The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1903-06-26
BELTS.

of the strongest sermons Sunday night
at the Methodist Church that has been
delivered IN Columbia In some time.
DR.. McF errin's text was the familiar
scrlptural quotation For What
Shall It Profit Man If he Gain the
Whole World and Lose his Own Soul. :"
He said that when Christ was here on
earth he knew that the most serious
thing in the world was the future, ana
that therefore when he saw men devot-
ing their whole lives to the pleasures
and business of the worlu he pro
pounded this question What shall
it profit you If you gain the whole
world and lose your own soul. 'We
have here, "said the speaker. "a prob
lem Of profit and loss. Let us look for
a while at the profit side of the case.
Notice the word IL. IF you gain the
whole world ana lose your soul. y
Very few men in the world, said the
speaker, had ever gained small part
of the world. OF all the students OF
the world, how many had made names
that would endure through the ages2
OF all the poets and historians and
those who have sought for places of
honor, statesmen, and men OF letters,
how many had achieved fame that
would not die, and left regulations
unspotted aud unsullied' How many
were there IN the quest for gold, and
military glory, that mad attained the
heights Of their ambition and were
satistiedY Only one here and there
through the centuries. SO you see
there Is a whole lot in the If. But
even il man should gain the whole
world 1t would De only short time
until he would lose 1t. There are
three sides OF life money, position
and pleasure. He spoke OF the men
who we're strivlI & to pile up fortunes
for themselves, their lust for gold.
He said that Rockefeller, one of the
richest men IN the world, would give
800, 900, 900 for a good stomach. About
all men get out of the world is what
they eat, drink and wear, and mil
lionaires cannot eat any more, or wear
any more clothes than the poorest
people in the world. They might
wear finer clothes, their food might
he little more dainty, but they could
eat no more than anybody else. And
the men who have made the great
fortunes in the world do not enjoy |
them All their time is taken up in
protecting their nterests; they are
nothing bt slaves and servants. He
referred to the death bed of one Ct
the elder Vanderbilts, WHO when he i
was about to pass away, asked of
those around him to sing song. !
When they asked him what song he
wanten them to sing, he said, Sing |
that old song, Come We sinners, poor
ana needy There Vanderbilt, who
could write his check for almost
countless millions, realized that he
was a porr sinner. the world looks
mighty small to a man who Is look
ing out npon eternity, said the .
speaker. Inc positions OF life, he
said, which are so coveted, only
increase ones duties and responsible
ties. Let us take the testimony of
Solomon. lie was 4 king; he had his
great stables with their thousands OF
horses he had money almost beyond
computation everything he could wish
for, he had but at the last, when all
Gnuse things were auUut 10 pass from I
him. he SAID, 1T s. all vanity ana
vsVat,nn of shirt Aud Caesar real
ized 1t rs he drove his cl .arlots throngbt