The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-29
DIR CALISCH
ON SUICIDE:
a Deeply interesting Dis.
course Last Evening.
CAUSES OF SELF. murder \ ] r E, 4
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IA sicklled Public Sentiment Has Much
10 DO With it-E ducatlon the
.35 Cure, saysthe Eloquent
Speaker.
CAUSES or SELF .MURDER

Rabbi ~. M. Callsoh delivered q decp-
~ interesting discourse at D4th Ahaph
Friday flight Hts subject was Suicide. Its
Moral 8Iniqulty. HIS text was Thou
Shalt Not KILL, i. .2
After Re Il ring gto the fact Of the great
s,ncr ease OF suicide In modern times. ana ana
especlhlly those Acts OF selfsdestruction
that are committed to escape the results 'l.l
3of wrong doing. as for example, tina OF
very distinguished 3 ritish general THIS ms
week. Rabbi callsch continued 81 "a al
lifes issues. there Is none so m mysterious
I as lta end The lens, the microscope, tho
pick and the scalpe have laid bare the
recesses Of LONG. unf thon1ed worlds, anu anu
reluctant nature has been compelled %
Yield some OF her most fonuly cherished
secrets. Earth, nir. Sky and water ana
even man himself. in his corporeal be-
Ing. have furnished material for the "a g
3oratory OF learning: there TO be analyze ,o !,
stllssolvetl, precipitated i or recornp den
fby the chemicals Of mar 8 ever-tn ga g
Ing knowledge NJ p enth alone has defied
him Els still the unsolvcd problem, the
Goliath for whom no avid OF science has
as yet appeared. His approach ls regard
ed by, the average being with fear and
5dismay. He ie avoided. Htrugg ied 81 with
and warded off With nil the skill of brain
ana power OF bod " that can8be summon
ed forth. When his inevitable cong uest
does take place there are tears and sobs
and aching hearts that testify to his un-
BVG1comeness. g, l33,s
THEIR LOT SAD.
When. then. when dea tn is 80 dreaded
visitor, shall be said OF those who. court
the silent messenger ana BY their own
act bring upon their dear ones this fear
Eful visitation? 2 Sad, indeed, we think, must
be- tho lot Of these unhappy ones who thus
set aside natures first and strongest im-
pulse OF self-preservat1on. Doubtless every
reasoning mortal since the days Of Gains
ydespairing cry, $""My burden is greater
than l can bear has wondered, in the
course Of his existence. II the same We're
not true of himself. Moments have come
doubtless to every one when we Ques-
toned the utility OF life, recounted all
Its tolls and cares, and like Hamlet doubt
z ed # ss s 3s5 sl ssss g
whether 1t is nobier In the mind. to
suffer, III
The slngs and arrows OF outrageous for
tune. 53 33f
< Or to take arms against a sea Of trou-
bles. 81
And by opposing. end them"
And doubtless again with him the
dread ofsomethng after death 80 makes
4 us rather bear the Ills we have. than fly
to others we know not or" s $
S Still the fact remains that many. and
too many at that, do fly to the unknown
Ills and in various manners themselves
their ''quietus make. It is one OF the
frightful. facts OF our modern civilization
that while in one direction It has tended
to increase the sancuty OF life, II, another
It has most wofuly cheapened It. All
the resources OF modern surgery and med
icine. all the magnificent eQul pment OF q
modern hospital. will be called into ser
vice to save the lie OF drunken roust-
about who may have been wounded in
a fall or q fight. And within the same
hour and same street o cultured and In
atelligent man or woman will take his
own life. and people will simply shrug
their shoulders and wonder why.
INCREASB8IN SUICIDE.
The increase In the number OF suicides