The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1895-12-14
PLEA FOR THE HORSE.
DIR. Teimage Talks on "The Dissi-
patiors Of the Race Course"
The Splendid Creation OF God Eeins
Daily Made an Instrumentai'ty FOR
Alrocious Evil fhrough.
out the Land.

this week Rev. T. Dewitt TalmaEe
deals with THE Designations of the
Race Course" basing his words ON The
texti
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast
,hnu clothed his neck with thunder? He paw
eth In the valley and rejoiceth. he goeth on to
meet the armed men, He saith among the
trumpets ha, ha, and he smelleth the eattle
afar of. the thunder of the captains and the
shousing.-Jop sxsix., 49, 81. D.
We have recently had long columns
of intelligence from Tho race course,
and multitudcs aocked to the water
ing places TO witness equine competi.
ton, and there is lively discussion in
all households about The right and
wrong of such exhibitions OF mettle
and speed, and when there is a heresy
abroad that the cultivation of horse'e
fieetness is an iniquity Instead of a
commendable sistue-at such time a
sermon Is demanded of every minister
who would like to defend public
morals on the one baud. and who is
not willing to sec an unrighteons
abridgement of innocent amusement
on the other In this discussion !
shall follow no serinonic precedent,
but will give Independently what
consider the Christian And common
sense view OF this potent, all-absorb-
ing and eaitating question of the turf;
There needs to be Redistribution OF
coronets among the brute creation.
For ayes the lion has been called the
king of beasts. / knock off its coronet
and put the crown upon the horse, In
every way nobler. whether in shape,
or spirit, or sagacity, or intelligence
or affection, or usefulners. Hs is semi
human, and knows how to reason on
a Small scale. The centaur of oldeu
times, part horse and part man, seems
to be suggestion of the fact that the
horse is something more than beast
Job in my text sets forth his strength,
his beauty, his majesty, the painting Of
his nostril, the paving OF his hoof, and
his enthusiasm for the battle. Wha'
Rosa Bonheur did for the cattle, and
| what 1andseer did for the dog
Job with mighticr pencil doe:
for the horse. EiEhty-eishc time:
does the Bibie speak OF him
He ruines into every kingly pro
cession, and into every great occasion
and into every triumph. 1t is very
evident that Job. and David, ant
Isaiah. and Ezekiel. and jeremiah ant
John were fond of the horse. LII
comes into much of their imagery. 4
red horse--that meant war. A blacl
horse--that meant famine. A pail
horse-that meant death. A white
.horse-tlat meant victory. Coos
Mordccai mounts him while Hamal
holds the bit. The church's advanc,
| in the Bible is compared to company
| of horses of Pharaoh's chariot. Jere
miah cries out: How canst thou con
tend with horses?" Isaiah says
1.-THE horses hoofs shall b
counted as flint" Miriam clap
her cymbals and sings: 1.-The horse ant
| the rider hath He thrown into th
sea-" st. John describing Christ q
coming forth from conquest to con
quest represents Him as seated on
white horse. In the parade of Heavel
| the Bible makes us hear the clickin,
of hoofs on the golden pavement as !
| SAYS: 1.-THE armies which were II
Heaven followed Him on white horses.
l should not wander il the horse. S
banged, and bruised, and beaten, an,
/ outraged on earth; should have som
other place where his wrongs shall b
| righted. i do not assert ,ts but l sa,
/ / should not be surprised ii. after all
st. Johns descriptions of the horse
In Heaven turned out not altogethe
to be figurative, but somewhat literal
AS the Bible makes favorite of tn
horse, the patriarch, and the prophet
and the evangelist, and the apostl
stroking his sleek hide and pattin
his rounded neck, and tenderl.
lifting his exquisitely formed hoo
and listening with thrill to tn
champ of his bit, SO all great nature
in all ages have spoken of him iii Ell
comiastic terms. Virgil in his Geo
/ GIGS almost seems to plagiarize froI
this description in the text, SO niue
are the descriptions alike-the d.
j scription OF Virgil and the descriptio
of Job. The duke of Wellington woul
not allow any one irreverently
| touch his old war horse Copper
hagen, on whom he had riddle
fifteen hours without dismountin
at Waterloo, and when old Copenh;
gen died his master ordered militar
salute fred over his grave. job
Howard showed that he did not e.
haust all his sympathies in pityin
the human race, for when sick /
n writes home: HAS my old chais
horse become sick or spoiled?' Thel
is hardly any passage of French liter
ture more pathetic than the lament,
ton over the death of the war charge
Marchegay. Walter Scott has {
much admiration for this divinel
honored creature of God that
"St. Romans Well' he orde
the girth slackened and IL
blanket thrown over the smo
ing TANKS. Edmund Burke, wal
ing in the park at Deaconsfeld, mu
ing over the past, throws his arm
around the WORKOUT horse of his des
son, Richard, and weeps upon II
horses neck, the horse seems to syr
pathize in the memories. RowlaI
Hill, the great English preacher, w
caricatured because in his family pra
ers he supplieated for the recovery
sick horse, but when the horse 6
well, contrary to all the prophecies
the farriers, the prayer did not see
quite SO much of an absurdity.
But what shall ! say of the maltres
! ment of this beautiful and wonderf
creature of God? If Thomas Oh,