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

u,'i t s',o ma 70 come and conduct the
oIsoo,,i.s ana read over such carcass tho
t,7,,tis,i t;tugv 'Blessel are the dead who
1ia Il, the Lori" for. instead OF that. | will
,,-n over the leaves OF the Bible to
'T;n,o,bvv Is where it says az any pro-
,ida not for his own, anl especially for
~, Of his own house, he hath denied the
so;.b and ia worse than an inh1el. -" or will
,,rn to Jeremiah xii, 10 where it saws.
st4a shall be buried with the burial OF an
acc drawn and east forth beyond the gates
OF Jerusalem
cannot imagine any more unfair or
maaner thing than for man TO get his sins
narloned at the last minute, and then 20 10
heaven. and live in a mansion, and 90 riding
about in n golden chariot ovor the golden
streets while his wife and children. whom
be MIGHT have provided for, are begging for
cold victuals at the basement door OF an
earthly city. II seems to me there ought TO
bo a poorhouse somewhere on the outskirts
of belven. where those guilty OF such i'm.
providence should be kept for awhile on thin
soun AMI cristle instead OF sitting down Mt
the Kings banquet. 1t ssaid that the church
is q divine institution, and believe il. Just
rs certainly are the savings banks AMI the
nm, insurance companies divine institutions.
Asout OF evil good often comes 50 out Of the
doctrine OF probabilities. calculated by PROBES
sor Hughes and Professor Pascal for games of
chance. came the calculations OF the proba-
blities of human life as used by life insur-
anro companies. and no business on earth is
more stable or honorable. and no mightier
mercy for the human race has been born since
Christ was born. Bored beyond endurance
for my signature TO papers OF all sorts, there
is one style of paper that l always sign with
6, IF olafpagu n frf,,
is a paper which the life insurance company
requires from the clergyman after deceaso
i'm his congregation, in order TO the payment
of the policy TO the bereft household. l al
ways write my name then so they can read
il. l cannot help but say to myself
GOOD for that man to have looked
alter his wife and children after
earthly departure. May he have one OF tho
best seats in heaven - Young man! The
day before or the day after YOU get married.
20 TO life insurance company Of established
reputation and get the medical examiner 10
put the stethOscOpe TO your lungs and his ear
close up to your heart with your vest of. and
have signed. sealed and delivered TO YOU a
document that will. in the ease OF your sud
len departure. make for that lovely girl the
difference between a queen and q pauper.
have known men who have had an in
come Of $1,000, $4,000. $1,000 year. who dill
not leave one FARMING 10 the surviving
household. Now that mans death is de-
iaicatlOn, an outrage. a swlndle. He did not
lie he abscOndei There are 100000 people
in America to-day a-hungered 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
q right to depend on the promise in Jeremiah
xix II, Leave thy fatherless children.
will preserve them alive, and let thy widows
trust in Ne. But if you are able TO. remem-
Der you have nc right to ask Goi to DO for
your household that which you can do Tor
them yourself.
For the benefit Of those young men excuse
2 practical personality. Beginning my LIES
WORK ON the muniicent salary OF $500 a year
and a parsonage. ami when the call was
p aced in my hands did not know how in
the world | would ever be able TO spend that
amount Of money. and l remember indulg-
ing in a deyout wish that I might not be ied
into wOridlness AMI prodigality by such an
Overplus of resources. and at time when
articles OF food and clothing were higher
than they are now, felt it a religious duty
TO ct my life insured, and | presented my
self at an of .e OF one of the great cOmp1n-
les AMI 1 stool pll9 and nervous lest the
medical examiner might nave 10 declare
that had consumption AMI heart
iiseas3 ana half dozen mortal all
menls. bat when l got the document,
which have yet in full force. 1 felt sense
Of man.incss and confidence and quietuie
anl reinforcement, which is gooi thing
for any young man 10 have. For the lack oi
that feeling there arc Thousands OF men to-
dav in Greenwood and Laurel Hill and
n rrai1 Iqr-a Lnuft
alive and we'll and supporting their families.
They got Il little sick. and they were so wor-
ried about what would become oltheir house
holds i'm cqse OF their demise that their
agita,ions ovcrcame the skill Of the physi-
clans. and they died for fear OF dying. l
have for many years been such an arlrnt
OF life insurance. and my sermon
on The Crime Of Not lusuring' has been
so lOng used on both sides OF the sea by
the chief life insurance companies that
some people have supposed that l receive
monetary COMPENSATION for what have said
AMI written. Not penny. l will give any
man 500 for every penny ! have received
from any life insurance company what /
have said and written on the subject has re-
suited from the conviction that these insti-
tutions are a beneliction to the human race.
But. alas, for the widespread impr0yidence
i on dlN uyN III NONA 'NeAtaAt'' 'l''-A0 80
support the families of men who had moro
in ONE than YOU now have, aud you can de-
pen on the imprOydeuce of many for the
truth OF nv text in all times and in all
places, "Ye have the poor always with
YOU
Another factthat You may depend upon for
perpetual poverty is the incapacity OF many
10 achieve a livelihood You can 60 through
any community and find good people with
more than usual mental caliber, who never
have been able 10 support themselves AMI
their households They are mystery to us
and we say. Il 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 oi
temperament. and they see bargains where
there are none. 4 common minnoW
is to them q gold fish, and a Guail m
mingo. and blind mule on toTpath Bu-
cephalus. They buy when things are high
est and sell when things are lowest. Some
one tells them of city lots out West. wbere
the foundation Of the first house has not yet
been laid. They say, what an emporium
nv " and they pat down the hard cash for
an Ornamented deed for ten lots under
water. They hear Of new silver mine
opened in Nevada, and they say, what
and they take the little money
they have in the savings bank and pay
it out fox as beautiful certif-
cate Of mining stock as was ever printed.
and the Onlythng they will ever get out OF
the investment is the aforesaid Illuminated
They are always on the verge
Of millonairedom and are sometimes worried
ns to whom they shall bequeath their excess
Of fortune. They invest in aerial machines
or new inventions in perpetual motion and
they succeed in what mathematician think
the squaring OF circle, for they
DO everything on the square and win the
whole circle OF disappointment. They are
good honest, brilliant failures. They die
poor, and leave nothing 70 their families but
, model of some invention that would not
work and whole portfolios Of diagrams
If things impossible. | cannot help
but like them, because they are so cheerful
with great expectations. But their children
are beduest to the bureau Of city charities
Others administer TO the crop Of the worlds
misfortune BY being too unsuspectlng
lest themselves they believe all others
are honest They are fleeced and scalpei
and vivisected by the sharpers in all styles
Of business and cheated out OF everything
between cradle and grave. and those two
exceptions only because they have nothing
to do in buying either OF them. Others are
retained for misfortune by inoPporune
sickness. Just as that lawyer was TO make
The plea that would have put him among
the strong men Of the profession, neu-
ralgia stung him. Just as that physi-
clan was to prove his skill in an cpl
demic. his own poor health imprisoned him.
Just as that merchant must be at the store
for some decisive and Introductory bargain
a.. s..s nil