The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-31
is SUICIDE A SIN?
Robert G. IngerSoll Says It
is Not
What the Genial Philosopher
Really Means.
Other Equally Eminont Men
Differ From His Views
A Question Involved Each OF
US Must Decide.
A Letter Of Powerful Interest to
Our Readers.

The eloquent Robert G. 1ngenolL ina recent
communication 70 tho New York World. takes
tho ground that suicide Il not Away stn.
New York's most eminent oleRynon. states
mon and judges, Immediately 6llod tho columns
OF that paper with protestatons sSaiuss tho
great thinkers theory.
What Mr.. Ingcr,oll really said and meant was.
that under certain circumstances suicide was
not iIp. For instance, he thought that In case
OF person suffering with sickness and hope!e"
OF cure, Il would not be & sin 10 end such
suffering by scli.des,ruction.
Mr.. Ingersoll's ideawa the Humanitarian ono
OF nrrc,tins pain. But he ioTot tina, 1t Is often
dlfdcuIt-nay. impossible TO draw the line when
disease Is durable or !ncurable.
Mere suffering should no. DO a warrant for
sclf-desruction. Countless cases OF terrible, yes,
eIoruciat!nS suffering. have been cured even
after all hope was loi.. and dociorI have pro-
nounccd the disease ineurable. Many sufferer
from disease has been brought TO the verge OF
suicide aud Afterwards recovered perfect health.
An e,tinable lady. Nm. Lila C. Root. who re.
sides a, &c Elm street. New Bedford. Mass. tells
tho following facts:
Twas very nervous" she said and my KID.
neys were In 4 terrible state, and had awful
pains In my back and Eido and could not sleep
At night Ny headache was a source OF great
annoyance, and suffered much at certain
periods.
81 cannot speak too highly Of DR.. Greene's
Seryura blood aud nerve remedy. for II cured
me Of my terrible complaints Why, felt 10
miserable that often thought would take N
own lie. thank God for directing me 10 this
wonderful remedy. deem It my duty 10 say
that l think DR.. Greenc's NerrurA blood and
nerve remedy tho best medicine IN the world"
Case after case like the above might Be cited,
when all hope o. cure had been abandoned. and
tho person given up to die. and yet this won.
dcrt1l medicine has brought back health and
Joy into the stricken household.
Suicide Is ieli.desruction. NiI lost q much
suicide 10 neglect ones health when slightly
Ill, o. when apparently trivial symptoms arise.
as 10 deliberately take ones life To feel nsrv.
GUS to have weak nerves, to be tired. liiilei,
languld. TO havo headache, Indigestion. consu j.
patton and dyspepsia. 10 pass slsspless nights.
TO wake tired mornings, to be ever so slightly
run down In health and strength-tAese arc the
sure precursors OF serious disease. 70 b la,sr
followed BY prostrat!on and premature death.
unless attended 10 a. once.
Suicide Is l.u. and It !, suicide to neglect
your health. Take thi, grand medicine, Dr..
Greene's Nevyura blood and nerve remedy. and
II will make you we'll and sisong. Take IL be-
cause Il curcI take (. because 1. Is physicians
prescription, the discovery OF Dr.. Greene. Of IS
West Fourteenth strcct New York City. tho
most successful specialist IN curing nevou,
and chronic dissases and who sivea his great
medicine double value BY allowing all to
consult him, free OF charge concerning their
Diseases. either personally or ey letter