CHAPTER XVII 



SOME PROMINENT EVILS — A NECESSITY FOR A 

 FUTURE REWARD 



Duty of Christian people — No excuse for wanton cruelty — Laws 

 should be made and enforced against it — Animals have rights — 

 God will finally redeem all His creatures. 



The most lamentable trait in human nature is 

 man's willingness to sacrifice the sense of right 

 upon the altar of cruelty in order to advance his 

 personal interest. The fad to be called "scien- 

 tific," at the expense of cruelty, has become fash- 

 ionable in the last century. It is the revival of the 

 worst forms of heathen barbarism, and is endanger- 

 ing the good name, peace, and happiness of our 

 country. 



The moral law of justice, of love, and of mercy is 



being supplanted by injustice and cruelty. Man 



becomes so hardened by selfishness that if the life 



of a lower animal or a human being stands in his 



supposed way to notoriety he regards them as mere 



things to be destroyed. This growing propensity 



should arouse all good, law-abiding people to make 



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