The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-11

you the Cu9todi4n a no other Inc, Ht
gave you q weapons with which. to. do
fend II two arms 70 strike back aasailants
two eyes to watch for invasion, and nat
nfal love Of life which ought ever to be OF
the alert Assassination Of others 10 3
mild crime compared with the assassina
tion Of yourself, because In the latter cast
II is treachery to an especial trust. 1t II
the surrender Of castle you were especial
ly appointed to keep. It Is treason to q
natural law, and 1t IL treason TO God added
to ordinary murder.
To show how God in the Bible looked
upon this crime point you to the rogues
picture gallery in some parts Of the Bible,
the pictures Of the people who have com.
mitted this unnatural crime. Here ID the
headless trunk of Saul on the walls Of
Bathshan. Here is q man who chased
little David-10 feet in stature chasing 4.
Here Is tho man who consulted clairvoy.
ant, witch of Endor. Here - man who,
whipped in battle, instead Of surrendering
his sword with dignity, rs many man has
done, asks his servant to slay him, and
when that servant declined, then the giant
plants the hilt Of his sword IN the earth,
the sharp point sticking upward, and he
throws his body on 1t and expires-the
coward the suicidel Here Is Ahitophel,
the Machiavelli Of olden times, betraying
his best friend, David, IN order that he
may become prime minister of Absalom,
and joining that fellow in his attempt at
parricide. Not getting what he wanted by
change Of politics he takes short cut out
Of disgraceful life into the suicides
eternity. There he is, the migrate!
Here Is Abimelech, practically a suicide.
He Is with an army, bombarding tower,
when woman In the tower takes grind
stone from its place and drops 1t upon his
head, and with what life he has left in his
cracked skull he commands his armor
bearer, Draw thy sword and slay me,
lest men say woman slew me-" There
Is his post norton photograph in the book
Of Samuel.
But the hero Of this group is Judas Is
CARROT. DIR. Dome says he was martyr,
and we have In our day apologists for him.
And what wonder, In this day when we
have book revealing Aaron Burr as q
pattern Of virtue, and this day when we
uncover statue of George Sand as the
benefactress Of literature, and in this day
when there are betrayals Of Christ on the
part of some Of his pretended apostles-a
betrayal SO black it makes the infamy, OF
Judas Iscariot whitel Yet this man by
his own hand hung up for the exeoration
Of all ages, Judas Iscariot. "r'
Increase Of Self Murder.
All the good men and women Of the BIZ
bic left to God the decision of their earthly
terminus and they could have said with
Job, who had right to commit suicide il
any man ever had, what with his destroy
cd property and his body all afiame with
insutferable carbuncles and everything
gone from his home except the chief curse
of it, a pestiferous wife and four garrulous
people pelting him with comfortless talk
while he sits on heap of ashes scratching
his scabs with u piece of broken pottery,
yet crying out In triumph, IAN the days
of my appointed time will wait till my
change comes.
Notwithstanding the Bible Is against
this evil and the aversion which it creates
by the loathsome and CHASTITY spectacle of
those who have hurled themselves out Of
life, and notwithstanding Christianity is
against it and the arguments and the use
full lives and the illustrious deaths of its
disciples, 1t is q fact alarmingly patent
that suicide is on the increase. What is
the causep charge upon infldelity and
ugnosticism this whole thing. If there be
no hereafter, or If that hereafter be bliss
full without reference to how we live and
how VIC die, why not move back the fold
ing doors between this world and the
next? And when our existence here be-
comes troublesome why not PASS right
over into elysium? Put this down among
your most solemn reflections. There has
never been case OF suicide where the
operator was not either demented and
therefore irresponsible or an infidel. l
challenge all the ages and challenge the
universe. There never has been case of
self destruction while in full appreciation
of his Immortality and of tho fact that
that immortality would be glorious or
wretchcd according as he accepted Jesus
Christ or rejected him.
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