things will be added unto you. You will no longer stray away from your Saviour, selfish, ungrateful, unforgiving. No longer will you, covered with moral leprosy, need to cry from afar: " Unclean, unclean," or, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on me," but turning from sin and its occasions, to Christ, you will hold Him fast here for a while, and hereafter in heaven forever and ever.
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost.
The Value of the Soul.
" Seek ye, therefore, first the kingdom of God and His justice and all these things shall be added unto you." — Matt. vi. 33.
SYNOPSIS.
Ex. : I. Body and soul. II. Self-preservation. III. Sinners and saints.
I. Soul exists: 1. Image of God. 2. Life principle. 3. Truth and justice.
II. Soul's value: 1. Compared to world. 2. Christ's reply. 3. Riches, honors, pleasures.
III. In itself: 1. Richly endowed. 2. Devil's estimate. 3. God's estimate.
Per.: 1. Saints. 2. Single, married, old. 3. Worldling, drunkard, impure.
SERMON.
Seek ye, therefore, first the eternal salvation of thine immortal soul, and a merciful God will provide all other things necessary for the temporal support of thy perishable body. In these words, my Brethren, is contained a brief resume of the entire lesson of to-day's Gospel. Therein we are first tacitly reminded that every human being born into
