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LIFE ASSURANCE.

III iofnef number We Indicated that premioms
pa'd On speciflc sum on which the assured 1919
,s,s Hts iiie-let that sum BE- w.Iat il NAV in
anlouht-o snoserFe the interests of tsmflr trTnJ
ship or henevolence it is sum regr5 ~ !.
son annual savings, profiiably invested an5 ..rad
!0i oy DINERS, whom Won hare con,DenSataa III m
lng ~ Ihey can 90 il better than yon t,,r II Z
. .heH vocation, 70 which their whole time INA
.IIousass aie glyen, while the business mans
thoughts are or should be engrossed by his ~,
proper business HiS oWu
Snpposfng person130 wears old when he asS,i,ss
ms us according to the CarRtsl- T'sJEe Or lfrtoJ;,
stVes maj person Hfe-adssfaR OF 81 81. tbo,gb
mortnafy Fables may prove this so tbSt !, Il 49,
law like any of the fixed rules Of action
orr oatW ard Lille, yet it is different whep we co
70 inoiVidpai cases. How immeasurahlv rn1Ia
men IS II fhe dictate OF wisdom to assure ,rban !,
i IN one power 10 do So Ter the awful summers
cetheih al Il time we knoweth not SO et.tha hnStls
o. pale Death be in the meridian Of lie mr. rI,r
lis SCI q san zee qye assured and Fos I'm IN,
on Us for support have yet some aid II s,or
dose thsFng % bear ar against 50 sa1 An eunt I'M
ohs tfuly 81 there is no provision made n ils
EaA 70 meet future that must conn, - Ni's
Same may ayi we know the ad,brtasas y
. .ance afe vast and palpable vet bow tew atlaiI
lsiisetFef 81 ~ How is III that thousands M INT
ctsiAehss whose means hoWeter larp. I'll ,.lt a
nose WHOSE vacations yrfd'lhem only .,,a,is IT
lFh q al kinds whose means expire MIX
lAem: aye in all the relations ffel m %iI
the easualH ies of life even ID th FIX ..ia's aIe
PsalP laiures il stock investments ffiyerx;t1,,i;
BUSINESS feiaiionS, fafthlessness Of friendsbi III
'le 'hoqsand anq one contingencies of3ifa III ~
exposed 10 and iIho which mutations IL Ito ~, Il
tunes -oi itfen maybe swallowed IN alnaost ~
moment oYfe1erses hitherto seened al hest bar5t,.
t isI RoT y i. that all these intelligent
snIeWd nan should neglect adopting SO obyio1s
easy METHOD Of placing their fam lies IS yona t5e
reaen OIL want and suffering when th heads III rbds
lamlies are no more? To sach itlinay IL - liiS
ths reasonSlare tbany. Ignorance of ire so}1eg%
lton eVerlhaying given the morality and science
y liz Ass France proper eEanlnaIiun IS doubt
49, M 4 n,n reason Why g few insure AgqiBsr
..eY ca1t SPARE ihe money required Tor ne pF2n',
ing creatures Man 50 . - -AAa ne
BIT these things do not Justify such course
though they may account for it. Nor is there
doubt that the day will coFle when sach IMPROVE
denee wil universally be considered mol merely
unwse but morally guilty
Look at the multitud,.s OF men Ill ali the business
relations u life VINO spend nearly or quite The
whole years earnings on tpat periodc space Of
times Subsistence Of their household. They lavish
upon therlamiies every soIl Of luxury and sur
round them with all life's embellishments, without
setting apart one dollar towards provision for
them in case of their own Sudden removal Can
they ask themselves what is 10 befal these helpless
ones, with host Of artificial in addition 10 their
natural wants totally unused 10 labor or sefheIp,
if lell destitute by lie sudden Geeease Of those or
whom they had depended 1t wpuld seem impos-
sible Ana yet whatinefable mHroyidence what
absol0le cruelty. II,
Tie CkTlfslf Tatie,does not give the true dura-
tion Of American Life-il being an English Life
Table. Experience teaches that Life in the United
States is the shortest except irish am0dg the civil
lied naiods--it being al least four years shorter
than whatahe Carlisle Tables allow, to-wil: 1874