2137.—Life Insurance and Fire Insurance.
By S.
What is the difference between life insurance and fire insurance? If one is wrong, why not the other? S. The Lord has expressly declared to His people, “I am thy life and the length of thy days,” for “He is thy life.” He has promised to be our righteousness, and a wall round about His people. By every assurance which language can convey He has shown His faithful remembrance of them, to care for, cherish and protect, if they will but trust in Him. He has left an organization in this world which ought to be the best insurance society on the face of the earth, His church. Of course it is true that people do not give to Him their lives and that His churches do not remember the poor and needy, but this does not hurt the principle of the thing. As He is our life, we ought to trust Him for life. But He does not make this promise as to our property. Moreover, our property is many times mixed with that of the world. Buildings surround the buildings of God’s people on every side. Obligations many times rest on property, such as mortgages, etc., and those who have loaned money on such buildings many times demand insurance. The only counsel that we could give any one in such a case as that is to follow the Spirit of God and an enlightened conscience, and not judge his brethren. There are those who are doing this. The simple childlike faith of the Christian ought to be to trust God for everything. At the same time exercise the utmost care, faithfulness, and watchfulness.