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In 1894, the [[NY Times]] declared regarding atheism and suicide: "Dr. Martin urged that a great cause of suicide was atheism. It was, he said, a remarkable fact that where atheism prevailed most, there suicides were most numerous.  In [[Paris]], a recent census showed one suicide to every 2,700 of the population."<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, Atheism a Cause of Suicide.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref>

In 1894, the [[NY Times]] declared regarding atheism and suicide: "Dr. Martin urged that a great cause of suicide was atheism. It was, he said, a remarkable fact that where atheism prevailed most, there suicides were most numerous.  In [[Paris]], a recent census showed one suicide to every 2,700 of the population."<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, Atheism a Cause of Suicide.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref>

The same NY Times article quotes the Reverend Dr. MacArthur describing suicide in the following manner:  

The same NY Times article quotes the Reverend Dr. MacArthur describing suicide in the following manner: "It is mean and not manly; it is dastardly and not daring. A man who involves his innocent wife and children in financial disaster and disgrace and takes his life and leaves them to bear the burden he was unwilling to bear, is a coward."<ref name="query.nytimes.com">[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref>   

{{cquote|It is mean and not manly; it is dastardly and not daring. A man who involves his innocent wife and children in financial disaster and disgrace and takes his life and leaves them to bear the burden he was unwilling to bear, is a coward.<ref name="query.nytimes.com">[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref>}}  

[[File:Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur.JPG|thumb|left|200px|The Rev. Dr. [[Robert Stuart MacArthur]] was an early proponent of atheism being a causal factor for suicide.<ref name="adherents.com">http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html</ref><ref name="query.nytimes.com">[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref><ref>[http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.12.2303 Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt], ''American Journal of Psychiatry''</ref>]]

[[File:Rev. Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur.JPG|thumb|left|200px|The Rev. Dr. [[Robert Stuart MacArthur]] was an early proponent of atheism being a causal factor for suicide.<ref name="adherents.com">http://www.adherents.com/misc/religion_suicide.html</ref><ref name="query.nytimes.com">[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9507E2DC1131E033A25754C1A96F9C94659ED7CF NY Times, September 17, 1894, ATHEISM A CAUSE OF SUICIDE.; Dr. MacArthur Preaches on the Sin and Cowardice of Self-Destruction]</ref><ref>[http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/appi.ajp.161.12.2303 Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt], ''American Journal of Psychiatry''</ref>]]