The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-01-31
IS SUICIDE A SIN? Robert G. lngerSoII Says It
 Is Not. What the Genial Philosopher
 Really Means. Other Equally Eminent 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. Ingersoll, in a recent communication to the New York World, takes the ground that sui eide is not always a sin. New York most eminent clergymen, statesmen and judges Immediately filled the columns of that paper with protestations against the great thinkers theory.
 What MT. Ingersoll really said and meant was, that under certain circum- stances suicide was not sin. For in- stance, he thought that in case of a person suffering with sickness and hopeless of a cure, it would not be sin to end such suffering by self destruc- tion.
 MT. IngersolPs idea was the humani- tarian one of arresting pain. But he forgot that it is often dif1cult-nay, impossible to draw the line when a disease is curable or incurable.
 Mere suffering should not be a war rant for self-destruction. Countless cases of terrible, yes, excrutiattng suf- fering, have been cured even after all hope was lost, and doctors have pro- nounced the disease incurable. Many a suffererfrom disease has been brought to the verge of suicide and afterwards recovered perfect health.
 An estimable lady, Mrs. Lila c. Root who resides at 36 Elm street, New Bed- ford, Mass, tells the following facts:
 q was very nervous" she said, 'and my kidneys were in terrible state, and I had awful pains in my back and side and could not sleep at night. My headache was a source of great annoy ance. and I suffered much at certain periods.
 q cannot speak too highly of pr. Ereene's Nervura blood and nerve rem edy, for 1t cured me of my terrible com plaints. Why, felt so miserable that I often thought I would take my own life. I thank God for directing me to this wonderful remedy. I deem it my duty to say that I think Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy the best medicine in the world"
 Case after case like the above might be cited, when all hope of cure had been abandoned, and the persons given up to die, and yet this wonderful medicine mas brought DdCh uSdAIN e|iAN JSS NAhNS the stricken households.
 Suicide is self-destruction. It is just as much suicide to neglect ones health when slightly i'll, or when apparently trivial symptoms arise, as to deliber- ately take ones life. To feel nervous, to have weak nerves, to be tired, list less, languid, to have headache, indi- gestion, constipation and dyspepsia, to pass sleepless nights, to wake tired mornings, to be ever so slightly run down in health and strength,-thesea are the sure precursors of serious diseases, to be later followed by prostration and premature death, unless attended to at once.
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