The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-11


mash. on and down until Il 10 sort OF ,ix-
ture OF kerosene oil. turpentine, toadsto ,ls,
swilt. essence Of the horse blankets and en- |
eral nastiness. With its rod sword OF Mar ne.
that liquor power marshals its proc'es
sion, and they move on In ranks long
enough to girdle the earth, and the ro-
cession n headed by the nose blotci led
nerve shattered. rheum eyed, lip bloaf cd.
soul scorched inebriates. followed by the
women, who, though brought up In comic rt-
able homes, now 60 limping past with aches
and pains and pallor and hunger and w,e.
followed by their children, barefoot. TN
combcd, freezing, and with n wretchcdn' va
Of time and eternity seemingly compress cd
IN their agonized features. "Forws rd.
march r' cries the liquor business TO That
moving on. and you will have the poor al
ways with you. Report comes from one OF
tho cities, were the majority OF the inhsbi-
tannts are out OF work and dependent on
charity, yet last year they spent moro In t'dat
city for rum than they did for clothing lind
groceries.
Another warranty that my text will prove
true in the perpetual poverty OF the worl a Il
tho wicked spirit OF improvidence. Avast
number or people have such small fncon les
that they cannot lay by In savings bank or
life insurance one cent year. IL takes ev sry
farthng they con earn TO spread the table
and cloihe the family and educate the c hil.
dren. and II you blame such people for i'm
| providence you enact n cruelty. On such
salary as many clerks and employees and
many ministers OF religion live and on uch
wages ms many workmen receive. they can
| not, in twenty years, lay up twenty cents.
/ But you know and ! know many who bsve
| competent incomes. and could provide so me-
what for the future, who live up to very
! dollar, and when they die their chill
dren go 10 the poorhousc or on the
street. BY the time the wife gets the
husband buried. she is in debt to the uncler-
taker and gravedigger for that which she
can never pay. While the man lived he had
hs wine parties and fairly stunk with
tobacco, and then expired, leaving bis fautly
upon the charities OF the world. DO not
send for mo to como and conduct the
obseduies and read over such n carcass the
beautiful litugy, blessed are the dead who
die In the Lord" for. instead OF that. | will
turn over the leaves of the Bible to
Timothy ", 1s. where Il says; "If any pro-
vide not for his own. and especially for
those OF his own house, he hath denied the
faith. and IA worse than an inndel," or will
turn to Jeremiah xii, 10, where II says,
"He shall be buried with the burial OF an
ass. drawn and cast forth beyond the gates
OF Jerusalem"
cannot imagire any moro unfai- or
meaner thing than fer man TO get his sins
pardoned at the last minute, and then go to
heaven. and live In n mansion. and go riding
about I'm a golden chariot over the golden
, /
he might have provided for, are begging TOR
cold yictuals Mt tho basement door Of an
earthly city. IL seems TO mo there ought TO
be u poorhouse somewhere on the outskirts
, OF heaven, where those guilty OF such i'm
providence should be kept for awhile on thin
, soup and grlstlc instead Of sitting dowL at
, the Kings banquet. II is said that the chit rch
is n divine institution, and l believe 1t. ust
, "a certainly are the savings banks and sthe
life insurance companies divine institute us.
As out OF evil good often comes so out OF the
q doctrine OF probabilities calculated by Pro fes-
: sor Hughes and Professor Pascal for games OF
chance came the calculations OF the proba-
, bilities of human life as used by life insur-
ance companies. and no business on earth 4
more stable or honorable, and no mightief
/, mercy for the human race has been born since
q Christ was born. Bored beyond endurance
. for my signature to papers OF all sorts. ther,
\ is one style OF paper that always sign witt
|, a feeling of gladness and triumph, and thn
. is a paper which the life insurance company
4 requires from the clergyman after cease
4 in his congregation, In order TO the pa. nj
q OF the policy to the bereft household.
!, ways write my name then so they CO.
: ''Good for that man to have ISosod
after his wifo and children after
5 earthly departure. May he have one OF the
best seats In heaven " Young man The
day before or the day after you get married.
20 to life insurance company of establishes
4 reputation and get the medical examiner 10
. put the stethoscope to your lungs and his ear
close up to your heart with your vest or, and
have signed sealed and delivered TO YOU n
|; document that will, In the case OF your sud
, den departure. make for that lovely girl the
! difference between queen and pauper
nave known men who have hnd an in
come of $4,000. $4,000, $4,000 year, who did
not leave one farthing 10 the surviving
, household Now, that mans death is a de-
nm aNNNr an
die he absconded There are 100, 900 people
/, In America to-day a-hunSered through the
sin OF improyidence But" say some 'my
. income is so small | cannot afford TO pay the
. premium on life insurance" Are you sure
about that? II you are sure then YOU have
right TO depend on the promise in Jeremiah
Xix, IL, Leave thy fatherless children. |
VIII preserve them alive, and lot thy widows
trust in Me-" But II you are able to, remem-
Der you have no right to ask God to do for
your household that which you can do for
them yourself.
For the benefit OF those young men excuse
practical personality. Beginning my lfe's
work on the munlflcent salary OF $500 a wear
ana parsonage, and when the call was
placed In my hands did not know how In
me world would ever be able to spend that
amount OF money, and l remember indug-
Ing in deyout wish that might not be led
INTO worldliness and prodigalty by such an
oVerplus oil resources and at q time when
articles OF food and clothing were higher
than they are now, felt 1t religious duty
to get my life insured, and presented nv
sell at an Office OF one of the great compan-
les, and l stood pale and nervous lest the
medical examiner might have TO declare
that had consumption and heart
disease and a half dozen mortal all
ments, but when / got tho document.
which have yet In full force felt a sense
OF manliness and confidence and quietude
and Reinforcement, which Is good thing
Tor any young man TO have. For the lack OF
that feeling there are thousands OF men to-
day In Greenwood and Laurel Hill and
Mount Auburn who might as well have been
alive and well and supporting their families.
Ihey got little sick, and they were so wor-
ried about what would become oftheir house
| holds In case OF their demise that their
agitations oyercame the skill OF the physi-
clans, and they died TOR fear OF dying
nave for many years been such an ardent
advocate OF life Insurance, and my sermon |
on 'rhe Crime OF Not Insuring' has been |
so long uaad hOth 81 h.