CHAPTER IV 



THE NEW TESTAMENT ANIMALS' BEST FRIEND 

 — CHRIST AS A HUMANE TEACHER 



The relation of Christ to lower animals— Duty of man to follow 

 His example — The folly of sacrifices — Abolished by the Christian 

 dispensation. 



I have dwelt at some length on the teachings 

 of the first part of the Bible. I will now endeavor 

 to show wherein the New Testament is animals' 

 best friend. If by the original sin of man all ani- 

 mals were affected in the fall, and if by the atone- 

 ment of Christ man is affected in the restoration, 

 certainly lower animals are likewise affected. There 

 can be no other reasonable conclusion. Paul says 

 that "Adam was the figure of Him that was to 

 come ; " that is, Christ was to be the second Adam. 

 Now, under the first Adam, lower animals were 

 created without death or sin, but fell with man ; so 

 in the final destiny they will be restored with man 

 under the second Adam, for " as in Adam all die, so 

 in Christ shall all be made alive." As Christ came 



into the world as a mediator to restore the fallen 



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