Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-11-10
PROFIT AND FORFEIT: THE
WORLD VERSUS THE SOUL
BY Rev. c. q. Mason.
Delivered at the Congregational Church Sunday October a8

Text For what shall a man b
profited, If he shall gain the Who'll
world, and forfeit his life (soul) O
what shall man give in exehang
for his life or soul Matthew 1872
BY this question nineteen centurie
ago Jesus Christ challenged an ans
wer, how world gain by soul los
can bring a man profit It is an ap
peal of supreme import to eyery
mans interest, demanding his sober
and serious thought a question thai
sooner or later must be faced BY
every man, and the sooner the better
for less the loss Jesus has answered
his own question
Profit and Forfeit; a Parable.
And he (Jesus) spake a parable
unto them saying, The ground of q
certain rich man brought forth
plentifully; and he reasoned within
himself, saying What shall | dc
because ! have not where to bestoV
my fruits? And he said This viii
| do: l will pull down my barns
and build greater; and there will
bestow all my grain and my goods
And | will say unto my soul, Sou
thou hast much goods laid up fol
many years; take thine ease, eat
drink be merry.
But God said unto him, Thot
foolish one, this night is thy sou
required of thee; and the thing
which thou hast prepared, whose
shall they be? So is he that layetl
up treasure for himself, and is no
rich toward God" Luke 10. 1921
What is that world profit for which
men so much forfeit? 1t is wealth
for its own sake. Gain intoxicants
for more gain. The bigger the pro
fits the larger the barns and vaults
for more profits. More seek prof
station, culture, pleasure, ease-and
on to the end of the life Profit i.
sought for what profit promises, re
tirement, ease, entertainments eat
drink, be merry. But the forfeit
What the exchange?
The Forfeit Of the Physical Life.
I'm one of his books Count Lee
Tolstoi has given the story of .
place in Russia where it was said
that a Russian peasant could have
all the ground that he could meas
ure off from sunrise to sunset.
So he started for the place, ant
when the sun rose in the morning
he started on his journey after the
land. He saw the waving trees il
the distance, and said: 'They shall
be mine" He saw the glisten of the
lake beyond them, and he said 60
will take that in" He saw the fer
tile plain just ahead, and determined
that it should be his own; but wheI
he had gained these he lifted hi.
eyes, and behold! the sun had gone
beyond the meridian.
Then he bent every energy to
reach the starting place. The sur
dropped lower and lower; but hC
reached the starting place just as
the sun went down, and he gained II
all.
But Count Tolstoi says that whel
they picked him up he was dead
And the author adds: What shall II
profit a man if he gain the whole |
world and lose his own soul?" What |
the profit to run ones self to death
to shorten life for world possession
to leave behind
A greater Forfeit for Profit, tn
Moral Life.
Soul Life, Character.
The Magazine, Success, has thi !
about Money When 80
sec IL young man haunting his quick
ly gained wealth in your face, jus
ask yourself, How much did he
lose in getting it? How much of him /
self has he parted with in exehang,
for the money? Does it yay to sci /
ones manhood and character in orde
to get rich a little faster? Isn't / /
safer to take the slower and approx
ed method? Doesn't a youth los,
unless his life is square and clean
not matter what money he gets?
Can you tell me how much thi
man of "A years in Butte, Montana
forfeited in manhood and honor, re
Gently? He was placed in the cit
jail there on a drunkenness charge
It was the natural wind-up of tn,
philosophy in the parable, 'eat, drini
md be merry" Some friend
started me on Rhine wine" he said
then they induced me to drink
ginger ale highball, and here l am
EEL the effect of the recent war-taxe