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and walk humbly with thy God . . . a righteous 

 man regardeth the life of his beast, but the tender 

 mercies of the wicked are cruel . . . blessed are 

 the merciful ... be ye kind and tender-hearted 

 . . . be ye harmless as doves . . . the right- 

 eous is ever merciful ... he shall be judged 

 without mercy who shows no mercy." 



People are generally uninformed on this subject. 

 I have had a number of ministers frankly acknowl- 

 edge they did not know the true import of the word 

 vivisection, and were not aware of the extent of its 

 practice. It may be said that such things are too 

 horrible to read, but it must be remembered that 

 they are not too horrible to be done by murderous 

 hands, and not so horrible but that the poor ani- 

 mals are compelled to endure the suffering. 



Reforms are brought about by holding up the 

 oppressors to the gaze of the world in their true 

 light. The oppression and cruelty practiced by the 

 Inquisition and slavery were suppressed when the 

 masses became enlightened on the subject, and 

 united in concerted action to blot them out of ex- 

 istence. God will hear the cry of the oppressed. 

 It was not His will but man's disobedience which 

 brought sin and suffering into the world. To sup- 



