SYMBOLIC MEANING OF THE CARPENTERS TOOLS: Our brother - TopicsExpress

SYMBOLIC MEANING OF THE CARPENTERS TOOLS: Our brother JUSTICE the carpenter demonstrated, These TOOLS remind me of the ones e handle in the workshop of the MIND where things are made of thought and where we build up character. We use the SQUARE to measure all our lines, to straighten out the crooked places of the way, and make the corners of our conduct square. We use the COMPASS to draw the circles around our passions and desires to keep them in the bounds of righteousness. We use the AX to cut away the knotty, useless and ungainly parts and make the character symmetrical. We use the HAMMER to drive home the truth, and pound it in until it is a part of every part. WE use the PLANE to smooth the rough, uneven surface of joint, and block and board that go to build the temple of truth. The CHISEL, LINE, the PLUMMET and the SAW all have their uses in the workshop of he mind. And then this LADDER with its trinity of steps, FAITH,HOPE, and LOVE; on it we climb to the dome of purity in life. And on the TWELVE STEP LADDER, we ascend until we reach the pinnacle of that which life is spent to build the TEMPLE OF PERFECTED MAN.