THE DOG 



The dog has been a friend of mankind for so long 

 a time that we cannot think of men at all without 

 him, and his attachment to people is so well known 

 that he is called ''man's faithful friend." 



It means something to be called a faithful friend, 

 does it not? You and I would like to feel that we 

 deserved that name. 



The Bible says, ''A faithful friend loveth at all 

 times." That is just the way a dog seems to love 

 his master, — at all times. If his master is tired he 

 will come and lie down beside him, as much as to 

 say, ''I will not disturb you, let us rest together." 

 Or if his master should be sad or worried he will 

 go to him, sit by him, or lean up against his knees, 

 looking into his face with sad, sympathetic eyes. 

 Indeed dogs are so sensitive that they can tell from 

 a glance of then- master's eyes, without a word being 

 spoken, whether anything is wrong with him. If his 

 master is sick or helpless, the true and faithful 

 friend can hardly be taken from the one he loves so 

 devotedly. 



Have you read the story of ''Grey-Friar's Bobby"? 

 He was a little Skye terrier that followed his master 

 to his grave, and would not be taken from it until he 

 died himself. Terriers, they say, love their masters as 

 much as that. 



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