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THE LOSS OF THE SOUL

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 25, 1866

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 29, No. 3.

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THE LOSS OF THE SOUL.

“What shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”—Mark viii, 26.
What though I revel in each earthly joy, And dance, and sing, and quaff the festive bowl, The nectar-cup and pleasure’s self will cloy— What is it all, if I must lose my soul?
What though I run in honor’s dusty race, And foremost reach ambition’s splendid goal; What are the proudest palms my brow can grace If I miss Heaven’s bright prize, and lose my soul?
Can even beauty’s smile and soft embrace My boding doubts and trembling fears control? What is the loveliest form, the fairest face, To me, alas! if I must lose my soul?
Can houses, acres, heaps of glittering gold, Grim death disarm, and my sad heart console? What are broad lands, proud piles, and wealth untold, If I must leave them all, and lose my soul?
O Holy Spirit, help me to resign Whate’er of earth obstructs thy bless’d control; Help me to lay my heart upon thy shrine, And lose my all, so I may save my soul! —Church Magazine.