30 THE LAW OF KINDNESS. 



frequented thoroughfare for only one short hour, and 

 watch the sufferings of the poor brutes that pass by. 

 Then, unless he denies the Divine Providence, he 

 will see clearly that unless these poor creatures were 

 compensated in another life, there is no such quality 

 as justice. 



It is owing to sayings such as these, that men 

 come to deny an all-ruling Providence, and so be- 

 come infidels. They don't examine the Scriptures 

 for themselves, but take for granted the assertions 

 of those who assume to have done so, and seeing the 

 falsity of the assertion, naturally deduce therefrom 

 the falsity of its source. If a man brings me a cup 

 of putrid water, I naturally conclude that the source 

 is putrid too. And when a man hears horrible and 

 cruel doctrines, which are asserted by theologians to 

 be the religion of the Scriptures, it is no wonder 

 that he turns with disgust from such a religion, and 

 tries to find rest in infidelity. In such a case, where 

 is the fault ? 



All created things in which there is life, must live 

 for ever. There is only one life, and all living things 

 only live as being recipients ; so that as that life is 

 immortality, all its recipients are immortal. 



If people only knew how much better an animal 

 will work when kindly treated, they would act kindly 

 towards it, even from so low a motive. And it is so 

 easy to lead these animals by kindness, which will 

 often induce an obstinate creature to obey where the 



