The building of the Mother Church suggests the thought: How like the building of the temple at Jerusalem, without sound of axe or hammer. The stones were taken from the quarries, and were hewn, cut and polished at a distance from the city, so too, we, living stones, and away from the material structure, are made ready, hewn, cut and polished. Some coming from the quarry rough and jagged, require hard and repeated strokes before the grandeur of the solid rock can be seen others seemingly coming from their resting place clean and shapely, with but few and light touches needed to make them fit to adorn some important and conspicuous spot.
As the stones in the material, being types of the real, have their varied uses, and places, so we also must occupy the position appointed, be it "turret or foundation stone."
One may stand a lofty and noble pillar guarding the entrance; another placed high in some pinnacle, with spiritual discernment looking out. Or, it may be, simply a doorstep; but none the less useful, and signifying not only humility but understanding.
