Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-08-14

stead Of using his power he allowed
tnem 10 take his life
~, -, stlony man should allow n fcw
heue children to hack him 10 d.ath
WIN knives when he could easily nav.
brushed them aside, would we moi say
i,rt he committed sulcideg
Ahefe Is no escape. IL Christ were
N iect God, and allowed the Jews Ia
XII him, then he consented 10 his mn
death-refused. though porfecuy ana
Heiend ana protect himself and as
IN fact u suicide
We can not reform the world by law
OF ny superstition. AS long as thore
Hhali be pain and failure. want and
Fofrow, agony and crime, fuen and Nvp-
nlen WI ,nntl lies knot and seek Inc
70 the hopsiessly lmnfisonod--to the
aishonored and dosplaed--to those who
nave failed. who have no future no
hope--to the abandoned, the brokers'
hearted 10 those who are only rom.
hants and fragments Of mon and wo-
lneh-how consoiing. how enchanting Is
the thought OF death
ANA even to tho most fcrturnge deoth
az last Is a welcome deliverer. Death
- as natural and as merciful as life.
When We have journcyed long-when
we arc wenry--Wheu Ve wish for The
twilight FOR the dusk. FOR the cool
kisses Of the mrht--when the. senses
are dull-when the pulse Is faint and
lpW-when the mlsts gather IN the mir
ror or mcmory--when the past ia
almost forgotten. the present hardiy
pereelved-when the future has but
empty hands--denth Is as welcome "a
n strain OF music
After all, death Is not SO terrible as
ioyless lie. Next 10 eternal happiness
Is TO sleen in the soft clasp Of the cool
Il Sc 4
thonght by no pain. by no fear, uncDu-
scious OF all and forever
the wonder is that so many live
that In spite OF rags and wants, in spite
or tenement ind gutter, Of NTH and
pain. they linn and stagger and crawl
beneath their burdens to the natural
end. The wonder Is that so few OF the
miserable are brave enough to die--thnt
so many are terrified by the ''some-
| thing after death"--hy the spectres and
phantOms or superstition.
Most people are In love with life.
How they cling TO Il In the Arctic
snows-how they struggle In the waves
and currents of the sca-how they lin
ger In famine-how they fight disaster
and dcspairl On the crumbling edge OF
death they Keep the nag flying nnd 20
| down at last full Of hope and courage
But many have not such natures
| They can not bear defeat. They arc
| dlsheurtened by disaster. They He
down on the field OF conflict and give
the earth their blood
They are our unfortunate brother,
] and sisters. We should not curse OF
| blame--we should pity. On their pnnid
| faces our tears should fall.
| One OF the best men | ever knew
/ with nm affectionatc wife chnrmlnl
| and loving daughter, committed SUI
! eide. He was man OF generous i'm
| pulse. His heart was loving and ton
/ der lie was conscientious, and 50 sen
| sltive that he blamed himself for hav
| ing done what at the time he though
| was wise and best He was the victim
/ Of his virtues. Let us be merciful IL
/ our judgments.
| All we can say Is that the good rnt
bad the loving and the malignant. tn,
conscientious and the vicious, the edu
coted ana The ignorant, uctuated h,
many motives, urged and pushed ~
circumstances and ccnditllns--s0me
times In the calm Of Judgment. some
times In passions storm and stiess
sometimes IN whirl and tempest Of in
sanity-ralse their hands ag1inst item
selves and desperately put out the Ugh
OF life.
Those who attempt suicide should no
be punished. II they are insane The
should II possible. he restored TO roa
son; n sane, they should be .eascne
With, Gained and assisted.