Democratic messenger., 1888-10-20
SELF DESTRUCTION.
(tstiuaesi from First I,,ge)

say II u electrical currents, or II II this
or il is that, or II Is the other thing. Why
not 20 clear back. my friend. and acknow-
ledge that in every case !, is the abduc'
ton Of reason or the teaching of intidclity
which practically says; "lf you don't
like this life get on; of il. and you will
land either in annihilation, where there are
no notes TO pay, no prosecutions to suffer
no gout to torment, or you will land
where there viii be everything plorious
and nothing 10 pay for IT," Intldelity
always has been apologctic for self immo.
lation. Attcr Tom Painc's Age Of reason
was published and widely read there was
n marked increase of sclfslaughtcrs
INFIDELiTY APoLaETlc FOR SELF.
DESTRUCTION
4 man ia London heard Mr. Owen dc.
liver his inidel lecture on Socialism, and
went home, sat down. and wrote these
words Jesus Christ j. one Of the weak.
S Characters in history, and the Bible
the greatest possible deception" and then
shot himself David Hume wrote these
words: 1T would be no crime for me 10
divert the Nile or the Danube from its
natural bed Where, then, can be the crime
in my diycrting IA fcw drops of blood from
their ordinary ,hanncl:" And having
written the essay he loaned il 70 II friend
the friend read IL. wiotc letter o. thanks
aud admiration, and shot himself .Appcn.
dix 10 the SAME book
Rousseau, Foiairc, Gibbon, M0ntnigne,
under certain circumstances were apollo.
getic for sclf.immolation. They teach us
l; does no; make any difference how You
live here or go ou, of this world, yon will
land either in an obliyious nowhere or a
glorious somewhere And iniidelity holds
the upper end OF the rope for suicide, and
aims the pistol with which man blows
his brains out, and mixes the strychnine
for the last swallow II infidcliiy could
carry the dav and persuade the majority
of the people OF this country tla, il does
no, make any difference how You go out
Of the world you will land safely, the
Hudson and East Rivers would be so full
fc0rpscs. the fcrryboais would be imped-
ed in their progress, and the crack ola sui
cidc's pistol would be no more alarming
than the rumble OF a street car
| have sometimes heard i; discussed
whether the great dranIatist was q Christ.
ian or not. do not know, hut know
that he considered appreciation Of a
future existence the migh,icst hindcrancc
To- Scl:.dcsi ructioi.
For who couii bear tho w!ips anG synrns u
The opprcssors wrous. 'hc proud tnrn' con.
I juncy.
| The insolrncc nf Office. and the ,paruD
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
| Whom he himself might his qu.uils make
with han boikins Who would farie!s
To srun, and sweat under a weary liir
Iiut that the dread ~ something after
| death
The undiscovered country. from whose
| bourne
M Traveller returns puszl,s the viii 2"
Would God the roroneIs would he
brave in rendering the right verdict, and
when in 1, case ofirrcsponsibilily they say
"Whilc this man was ticmcndcd !:c took
his liir;" in the other case say Having
read 'nildcl books and attended inndcl
lectures. which ohlilcra;c,l from this man s
mind all appreciation Of anything like
future re1 Ution, hc committed self.
slaughter ,"
Al: lniidelity, stand up and take thy
sentence. In the presence Of God, and
angels. and men. stand np, thou monster
Thy lips blasted with hasphemy, Thy chccl,
sacred with lust, ,hy breath foul with the
corruption of the ages Stand up, Saiyr
filthy goat, bullard oi the nations, lcpcr
Of the centuries Stand up, t!Iou monster,
iniilclity. Par; man, par, panther, par,
reptile. pnr ,liarnn, stand up and take
thy sentence Thy hands rel wi,h the
blood in which ;hCu has, washed, Shy icci,
crimson with ,lc human gore through
which thou has waded s,and up and take
thy sentence Down with thee 20 the pit
and sup on the sohs and rroans oc families
thou has, hiasic,, and roll an The ',cl of
knives which 'hou has, aharprncd fnr
o,hcr-. and l., thy music " ,hc ryrrlas,.
ing mho,ti, of ,hos" whom 'hou hns,
damned brand tie forehead % lnh.
deity with all the crimes of self immola.
ton FOR the hast century on the par; al
those who had their reason
| - an ~
My friends, II ever y"ur life through rs
abinSions and IL molesta,ioHs should
s,rm 10 he unhcarahlc AMI you are
tempted 10 qni, i, by Your own hchcs,, do
do No, consider yourself as worse than
Others Chris, Himself was tempted Ia
east Himself from the roof Of the temple
bu, MS He resisted so rcsis, We Chris,
came To medicine all wounds In your
trouble | prescribe life instead Of death
People who have II worse than you will
ever have Il have gone s0nginl ON the
way Remember that God keeps the
chronology Of your life with rs much
precision as lie keeps the chronology oi
nations, your death as well u, your era.
die
Why was II tia; al midnight just AT mid.
night. the destroying angel struck the
blow tha, sci The lSracliics Tree frum bon.
darc: The ia0y,ars were up u, II o'clock
'ha, night Til, i:'0 yeare wcIc ho, up Al Il
AMI u, O'Clock would have been ,ar'ly and
too late The s30 ycsr- we're ~ II -
o'clncA lnd the destroying angel struck
the hioN and Israel was .rce Aud God
knows jus, ihc hour when il Is time "a
lead ynu from earthly bondage By Iii
grac, make not IL, worst .. things. lu'
the hes, oi them lfvnu MUS, take The pill
do no, chew them Your everlasting r.
wards will accord with your earthly per
iurbaiions, just ns csius gave la Arripa
u chain 0f gold a. heavy ns hal been a