H-486What Shall It Profit

Not all earth's gold and silver

Can make a sinner whole;

What shall it profit thee, O man,

If thou should'st lose thy soul?

The heaping up of riches

To many seems life's goal;

But in the eager rush for wealth,

Forgotten is the soul.

This solemn question answer;

Is worldly gain thy goal?

Can fleeting riches be compared

To an immortal soul?

What shall it profit a man,

What shall it profit a man,

If he gain the whole world,

And lose his own soul?