Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-01-13

congregation. in order to the paymen
of the policy to the bereft household.
always write my name then SO they Cal
read it. | cannot help but say to my
self: "Good for that man to have look
ed after his wife and children afte
earthly departure. May ne have one o
the best seats in heaven!'' Youn:
man! The day before or the day afte
you get married, go to life insurance
company of established reputation an(
get the medical examiner to put til,
stethoscope to your lungs and his eal
close up to your heart with your yes
off, and have signed, sealed and deliv
cred to you document that will, in tht
case of your sudden departure, max,
for that lovely girl the difference be
tween queen and pauper.
have known men who have had al
income of $4,000, $4,000, $4,000, {
year, who did not leave one farthing Il
the surviving household. Now, thai
mans death is defalcation, an out
rage, a swindle. He did not die; he
absconded. There are 100, 900 people il
America today a-hungered through the
sin of improvidepce. But" say some,
my income is SO small cannot afford
to pay the premium on life insur-
ance." Are you sure about that? II
you are sure, then you have right to
depend ON the promise in jeremiah
xix, II, Leave thy fatherless chill
dren, 1 will preserve them alive, and
let thy widows trust in me. But if
you are able to, remember you have no
right to ask God to do for your house
hold that which you can do for them
yourself.
For the benefit of those young men
excuse practical personality. Begin
ming my life's work on the munificent
salary of $500 year and parsonage,
and when the call was placed in my
hands l did not know how in the world
would ever be able to spend that
amount of money, and l remember in
dulging in devout wish that might
not be led into worldliness and prodi-
gality by such an overplus of resources,
and at time when articles of food and
clothing wero higher than they are
now, l felt it religious duty to get my
life insured, and / presented myself at
an office Of one of the great companies,
and I-stood pale and nervous lest the
medical examiner might have to de-
clare that 1 had consumption and heart
disease and half dozen mortal all
ments, but when 1 got tho document,
which l have yet i'll full force, l felt a
sense of manIiness and confidence and
quietude and reinforcement, which is q
good thing for any young man to have.
For the lack of that feeling there are
of men today in Greenwood
and Laurel Hill and Mount Auburn
who might as well have been alive and
well and supporting their families.
They got little sick, and they were
30 worried about what would become
Of their households in case Of their de-
mise that their agitations oyercame the
skill of the physicians. and they died
for fear or dying. have for many
years been such an ardent advocate of
life insurance, and my sermon on The
Crime nf-Nnt- Insuring" has been so
he chief life insurance companies That
some people have supposed that l re-
:eived monetary compensation for what
have said and written. Not penny.
will give any man 800 for every pen
~ l have received from any life insur-
lnce company. What have said and
written on the subject has resulted
rom the conviction that these institu-
ions are a benediction to the human
ace. But, alas, for the widespread i'm
You are now in your char
ties helping to support the families of
nen who had more income than you
low have, or ever have had, or ever
will have, and you can depend on the
Of many for the truth of
ny text in all times and in all places,
Re have the poor always with you"
LACK OF MENTAL BALANCE.
Another fact that you may depend
pom for perpetual poverty is the in
apacity of many to achieve liveli-
God. You can go through any COM
lunity and find good people with more
han usual mental caliber, who never
ave been able to support themselves
nd their households. They are lnys-
cry to US, and we say, II do not know
that is the matter of them, but there is
screw loose somewhere. Some of |
nese persons have more brain than
thousands who make a splendid sue
ess. Some are too sanguine of tenn
erament, and they see bargains where
lere are none. A common minnow lie
} them gold fish, and quail fla |
lingo, and a blind mule on towpath
Bucephalus. They buy when things
re highest and sell when things are
,west. Some one tells them of city lots
ut west, where the foundation Of the !
rst house has not yet been laid. They |
~, What an opportunity and they |
ut down the hard cash for an orna- !
tented deed for 10 lots under water. |
hey hear of new silver mine opened |
| Nevada, and they say, "What a
,ance!' and they take the little
oney they have in the savings bank
I'd pay it cut for as beautiful certif-
q of mining stack as was ever print
Jet oa the only ting they will ever
ilumlna'+s investment Hthe aforesaid
ways on tns..hograph. T6eyar al
md are sometime of milIionaireSom
hey shall bequeaths led as to wbon,l
.une. They invest in a. .csss Of for
,r new inventions in perpetSeee.a. ~ ; loa
and they succeed in what mdSsiNi nn
clans think impossible, the square,,
a circle, for they do everything on the-
square and win the whole circle of dis
appointment. They are good honest,
brilliant failures. They die poor, and
,,o ,,o+hiDo, RI rheir families but