The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-24


be of no avail. We might say: 1--WE !
have a warantee deed for that prop
erty;" the plea would be of no avail.
We might say: 1--WE have a len on
that storehouse;" that would do us
no good. Death is blind, and he cam
not see seal and cannot read an in
denture. So that, first and last, ! want
to tell you that when you propose
that | give up my soul for the world
you cannot give me the first item of
title.
Having examined the title of a
property, your next question is about
insurance. You would not be silly
enough to buy large warehouse that
could not possibly be insured. You
would not have anything to do with
such property Now, / ask you
what assurance can you give me that
this world is not going to be burned
up? Absolutely none. Biologists tell
us that it is already on fire; that
the heart of the world is one great
living coal; that it is just like a ship
on fire at sea, the flames not bursting
out because the matches are kept
down. And yet you propose to palm
off on me, in return for my soul,
world for which, in til, first place,
you give no title, in the second place,
for which you can give no insurance.
oh" you say. 1.-THE water of the
oceans will wash over all the land and
put out the fire" oh, no. There are
infammable elements i'm the water,
hydrogen and oxygen. Call off the
hydrogen, and then the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans would blaze like heaps
of shavings. You want me to take
this world, for which you can give
no possible insurance.
Here is a man who has had large
estate for 40 or 50 years. He lies
down TO die. You say: THAT man is
worth millions and millions of dol
lars" Is he? You call up a survey
or, with his compass and chains, and
you say: "There is property extend
ing three miles in one direction and
three miles in another direction" Is
that the way to measure that mans
property? No! You do not want any
surveyor, with compass and chains.
That is not the way to measure that
mans property now. II Is an under
taker you need, who will come and
put his finger i'm his vest pocket and
take out a tapeline. and he will meas
ure five feet nine inches one way and
2h feet the other way. That is the
mans property. Oh, no; | forgot;
not so much as that. for he does not
l., T., -. I.
| in the cemetery. The deed to that
| belongs to the executors and heirs.
Oh, what property you propose to
| give me for my soul! If you sell a
bill of goods you go into the counting
room and say TO your partner: DO
you think that man is good for this
bill? Can he give proper security?
when you are offered this world as n
possession | want you to test the mat
ter. | do not want you to go into this
bargain blindly. want you to ask
about the title, about the insurance,
about whether men have ever had any
trouble with IL, about whether you
can get all or the tcn-thousandth part
or one hundrcd-thousaRdth part Of il.
There is the world now. I shah say
10 .occ ahout Il. Make up your mind
for Yourself, as I shall before God
hnyc 10 make up my mind Tor myself
.aout the value ct this world cam
mot a7'rd 10 make mistake for my
.oaL .ad you cannot afford 20 make
. mistake ror your soal
N.0 .t.. ,o,I.at ;.ec.fr- r-cncrty
.r. soul. cannot mako. "a harrafr
s..r.,. rerirg ,fc c7unara,.yc.,a.rr
r,s s,u.l How shall estimate, thr
.a.u. of fl? Wen. ly IFS .,cu.,.,c or
.ar',o.ior. II IS tlc f~r.t WANDER.
I'D nice, Of mechanism! ever put t..
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oin, and as Won see II nerforr,ino
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