Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1892 — A Clergyman's Advice. [ARTICLE]

A Clergyman's Advice.

Tho Rev. Dr. Thaln Dav'd on, of Islington, England, in a sermon to young men, made the following remarks on lifo Insurance: “If some of you will act upon the advice I am going to give you you will ihank me for it some day. While you are to hope and prepare for a long life ytu are to contomp ate the jossib 1lty of being suddenly called away, and you are to make provision, even in thi s world, against such a contingency. it is meanly selfish for a man, dying in the prime of life, and professing a Christian hope, to be perfe tly happy while he knows that as he steps into heaven his v ife and children will step Into (he work--1 ouse. I say it is abominable. If you have the faintest prospect of 1 aving any d -pendent upon you, you have no business to spuid cn gratification all your weekly or your yearly salary. It Is not yours to spend. The first few sh. Rings or the fir.-t few pounds belong ti them, and should go to jay the premium on a policy that at least will keep them from b 'ggary. Excuse me from nr-nt'ouirg this, but lam really provoked to see men, through shrer thoughtlessness, laving up for their families trouble that might easily have been spared had they only assured their lives in some sound and respectab'e office. Now, next year is not the time to do it, if you can do It to-morrow; for you don't need me to tell you the sooner you take the step the lighter the burden will be. ”