108 HORSE SENSE. 



they were probably contributing liberally to the work of lifting out of 

 the darkness of barbarism and up into the shining light of modern 

 civilization the benighted heathen of far ofif lands. But all this time not 

 a few of the horses were enduring a torture more refined and exquisite 

 than any that barbarous heathens could invent. The heads of the poor 

 brutes were held in cruelly unnatural positions, and their necks were 

 heartlessly strained and tortured by that infamous device of fashion 

 — the over-head check. If the Father is mindful of the sparrow that 

 falls, should not His worshippers be mindful of the suffering of that 

 noblest asd best of the brute creation, the horse? 



SATISFACTION OF THE HORSES AND THEIR FRIEND IN 

 TIME OF NEED. 



The friend unchecked the tortured horses, and for a moment en- 

 joyed the keenest satisfaction in seeing the poor animals straighten, 

 stretch and twist their necks to get cords and muscles into their nor- 

 mal positions once more. He fancied, too, that he saw thanks and 

 gratitude in the eyes of the relieved semi-human beasts. He passed 

 on, happier for what he had just done. 



SABBATH DAY'S RECORD WITH THE RECORDING ANGEL. 



In auditing the final accounts of the inside worshippers and the 

 outside philanthropist, that Sabbath day's record will appear on the 

 books of the recording angel; but which, think you, will carry with it 

 the larger credit, those of the disciples of empty form and ceremony 

 inside, or that of he who was doing the Master's work outside? "In- 

 as much as ye have done it unto the least of these ye have done it 

 unto me." 



Note — Let this be a lesson to be remembered by all church-going 

 people, and those who heed it can enjoy the service better by knowing 

 that their horses are comfortable instead of suffering. 



