SUICIDES by T. | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jun 28, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 26.

SUICIDES.

By T.

SUICIDES in the United States, as well as in all parts of the world, constitute one of the distressing features of our times. The individual who takes his own life has become so very common that he excites no more than a mere passing notice. But there is something seriously out of joint when such multitudes consider that life is not worth living and hence put an end to their existence. The "murder problem" is certainly a great one, but the problem of self-murdering is surely as great. And both of these problems conspire to show that misery and distress, as well as cruel, murderous violence, are filling our world. Just look at the facts as they appear before you in the world to-day, and then ask yourself, Is the world getting better, as so many would try to have you believe, or is it not getting "worse and worse," as the Scriptures have foretold that it would? The procession of hearses given herewith, represents a train one hundred miles long. It would take just such a vast procession of funeral cars as this to carry the suicides of a single year to their graves. Just think of what it means.