...return back to the immoderate pursuit or enjoyment of the world ? Great need have ye to repeat, " what shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?" Great need have you to strengthen your faith, by saying, " God forbid that I should glory,...

...touching question put by him who testified that which he had seen, and spoke of what he knew — " What shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose hie own soul ?" I come now to consider another capacity of the eoul — ITS CAPACITY OP tîoo FINERS...

...shall know and feel the truth of that declaration of our blessed Saviour, that it would be no profit to a man, " if he should gain the whole world and lose his own soul." Then we shall perceive how wisely all they have acted, who denied themselves in this world,...

...; the soul may perish while surrounded with wealth, and every earthly comfort and indulgence. What shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul, and what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Be assured, my friends, there is no...

...despair, where the flames of perdition must throw a dreadful light on our Saviour's inquiry, " What shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? " O let NOT my last end be like his ! — Rev....

...of that which is to-come. But ungodliness exposes every one to temporal and eternal ruin. What then shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Hear divine wisdom describe the folly,...

...of that which is to come. But ungodliness exposes every one to temporal and eternal ruin. What then shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Hear divine wisdom describe the folly,...

...the power of such temptations, and become servants to God : and the maxim of his family is, " What shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul!" This is the answer to that question which corrupt nature is too ready to ask : May we not...

...replied coldly, as he disengaged her grasp, and removed her from his arms, — "hath said, ' what would it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world, and lose his own soul,' — I have listened to thee, lady, and I have answered thee, — but my heart is heavy,...

...fulfilment of the very highest earthly hopes, •which even the imagination itself could grasp, " what shall it profit a man, if he should gain the whole world ?" Even without adverting, at present, to the tremendous alternative, to which our Lord alludes, that...