Fraternity-Testvériség, 1962 (40. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1962-11-01 / 11. szám

FRATERNITY

OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE HUNGARIAN REFORMED FEDERATION OF AMERICA Edited by the Officers of the Federation

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Suite 1201, Dupont Circle Bldg., 1346 Connecticut Ave., Washington 6, D. C. Volume XL NOVEMBER 1963 Number 11

A PREACHER PREACHES LIFE INSURANCE

He is not the first, nor is he the last. Many pastors have urged the value and necessity of life insurance. But Dr. J. E. Hughson, a Scotch minister, has given utterance to a message that was broadcast in Great Britain and that is worthy of serious consideration. He says it better than we could say it. Therefore, we quote from his address:

“I am not an insurance agent, but there are things I feel I ought to say, and every time a young man comes before me at the marriage altar, I feel like saying to him that he ought to give his bride a substantial insurance policy. ‘You have no right to take a girl from a position where she may be earning her own living and tie her up to you, and later tie her down to a family of little children who would make it difficult for her to go out and earn a livelihood again, unless you give her some protection and security in case something should happen to you. Before you buy her a car, buy her an insurance policy, and after you buy the car you will need insurance all the more in these days of highway fatalities. Get her a policy before you get her a piano. Put first things first, and then let the other things come along if you can afford it.’

“There are two exigencies of life that should be met by every man to the limit of his ability. One is the protection of his wife and family, if he should die. The other is the protection of his old age, if he should live, and modern life insurance provides for these exigencies with its death claims and ■its annuity schemes.

“I know why I urge you thus. It is my duty as a minister to stand by the flower-decked altar and the flower-covered coffin;