Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-01-24

Hemei6e fact that no one emphasizes
1fact, pevertheless. upon which I want to
Jut the weight OF an eternity of tonnage
hat the best way of insuring yourself and
rour 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.
L is nearly 5000 years old. II has the ad-
vantage of all the other plans Of insur-
nce-whole life policy, endowment,
oint life and surviyorship policies,
,scending and descending scales Of pre-
mum and tontine-and it pays up while
1ou live and 1t pays up after you are
lead. Every cent you give in q Chris
ian spirit to poor man or woman, every
hoe you give to barefoot, every stick Of
good or lump of coal you give to a freless
learth, every drop OF medicine you give TO
loor invalid, every star of hope you make to
,hine over unfortunate maternity. every
nittsn you knit for cold fingers, is a pay
nent on the premium OF that policy. Ihand
.bout 500 O0O. 900 policies to all who will go
orih and aid the unfortunate. There are
)nly two or three lines in this policy OF life
nsurznce-Ps. Kill, l, blessed is he that
.onsidereth the poor; the Lord will deliver
lim in time of trouble"
Other life insurance companies may fail,
,ut this celestial life insurance company
never. The Lord God Almighty is at the
lead Of ii, and all the angels of heaven are
n It's board of direction. aud its assets are
Ill worlds, and all the charitable of earth and
heaven are the benehciaries. But" says
ZONE one, 81 DO not like tontlne policy so
veil, and that which you offer Is more Ike a
ontine and to be chiefly paid II this tife:.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor the
Lord " II deliver him in time of trouble"
Well, il you prefer the old fashioned
policy of life insurance, which is not
oaid till after death, you can be ac-
.ommodated. That will he given you in the
law Of W ha han Lad
" the right hand, the pierced hand of our
Lord Himself, and all you do in the right
:pirit for the poor is payment on the pre-
mum of that lie insurance policy. / read
Iou 4 paragraph ofthat policy: ''Then shall
he King say unto them on His right hand
Come. ye blessed OF My Father for was
fingered. an ye gave Ne meat Il was thIrs-
y. and ye gave BE drink l was stranger,
md We took Ne in naked and ye clothed
Me- ,"
In various colors OF ink other life insur-
Ince policies are written. This one have
ust shown you is written in only one kind
of ink and that red ink, the blood OF the
ross. blessed be God, that is a paid up
policy. paid for by the panSs of the Son Of
iOi. and all We add to it in the way OF our
own good deeds will augment the sum OF
eternal felicities. Yes, the time will come
when the banSs o. largest cap.lai stock
will go down. AMI the fire Insurance
companies will all go down, and
he life insurance companies will
Ill 90 down. In tho last great earthquake
al the cities Will Le prostratei, AMI ~ d
consequence all banks will forever suspend
payment. In the last conhagration the fire
Insurance companies of the earth will fail,
,or how could they make app-aisement
Of the loss - universal fire? Then
I'll the inhabitants of the round world
will surr.n lar th".r mortal existence,
mi how could lie insurance companies
pay for dcpopuiateI hemspheres? But
,ur celestial life insurance will not be
larnei by that continental wreck, or
hai hemis2herio accident, or that
planetary catastrophe. Blow it out
ike candle the MONDAY sum- Tear it
lown like wornout uphostery-the last sun
sci Toss it from Gods finger like a dew
irOp from the an:he- OF Il water lily--the
Oceanl Scatter them ike thistledown before
l schoolboy's breath-the world They will
not disturb the omnipOtence, or the COM
Dosure, or the sympathy, or the love OF that
Christ who said it once on earth, and will
say it again IN heaven to all those who have
been helpful to the down-trodden, and the
cold and the hungry, and the houseless, and
the lost, ''InGsmucR as ye did ii to them, ye
did to Me :"