Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-03-18
LAZARUS AND A RICH MAN
A Lesson on the Assurance of Ever.
lasting Life BY lnsuring 1t Now
Rev. Burgin the Speaker.

Speaking at length from the latter
part of the sixteenth chapter of St
Luke's Gospel, there was presented a
strong lesson as derived from the par
able of the poor beggar Lazarus and a
certain rich man, at last nights re-
yivalt services at the Cententry Meth
odist church. A lesson true to life
lies in this parable and the truths to
be brought out are many. To receive
the full force of such a discourse as,
by the power of God, was delivered,
requires that one be a hearer of the
words as spoken from the pulpit, and
by no means can full conception or
an impressive lesson be derived from
synopsis of such sermon which,
without the applied Biblical illustra-
| fective.
The story of the Rich Man and Laz-
arus is familiar to all who read their
| Bible The life of luxury and ease,
without a thought of the cares of this
| life or the life hereafter, on the part
of one, as contrasted with the beg
carly life of the other and their sub
sequent deaths and rewards in the
after life, is an old story, but as les
son it is still new and full of pro-
| found truth. Though Lazarus had
lived on earth as poor down-trodden
| being, yet we find that he was gath
cred to Abraham's bosom, while the
| rich man who had failed to insure
himself of everlasting life was taken
| to hell to suffer torments. We can
| find such examples today. Men whom
| the world look upon as successes are
| lauded and honored for their achieve
ments, while the unsuccessful man
who has made some mistake that
| holds him down is kicked aside and
| trod upon and made to sink all the
| lower; yet, let the true light shine
on these men and very often the most
successful man is the poorer and has
| the least chance for eternal life, be-
cause he has never insured himself by
| accepting Christ as his Savior. 1t is
a misconception to think that success
and God do not go together. We often
see them separated, yet this is not the
general rule; being aNsuccessful man
goes with God, and to leave Him out
is most serious failure.
Every town or city has as its heart,
it's power, men of means and brains
to guide its destiny Look. for in
stance, at our own city; take a can
vass of our leading men, professional
fsFd otherwise-do you not find real
men. men who do things, and are they
not mostly men of God, men of in
sured and assured lives. 1t is popular
at the present day to be men of God,
to have insured lives. The long-faced
sober person who processes to be a
christian is no longer popular, but
when the light of salvation enters in
the heart it means joy and peace and
life eternal, which tends to spread a
radiance over the countenance of the
valuable to business men who need
the christian spirit in their business
dealings. Houses, stores and valuable
personal property are kept heavily in
sured by their owners to insure some
| recompence for their destruction;
then why is the insurance of everlast-
mig life so often neglected by so many?
The intention of many is to have this
| insurance at some time, but too late"
only had" Make it good and do it
now, for it is better to be. safe than
sorry. 1t is true that just as one lives
so he dies; if one dies without the
insurance he is lost; if the policy ex-
pires through neglect, then all is lost.
Think of your present standing, test
your life, make your insurance safe
rather than to repent in time to come
for all that you neglect now. You
make hell on earth by the way your
life is spent, and you carry it with
you to eternity-you live a christian
life and you go to your home in
heaven: you live christian life, and
you help your church, your commu-
nifty, your home, and when life draws
to close you will be able to look
back upon it with pleasure and not
with regret, and above all you feel
assured that life eternal is insured.
Baraca