The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-13
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The recent death, In our city, Of Col.
R. ,. ]. Twyman, ny his own hand,
will insure for the following .'Plea for
for the suiclde,n written BY him on the
22d ult., u general perusal. The man
uscript, In the Colonel's own hand
writing, was incl0sed In an envelope,
directed In pencil TO John Il. obtrly,
Esq, nand was deposited with leading
druggist Of our city, with Instructions
concerning It's publication after his
death. The manuscript, II desired by
his family, can be had on application
at this office:
THE PLEA FOR THR SUICIDE.
chow common II Is for the loving
world to declare that the suicide was
crazy that be or she, who has yolun-
tarily freed their suffering, wearied,
immortal spirits from this world OF
misery and woe, were laboring under
a mental aberration?' The idea,
therefore, Of sane person committing
sulcide, Is not tolerated. .TII7'l
al think differently. believe that n
person can be Of sound mind, and ear.
nestly desire TO go to God-sIncerely
pray TO be transferred from this world
Of suffering and sorrow 10 the blissfll
spirit land Of endless eternity.'
1.-THE truly good have no fears Of
death, or Of the Judgment. God gave
US life and implanted In uE an immor.
tai spirit, and when that spirit Is pure,
1t has u constant desire 10 return to
that God of purity and love from
whence II came. The selflshness, the
deceit, the hypocrisy, the malIgnity,
the hatred, the envies and corruptiofs
by which we are surrounded In this
world, 80 atflict the spirits Of fthe pure
In heart, that they longt TO be freed
from the curse OF mortality, that they
may enjoy the pleasure and glory OF
God forever. -...,.. t.t[ y.
"But according to the doctrines of
the so called orthodox Christians, 'he
who destroys his own life loses bis own
soul do not believe II. We were
taught by God himself, through the
.erson Of His Son, Jesus Christ. TO
pray for the coming OF the Kingdom,
What ls the Kingdom referred 10 Z
Where Is that Kingdom? Christ said
It Is not Of this world. II Is the King.
dom Of Heaven-of eternIty-fo which
weare taught to pray. Is II u crime,
then, for us to go TO that Kingdom I
There Is but one way for us To reach il,
aud that Is through the gates Of death
-the cold graveewhere we lay down
mortality and take up Immortality.
"For what does man cling 70 lief Is
there happiness here2 No. Can puri-
ty be found hereP No. Nothine but
sin and misery fall TO the lot of man,
from the cradle TO the grave.
"Who are they who cling TO life SO
tenacionsly7 Are they those who love
God and desire to go to the spirit land.
that they may see and enjoy His glory2
No. They cling 10 life because afraid
the devil will get them when they die.
They who love God truly and sincerely
are not afraid Of the devil, and hence
are not afraid to die, but welcome death
as the real messenger of eternal free
dom and peace. To the good, death is
the king, not Of terrors, but Of peace
and Joy everlasting.
"Who, then, will dare say that the
soul Is lost who voluntarily seeks the
bliss OF eternity? When the prison
house OF clay, In which the immortal
spirit Is confined, knows nothing but
pain and sutIering-when friends de.
Sert aud scorn you-when you arc sur
rounded on all sides BY swindlers,
knaves and scoundrels-when your fu.
ture Is all gloom and darkness, the
very blackness OF despair, with no ray
Of hope 10 illuminate your soul-yon
voluntarily give back your immortal
spirit TO the God who gave II, aud your
body to the dust from whence 1t came,
and then men say you were crazy, that
you are eternally iost-they are hypo.
critics or knayes, and know not Of what
they speak. Judge not,' &c. So ends
my plea r. B. j. TwYMAN."