On my last home leave I visited some of the old Cathedrals of England. One was impressed by the marvellous way in which they had stood the test of time, and by the beauty of design, and the evidences of careful and loving workmanship. Those builders believed in God. They fived and worked under His all seeing eye and built temples that might be worthy of being called His, and in their efforts to honour God: they brought honour upon And then St, Paul reminds them that the building is to be holy. It was to be not only a house for man's soul—it was to be as well a temple of God. A temple was a holy place. Men approached it with reverence and holy fear. "And ye are God's building." he reminds them, "Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of Got dwelleth in you." Here are thoughts which teach the worth and dignity of humanity. Revolutionary in that day and not universally accepted in our own. In that old world to which tie Apostle was writing, the majority of men were slaves and 6s such were left to grope their way in dismal ignorance, A man's value was calculated in terms of material things, Christianity set a new value on manhood and womanhood. Human worth is no longer to be calculated in terms of material things, but by a divine indwelling. We are akin to God and may enjoy communion and fellowship, with Him. and our value is to be determined by that relation~ ship. For man is. made in the likeness of God. He can think God's thoughts. share God's plans and enter into communion with Him. God dwells with man and in Him.
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