 | Denny R. Thomason - 1831 - 218 pages
...thoughts of God and a judgment to come. There is no apology for usages that endanger our immortality. " What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?" • GARDINER SPRING. New-York, March 1, 1831. \ ADVERTISEMENT TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.... | |
 | James Fisher - 1831 - 408 pages
...more concerned for the salvation of our souls than for all things in the world: "For," says Christ, "what is a man profited, if he gain the •whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mat. xvi. 27. Q. 19. Why did God create man [male and female]? A. For the propagation... | |
 | 1831 - 994 pages
...With all your boasted prudence and forethought, were it not wise to consider one little question — ' What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?' And if this has not entered into your calculations, you might start to hear that... | |
 | John Williams - 1833 - 130 pages
...God's Sabbaths. Let a father's advice be asked, for the future, in all things of weight and moment. What is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul 1 I desire to be humbled under the mighty hand of God, thus afflicting me. I would... | |
 | John S. Waugh - 1833 - 106 pages
...for strutting a short hour upon the stage of life, an object of the world's vain regard, — for " what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" The first chapter of the Revelations... | |
 | James Dredge - 1833 - 290 pages
...the intrusive thoughts of the presence of God, of eternity, &c. ; well might our Redeemer exclaim, ' What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?' But I am conscious my enjoyments are not so great as .they ought to be : I have... | |
 | 1833 - 896 pages
...to the los? of him ; affliction, danger, death itself, will he preferahle to the denial of him : for what is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul t ov what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Finally, the passage leads... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1833 - 702 pages
...is mad, and of mirth, What doth it ? Eccl. ii. 2. Can the gain of the world m:ike you happy? No: for what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? Matt. xvi. 26. 5. Is God then your chief end ? Yes : for of him, and through him,... | |
 | 1863
...great Physician, who can cure all diseases. She read on till she came to this important question : " What is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?" The truth flashed upon her mind. She had never before thought of her immortal... | |
 | 1862 - 1124 pages
...unerring Wisdom places the soul in the balance with the world, and when he has weighed them, asks, ' What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ; or what ihall a man give in exchange for his soul ? ' All that is to be seen in... | |
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