The Glenwood post., 1914-03-21
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What shall it profit . man il he
shall gain the whole world and lose
his own soul. Mark s:36.
Our text is a very pertinent question.
And yet it seems as if its .skn were
an insult to human intelligence. AS
well ask, what snail it profit = man if
he gain the most beautiful scenery on
earth and lose his eyes! To lose your
eyes means to lose all beauty, to lose
the hearing means the loss of all music
aad elOquence. And to lose the soul
means the loss of life; it means the
loss of all.
And yet men are SO foolish and in
sane as to sell the soul for q mere
bagatelle. "What fools these mortais
be.'' How like unreasoning beasts
they trifle with their souls, their All
And their folly is not due to lack
of knowledge. They know better. They
know that every material possession is
theirs but for day. Observation tells
them that "In the midst of life they
are in DEATH Common sense should
teach them that the chief concern of
life should be the salvation of the soul
The Master says, "seek ye first the
.Kiaa1aR II ssQe azlA NJ xiGbteess:
nsass1s-- ~ iSfteaA 81 % doing, They
seek the world. Oh, for fame, pleasure,
"good time," money houses, lands.
Those are the things that are sought
after with the insane pertinacity of
the fiend. In all candor, ask, where
is the profit! Tell me, you who would
do as did Alexander, who having won
the world unto himself, died, lost it all.
in q drunken debauch at the age of
twenty-eight. Tell me, you who,
quaffing the cup of sinful pleasure,
like Lord Byron, who, when dying.
sick Of it all, sick Of sin, Of life, cries
in = hopeless dispair,
"Ny days are In the yellow leaf,
The Flowers, the fruits Of love are
gone,
The worm, the canker and the grief,
Are mine alone.''
Tell me, where is the profit in the
exchange Of your soul for sins mad
ness, "good time," so called. After
all sin comes high. Its price is the
soul. Again, you, who have long since
sold your soul for the dollar, for mate
rial gain, tell me, where is the profit!
Your bank account is growing, but ere
long it will slip out of your greedy
fingers, and you, the soul, will be a
penniless beggar. Where is the profit
Said one of your kind to me several
years ago, just before his soul slipped
out of his dying body, 81 have put
the emphasis on the wrong thing. That
has been my mistake" What fatal
error. "Riches take wings and fly
away" A few years ago famous
American politician, whose name was a
common household word, lay dying.
And Salvation Army lassie came to
the door of his mansion and to the
keeper she said, "L must see Mr.. -
The seriousness in her face gained her
admission, and stepping up to the bed
side Of the dying man, she pressed a
lily into his hands, and said, "How is
it with your souli" And with feeble
voice the man who had guided tha
political destinies Of the land replied.
"I would give all that have or ever
had, honor, fame riches, If I had in
my. soul what you have in yours. -
"The ground Of = certain rich man
brought forth plentifully: And he
thought within himself, saying, what
shall I do, because have NO place
where to bestow my fruits! And he
said, this will do: will pull down
my barns and build greater. And there
will 1 bestow all my fruits and goods.
And I will say to my soul, Soul take
thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this
night thy soul shall be required Of
thee" "what shall it profit . man
if he gain the whole world and lose
his swn sesli"