| Show A hTUlV IV hUUUH Those who have moile n study of the subject of suicides find that the mania for FIt < 1olrucllon Is I h omlng more pre Valent to nn alarming degree With regard to Trance It his b en proven that In seventy years from IS27 ti > 1891 the Increase Is I from a of each 100000 Inhabitants to 20 This proportion U I also sill to be found In other countries Cixllliatlnn develops knowledge Increases In-creases and wealth Is I rapidly accumulating accumu-lating nn ordinary workingman of today to-day Is I In some respects ns well off ns Solomon In nil his glory while the comforts and luxuries within the reach of the wealthy classes surpass the dreams of antiquity yet happiness Is I evidently not on the Increase If It were men And women would not seek to crid their own existence more frequently fre-quently than ever In the known history of the race Rom have found In Ibis Increase of cases of selfdestruction an evidence that 11 Is I 11 malady of a contagious na fare A person oC n melancholy In cllnatlon hears of somebody to whom rate has been cruel Apparently killing himself He reads of nil the details and they tire Impressed on his mind He very soon finds that fate has been equally cruel to him The suicide now In the diseased Imagination of the pes Imllt becomes n hero And tire suggestion sugges-tion to Imitate him Is Irresistible One more case Is I added to the list This view of the matter probably Incorrect I In-correct ns fur nn It goes but It does not touch on the chief cause which Is I to be found In the general tendency oC our age It would be useless to deny that the material Interests of Individuals and DC nations are threatening to become be-come Illcdomlnnnt and exclude Cram the domain of both heart And Intellect the higher Interests Even science has In memo notable Instances undertaken to remove the foundations oC fnllh by ills claiming the hope for a life after this love oC nn Cornal Being As the bI oC morality reverence for divine authority delegate to men and generally speaking speak-ing the belief In responsibility for actions ac-tions outside the reach of human law nil or mlileh modern learning calls mere Buptmllllons unworthy the age of science And vitrat Is I given Inollld oC these On one hand the cold philosophy philoso-phy that deifies human nature xvlth all the abnormities and detects that are but ton vlelble to the observant eye and on the other hand the Incomprehensible mysticism revived from pagan systems of worship No wonder that human beIngs tnga enclosed between xvall of doubt and mysteries Million hope because without communication with leaven find existence n burden I Why should pole live In sorrow In port In n continual struggle for life It death ends nil Why bear the burden If It Is I not mi eternal truth that tho very trials of life are necessary for eternal exalts Lion nut It Is I this truth that fades out at ollht more and more In our ng Alleged science puts Its foggy concept lion between tho lion of God and the public l view and one of the results J lithe li-the Increasing despair that Uncle to death without hope lu proof oC tills apportion It ron be cited that statistic show that suicides are most frequent In countries that boast of the highest scientific attain Ideal In Protestant states the overage over-age Is I 190 for each one million Inhabitants Inhabit-ants In mixed states tIC Human Catholic Cath-olic states show only 5K and Creek Catholic 40 It It Is I true that a tree may be judged by Its fruits those figure fig-ure are n tistlmony against the boasted boast-ed superiority of modern progress at least In some respects |
