Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-01-12

Remember a fact that no one emphasizes
fact, nevertheless, upon which want TO
put the weight OF an eternity of tonnage
that the best way Of insuring yourself and
your children and your grandchildren
against poverty and all other troubles is by
helping others. am an agent of the oldest
insurance company that was ever established.
It is nearly 5000 years old. II has the adj.
vantage Of all the other plans Of insur.
lnce-whole life policy, endowment,
Joint life and suryivorship policies,
ascending and descending scales OF pre-
MUM and tontnc-and it pays up while
you live and it pays up after you are
dead. Every cent you give in a Chris
ian spirit 10 a poor man or woman, every
shoe you give to a barefoot, every stick o.
wood or lump OF coal you give to a Greless
hearth, every drop OF medicine you give to
poor invalid, every star OF hope you make TO
shine over unfortunate maternity. every
nitten YOU knit for cold fingers, is q paw.
ment on the premium OF that policy. Inland
about 500, 900 900 policies TO all who will 90
forth and aid the unfortunate. There nre
only two or three lines in this policy of life
insurlnceAPs. xii. /. blessed is be that
eonsidcreth the poor the Lord will deliver
him in time of trouble.
Other life insurance companies nay fail,
IAA ANt' NNtf,tlut tllt INSURANCE. company
never. The Lord God Almighty is az the
head of it, and all the angels Of heaven are
in its board Of direction. and its assets are
all worlds. and all the charitable OF earth and
heaven are the benencaries. "But. slys
some one II do not like a tontina policy so
well, AMI that which you offer is more like
.ontine AMI 10 be chiefly paid in this life.
blessed is he that considereth the poor the
Lord will deliver him in time OF trouble"
Well, If you prefer the old fashioned
policy OF life insurance, which is not
paid till after death, you can be ac-
eommodated. That will be given you in the
day Of judgment and will be handed you
by the right hand, the pierced hand Of our
Lord Himself, and all You do in the right
spirit for the poor is payment on the pre-
MUM Of that lite insurance policy. | read
you paragraph ofthat policy: Then shall
the King say unto them on His right hand,
Come. We blessed of lily Father, for l was
hungered, and We gave Ne meat Il was thirs-
~, and We gave Ne drink | was n stranger,
and ye took Ne in naked and ye clothed
Me-"
In various colors Of ink other life insur.
ance policies are written. This one | hayd
Just shown you is written in only one kind
OF ink, and that red ink, the blood Of the
cross. Blessed be God, that is a paid up
policy, paid for by the pangs OF the Son OF
God, and all we add to it in the way OF our
own good deeds will augment the sum OF
eternal felicties Yes. the time will come
when tho banks Of largest capital stock
will 90 down. aud the fire insurance
companies will all 90 down, and
the life insurance companies will
all 20 down. In the last graIt earthquake
all the cities will be prostratei. and rs a
consequence all banks will forever suspend
payment IN the last connagration the fire
Insurance companies Of the earth will fail,
for how could they make appraisement
of the loss on universal fire? Then
all the inhabitants OF the round world
will surrender their mortal existence
and how could life insurance companies
pay for depopulatei hemispheres? But
our celestial life insurance will not be
harmed by that continental wreck, or
that hemisphere accident. or that
planetary catastrophe. Blow ont
like canlle-the MONDAY sun. Tear 1t
down like wornout upholstery the last sun
set! Toss it from Gods finger like dew
drop from the anther Of q water lily-the
ocean Scatter them like thistlcdown before
a schoolboy's breath-the world . They will
not disturb the omnipotence. or the com
posure. or the sympathy, OK the love OF that
Christ who said il once on earth. ana VIII
saw it again in heaven TO all those VINO have
been helpful to the down-.rodden and the
cold and the hungry. and the houseless' and
the lost. "lnasmurh as we did 1t 10 thcAii yo
did 10 No.