Telegram-herald., 1888-10-15
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cordpg ~ tts Rssn2a a. o4lnH bisAseif
Ia4sE Ter E1s pea ashu.ent 1Os al s~csl-ei
presses. AL if lls pTLsasaer breaking 81
~as ssatsaord 10 - ssdunssoaed for thrss ~
four yr4rs tten ths sh9rlf uiusd De snagn-
gson@d for Ehrss " four yoaEs, zaa II tts
pr-soner breaking ia-l was 70 hAvs sa1esed
capital punfshaaaaf. tASa tie skeri1 nsllsr
suffer c2plt4l panisaueg1 The sheriff h@d
Fecesyed ssq~--l.i chsrgs - koep sharp look
ous for Pau I'D SiiaS. The goveTuIasut had
not had eouf4ienoe ia bolss and bsFs % Keep
safe thcs. t~o cisrTytasn, about ~hom there
ssssned - os so.alselins str~ass All super
Laturai
fure -sroarh. ~ uiiraculous power, they
are fres, ald the slssrin. waking out Of a
sound sleop aud slDpossng thoss ministers
have run a~ay. and knowing that they we're
o. die Tor presiding Car.st and realizing that
he mus therefore dle. rath~r than so under
the executlSler's SIC on tbs morrow and sur
feT lubilc disgrace, resolves - precipitate MS
own dsoease Bat before the sharp, keen,
glitferhg dagger 81 the sheriff couid strike
his heart. one of tbs unlo-s seaod prisoners ar
rests the blade by the command: do thyself
no harm
Ia oiden time and where Christianity had
not interfered vita IL. suicide was consid-
ered honorable and sign of couraSe. De
mos; hones poisoned himself when told that
Alexanders ambassador bad demanded the
surrender Of the Albanian orators Isocrates
killed himself rather than surrender % Philip
of Maceclon- Cato, rather than submit to
julius CE.sar. took his own life, and after
three times his wounds has been dressed tore
them open and periShed. Aithridates killed
himself rather than submit 70 Pompey tho
: oonquoror. Hannibal destroyed his life by
poison from his ring, c>osldering life unbear-
abba Lycnrgus suiclas, Brutus q suicide.
After the disaster Of Moscow, Napoleon al
/ ways carried with him a preparation Of
/ opium, and one night his servant heard the
Z drink it. and soon after tho groans aroused
al the attendants, aud it was only through
I utmost medical skill no was resuscitated from
I the stupcr of the opiaie.
Times have changed, and yet tho American
conscience needs TO be toned up on the sub
j ject Of suicide Have you seen paper IN
the last month that did not announce tbs
passage out Of life by ones own beheStf Do
. -. 81 II
quit life precipitatsy Men loeing large for
tunes 90 out Of the world because they cannot
endure earthly existence. Frustrated affec-
tion. domestic infolicity, dyspeptic impa-
tience, anger, renOrse. envy, jealousy. desti-
tuition, misantrophy are considered sufficient
causes for absconding from this life by Paris
green, by laudanum, ty belladonna, by
Othello's dagger, by halter. by leap from
the abutment OF a bridge, by firearms. More
cases Of felo de 50 in toe last two years than
any two years of the worlds existence, and
more in the last month than in any
twelve months. The evil is more and more
spreading.
n pulpit not long ago expressed some doubt
as 70 whether there was really anything
| wrong about quitting this hfe when it bo-
comes disagrceable, and therc are found in
respectable circles people spoao9psc for the
crime which Paul in the text arrested
shall show you before I got through that sui
eide is the worst Of all crimes. and I shall
lift a warning unrnistakable. But ia the
early part OF this scrmon wish TO admit
that some of the best Chrfxtians that ever
lived have committed self destruction. but
always in deInentis, and not responsible.
have no more doubt about their eternal
felicity than ! have of Tire Christian who
dies In his bed in the delirium Of typhoid
fever While the shock OF tho catastrophe
is very great, | charge all those who have
had Christian friends under cerebral aberra-
tion step OF the boundaries OF this life 10
have no doubt about their happiness. The
dear Lord took them right out of their dazed
and frenzied state into perfect safety. How
Christ feels toward the insane, you may know
from thu kind way he treated the demoniac
OF Gadara and the child lunatic, and the
potency with which be hushed temDests
either of sea OF brain.
Scotland, the land prolific OF intellectual
giants. had none grander then Hugh Miller
Great for science and great for God. lHs
came oi the best Highland blood, and was a
descendant OF Donald Roy, man eminent
for piety and the rare gft OF second sight
HIS attainmcntS, climbing M as he did from
tho quarry and tie wall Of the stonenason
drew forth the astouished admirntion al
Bucklanf and MurchfsOn, the scientists and
DR.. Chalmers The theologl an. and held uni
/, -ersities s,alloound while hs told them th'
story of what be bad sen OF God in the olc
/ red sandstone
That man did moro than any bring thai
ever lived 70 show that tho God of uhs hills Il
the God u TO Bible, and he struck his tgnias
FORK on the rocks Of Crouarry uufi h'
brought geoiosy and Theology accordant ir
divine worshlD lis two books. eutitlc,
''F0ofn-iuts q ths Creator and the ''Testi
r1o1y of ths Rocss' proclaimed tae baDns ol
a. everlasting marriage between gcnuin'
science and revelation. On this latter bool
he to.lsd dag and mght through love O
nature AM iove Il God. until be could no
sleep. sod his brain gave way. ard he wa
fo1od dad With a revolver BY ms side. thi
cruel instrument having had two buliets-
on for him and the Other for tie gunsmitl
who at - curouer's inquest vas exarninin.
! Il ani fsl dad Have you any doubt q IT,
heatifcation - Hngb Anier. after his ho
bran bad ceas-d throbbinz that winter nigh
in as study ~ Portobellcl Amnx 90
nixhisess of eartb, among th> mightiest q
heaven.
Ne cue doubted ths.piety q William Gov
Per. ths sather 4 taoss t.lres great hvn-s
oh. for closer vsik WITH God. " "a "a
} varioss hlndranoes &c roeot.~ There s
fountain d.lef rtth b,ood" WILLARD Cow
Ter. ~ho shares rith Isaac Wsfss ard Cbarie
Wssley ere eaief Eoao-s = Csrlst Al hyrlr
olcgv. IN hYpoefoaiTsa hs resolved 60 Tar
hss ovn h5e snd rele - the rIrer Thauss
lat found man seated ou sorna x11sis Al -