Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-05-09

helpless. ] do not want to be a worm
out minister, who has to preach to
earn his daily bread. When | grow so
old that the people would prefer a
younger man to take my pulpit,
would like to be able to resign my
pastOrate." After hearing me patient
ly this life insurance agent answered:
"There would be no danger of that if
you only had a little money. When
you become sixty or seventy years of
age. you could go to life insurance
company and purchase an annuity. For
a very moderate sum you could at that
age secure an annual income that
would be sufficient to keep you from
all want" But | answered: Suppose
| could not pass a medical eXamina-
ton? What them" "Ah," replied the
life insurance agent. you do not have
to pass a medical examination. The
older you are and the poorer your
health the more anxious the company
would be to get you to invest. AS
soon as you die the company will pos
sess your principal"
Satan in a similar way comes to
man who in all probability will not
live over five or ten or perhaps twenty
years. and he says: "AIy friend, you
give me a mortgage on your eternal
soul. to be foreclosed at your death,
and ! will give you a 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
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: "What shall
] it profit a man if he shall gain the
whole world and lose his own soul?
/
has given you.
Possibilities For Happiness.
Great worldly possessions do not nee
essarily imply life interest in happl-
ness. Indeed we believe those in the
ordinary walks Of life have better pos
sibilities for happiness than those in
the higher walks. The more inhuen-
tial one becomes the greater his respon-
sibilities and anXieties.
What was the happiest time of your
life? You are now a great merchant or
lawyer or physician or governor or SEN
atOr Is this your supremacy happy
moment? mo" you answer, 1.-THE hap
piest time of my life is not found in
the present, but in the past. Now !
have riches, city mansion and a
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 poor young
man lived on small salary. Though
my wages were not large, | yet had
enough to marry on. | won a true
good, noble wife. We started out i,
two small rooms. The babies came on
by one. The small salary was somehow
able to stretch enough to furnish foat
and clothing for all. We always haC
enough to eat. Our garments coulC
defy any cold. Never were Il pair o
birds happier Matching out their egg
in a dOvecot than my wife and l il
our little nest. But now, instead O
working as mechanic ten hours pc
day, am planning most of the time.
am afraid the men will strike and tn
whole plant will stand idle. My poo
brain, tired from overwork, will no
let me sleep at night. | am worrie,
because fear that if | should die m,
children could not straighten out tn
estate. They might lose everything.
Indeed. there is but little pleasure i
being rich and owning more house
than you can live in.
That the advantages of wealth ar
. frequently Overestimated is peculiarl
: we'll illustrated in one of DR.. Di
Lewis lectures. He says: How niue
? more does the capitalist get out of hi
:, millions than the man of hundred
gets out OF his hundreds? The million
aire cannot wear as he walks til
streets hundred coats, a hundre
: vests, hundred hats or hundre
: pairs of shoes. When he sits down {
the table he cannot eat whole rOai
OK, two or three barrels of potatoe
couple of bushels of turnips-in fac
7, he very rarely eats as much as h
= brother in poorer circumstances. Wht
he dies, he requires no ten acre lot
bury him. The hole that his body WI
= fill will be no larger than that require
by the pauper who died in the poe
= house. His eyes can penetrate no IA
Their than mine, his ears can hear
better, his feet can run no faster. b
!, hfe's enjoyment is no keener. Ale
N Ander Z. Stewart, the multimilliOnai
~ merchant, said in response to the su
n, gestion that, being such a successf
ns and wealthy man, he must be a We
~ happy man, "All l get out of the wor
n. IS my lodging, clothing and board, al
w in view of the state of my health, t
TO board is very poor" Cornelius Wand,
nj bilt was out one day on a tour of
II. spection of his great railroad acco
We panied by Chauncey NJ. Depew.
about nOontime the train was siC
IL tracked to give a through train t
is. right of way. Mr.. Vanderbilt happen
rn to look out of the window of his dra
cd ing room car and saw one of his o.
~, track laborers sitting on the grou
IL, and keenly relishing a generous h;
,e,, sandwich, washing it down with co
bn Gus drafts of coffee. Mr.. Vanderl
nd turned to Depew and said. "Chaunc
NJ, l would give all of my millions il
rs could enjoy my meals as that n
.hn does his" AT that particular time
m. Nanderbilt's diet was raw chOpI
m, beef and rice. Stephen Girard,
81, Philadelphia millionaire. once said:
no do not value money for the mere pie
-, ure of possessing it. The only purp
! nave since l made financial succ
Il is to work so hard during the day t
ms when night comes l may be able
wi forget my existence in sleep" In
loil light of these testimonies l ask y
the my hearers, does it pay to gain fin
III cial prosperity at the expense of y
red immortal soul?
The Bubble of Fame.
Fame does noe assure happiness.
IS Il prominent man is the worlds large
err be shot at No matter what his mot
the and ambition may be-, defamation
o. SANDER and misrepresentation n,
( O. tire of haunting his tracks. The gil
and are the pygmy's natural objects for
ain! Guile ground mole has never any
He'd sDect for the broad wings of fl