The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-31

| The insensibility extended over the whole alb
doninal region and, tits supposed, reached The
heart as he relinqushed his effort, subilmely
expiring with the expression, barely audible,
81 am satisfied We take this to be tes-
timony that it does not hurt a man to kill
him.
But any reader will have the right to extend
the field of inquiry by giving the word hurt a
wider Specification, and one irrespective OF
pain, as whether a man is worse off by reason
of dying? We only object to the vast uncer-
tainties it involves as to what becomes OF him.
each theological theory comprehendlng solu-
ton. We know that Mahommed, after his
TRANSPORTATION, fired to frenzy his followers,
who loved woman sensuously, by giving them
promise that every son Of the faithful should
possess many thousands of beautiful nouris'
in his own right, in paradise. These would
speedily solve the problem of ''hurt' in the
negative, and 60 thousands better. SO the
spiritual medium testihes to the great advan-
tag, of manifestng ones personal presence in
the beautiful Summer Land by means OF
dying, yet not on the same basis as the orient
ais. But in most religions the question would
be resolved only by ascertaining the vicarious
status of the individual, the ''hurt' being I'M
mense if that fail to be healthy and safe.
Without, however, touching the difficulty
or delicacy of these precedent problems
reaching to hereafter, we may see II man
cannot sometimes die less hurtfully than he
can live. He may not be skilled in the
science of living. whereas dying is not a
scientific pursuit. They who incur the perse-
cutions of society by persistent violation OF
its laws-would it hur, them to be killed! In
other words, are not for them the chances IN
| he hereafter better than no chances whatever
here? They who suffer bankruptcy and ITS
fruits, as penury, want, debt, contumely, will
,nything be likely to do them as much hurt
where it is supposed there are no paper mills
and hence no money? In short when the
| disorders and pains of living are more than
the equivalents of its virtues and delights, will
il hurt man to kill him? The testimony IS
that it will not, for many in these clrcum-
stances do execution upon themselves. If
love be fretted by an unexpected jilting, death
IS the accepted panacea so universally that II
| ,annot be reasoned into ''hurt.' SO that
n the broader meaning of our question, re-
,,ricted however, within psychological lines,
he weight of evidence shows that it does not
lurl a man to kill MIN.
Indeed, although the theory of killing Is
not an agreeable one to any man tor
whom it is prescribed, it is yet generally true
that some other is more hurt than he. A
owing wife, for instance, burdened with insup'
portable cares, anxiety and toll, to which she
IS tied by ner devotion to helpless ones fo'
long years, would esteem it no "hurr' to be
in the place of the departed partner OF he'
past Joys. The wall Of little bereaved ones l.
more sgonizing to sensitive minds than groan'
+ the dying; the rending of the affections arc
more affecting than the parting OF the fesh>
ties that incarLate the soul. We walk too
much in the shadow of this death which ",
are not sure does any other hurt than through
he sorrows OF bereavement; and We shut, toe
,lten, our hearts against those upon whom
.,urt really falls when one is killed, whethe
by disease, or pistol, or that more irequen
agent the doctor, and who endure ever after ;
living death. The pains of the body ar
measured by the susceptibility of the nerves
out those of the mind are limited only by TIT
:apacity Of the intellect to conceive and I'M
tenderness of the heart 10 feel. SO we may
At least, resolve as much of our question
lies in the truth that it hurts young and tende
hearts to be bereaved more than it hurts maj
to kill him.
Among the most prominent farmers OF flGy'
county, Va, is colored man, II. A. Key