Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-01-12

retained for misfortune by inopportuns
sickness. Just rs that lawy'r was 10 make
tho plea that would have put him among
the strong men OF the profession, n"u-
mlgia stung him. Just as that phys'-
clan was to prove his skill IN an rr'-
demic, his own poor health imprisoned hia.
lust as that merchant must be- at tine store
Tor some decisive and Introductory bargain,
he sits with rheumatic Joint on "A pillow,
tho room rrdolent with liniment What an
overwhelming statistic would bee the story nt
men and women and children impoverished
ny sickuessrs, Then the cyclones. Then
the Mississippi aud Ohio ireshnts. Then the
stopping Of the factories. Then the currulio7
among the peach trees. Then the inseciil1
devastation of potato patches and wheat
fields. Then the epizOotics among tho
horses and the hollow norm among tho
herds. Then the rains that drown out
everything, and the droughts that burn
up malt IA continent. Then the orange
groves die under the white teeth of
the hOar frost. Then the coal strikes, ami
the iron strikes, and the mechanics strikes,
which all strike labor harder than they strike
capital Then the yellow fever nj Brunswick
and Jacksonville and Shreveport Then the
cholera ut the Narrows, threatening to land
at New York. Then the Charleston earth
quake. Then the Johnstown flood. Then
hurricanes sweeping from Caribbean Sea to
Newfoundland. Then there are the great
mOnopolies that gullcy the earth with their
expressions. Then there are the necessities
OF buying coal by the scuttle instead of the
ton, and flour by the pound instead of the
barrel. and so the injustices are multiplied
In the wake OF all these are overwhelming
illustrations OF tho truth OF my text, "Ic
have the poor always with you"
Remember fact that no one emphasiZcs-
a 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.
1t is nearly 5000 years Old. II has the nd.
vantage of all the other plans OF insur.
ance--whole life policy, endowment,
Joint life and survyorship policies,
ascending and descending scales OF pre-
MUM and tontkne-and It pays up while
YOU live and II pays up after you are
dead. Every cent you give In Chris
tim spirit 10 poor man or woman, every
shoe you give TO Il barefoot. every stick Of
wool or lump OF coal you give to 0rclrss
hearth, every drop o. medicine you give to n
poor invalid, every star OF hope you make To
shine over unfortunate maternity, every
mitten you knit Tor cold fingers, IS pay
mrnt on tho premium OF that policy. Inland
about 800, 900 900 policies to all VINO will 20
form and aid the unfortunate. There are
on two or three lines IN this policy OF life
insurance--ps. Xii, |, Blessed is he that
Considereth the poor; tho Lord will deliver
him in time OF trou ,lp
Other life Insurance companies nav fail,
but this celestial life Insurance company
never The Lord God Almighty is at the
head OF II, and all the angels OF heaven are
in its boar OF direction, and its assets are
all worlds and all the charitable OF earth and
heaven are the henefclarlcs. "But, says
some one, Il 10 not like tontine policy so
well, an that which you offer is more like a
tonline AMI 10 be chiefly paid in this life. =
"Bi.ssei IS he that ronsidereth the pooc the
Lor Will deliver him in time OF trouble
Well, if YOU prefer the old fashioned
policy Of If" insurance. which is not
paid till after death, you can be nc
commoiatrd. That will be- given You in the
day OF judgment and will br handed You
10y the right hand, the pierce hand OF our
Lord Himself and all you do IN the right
spirit Cor the poor IL payment on the pre-
MUM OF that lire Insurance. policy. | read
You paragraph oi that policy Then shall
the King say unto them on His right hand.
Come. yc blessed OF Ny Father, Tor WIS
hungcrod, and We gave NJ meat | was thurs
~. and yr gay" Me drink | was q stranger,
and We took Ne in naked and We clothed
Me.
In various colors Of ink other life insur-
ance policies are written. This one | have
Just shown YOU Is written in only ons kind
OF ink, nj that red ink, the blood OF the
cross. Blessed be God, that is a paid up
policy, paid Tor ny the pings OF the Son OF
Got. and all W. a III to 1t in the way OF our
own good deeds viii augment the sum OF
eternal frH'tirS Yes. the time will come
" IA lunks pT
will 20 down, and the fire insurance
companies will all 60 down. and
III" life insurance companies will
all 20 down. In tho last great earthquake
all tho cities Will be PROSTATE |, and ~ a
erqucncr all bunk, will forever suspend
payment. In tn" last rpunAHraton tho nro
insurance companies ot the earth will fail
for how could they make appraiscmrnt
of the loss on universal lrc? Then
all the inhabitants Of the round world
will surrender thclr mortal existence,
and how could life Insurance companic,
pay for d"popnIntrd hrmispheros? But
our celestial If" insurance will not be
harmed hy that continental wreck, OF
that hemisphere accident, or that
planetary catastrophe. Blow it out
like u candlc-the MONDAY sun Tear il
, down like vermont upholstery the last sun
set! Toss 1t from Gols finger like n dew
drop from the anthrr OF u water ily-thC
. ocean, Scatter th"M Ike th'stIcdown before
n srhoolhoy- breath tn" world Thry vii
not disturb the omnipotrncc, or the com
posture, or the sympathy. "r IN" love OF that
1 Christ who said it'Onte on Garth and vii
say It again In heaven to all those VINO hay,
been heipiul to the down-troiden, and tn,
cold and the hungry, and the hOuselcSs, anc
the lost. "lna,mu / ~ We did II to them, y
did to Me"