The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-03-10
THE HORSE.


The creator ioresaw in his wisdom
that man would need an animal to
carry his burdens, to work his fields
and to bear him swif ly in his travels
and in his kindness provided such an
assistant in the horse. In this animal
are combined all the qualifications
that could be desired in such servant,
in strength, speed endurance, docitity
end effecuion, with mouth tempered
to bear the bit without suffering. A
loot of firmness to bear additional
weight under rapid motion, and of a
disposition that he can be. tanned in a
few hours and brought to submit and
even rejoice in his rider. Add to all
this that of all quadrupeds the horse
reaches the highest point of sympathy
and perfection, possessing most
graceful form and intelligent eye ex.
pressive nostrils, neck clothed with
thunder, and swiftne's IS that often out
strips the wind. This striking com
bination OF so many rare and mob e
qualities seems to prove that the horse
was expressly made for the service of
of man, and in how many ways this
valuable gift of the Creator contri-
butes to his necessities and to his
pleasure is too we'll known to need spe-
cihcation. Constituted for willing
obedience and bestowed in great kind
ness by the Creator. as these animals
have been, yet, how grossly are they
often abused, while SO ready to sub
nit and to labor for our good.
1t is painful to think of the cruel
treatment they receive at the hands oil
many, being unfeellngly worked
brutally beaten, half fed and urged by
the spur, an whip to painting exhaus.
ton, or set with savage delight to fight
and tear one another. What vile
abuse, what shocking cruelty; no Ian
guage can sufficiently reprobate such
inhumanity.
Would that those guilty Of it would
stop now and reflect that those sub
missive animals are not senseless ma
chimes, not so many automatic ma
chimes formed OF wood and brass, bu
creatures endowed with sense and feel
ing like our own. Their sufferingt
are real like our own; they give fortf
every indication of this they uttel
distinct cries of pain; they nantes
terror, and often tremble when me
naced with a blow, exhibit the same
distortions OF agony after the inhic
tions of it; the bruise, the cash, the
fracture affects them similar t,
ourselves. They sicken, suffer, groV
feeble and die as we do. Their agonie
are without the alienation OF fellow
sympathy, while they writhe unde
them, or of hope when they hav
passed away. They have TO sufle
in silence and alone-they can
not complain. They cannot tel
the depth or intensity of thei
. sufferings, and this very shrou,
Of silence, how it aggravates ten-fol
the heartless cruelty that inAicts thos
sufferings on a dumb animal AS not
sparrow, so assuredly not one of thes
falleth without our Creators notice
Their groans enter into His ears, nc
will He forget them when He come
TO render unto all according as thei
works have been
The horse is also a chosen figure {
: inspiration in the Book OF Revelation
that wonderful portion OF the sacre
Volume The King of kings and Lor
, Of lords is represented as riding on
white horse, and the armies Of Heave
as following Him upon white horse
:. Such is the glorious consummation ,
. which the horse stands forever a syn
" Dol and remembrancer before h
- ridor