The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-01-11
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one tells them OF city lots out West.
the foundation OF the first house has pc
been laid. They say, "What On oppo
ity I" and they put down the hard cas-
an ornamente6 deed for ten lots :
water. They hear OF new silver
opened In Nevada. and they say. ''N
cbance" and they take the little r
they have in the savings hank an
II out for ne beautiful
cate OF mining stock ne was ever pr
and the onlything they will ever get {
the investment IL tho Aforesaid illumi
lithograpb. They are always on tho
OF millionatredom and are sometimes w
as TO whom they shall bequeath their
Of fortune. They invest IN aerial ma
or new inventions In perpetual motion
they succeed in what mlthematicians
impossible, the ssuaring OF n circle, for
do everything on the square and W.T.
whole circle OF disappointment. The
good honest. brilliant failures. The
poor. and leave nothing TO their famili
a model OF some invention that wou
work and whole portfolios of diaj
OF things impossible. cannot
but like them. because they are 40 IN
with great expectations. But their ch
are n beauest to tho bureau OF city cha
Others administer 10 the crop OF the W
misfortune by being too unsuspe
Honest themselves. they believe all
are honest. They ars 1e-ced and sr
and vivisected by the sharpers In all
Of business and cheated out OF ever,
between cradle and grave. and thos
exceptions only because they have n,
to do in buying either Of them. Oth
retained for misfortune by inopp,
sickness. Just as that lawyer was 10
the plea that would have put him
tho strong men OF the profession.
ralgia stung him. Just rs that
elan was 20 prove his Skill In q
demic, his own poor health imprisono
Just rs that merchant must be at the
for some decisive and intro lurtory hi
he sits with rheumatic Joint on
the room redolent with liniment. WI
Overwhelming statistic would be- the 1t
men and women and children impoyc
by sicknesses Then the cyclones.
| the Mississippi and Ohio froshets. Tn
stopping OF the factories. Then the eur
among the peach trees. Then the In.
devastation OF potato patches and '
| fields. Then the epizootics anon
! horses, and the hollow horn anon
herds. Then the rains that drow
I everything, and the droughts thn
up half continent. Then tho
I groves die under tho white {,
/ the hoar frost. Then the coal strik
/ the iron strikes. and the mechanics
which all strike labor haricrthan they
/ capital. Then the yellow fever ~ Drni
] and Jacksonville and shreveport. Tn
| cholera at the Narrows, threatening
nj New YORK. Then tho Charleston
| quake. Then the Johnstown Hood.
hurricanes sweeping from Caribbean
Newfoundland. Then there are the
monopolies that gulioy the earth wit
expressions. Then there are the nece
of buying coal by the scuttle instead
ton. and -four by the pound instead
barrel. and so the injustices ara mul
In the wake OF all these are Overwh,
illustrations OF the truth Of my tex
have the poor always with you"
Remember fact TINT no one cmpha
n fact, nevertheless, upon which |
put the weight OF an eternity OF tor
that the best way OF insuring yours,
your children and your grandrh
against poverty and all other troubles
helping others. am an agent Of the
insurance company that was ever estab
II Is nearly 5000 years old. II has q
vantage OF all the other plans OF
ance-whole life policy. endoy
Joint life and surviyorship pC
ascending and descending scales {
MUM and tontine and It pays up
you live and IT Pays up after yC
dead. Every cent you give In a
tian spirit 10 poor man or woman,
shoe you give TO ~ barefoot, every 81
wood or lump OF coal YOU give to a !
hearth, every drop OF meuiYlne you II
poor invalid, every star OF hope You m
shine over unfortunate maternity,
mitten you knit for cold fingers is
ment on the premium OF that policy./
about 800, 900, 900 policies 10 all VIII
forth and aid the unfortunate. I'm,
only two or three lines In this policy ,
insurance-Ps. xii. /. Blessed IA IA
considereth the poor the Lord will q
him In time OF trouble.
Other life insurance companios mn
but this celestial life insurance 90,
never. The Lord God Almighty IL
head OF it, and all the angels OF heayp
In its board of direction, and rs nsse
all worlds, and all the charitable OF ear
heaven are the beneflciarics. But.
some one, II do not like "A tontino 10!
well, and that which you offcr Is more
tontine and to be- chiefly paid In this
blessed Is ho that considcre,h the poc
Lord will deliver him in time of tro
Well, II You prefer tho old fasl
! policy OF life insurance. which
! paid till after death. YOU can /
| commodatcd. That will be- given you
day OF judgment and will be hand,
by the right hand, the pierced hand
Lord Himself, and all you DO IN ~,
spirit Tor the poor is payment on Il
MUM OF that liz insurance policy.
you a paragraph oithat policy ''Thel
the King say unto them on His right
Come, yo blessed OF My Father. for
hungered, and ye gave Ne meat / wa.
ty, and ye gave Me drink was str
and ye took Me in naked and ye .
Me- >"
In various colors OF ink other life
ahce policies are written. This ono
JUST SHOWN you Is written In only on,
OF INK, and that red ink, the blood ,
cross blessed bs God, that Is pa
policy, paid for by the pangs OF the
uou' anu all we add to II in the way
own good deeds will augment the q
eternal fellcities. Yes. the time will
when the banks OF largest capital
will go down. and the fire Ins
companies will all 20 down.
the life Insurance companies
all go down. In tho last great earth
all the cities will be- prostrated, and
consequence all banks will forever su
payment. In the last conHacration tn
Insurance companies OF the earth vii
for how could they make apprais,
OF the loss on universal hreY
all the inhabitants OF tho round
Will surrender their mortal exls,
and how could life insurance comr
pay for depopulatei hemispheres?
our celestial lifs insurance will no
harmed by that continental wreck
that hemispherlc accident. or
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