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good sense and right motives,— such a man becomes 

 dangerous to the welfare of any community. Moral 

 restraint serves directly to dispel errors of opinion 

 by presenting the sense of justice and mercy as a 

 true guide. 



Christianity, unlike human science, was given to 

 mankind in a finished form, and cannot be im- 

 proved but simply learned by the guidance of an 

 enlightened conscience. Love and mercy form the 

 principal attributes of all virtue, hence we should 



" Pity the sorrows of a poor old dog, 



Who wags his tail a-begging in his need ; 

 Despise not even the sorrows of a frog, 



God's creatures too, and that's enough to plead ; 

 Spare puss, who trusts us, purring on our hearth ; 



Spare bunny, once so frisky and so free ; 

 Spare all the harmless tenants of the earth ; 



Spare and be spared — or who shall plead for thee? " 



The divine law and teachings are a sure and safe 

 standard of right and duty, and form a proper rule 

 of human ethics. This enthroned in the heart and 

 life will secure the happiness of the individual, and 

 best promote the highest good of society and the 

 happiness of the world. 



The efforts of man to utilize a thing for his selfish 

 purpose regardless of the moral law governing such 



