The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-03-03

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panpcr. 1 have known men who hav
had an income Of three thousand dol
lars, four thousand dollars, five thou
sand dollars year who did not leav
one farthing to the surviving household
Now that mans death is defalcation
an outrage, swindle. He did not die
he absconded. There are hundrea
thousand people in America to-da.
a-hungered through the sin of improvi
dence. But says some, my incom'
is SO small can not afford to pay tn
premium on life insurance. Ar,
you sure about that? If you are sure
then you have right to depend on tn,
promise in Jeremiah, Xix, IL: sLeavt
thy fatherless children. I will pre-
serve them alive, and let thy widow
trust in me-" But if you are able to
remember you have no right to ash
God to do for your household thai
which you can do for them yourself
For the benefit of those young men
excuse practical personality.
BEGINNING my LIES work on the
munificent salary of eight hundred
dollars year and parsonage, and
when the call was placed in my hands
did know how in the world would
ever be able to spend that amount oi
money, and ! remember indulging in q
deyout wish that might not be led
into worldliness and prodigality by such
an overplus of resources, and at time
when articles of food and clothing
were higher than they are now,
/ felt it religious duty to get
my life insured, and / presented
myself at an Office Of one Of the
great companies. and stood pale and
nervous lest the medical examiner
might have to declare that l had con-
sumption and heart disease and half
dozen mortal ailments, but when got
the document. which have yet in full
force / felt a sense of manliness
and c~'ifidence and quietude and re-
enforcement which is good thing
for any young man to have. For the
lack of that feeling there are thou
sands of men to-day in Greenwood and
Lanrel Hill and Mount Auburn, who
might rs well have been alive and
well and supporting their families.
They got little sick, and they were
SO worried about what would become
OF their households in case of their de-
mise that their agitations overcame
the the skill of their physicians, and
they died for fear of dying. have for
many wears been such an ardent advo-
cate of life insurance, and my sermon
on "The Crime of Not Insuring'' has
been SO long used on both sides OF the
sea by the chief 1ife-insurance COM
panics, that some people have
supposed that I received mone-
tary compensation for what / have
said and written. Not a penny.
will give any man a hundred dollars for
for every penny have received from
any life insurance company. What I
have said and written on the subject
has resulted from the conviction that
these institutions are a benediction to
the human race
Another fact that you may depend
upon for perpetual poverty is the In
capacity of many to achieve a liveli-
hood. You can go through any com
munity and find good people with more
than usual mental caliber, who never
have been able to support themselves
and their households. They are q
to us, and we say: at do not
know what is the matter of them, but
there is screw loose somewhere
Some of these persons have more brain
than thousands who make splendid
success. Some are too sanguine of
temperament, and they see bargains !
where there are none. A common min
now is to them goldfish. and quail . |
and blind mule on
: tow-path a Bucepha1us They
buy when things are highest
and sell when things are lowest.
Someone tells them of city lots out |
west, where the foundation of the first |
house has not yet been laid. They say:
What an opportunity" and they put |
down the hard cash for an ornamented |
Iced for ZEN lots under water. They |
hear of q new silver mine opened in |
Nevada, and they say: s.What .
and they take the little money
hey have in the savings bank and pay /
t out for rs beautiful certificate of |
mining stock as was ever printed. and |
he only thing they will ever get out
If the investment is the aforesaid illu-
Autograph. They are always
N the verge of millionairedom, and |
re sometimes worried as to
whom they shall bcqueath their cx-
ess of Torture. They invest in aerial
machines, or new inventions in per-
,etual motion. and they succeed in
What mathematician think impossible,
he squaring of circle. for they do
verything on the square and win the
Whole circle Of disappointment. They
re good, honest, brilliant failures.
they die poor, and leave nothing to
heir families but model of some in
ention that would not work, and
Whole portfolios of diagrams Of things
impossible. can not help but like
hem, because they are so cheerful Ii
nth great expectations. But their
hildren are a bequest to the bureau of
ity charities. Ii
In various colors of ink other life
assurance policies are written. This
ne ! have just shown you is written
A only one kind of ink, and that red
lk-the blood of the cross Blessed :
e God, this is 'paid-up policy"
aid for by the pangs o. the Son OF 1
cd, and all we add to it in the way /
our own good deeds will aug i
lent the sun of eternal felicities. I
es. the time will come when the banks q