The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-11-30
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Is DEATH PAINprI,
Here Is ST., rsst0mOny Tha. the Dyip, T.
With Unconcern on D;..oIs.ae VI

W;,h u.a. -"s sae Lying II
WIN unconcern on Dissolutisn
Rev. f. J. Hardy, in SUNDAY ".
zine' says: Many people. th, ,aa
fear Of death, are all their lives ,s'' ~
ject to bordage. The questlo"s ~
shall we die? When shall wa A. )
Where shall we die I? are con,in,a
worrying them. Indeed, thers y,
been several suicides caused hy
haunting fear Of death. The thooa
OF It made their lives insupportst
ana they killed themselves in o,ds.
know the worst. And yet It Is W.
possible that In respect to the i,
cal sensation of dying we res ~"
Don Quixote when he hung h.
wrist from the stable window,
imagined that a tremendous a.
yawned beneath his feet F,to !.
character Of Marltornes, cu,s
thong with lightsome lauvhts,
the gallant gentleman falls",a
inches. :"
When Louis XIV lay dying, Dw
weep YOU" he asked those who s.,
rounded his death.bed. "Dla
think l should live forever y T,,0
after a pause, II thought DYING h,
been harder" DIR. Hunter was ano,b
who was agreeably surprised Nv 1
experience Of dying. His last wo,
were, "Ifl had strength to hold, N
| would write down how easy al
pleasant a thing it is to dje.n
charming actress, who had been tui
almost drowned, told a friend IN!
dying was the incest sensation m
she knew. The late Archbishop
Canterbury, as his ''agony" befe
quietly remarked, ut is really MT
ing much after ALL"
a man said to Socrates, aTl
Athenians have condemned von !
death" "And nature" he repljed
has condemned them" BY the al
Client Greeks, death was considere
simply as as a destroyer. 10 them
was the last and most bitter Of foes
Achilles, in Hades, says to Ody
sehs: NAY, speak not comtortabl
to me of death. Rather would I lid
upon the earth the hireling Of another
than bear sway over all the dead tha
are no more" When death is bltteI
1t Is so, as a general rule, far more b
reason Of anxiety and renlorse tina
from physical causes. A man, for in
stance, can scarcely die easily II be
leaving a widow and family for whom
provision has not been made. ThI
medical man who ATTENDED OLIVE
Goldsmith in his last hour asked bid
II there was anything on his mind, al
he could not account for his tempera
ture being so high. The poet admit
ted that there was. Debt was upol
his mind. To some it is riches and
not poverty that renders death pain
full. When Garrick showed to Df
Johnson his palatial residence thd
latter said 'Ah, David, these arI
the things that make death horrible.
John Wesley was once asked by
lady: Suppose you X new TINT yO
were to die tomorrow night, how
would you spend the inlervenln
time?" "IIOw. Madam? 2" he replied
why just as l intend to spend 1t now
| should preach this night at GlosteF|
and again at 5 tomorrow morning
After that l should ride to Tewks
bury, preach in the afternoon, an1
meet the societies in the evening
should then repair to Friend Martin
house, retire to my bed at 10 O'Clock
commend myself to my heaVenlI
Father, lie down to rest, and wake
in glory"
This was the feeling which enaole1
the American, General Stonewal
Jackson, to die as he did. When lO1
that he had only about two houl
to live, he answered: "Very good
IS all right. Order A. P. Hill to p's|
pare for action. Pass the infantry
the front rapidly. Tell Mav|
Hawks Presently a smile OF lie'|
fable sweetness passed over his pay
face, and he said quietly with ane
preston OF relief LET US pass w"
the river and rest under the sllaue y
the trees"