724 THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



He can t complain ; but God s all-seeing eye 

 Beholds thy cruelty, he hears his cry. 

 He was designed thy servant, not thy drudge, 

 And know that his Creator is thy Judge.&quot; 



How a man can respect himself, or much less consider himself a Christian, who abuses 

 the creatures God has placed under his care, is a wonder to those endowed with a sense of 

 justice and humanity. It is argued by some that there is too much said about the sufferings 

 of dumb animals, that they were made to endure and suffer, and that those interested in the 

 subject of prevention of cruelty to them, greatly exaggerated the evils in this respect, etc. It 

 requires but little observation and reflection however to perceive that animals are frequently 

 greatly abused, and that the half has not been told that might be said in this respect. 

 Animals are not mere machines, without sensation, but are acutely susceptible to suffering, 

 the same as human kind. 



WAITING FOB MASTER. 



Dr. Chalmers says on this subject: &quot; These sufferings are really felt. The beasts of 

 the field are not so many automata without sensation, and just so constructed as to give forth 

 all the natural signs and expressions of it. Nature hath not practiced this universal deception 

 upon our species. These poor animals just look, and tremble, and give forth the very indica 

 tions of suffering that we do. Theirs is the distinct cry of pain. Theirs is the unequivocal 

 physiognomy of pain. They put on the same aspect of terror on the demonstrations of a 

 menaced blow. They exhibit the same distortions of agony after the infliction of it. The 

 bruise, or the burn, or the fracture, or the deep incision, or the fierce encounter with one of 

 equal or superior strength affects them similarly to ourselves. Their blood circulates as 

 ours. They have pulsations in various parts of the body like ours. They sicken, and they 

 grow feeble with age, and, finally, they die just as we do. They possess the same feelings; 



