The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-02-16
TIMELY hDVlCE
A DISTINGUISHED DIVINE
ON INSURANCE.
Sermon by Rev Dewitt Talmadge,
Preached in the Brooklyn TaIber-
narle-A Warming That NhouId ba
Needed.

And la, them gather Al the food Of those good
years that come. and lav NJ corn unier the
hand of Pharao aoh a"d ,At them keep food IN
the cities. GENESIS XII, ;5th verse.
These are thewords Of Joseph, the
president of the first life insurance
company that the world ever saw
Pharaoh had dream that distracted
him. He thought he stood on the banks
OF the river Nile and saw coming up
out Of the river seven fat. sleek, glossy
COWS. and they began to browse in the
grass. Nothing frightful about that
But after them, coming up out of the
same river he saw seven COWS that were
gaunt and starved. and the worst-iook-
ing cows that had ever been seen in
the land. and in the ferocity of hunger
they deyOured their seven predecess-
ora. Pharaoh. the king, sent for
Joseph to decipher these midnight
hieroglyphico. Joseph made short
work of it. and intimated that the
seven fat cows that came ont OF ths
y
eat. "Now.' said Joseph. "let IL, take
one-tifth of the corn crop Of the seven
prosperous years. and keep it as pro-
vision for the seven years in which
there shall be NO corn crop
! The king took the council and ap.
/ pointed Joseph, because of his integr;s
ty and blic-spiritedness, As the press
ident of the undertaking. The farmers
paid one-tifth of their income "a pre-
MUM. In all the towns and cities
there were branch houses. This great
| Egyptian life insurance company had
millions of dollars Of assets. After q
while the dark days came, and the
whole nation would have starved if it
had not been for the provision they had
made for the future. But now these
suffering families have nothing to do
but 90 up and collect the amount OF
their life policies. The Bible puts it
in one short phrase: In all the land Of
Egypt there was bread | say this
was the first life insurance company.
It was divinely organized. 1t had III
it all the advantages of the whole life
plan, Of the ''tontine plan,' of the
endowment plan, and all the other
good plans. We are told that Rev.
DR.. Anhate. of Lincolnshire, England,
originated the first life insurance con-.
pany in 1858. No: it Is as old as the
corn-cribs OF Egypt, and God himself
was the author and originator. Il
that were not 50 | would not take your
time and mine in Sabbath discussion
OF this subject. | feel it is a theme
vital, religious and of infinite import
the morals of life and fire insurance.
1t seems to me that it IS time for tne
pulpit TO speak out.
But WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAYIN
REGARD TO THIS SUBJECT?
II the Bible favOrs this institution
will favor it: if the Bible denounce5 it
, will denounce it. IL addition to the
!, forecast OF Joseph in the text, l ca
: your attention to Paui's comparison.
Here is one man who, through neglect,
: fails to support his family while he
7 lives or after ne dies. Here is another
5 man who abhors the scriptures ana re-
J jects God. Which OF these men are
y the worse? Well you say the latter.
/. Paul says the former. Paul says the
man who neglects to care for his ho'i5a-
: hold is more obnoxious than a mar:
who rejects the scriptures. He that
, provideth not for his own, and especial
ly those OF his own household, is worse
than an intidel.'
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES HELP
MOST OF Us TO PROVIDE FoE
4 OUR FAMILIES AFTER Wy
d ARE GONE.
= = But if we have the none TO pay .n5
e premiums and neglect it, we have nC
d right to expeet lnH"cv al tne hani o
b God in the Judgment We are worst
, than Tom Paine, worse than No,tairt
n and wo,',e than Shattesbu-y. Th(
It Bibla declares I: we are worse than !,
u in1lcl. A.ter the ceiti:iicata of dealt
: las been made O,:t, aHd .ie ninety day
~ nave PASSED, and the o.irer OF a l;fe II
surance company come, INTO The beref
iContiuus.u on second ,)aca