, 1877-11-26
sELF-DEsrl,UCTION.

bEAAUN TIE f*AFa HtS1hA.
Tho Rov. DR.. Hunter preached at St.. Paul'a
Reformed Episcopal Church yesterday morning
to largo congregation. lie took rs his subject
"HuLcidc." The following was his text:
And east down tho pieces Of ailver In tho Temple
And departed and went and hanged htmself.-ifdf.
tAew Lfrff,, s.
In selecting llls subject he said l'o had hal no
desire TO add TO tho excitement III tho comtnu-
nifty, OF to stir up the deep sorrow which Ind
recently settled upon many minds OIL account
Of tho suicide Of leading business man, atl'l he
would not again rccur to that melancholy cir
cumetancc. lilo had been requested to sc'cct
tho subject, and lie approached tho work
with aomo trcpidation, not because It was
il was at, unusual one. Suicide was contagious,
epming Of d uorbtl condition Of tho mind, aud
he conceived IT. to 10 tho duty Of tho prcss aud
ths pulpit under all circumstances TO ezalt tho
Grl the love Of lle wero ~ intctise with children
Al with men, yet history showed. TINT suicide
was almost exclusively confined to certain
countrles, tho male se1, and ol1 agc. IN En-. M
must suicides, but France, Of all other nations,
showed prcpondcrauce. Even there, however.
the lnalcs wcru the suicides. Tho mcekness.
fortitudo, and patience " woncn-anotler
na.no for better scnsc-pfeservea thctn FROM
| the dread contnUt0u III q very large degree.
Suicides wero divided into three clAsscs,-thc
vlrauous, vicious, mud Irresponsible: That sui
ciao and insanity, were often found together ~
| Of suicides revealed that all Of our passious
wcro capable of belng aroused to tlle extent OF
Inducing or prompting suicide: insanity re-
moved tho responsibility Of the dreadful 'iccu
he said ''Ihou shalt not KILL" The
injunction was mcant 10 apply not
only q tho killing Of auothcr but to the taktns
IN tic lust few days a morn.
ing paper hut1 RAPED up tile 1loman
or classic ldea Of suicides, but ho had no rcspcct
IL aa! il. ae lEt to- q a a Improved 49, cisfIina h
tuught higher Idea Of tho sacrclncas Of hu.
man iIfo, and that suicide WIS = sin against
God. tho victim, anl the world. liz could co's
eeivc Of aeonaition where IT. Tould y, 70 bette,
would be justlllea IN taking hls own ltto. VIZ
had all bcon created for q purpose, anl Wien
suffering the grcatcst atl1ctton Of lnint Or i,oaj
9qt nrH o rsasa
proudest ambition, and to commit Suicide un
der such clreun,st stanros was to uot only sol
thu will Of God at defiance. but, WIS e
usher out our. llio unbdlcu. Zig coult
synlpathize with the insane suicide, ant
believed tlat tho angels hOveEcu nhou
such wreck, just as tho aluklnx ship brought
to Its sllu this n,ose Duoyunt craft to save llfu
but l,u lad no sympathy for the other e,asscs U
suicides, which were coWardly ut inoat. .
HAd!l not tuasIno that any Of hte l,eascr
had for u moment ever thought Ut suicide as
panacca for their troubles, yet not few wcr
rushing along in I.fr. worrying mud frcttlll'
themselves Into consuming fover over worlli
alEairs, which was Bpecics OF suicide to 0t
earnestly deprecated. 1nstead Of this worry mn
fuycrlslIhcss, they ought to carry everything Il
God III rrayer, ui,d rs Mount Zion waa firm an'
imuioya6lc, 40 should tho followers Of Chris
bceoulc In Ills faith.
Another species OF suicide wns sin, tnasmuc
as tic BiblU taught TINT thu wages OF sin wa
ucathl III shining We were bartcrtng away oll
lives, our hopes, nud ambitions, aud. too offer
uuco,,sclo;lslY aul % con.cnptlbly as dill Esa
, or rJu4las. Thp aberrationot hope was gnawtnE 0
US constantly, ant hs who could do anythll
toward restoring hope to the dcspondeut Wa
'. nothing less than d puddle bcnefactor. "
should not run utter death. Kytnorso vi
death to judas, aud pcuiteucu llia to Pete
therefore Il was moet that We should bc
good cheer. that VIC should quicken our falt
, and awny with thoughts of suicide alil despai
lii conclusion, tho speaker said tnat any q
tempt to wrIte up st1iridu Us respectable wOul
!, be d fatlure. The Blble hal put tho scal Of col
! dcmnation upon II, aud liked II as stn, ~
never could 1t bn made respectable until socle
had been worried up u, tho condition ot toste
ing tome, which, In tho very nature Of thug
never could te.