "osrpenter" covers but little of that broad area which was enclosed within its meaning in the former days. The word carpenter in it's original and broader signi6cation embraced every branch of wood craft, from the building of the dolls house to the construction of the palace of the mer- chant prince and its furniture, and in this aspect of the trade he would speak to night. The speaker here referred to the antiquity of this trade and the many evidences that 1t tourished in ancient Palestine and Egypt.
 Proceeding he said: The ranks of the min istry have sometimes been largely recruited from this particular class of workers. In one denomination in New England, among the men who entered the ministry from the working classes, fully one-third of the num- Der were from the carpenters bench. No other trade Is 30 well calculated to develope the mental capacity of men. Tho mental discipline necessary to the construction of Q geometrical staircase for instance brings into play forces of the brain and mind which may be wrought into firm foundation of personal progression, on which may be built up su- perstructure of thought-power and mental energy of sufficient strength and variety to fit you for almost any position where me- ohanical skill and constructive force bear rule; and may even go further still, and arouse within you those latent, but too often dormant powers which, when fully exercised, transform the ordinary laborer into the very front rank of men.
 But we must consider the spiritual side of this subject. And in the first place, there must be careful plan, definite speei6ca- ton and good foundation; the first and second being supplied by the architect, and the third by the mason. Fer the nature of the plan and specification the carpenter is not responsible, but the close and accurate following of their every feature and the working out of their every detail form as ! legitimate part of his duty as the smooth | ing of board or the driving of nail. In this noble form of building, the great l Architect is none other than the living God ! himself. The plan which he promises is the ! life and character of Jesus Christ, and the specifications are contained in the written volume of his holy word. The study of the plan should be of surpassing interest
 to us tonight, because Jesus ir his earthly career was himself { carpenter, and also because the men he
 gathered about him were drawn from the
 ranks of toll. They wore the coarse raimen,
 of the field and of the sea, and were, witt ! their master, painfully aware of the woes and sorrows which then, as now, fell to the lot o
 the sons of toll. Hunger, weariness and poverty, with all it's bitter evils, were con.
 stantly in their pathway. The very tax. ! patherer found them penniless and was paid only by a miracle; and to add to their woes
 their treasurer was traitor, and yet the lift of Christ was lustrous with more than rega
 splendor, and he built up the career of tht lowly workman into that model plan whicl now forms the accepted standard of charac
 ter for the whole family of man.
 The Bible is the key to the whole problem It expounds the Christ. character at ever,
 point. For some strange reason many work ingmen appear to shun the Bible, but this Ii
 mistake. It is our best and truest friend I It is friend to the body as well as to tn
 mind and soul; to our homes as we'll as t.
 our hearts, When rightly used it is profit able for this life as well as for the life whicl
 is to come. It recognizes and estimates mai
 as man-not by his calling, his color or hi
 clothes, but by his mind and heart, his dis position and character, his conversation an, his conduct.
 The day of toll will soon be over and tn rest of evening is rapidly drawing near. Le : us hasten forward the work and push it wit all our energies. Let everything be don ; quickly, and we'll done, for he for whom W l labor shall come and abide within the finish l ed dwelling. And then the earthly hous , shall be transformed into a heavenly mansion , and she life of toll shall be exchanged for al eternity of rest.
 The lecture next Sunday evening will be t blacksmiths and iron-workers.
 |! The attendance at this course has been yer 3 gratifying and it is hoped that the working 1 men and their friends will continue to ava
 | themselyes of the privileges offered.