The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-09-17
PASTOR BREACHES
 ON CARPENTERS SUN
Rev. A. R. Moore Fills Pulpit at
 First Christian Church
THE SPIRITUAL TEMPLE
"know Ye Not That Your Bodies Are a Temple of tho Holy Spirit, and That the Holy Spirit
 Dwelleth In You.

Tho Rev. pr. A. R. Moore preached at the First Christian church yesterday morning on 'The Carpenters Son. talk ing his text in part from the hfty-frst verse of tho thirteenth chapter of St, Matthews; 'Is not this the carpenters son7'
 Dr. Moore spoke In part as follows:
 It has been said that some men are born great some achieve greatness, while oth- CTS have greatness thrust upon them The kings son, who Is heir to the throne, may be a weakling, or an imbioile, yet he Is born great. Some men are born under 0 lucky star. They came along at an oppor- tune time, at the psychological moment, and are elevated to positions of honor which they never could have won, unaid- ed, and for which they are not so well prepared as a host of their fellows. Jesus achieved greatness. Born under the star of Bethlehem. 'tis true, and destined for mighty work of the Father, yet He had to meet and overcome obstacles that were apparently lnsurmountable, and the great ness that crowned Him in the end was the result of His own achievement Jesus was a working man.
 True Greatness.
 It Is no disgrace to be born poor. It Is no dishonor to be a working man. The only disgrace attached to honest toll is to be ashamed of 1t. To fill well ones place in life, however humble, to be honest, true and faithful in the midst of dishonesty, falsehood and inhdelity is to be worthy of highest honor. To rise above ones cir cumstances, to be true in the face of falsehood and islander, to surmount oppo- sition, break down prejudice and to lift up humanity when all else. would tear down, that is true greatness.
 There seems to have been nothing very unusual about the early manhood of Jesus. He lived the life of a carpenter. Joseph, his reputed Father, seems to have died early and upon him fell the burden and responsibility of caring for the fam fly. His mother leaned upon and looked to Him. He discharged these duties faith fully and in so doing He held the affection of His mother and set an example for other young men. But His neighbors saw nothing remarkable or strange in Him, else they would not have been astonished at Ills wisdom and mighty works when He entered upon His life ministry. He had been plain working man. His motto was: ",rhe Father worketh hitherto and work" With this motto the carpenters son became a world builder.
 Chief Architect.
 And in this He but came into His own, for He was the world builder from the beginning. Jesus of the New Testament was the Jehovah of the Old Testament. He said on one occasion: Before Abra- ham was, I am," and in so doing He not only claimed for Himself eternity of ex- istence, but He appropriated to Himself the very name of God, for the words 'I am" are but the translation of Jehovah. With God there is no past, no future; His Is the eternal present. And that Is what Jesus claimed for Himself, the eternal present. "In t.,c beginning was the word. and the word was with God, and the word was God. All things were made through Him, and without Him was not anything made that hath been made" Working with Him we become builders and share with Him the glory of the work; but the carpenters son is the chief builder and the chief architect of human destiny.
 Men have sought to immortalize them selves by the erection of stately monso- leums. Perhaps the most beautiful build- ing in the world, the Toj Mahol of India, is monument erected by a king to the memory of the beautiful queen, but be- yond the lessons of beauty and loyalty 1t has no message for the world. The Pyra- mids of Egypt have long lost their mes sage, and the mysterious sphynx no long, CT whispers his secrets Into the ears of the curious The stately temples in Baby lon, Ephesus and Athens are no more. Beautiful and grand in their external architecture. yet failing to meet the spir- itual wants of men, they are now all but forgotten. Even Solomon's temple. standing for a purer religion and a truer light. has passed out, because 1t could not make the devotees at its shrine per feet.
 Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise 1t up." was the challenge thrown down by Jesus The temple His