Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-05-16

would be TO get you to invest. As
soon as you die the company will pos
seSs your principal"
Satan i'm a similar way comes TO a
man who in all probability will not
live over five or ten or perhaps twenty
years, and he says: MY friend. you
give me mortgage on your eternal
soul, TO be forecloSed at your death.
and will give you life interest in
the world. | will give you more food
than you can eat. more clothing than
you can wear. more houses than you
can live in. more money than you can
spend, and at your earthly demise
will not care for your money or your
stocks, but ] will only demand and
take your immortal soul" Come. now.
let us reason together. Are. you. an
immortal man. with a soul which shall
live on through the coming ages, with
a soul that shall stand by the cradle of
unborn millenniums. with a soul that
shall yet witness this earth gasp and
die of old age. to enter into such con.
tract? Read the simple statement of
the proposed agreement. Ask yourself
this momentous question: "Wbat shall
il profit q man if he shall gain the
whole world and lose his own soul?"
and exercise the common sense God
has given you.
Possibilities For Happiness.
Great worldly possessions do not nee.
essarily imply life interest in happl-
ness. Indeed we believe those i'm the
ordinary walks OF life have better pos.
sibilities for happiness than those in
the higher walks. The more influen-
tial one becomes the greater his respon,
sibiities and anxieties.
What was the happiest time OF your
life? You are now n great merchant or
lawyer or physician or governor or sen
ator. is this your supremacy happy
moment? NO." you answer. "the hap
piest time of my life is not found in
the present. but in the past. Now
have riches. city mansion and
country home. These results Of finan-
cial success do not bring TO me peace of
mind and contentment. The happieSt
time of my life was when a poor young
man lived on a small salary. Though
my wages were not large. | yet had
enough TO marry on. | won a true,
good, noble wife. We started out I'm
two small rooms. The babies came one
by one. The small salary was somehow
able 70 stretch enough TO furnish food
and clothing for all. We always had
enough to eat. Our garments could
defy any cold. Never were q pair OF
birds happier Matching out their eggs
In dovecot than my wife and I In
working as mechanic ten hours per
day, am planning most of the time.
am afraid the men will strike aud the
whole plant will stand idle. My poor
brain. tired from overwork, will not
let me sleep at night I am worried
because f00r that If | should die my
children could not straighten out the
estate. They might lose everything"
Indeed, there is but little pleasure i'm
being rich and owning more houses
than you can live i'm.
That the advantages OF wealth are
frequently overestimated is peculiarly
Lewis lectures. He says: "How much
more does the capitalist get out OF his
millions than the man of hundreds
gets out OF his hundreds? The million
aire cannot wear as he walks the
streets n hundred coats, n hundred
vests. a hundred hats or hundred
pairs of shoes. When he sits down nj
the table he cannot eat whole roast
or, two or three barrels OF potatoes.
couple of bushels OF turnips-in fact.
he very rarely eats as much as his
brother I'm poorer circumstances. When
he dies. he requires no ten acre lot 10
bury him. The hole that his body will
ill will be no larger than that required
by the pauper who died in the poor
house. His eyes can penetrate no far
Their than mine, his ears can hear no
better, his feet can run no faster. his
lies enjoyment is no keener. Alex
andcr L. Stewart, the multimillionaire
merchant, said in response to the sug-
gestion that, being such n successful
ana wealthy man, he must be very
happy man, "All / get out Of the world
Is my lodging. clothing and board, and.
IN view OF the state of my health. the
board is very poor" Cornelius Wander
bilt was out one day on a tour of in
spection of his great railroad accom-
panied by Chaunccy NJ. Depew. At
about noontime the train was side
tracked TO give through train the
right OF way. Mr.. Vanderbilt happened
10 look out of the window of his draw
Ing room car and saw one OF his own
track laborers sitting on the ground
and keenly rellshlng generous ham
sandwich. washing ii down with conf.
Gus drafts OF coffee. Mr.. Vanderbilt
turned to Depew and said. "Chauncey.
| would give all OF my millions il i
could enjoy my meals as that man
does his" AZ that particular time Mr..
Vanderbilts diet was raw chopped
beef and rice. stephen Girard. the
Philadelphia millionaire. once said: al
do not value money for the mere pleas.
ure OF possessing it. The only purpose
have since | made finapcial success
Is 10 work so hard during The day that
when night comes / may be able to
forget my existence in Sleep" In the
light OF these testimonies / ask YOU.
my hearers. does IL pay to gain finan-
ciai prosperity ut the expense of your
immortal soul?
The bubble OF Fame.
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prominent man is the worlds target to
be shot ut. No matter what his motives
and ambition may be. defamation and
Islander and Misrepresentation never
tire OF haunting his tracks. The giants
are the pygmy's natural objects for ridi.
Guile. ground mole has never any re-
spect for the broad wings of a flying
eagle. Daniel Webster, the great con.
stitutlonal lawyer, made this solemn
statement: I'm my time I have often
done wrong. l am by no means per.
feet But before God I can say that
for the words | have spoken and the
deeds which have performed with the
holiest and the most unselfish and the
purest of motives ] have been the most
bitterly assailed. If ii were not for the
fact that l am trying to live by prin
ciple and do my fellow countrymen
some good, would have given up the
struggle. of Dublic life lones moo Suo