a perishable thing like the grass of the field or the birds of the air, entirely subject,, like them, to God's beneficent providence. He fails to realize that the service of his soul is, in importance, as far above the service of his body as is spirit above matter, as is heaven above earth. Hence Christ in to-day's Gospel cries out to mankind: "Two things, and two only, there are in this world of priceless value — God and thine own soul. Seek, therefore, first the kingdom of God and His justice, and all other things shall be added unto you."
Brethren, allow me this morning to follow out this sublime train of thought suggested by my divine Master. Let me speak to you of the value of the human soul. I want each one of you to ask himself three questions: First, have I a soul? Second, What is the value of my soul? Third, Does it appear from the life I am leading that I fully apprpciate the value of my soul?
Have I a soul? Every Ash- Wednesday morning the priest sprinkles ashes on my head and says to me: "Remember, man, that thou art dust and into dust thou shalt return." " I heard a voice," says the Prophet Isaias, "I heard a voice saying to me, cry; and I said, Lord, what shall I cry? and it answered: All flesh is as grass and the flowers of the field, which to-day is and to-morrow is not." " Man born of woman to-day," says holy Job, "liveth a short time and then fleeth away like a shadow — like a bird flying through the air, or a ship sailing through the water, he passeth away and leaveth not
