The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-12
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If a Man should Gain the Whole world
and Thereby Lose Ills soul.


Though laboring under great physical
difficulties, the Rev. +. L. Powell deliver
ed n most impressive ind eloquent sermon
/ no tho Scvcrth street Christian church
/ last night from Mark wife 36: For what
! does IL prCnt a man III be shall gain the
/ whole VCrilC and Lose his own sOllf
/ This IS a con mon sense question, SAID
I the speaker addressed 20 the common
sense q man. Jesus applies this que5ti)n
/ 10 The world in the text. and His reason
| iuc is uuanswerahle IN saying " mdl $
soul is lost what good can the gaining
I Of the world be 20 him.
Tho world life may properly be divided
into three divisions. viz. sensual, intel
iectull ana pecUniary. suppose a man
gains an the world On give OF the
sensual. lie eratifes % The utmost cd-
paDity IBIS appetite. lus and passions.
ana then De reaches stage at which no
cnloyu cnt can De obtained IN them, Tor
Dee is surieitcd. Suppose he gains all OF
The intellectual attainment. and his mind
u.s. able 10 grasp tho utmost that science.
literature. art can impart. lie sun
Reaches the end. and finds nothing beyond.
Suppose wealth. society. politics lay their
offerings at his feet. DE will find ola age
creeping upon him, and a longing Tor
something better. higher, nobler fills his
soul. Has Il paid? Tho mere acquisition
Of these and these only.
Take the answer given by experience.
1Ibcrius was said TO be the emperor than
when none had ever attained moro OF
that which WAS calculated 20 satisfy the
cravings OF the world nature In man. Yet
he was gloomy. sad. depressed. His very
crown. the emblem Of his greatness, was
burden 90 his brow. The young ruler
who approached the Saviour with the
question What good thing shall ! DO mat
] may inherit eternal lifey' but showed
the longing Of a soul for something the
world could not give
"Thcn the verdict OF Solomon. vanity
or Nanlucs' proves thdt experience VIII
Doe satisfied with nothing that falls 10
stiil the conscience.
zone solf-apprOvnG hour
Whole worlds outweigh.
Taken in and Of themselves. an the good
things the world affords present nothing
permanent. 40 sure foundation Upon
which 10 build q future life, no final COM
f0rtcr.
We speak of man losing his soul as
II 10 was a matter Of the future. The
Bible plainly teaches that many Of Us
are lost already, and # is them that Jesus
comes 20 save.
These bodies Of ours are the temples
Of the soul dedicated to God in infancy
and belonging 10 God. sin is the Nandai
that CIceps in and dtscclates The temple
and destroys the SOUL
The speaker pictured in pathetic terms
the sight OF a mother beh0idmg desc
Grated temple i'm the person of "a sinful
son. lie showed the prOutablcncss of
Christian life in all the walks of liie
Even the inhdel has been known TO prefer
death for bis daughter than TO have her
reared i'm am atmosphere robbed OF the
refining influences of tho Christian re-
neiOn.
Lowelrs answer to tho scoffers was
beautifully cited. SHOW me section OF
country u am the world twelve miles
square. where the influence of The Chris
ti1n religion is NOT felt. and ~ amy OF
y0u gentlemen are willing TO live in that