Practical Preaching, pete cine fe Bey On Sunday avenin; behalf of the Society for the Prevention Cruelty to Animals," Mr. Darwent tosk, hie beady so Book of Numbers, Eh. Sir mouth of the ass, Lord opened the "And the Lord opened' the what have T dene ante the cee smitten me these three times? =) no" Bast And the ass said unto Balnam, am'not they tie eae ree thou hast ridden all they il now? Was I ever wont to unto theo?"
Pret gor a ger a Save Hated Darwent said—within the range of practical ethics during the 19th century. That is only partially true. Tt revived. in the last century after a long eclipse. There is an old old book that we all read far too little. It is thou. sands of years ahead of its time on this as un every other subject. And the reason, much commented an, why Jesus Christ said so little on the duty of kindness to animals is that all that needed saying had been wel 070. pitts, then let us base ourselves on sound ible teaching.
"There is this story of Balaam's ass, No matter what you think of it, its teaching is According to Fast. week's papers the pony might well turn round to the Paper-honters.and gov. when they make im run "Was I ever wont to do so unto thee?
Away back in Deuteronomy we read "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn." What a scoundrel a man is who ill-treats the creature that helps him te get his living! Moses would have made a fine president of this Society. He might have suid: "You, my lady, it is not fair to torture with bearing reins the horses that minister to your pleasure."
"If thou see the ass of him that hate th thee lying under his burden and wounded, thou ie surely help him." Moses says, man Jet not thy dirty hatreds fall on the' dum) creatures that Pace muh woe ros man does. "Thou shalt not, take the with the young." The birds are not ten. Whit Moses would have thought fof people who kill birds merely for pleasure T forbear to think.
Six days shalt thou do thy work and on the seventh day thou shalt rest, that thine and thine " Next time you he hymns dawn of God's othbaih breaking o'er the earth again," SGhember that he who ordained it intended Ho cureeise of toil to extend to the dumb its ures which have been slaving for you all the week: the sun and the green earth, tag Sabbath ase And so right through this Sabbath with its rest is for them as Hloricus la book there runs this strain of fenderness, of living consideration for the Greatures, of whom God is the maker as well
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