South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-12
Shows Suicide
COwardlyMeanS
Of Escape

life looks hard and the future hope
less today. do not grow cowardly and
think OF self-destruction as the door
of escape.
You did not make yourself You
cannot unmake yourself.
BY no process Of reasoning can you
explain this wonderful marvel OF the
life principle within you. Science has
found all the ingredients which
compose an egg chemically. and an
egg which resembles the hens prod
uct can be manufactured.
But IL will not produce life A Ger
tain low order Of fish life has been
produced in the chemical laboratory.
But the germs spawned by the fish
had first 10 be employed.
Nothing can produce life but that
unnamable. mysterious Power back
Of the universe. Created beings carry
on the life principle through sue
ceeding generations and centuries.
but it's production and creation re-
main Gods secret. lie who imagines
ne can destroy that principle is as
great a fool as he who says he can
explain II. And he is "a criminal be-
sides.
Death Only shifts scene.
All that death does is to shift the
scene of action To another form and
plane.
II you are miserable and unhappy
YOU do not become happy by going
10 another town or state You carry
your wretchedness with YOU
10 is precisely the same when you
rush out OF the body by your own act.
If you are called out of the body by
the same Power that brought you
into the world then it is safe to sup
pose that conditions are ready for
YOU 10 start anew in another place.
Wait for that call
The actor who rushes upon the
stage before his cue is given spoils
the play and ruins his own chances
for glory.
Keep behind the earthly scenes un-
III YOU hear the call Meanwhile think
we'll OF your lines and be ready TO do
your best when called
However discouraged you may be
thousands of successful and happy
people i'm the world today have been
just as discouraged and unhappy as
you are at some time i'm their lives
In Greater New York there lives to-
day a woman. who less than a year
ago harbOred dark. despairing
thoughts Of suicide.
She had made a mistake: she had
lost her self-respeCt and every mag
Unable trouble seemed TO threaten her.
Hunger and misery for those dear to
her and dependent upon her with de-
spair and Temorse, all combined To
turn her thoughts toward the cow
ards gOal-suicide.
But seeming accident deferred her
and now in less than a year all has
changed. She has risen TO new spirit
ual and moral heights. she has OBJ
tanned work and is leading a good,
useful, Christian life.
She is making those dear to her
happy and comfortable
How much better than to have sunk
them in the depths OF "A lifelong sOr-
row by rash attempt at self-destruc-
tion-an attempt which destroys only
the outer shell, but leaves the real
being to suffer on until il works out
and expiates its crime
Year May Scatter Troubles.
No matter what your troubles are
today. a year may scatter them and
leave you with new hope and new
interest in life.
If you are an invalid a year may
restore your strength
This is a wonderful age. and peo-
pie are beginning To realize that
health is greatly within ones own
control
Simple food. well masticated. as lit
tie meat as possible. much water. con-
tinual deep breathing TO feed the body
SeruOnS of health and strength, from
the source of all energy. will restore
three-fourthS of the invalids on earth,
with no aid OF medical skill \ two
or three months, or even weeks diet
of raw vegetables. or milk and eggs.
would restore half of the remainder,
III coupled with the right mental at
titude and exercise.
The day is nearing when sickness
Will mean disgrace or lack OF brain.
If YOU have no money and no en-
plOyment make up your mind that
both are coming to YOU If starvation
seems imminent go TO the nearest
house i'm the country and tell your
condition. Not one door in 100 will
shut YOU out before bestowing a saw
ing meal II YOU are in city the
blessed Salvation Army Will help you.
and will tell YOU of places to find
shelter until you can look about and
gain courage for fresh start.
Unlike most OF our orthodox
churches. their rooms are open night
and day, and in all parts Of the city
i'm ever city in the Union they are TO
be md They are doing just the
work Christ did when upon earth. No
matter II your creed is not theirs TO
the letter. they viii help YOU to rise
and keep out of the moIgue and the
Potters field
Brace Up Morally and Mentally.
After YOU have rested for a day
brace up morally and mentally, and
declare that YOU are going 10 make
a new start. and that the way will
open, must open. and has already
opened 10 YOU for new life.
This assertion Will strengthen you
amazingly. Believe in yourself i'm
your right to a useful. happy and sue
cessful life. Remember how many
men have been in poverty and despair
and have risen out OF them 20 power
and usefulness 3fterwa-d.
Trust in the invinCible force OF your
own divine soul 10 become one of
these and believe the Angels OF Light
who hear the cry of despairing ones
on earth viii strengthen YOU.
The way viii ami must open for
you II you turn your eyes away from
death and despair, upward and in
ward
The world needs Won or 1-o,r xrorId