1900
The People's Forum
Do you think it is wrong, from a Christian point of view, to carry a life insurance policy? — L. B. J., Peterson, Minn.
To answer such a question depends entirely on the point of view. If a person sits down and figures on life insurance purely as a lottery game and considers that he is betting on his length of life with a life insurance company, then life insurance to him is nothing more than a Monte Carlo. If, however, he looks at it from the standpoint of mutual helpfulness, is willing to share with others the care of widows and orphans, then it becomes a Christian duty. The world has small pity for the man who, for the sake of a few dollars which may benefit him, neglects to join others for mutual protection of his wife and children when he is taken away. Many times the widow goes to an untimely grave in seeking to support her little ones, and the children are thrown upon society to live stunted lives. Or the aged father or mother, depending on the strong arm of the son or daughter, is driven to the poorhouse to be given grudging support by the state. Many excellent people we know refuse to have anything to do with life insurance, because they look upon it as a lottery. To the others, and the number is growing, life insurance is a privilege and a Christian duty.
—The Ram's Horn, March 17, 1900, p. 8.
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No Doubt About the Place
1910
The newcomer had just encountered a glaring billboard: "Classic drama at the Plutonian to-night. William Shakespeare in his great creation of Hamlet. Booth and Barrett as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Wagner and Mozart orchestra. Seats free. Everybody welcome."
"Surely this can't be hades, with this great dramatic feast free to all?" he suggested hopefully to a bystander.
"Oh, it's hell, all right," groaned the bystander. "You see, they use a drop curtain depicting sunrise in the Alps surrounded by the names of 14 kinds of whisky and 16 varieties of chewing gum; the local smart set enters during the progress of the second act; the performance is preceded by moving pictures showing a chase after criminals in automobiles; the man behind you has already witnessed the show four times; the ushers sell the complete words and music of the production at ten cents a copy, and the audience invariably demands 'Casey at the Bat.' " — Puck.
Life's Injustice
"What do you think? Mrs. Zizzel, who never goes to church, has won, the first prize in the church lottery?"
The newcomer had just encountered a glaring billboard: "Classic drama at the Plutonian to-night. William Shakespeare in his great creation of Hamlet. Booth and Barrett as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Wagner and Mozart orchestra. Seats free. Everybody welcome."
"Surely this can't be hades, with this great dramatic feast free to all?" he suggested hopefully to a bystander.
"Oh, it's hell, all right," groaned the bystander. "You see, they use a drop curtain depicting sunrise in the Alps surrounded by the names of 14 kinds of whisky and 16 varieties of chewing gum; the local smart set enters during the progress of the second act; the performance is preceded by moving pictures showing a chase after criminals in automobiles; the man behind you has already witnessed the show four times; the ushers sell the complete words and music of the production at ten cents a copy, and the audience invariably demands 'Casey at the Bat.' " — Puck.
Life's Injustice
"What do you think? Mrs. Zizzel, who never goes to church, has won, the first prize in the church lottery?"
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