Norwich bulletin., 1916-03-13
THE HUMAN SOUL
 IS GODS MASTERPIECE
It's Creation the Browning Glory of Gods Work, Said Passionist Father at St. Patrick's Church.

The human soul is Gods master piece, it's creation was the crowning glory of all His works, said Rev. Ar thur Campbell Passionist Father from Boston, Sunday evening, at St. Pat ric1's church before a. very large au- dience in the first of the series of Sun day evening Lenten sermons. The Wiegand vesper service was beauti- fully sung by the choir.
 Rev. Father Campbell in part said:
 What doth a man profit if he suffer the loss of his soul? Man is the most wonderful of Gods creations, his com position being of two substances, the material body and the spiritual soul. The body of man belongs to the ami nal kingdom and his soul to the splr- itual kingdom. But the body of man is more than the mere animal and the spirit lower than the angels.
 We are taught that the body is made of less value it is a mere house of clay and some day falls in ruin, where as the soul is a treasure more valua- bIe than all the gold and silver in the world. Yes the soul is infinitely of more value than the body and what are you doing to promote the welfare of the soul?
 Let us pass glance at our passing lives. It is years gone by with so barren of good work done and full of sin. Let us tonight strive to appre- ciate the value of our souls. Consider that Christ came for the redemption of our souls.
 Human hands color on canvas land scapes, flowers and various other scenes but the lowest Insignificant work of God cannot be initiated by man. Then what of his masterpiece the soul? Yes the human soul, Gods masterpiece. Its creation was the crowning glory of His works. In look ing over His other work of marvellous beauty and grace, the shining bodies | of the heavens for something to serve | as a model and of all His productio(s He was unable to find anything beau tiful enough to satisfy. So He ere | likeness, bearing the imprints. Consider what price you would put | on one faculty of the soul. What would you ask for your reasoning power? God gave the power of pene- | trating the secrets of nature and there afflictions. If our reasoning power is | of such value what about our soul? Ii | is immortal it never dies: it does not 1 depend upon the body for existence | The body will return to dust but the | soul will return to God, it's maker. The finger of death cannot touch 1t | Your soul will live forever. It cannot die cannot decay, cannot be destroy | ed and only God can annihilate it. l Your soul will live on after your | children's children's children are sleep | ing in the tombs. After generations | after generations. the soul will remain | Empires and nations will rise and fall everything will be subject to change except the soul which will live on Just | like the image of God and then, what must it be worth? Show me your sou and tell me if it is the image of Goo | which it should be. Jesus drove the gamblers out of the temple for theil actions; what will the wrath of the | Father be when He looks at our souls | The human soul being Gods great masterpiece, His best loved work Goo loves it as an earthly artist. It re. | fleets beauty and power and is pemit | ted it to man. Wicked man has dis | figured it and sold it to the devil. Goi
 so loveth the human soul He came tC | redeem it.
 Jesus came on earth in a body lik,
 ours, kept soul imprisoned for thirty
 and three years. During his life H,
 gave out perfect virtues, admirable in
 structions and He was the very trutl
 and life. Tell me what is your sou
 worth? When you stand at the iudg
 ment seat, behold the treasure sou
 you bear. He cared for it. is-vred fo
 1t. Take 1t Lord, keep it Avrr1 an,
 place it near your heart to abide wit
 Thee forever.