The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-11-04

was talking with one of the leading in-
 surance superintendents of Chicago. He
 said: q suppose you think that my
 chief object Is to get people to carry all
 tine insurance possible. That is a great
 mistake some agents make. l always say
 to my agents: Men, do not persuade
 your people to take any more insurance than they can carry. man should al ways be able to make his payments
 easily. If you persuade man to pay
 too large a premium within few years sickness and trouble may come to his
 home. The man may be thrown out of his work temporarily. Then he drops his insurance, and he will never take It up again. Then that action not only ! hurts the man. but also the life insur- 1 ance business And yet in many ways | there are thousands of men making the
 same mistake as does the man who over
 insures. These men bank too much upon | the prosperities of the future. There , fore, they lose their all when these pros | perities fail.
 l never think of a mans future but as | A kaleidoscope. You remember when
 as a little boy your mother bought you
 one for a Christmas present. You went 1 to the window and lifted the little ap- | paratus to your eye and looked through | It. All the brightly eolored pieces Of , glass at the other send formed themselves ! into most fantastic shapes. You studied |
 beautifull' you said. Why, l see rain
 bows and towers and meadows and farm | houses" Then your sister said Charley, l turn it." You turned the kaleidoscope,
 and all the glasses jingled. Then you
 looked again and side: Why. sister. all
 the pictures are different. Look and see.
 How did this all happen?" Then you | turned 1t again, and there were other combinations of colors. Wonderful are l the changes of kaleidoscope, yet not more strange than will be the changes in your future, The fact that you have 1 $5ooo income this year does not prove you will have even thousand dollars
 next. Because you are in good health
 now do not think that your lungs will ] be stout next week. The fact that you
 are riding upon the wave of prosperity l today does not prove that the flood tide ] wiH not ebb away Do not bank loo
 much upon the temporal successes of the ! future. Do not count too surely on | long earthly life. Because you are living i in a palace on Easy street" do not spend i your time planning what you will do in
 your gardens for next summer. Your future is all surrounded by fogs and mists.
 Within twenty-four hours your whole life
 may be changed. Boast not myself of
 tomorrow. for thou knowest not what
 day may bring forth'
 i If 1t Is necessary to be careful with
 our earthly opportunities, how much more I Is 1t essential for us to be careful of our 1 heavenly opportunities, I warrant that 1 there is not among us all one who Intends | to ultimately refuse the offer of eternal
 salvation. But this is such busy world. 1 It is filled with such busy people. The : engagements of life press themselves upon
 us with such overwhelming numbers that
 we are apt to postpone the greatest of all
 questions-the eternal destiny of our inn ! mortal souls. We intend to take the
 matter up tomorrow or the day after to-
 morrow, but somehow that tomorrow
 never comes. Now, my brother, I want | to drive this question home Will you ! here and now make up your mind what 1 you will do with Jesus-will you make 1 up your mind today? Remember, tomor-
 row may be too late, for then the time
 may have come when Jesus will have
 decided what he will do with you.
 | Do you not realize that, l may be the | last gospel messenger who shall ever be l able to present to you the pleadings | of Christ for your salvation? Your life
 may go just as quickly as did old Dr. ! Towards of Pittsburg. He seemed to
 be in perfect health. He was writing a sermon. He rose from his study desk and stepped into the next room. Before the ink was dry upon the paper his spirit
 had taken flight. Time is fieeting. The i decision has been made. But, whatever that decision is, remember it is decision for this day and not for tomorrow's sun.
 Boast not myself of tomorrow for thou knowest not what day may bring forth" 0 God, may this day be the day of de- cision to many souls.
 Copyright, 1906, by Louis Klopsch)