 | Joseph Deharbe - 1876 - 344 pągines
...obtain eternal happiness. ' Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His justice' (Matt. vi. 33). ' For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul ? ' (Matt xvi. 26). 9. What must we do, if we would know and serve God, and be eternally happy ? 1.... | |
 | Theodore Howard Galton - 1876 - 360 pągines
...that will save his life shall lose it ; and he that shall lose his life for My sake shall find it. For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul ? ' Did He not also say to the man who would first have taken leave of his kith and kin to set his... | |
 | Mary Seymour - 1876 - 174 pągines
...of the gay throng, she would pace her room for hours in agony of mind. " What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul ?" — those were the words which haunted her in those silent hours, when in her solitude and misery... | |
 | graf Grigorii Petrovich Shuvalov - 1877 - 448 pągines
...to the serious, the essential part of life ; it must recall the words of the Gospel, and ask : " For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul ?" Yes, it must remain faithful to grace and not destroy the divine work within ; it must rise, ever... | |
 | Roberto Francesco R. Bellarmino (st., card.) - 1877 - 202 pągines
...since nothing is more pre.cious or dearer than life, as it is the foundation of every happiness. " For what doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul"\ that is, his life. Each one instinctively repels with all his strength an attack made upon his life.... | |
 | Prosper de Haulleville - 1878 - 350 pągines
...the intelligent man that said, "he is as stupid as a millionaire ?" "For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul ?" It is not riches.it is not even knowledge that elevates nations, it is justice. Justitia elevat... | |
 | Brevi meditazioni - 1879 - 424 pągines
...prodest homini si mundum universum lucretui; animce vero sum detrimentum patiatur. — Matth. xvi. 26. What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul ? I. CONSIDER how Christ declares that it is not worth one's while, even at the price of all the kingdoms... | |
 | Catherine Ann White - 1879 - 344 pągines
...that will save his life shall lose it, and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it. For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul ? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul ? " And Jesus •wishing to pass over the water entered... | |
 | Brevi meditazioni - 1879 - 414 pągines
...homini, si mundum universum tucretur, animce vero suce detrimentum patiatur — Matth. xvi. 26 — What doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own sold ? WEDNESDAY IN THE FIFTEENTH WEEK AFTER PENTECOST. Dicebat ad omnes : Qui vult venire post me,... | |
 | - 1879 - 950 pągines
...strong impression had been made on his mind by the question, " What shall it profit a man if he should gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?" — words which he afterwards urged on the attention of his royal patron the king of Portugal, saying,... | |
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For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul ? Or what exchange shall a man give for his soul? 
