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The General Assurance Advocate.
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE .
30 TH DECEMBER , 1848 .
THE EMPIRE OF LIFE ASSURANCE . THIS title may appear to be a quaint one , and probably to some it will appear meaningless ; but , nevertheless , it represents a truth , the germ of which appeared in the seventeenth century , and has been , with that slow and steady , hut certain progress , which characterises the advance of good continually developing itself ; and the quaintness
which apparently distinguishes our heading will vanish when the rays of thought are brought to bear upon it . AVe have not been in the habit of viewing the great world of thought and public opinion as we have the material world in its empires , kingdoms , principalities , and republics ; but they exist , notwithstanding , and have , amid all their divisions , a wonderful principle of UNITY , striving , as they all do , to
arrive by many routes at one goal—the good of humanity . Of these empires , that ruled over by Life Insurance has grown into great and paramount importance , and requires earnest attention . The European world has been shaken to its very foundations ; the fierce breath of agitation has blown together mobs , and kindled
insurrections to overthrow governments , as the winds of Heaven roll up the waves of the great deep to submerge the labouring ship with its despairing crew . The eruptions of political feeling have been volcanic ; ancl as the volcanoes of the earth arise from the fires smothered within its bosom , so these volcanoes of democracy owe their origin to the pent-up flames of discontent , urged on by the goad of despotic wrong into actual
ancl visible combustion ; and from those vast craters—the minds of many people of the earth—has poured the lava torrent of indignation and resistance , which , like another deluge of vengeance , has flowed over mountain and plain , devastating alike the places of the high and low , and sacrificing the present interests of all . The heavings of the earthquake of thought have riven and split the social system of modern
civilisation , which was vainly thought so secure as to defy time and change , and from the chasms torn in panting humanity have arisen new elements , which must mingle in every future scheme of social life . But amid all the evil with which we are surrounded—with kings flying from their capitals , ministers murdered , governments falling into wrecks , blood spilt by brother ' s hands , ancl those distresses which violent changes
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The General Assurance Advocate.
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE .
30 TH DECEMBER , 1848 .
THE EMPIRE OF LIFE ASSURANCE . THIS title may appear to be a quaint one , and probably to some it will appear meaningless ; but , nevertheless , it represents a truth , the germ of which appeared in the seventeenth century , and has been , with that slow and steady , hut certain progress , which characterises the advance of good continually developing itself ; and the quaintness
which apparently distinguishes our heading will vanish when the rays of thought are brought to bear upon it . AVe have not been in the habit of viewing the great world of thought and public opinion as we have the material world in its empires , kingdoms , principalities , and republics ; but they exist , notwithstanding , and have , amid all their divisions , a wonderful principle of UNITY , striving , as they all do , to
arrive by many routes at one goal—the good of humanity . Of these empires , that ruled over by Life Insurance has grown into great and paramount importance , and requires earnest attention . The European world has been shaken to its very foundations ; the fierce breath of agitation has blown together mobs , and kindled
insurrections to overthrow governments , as the winds of Heaven roll up the waves of the great deep to submerge the labouring ship with its despairing crew . The eruptions of political feeling have been volcanic ; ancl as the volcanoes of the earth arise from the fires smothered within its bosom , so these volcanoes of democracy owe their origin to the pent-up flames of discontent , urged on by the goad of despotic wrong into actual
ancl visible combustion ; and from those vast craters—the minds of many people of the earth—has poured the lava torrent of indignation and resistance , which , like another deluge of vengeance , has flowed over mountain and plain , devastating alike the places of the high and low , and sacrificing the present interests of all . The heavings of the earthquake of thought have riven and split the social system of modern
civilisation , which was vainly thought so secure as to defy time and change , and from the chasms torn in panting humanity have arisen new elements , which must mingle in every future scheme of social life . But amid all the evil with which we are surrounded—with kings flying from their capitals , ministers murdered , governments falling into wrecks , blood spilt by brother ' s hands , ancl those distresses which violent changes