Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-11-08
sNAipAIuI WIN ANLMALa.

] say that all noble natures the race
through have been filed with this so great
sympathy with all these lower beings whose
very look as YOU gazt into their eyes tell to
us such a story of dependence. and suffering,
and Joy and deathlrsS affection. Locke in
his 'Treatisc on Education would have
taught among children lessons Of compass
sion for the inferior creatures both as a duty
| toward them an,Pas developing in the chill
drcn the hest nobilities of their nature.
One of the profoundest pieces of human
reasoning is Bishop Buffers analogy of
Religion" In i he refers TO the ''latent
powers and capacities Of the lower animals,
and sees no reason why they should not be
developed in n future life" Sir Walter
Scott had always about hiIr a family of dogs
them when they died. Who has
ever ca<ei at that magnificent mOnu-
ment at Edinburgh, and not been touched In
the tenderest spot in his heart at seeing
there at the very feet Of the statue of the
great man the beautiful form of his ~favorite
dog, MAZDA.
| think | shall always remember the tally
no coach ride one Fourth of July from Dub
lin to Bray. iour horses Of perfect forms,
shining like silk. lraping like deer over their
six-mile course, and then four more fresh
for their run thir'y-six horses in all. speed
ing with unwearied pace up the smooth hills,
through village aud hamlet, BOYS and girls
breaking loose from school, filing the air
with their echoes of our footing horn, inc
vet III that wild ride from Dublin to the sea
and from the sea to Dublin, not a lash fell
upon a single horse.
Only its sharp crack in the air. and the
low voice of that superb driver. the richest
tea merchant in the Irish capital. to keep
the eager horses firm and oven 10 their work.
And So through old England, among the
maiestir dray horses. with their monumental
legs; among the bus and handsome horses,
so endless in their procession through the
streets and strands of London amOng the
voIng pacing CohS and on the country roads
among the tall hut st0cky hunters in field
and moor; among the racers, SO elegant in
every part, with high p~astrrns, deep TANKS
and chests. nnd long thin nechs, restless fol
the signal for theI race-among them all
saw not III a month ST many bearing abou,
in oveTwrought. starved, whipped bodies
the marks of mans cruelty as | see in q
single dav here in the streets of Syracuse
-[Rcv. nr. SpauldinS.
There was scarcely a person to be seen in
the little town. | was Very distinctly i'm
pressed from the Lord that | must preach
the gospel there that afternoon, xet there
appeared To he no people To preach to
Nearly all seemed TO he ont in the haryes'
tield Vet the conviction deepened that I
must preach. took a few tracts and gave
them where | could find any one. ! wa,
standing III a ltte shop. speaking to {
woman about her soul. when a nan cam,
running up the roaI. the Precipitation
streaming off his face. He turned into the
shop AMI said. Please sir. are YOU a preach.
or Of the gospel Yes I said, Il am
through the Ioris mercy, but why do vot
ask II" replied, | am the bellman. and i
YOU vii preach today | viii cry it,
"'W ell. ! said. 1t was very much laid or
my heart 10 preach the gospel here today
but | 10 not see any 10 preach 70. Tell me
how j. L you anne in such haste. and aske,
me ths question:" He replied. was work
ing IN tie held, AMI a Woman came past an,
told me some one was distrihutin. tracts il
Wotton. aud 1t was just As II a ~ivoice hat
said 10 me You must run. and tIere mus
be preaching IN Wotton today. That is VIII,
! left my work. and came Immediately
\ he was the hei.man. I ifvoluntaril,
nut my hand In my pocket 70 give him
shilling oh. dear no. slr, he said. L don
want the money. | want sosIls to Re saved
and the oarnestne>s and soiemulty II III
mar confirmed his words. In half an hou
h" had Washed himself. cried the preaching
aud w were on the way 10 the Chipping I
preach"
II requires a holi man 10 say that the.
condolences Were the result OF an acciien;
And it viii require eternity To reveal tn
i, good wrought through men who are thu
lied by The spirit Of God