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munities of animals, such as sparrows, flics, rats, etc. 

 These irregularities of production among the animals, 

 nearly always result from some disorderly or insanitary 

 method of man himself, or by his interference in some 

 way, with the laws of Nature. It would be well, therefore, 

 if he remedies his mistakes himself, without blunting the 

 natural instincts of love and pity for the animals, in the 

 minds of the children, which are infinitely more valuable 

 to the race, than are any material expediencies. 



It will be remembered that the Covenant was made with 

 the animal creation, as well as with man, and reads in 

 Genesis : " And God said, This is the token of the covenant 

 which I make between Me and you, and every living creature. 

 ... And I will remember my Covenant which is between 

 Me and you, and every living creature of all flesh. ..." 

 The egotistical point of view, which man has adopte 

 in allotting to himself the promises of the Bible, and of 

 leaving the animal kingdom without them, is indefensible. 

 Some of the greatest thinkers on this subject uphold the 

 standard of the animal kingdom, and I may quote Pro- 

 fessor Romanes— the great authority on animal instinct. 

 He says : 



" Just as the theologians tell us, and, logically enough — 

 that if there is a Divine Mind, the best, and indeed only, 

 conception we can form of it, is that which is formed on 

 the analogy, however imperfect, supplied by the human 

 mind ; so with inverted anthropomorphism we must 

 apply a similar consideration to the animal mind. . . . And 

 this consideration, it is needless to point out, has a special 

 validity to the evolutionist, inasmuch, as upon his theory, 

 there must be a psychological, no less than a physiological, 

 continuity extending throughout the length and breadth 

 of the animal kingdom." 



