The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-15

them in the hands of God who owns
all the harvest and the herds and the
flocks but if you could pay the prem
ium on policy and neglected them,
it is a mean thing for you to go up
to heaven while they go 10 the poor
house.
You, at death. move into a mansion,
river front, and they move into two
rooms on the fourth story of tenement
house IN back street. When they are
out at the elbows and knees.
though, c. Your splendid robe in heaven
will not keep them warm. The min
lister may preach Il splendid sermon
over your remains, and the quartettc
may sing like four angels in the organ
loft, hut your death will be swindle.
You had the means to provide for
the comfort of your household when
YOU left il, and YOU wiclledly neglected
it.
oh" says some one 'l have more
faith than YOU: | believe when | go out
of this world the Lord Will take care Of
my family" Yes, He will provide for
them. Go to Backwell's Island; go
through all the poOr-houSes of the
country. and l|wiIl show you how often
God provides for the neglected child
rem of neglectful parents. That is, He
provides for them through public char
ity. AS for myself | would rather have
the Lord provide for my family in a
private home, and through my own IN
dustry. and paternal and conjugal faith
fulness. But" says some man, Il
mean in the next ten on twenty years
to make great fortune and so | shall
leave my family, when | go out of this
world. very comfortable" How do you
know you are going to live ten or twen-
ty years? If we could look up the walk
of the future we could see 1t crossed by
pneumonias, and pleurisies, and con-
| sumptions. and cclliding rail trains and
runaway horses. and breaking bridges
| and funeral professions. Are you so
| certain you are going TO live ten or
| twenty years that you can warrant your
! household any comfort after you go
away from them? Besides that, the
vast majority of men die poor
Two Only. Out of Hundred Succeed III
Business.
Are YOU very certain that you are
going TO be one of the two?
! There are men who die solvent who are
insolvcnt before they get under the
ground, or before their estate is set
tied. How soon the auctioneer's malet
can knock the life out of an estate! y
man thinks the property worth Sl5'OOV,
under d forced sale it brings $1,000. The
business man takes advantage of the
crisis. and he compels the widow of his
deceased partner to sell out to him at
a ruinous price or lose all
Or the administrator Is ordered by
the Surrogate to wind up the whole
/ affair. The estate was supposed al
the mans death to be worth $4,000,
| but after the Indebtedness has been
met. and the bills of the doctor ana
/ the undertaken and the tombstone cut
/ ter have been paid there is nothing left.
! That means the children are to come
| home from school and go to work.
/ That means the complete hardship ol
| the wife. turned out with nothing nut
a needle to fight the great battle OF the
world. Tear down the lambrequins'
close the piano, rip up the Administer
sell out the wardrobe, and let the
mother take child in each hand and
| trudge out into the desert of the world.
A life insurance policy would have
Kindred all that.
The utter Indifference Of many peo-
pie on this important subject accounts
| for much of the crime and pauperlsm
of this day
Who are these children sweeping the
crossing with broken broom, and beg
glng Of you "A penny as you go by?
Who are these lost souls gliding under
| the gas light in thin shawls? All, they
| are the. victims Of want, and, In many
c,sos the forecast of parents and
/ grandparents might have prevented IL
| God only knows how they struggled TO
do right They prayed until the tears
! irozo ON their cheeks. they sewed on
| the sack until the breaking Of the day.
| but they could not get enough money 10
/ pay the rent. they could not get enough
\ money To decently clothe themselves
and one day. in the wretchcd home, the
angel Of purity and the angel of crime
/ luuGnt a great llSht ''lN''" wv '''i'''
bread.truy and the fireless hearth. ana
the black-winged angel shr!cked: Aha.
/ / have won the day
] Saws some man: II believe what YOU
| say: IL is right and christian, and !
mean some time to attend to this mat
ter" My friend, You are going TO lose
the comfort Of your household III the
same way the sinner loses heaven by
| procrastination. / see all around me
the destitute and suffering families ol
parents who meant some day to attend
to this Christian duty. During the pro-
cess OF adjournment the man gets ms
feet wet. then comes "A chill and de-
lirium. and the doleful shake OF the
doctors head. and the cosequies. II
there be- anything more pitlable than
a woman. dellcatcly brought up. and