The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-21

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spr.Hg and rosie back ~ bis home. and
that night threw hiusaLf apon his Uggn
ku.lr but tar blade 5rDsr aud then
he hanged himself 70 the ceiling but
Che rope hrl}1e Na wonder that when
tod Incredibly delivered him from
that awful dnueut.a d. sat down and
wrote thaJ other hymn just as memoir
able.
Ggd moves .r % uH=tar.gns way,
iHa Hga9ors -u perform.
He p.lalf DIS footsteps .a tAs sea,
And slea apoa san storm
BUaI aabaler Is ssre ta err.
And snaH H3a E0r# DO ra.gs
God Us TIls own Interpreter
An1 De waI matte It plain
While wc make this mcreiful and
righteous allowance iu regard % those
who were plunged into mental iueO-
hDrenae, ! declare that the man who,
in the use Of bis reason, by his own
act. snaps the string between his body
and his soul, goes straight into per
dIlou Small ! prove it2 Revelations
xxi, 5. "Nurdrrers shall have their
part ln the lake which burueth with
fire and birthstone Revelations Exii.,
It without are dogs and soreerrrs
und whJremongars mad murdefer-
You do not believe the Aew TESTAMENT
Then, perhaps, you believe tha ten
commandments; Chou shalt not kin.
Do FeB aay that afi thrsf passages
refer to tine tlIduE OF the life of
pther42 Then 1 ask FOu ii You are
mot as responsible for your own life as
for the life of 0thcra2 God gave you "A
special trust Ia life, and made you the
custodian of your life, and He made
you The custodian Of NO other life. lie
gave you as weapons with which to de-
iend it twU arms % strike back assault
ants two eyes 10 watch for invasion and
a natural love Of life which ought ever
to be on the alert. Assassination Of
others J, a mild crime compared with
the assassination Of Yourself, because
ia the latter case 10 is treacherv to an
especial trust it Is the surrender of q
castle you were especially appointed 20
keep il is treason to auatnral law, and
IL rs treason to God added to ordinary
murder.
~, sho,y how g,dtnt. pnl, L.J-.dI
p,,n tbis srf,,. ,,fnt van ~ H.
ra,,Is..a n~i.t,r,. r%,Il.ra -
of the Bible. The pictpgcs of tbe ]neonle
who hive committed tbis ppnatprnf
crime. Here Is the headless trunk Of
Saul on the walls of Bathshau Here
il the man who rhpspd Bffla Dayid-tan
feet ip sfatr.c rbasipg f,ur uars
ia thr man who ponspltod r.
~cIairvovnut. Witch of Epdor upr,
ia a man who. whipnad in INIT
tie, instead of s~urrpnderipg his
sword with Jigpity AS MANY "A m,p b.s
done. asks his servant to sIay him. and
when that servant declined. tbpp the
giant plants the hilt of his sword i'm
the earth. the sharp point sticking mn.
ward, and he throws his BODY ON Il and
expires the coward, the suicide! Here
is Abttophcl, the Machiuvelli of oldep
times, betrn wing his best friend David
in order that he may become prime
minister of Absalom. and Joining tbat
fellow in his attempt ut purricidc Not
RpttiHp what he wanted bv change of
.noIiBrs he talyes a sbort ant ami ~ +,
~dlsgraccful life into the suicides etern-
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