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precious little body ; there is supreme wisdom dis- 

 played in its structure and plumage; consummate 

 benevolence manifested in its intelligence and hap- 

 piness, and the melodious song it sings was taught 

 it by the Great Teacher of all things. Yes, Nature 

 tells us there is a Creator who will not annihilate 

 His creatures. We see God in everything around 

 us. In the moon we discover His purity ; in the 

 sun His glory ; in the abundance of autumn His 

 benevolence; in the lightning's flash His power; 

 and in His long patient dealings with man His in- 

 finite love. 



Must we think otherwise of His justice ? For six 

 thousand years the whole creation has been groan- 

 ing and travailing together in pain and sorrow. 



When shall we look for the day of deliverance 

 for suffering animals which form the largest part 

 of creation ? We think the time is near " when 

 the desert shall become a beautiful field, and the 

 fruitful field be accounted for a forest and the 

 spirit of the Lord shall be poured out upon them." 

 For the animals which are in darkness and suffer- 

 ing a better day is dawning. 



The morning is already beginning to break upon 

 the mountains. The voice, not of one, but of thou- 



