St. Paul daily globe., 1896-02-19
REV. JENKIN LLOYD JONES, sCHoL-
ARLY PLEA FOR THE LOWER
ANIMALS.
UNITY CHURCH WAS FILLED
TO HEAR THE DISTINGUISHED
CHICAGO DIVINE TALK ON HU-
NAME LINES.
HUMAN BLOOD IS UPON THE HANDS
OF Man Who hid Not Treat These
Creations of God as They
Should BE.

"A large audience assembled at Unity
cnurch. Wabasha street and Summit
avenue, last night, and enjoyed a
lecture from Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones,
or chicago, upon the subject my
Horse Jess" The lecture was in the
line OF work carried on by the Humane
society, and was an earnest plea for a
treatment of the lower animals 1t
was a plea, however, which did not
ask that greater hJIInanenesS be shown
as a preference, but as a duty. The
speaker held that these creations of
GOD, which man has named brutes,
nave their rights to protection and
proper treatment, and whoever vio-
lates these rights will be held as re-
sponslble as though he had the stain
OF human blood upon his hands.
Inc morse abused in the road or
the mare wounded by the hunters gun
III the held," said the reverend gentle
man. cries out to heaven for mercy
and protection, and He who marks the
sparroW,s fall hears those cries and
Will hold the abuser responsible"
The lecturer held that the theory of
instinct for the lower animals and intel
hgence for man was to great degree
erroneous, and that the brute creations
are not only endowed with intelligence
but immortality He believes that that
winch causes the bird to sing, or the
dog TO love his master, is, to certain
degree, spiritual, and will not be ami
hllated. As for the intelligence of the
ANIMALS Rev. Mr.. Jones claimed his
oellef was substantiated by laws Of
psychology.
1t is true" said he, that this brute
intelligence is of a crude and inferior
sort, and is very limited, but that be-
lief which recognizes only the power
OF instinct in the lower animals, has
long since been exploded by fixed laws
of psychology"
To substantiate this statement he
gave series of "reminiscences con-
nected with four years of horseback
travelling through. the West In this
Jcurneylng he and his horse Jess de-
VeIOped sympathetic companionship,
and the animal in countless instances
displayed power which could not be
called instinct At these times there
must have been, the lecturer held,
mental operation of some sort, The
various incidents were related with
marked ability, and with such earnest
ness and sincerity that the arguments
were quite convincing. And when the
speaker came to the death of the faith
full companion, (which had shared with
him so many daysHof both pleasant and
dangerous experiences, he told the pa
SiiOIiS olOIy Will SuCI lGuUSFIeSS anu
sympathy that many in the audience
were moved to- tears.
He then turned to literature and his
tory, and pointed to important parts
the horse has played. Particularly in
battle has the noble animal figured
prominently. In this connection the
speaker recited the poem of 'Sheri
dams Ride
But he did not confine his eulogies
altogether to the horse. The dog, he
claimed, showed greater Sagacity than
the steed and the love for man is more
marked. In this connection he told
number of thrilling anecdotes in which
the dog had saved human lives there
by Among the ruins Of Pompeii was
found the body of a dog lying over
that of his master. Upon the dogs col
lar was a silver plate upon which was
engraved accounts of three times the
masters life had been saved by the
animal. And this same intelligence is
found all the way through the animal
creation from the smallest insect up to
the domesticated horse and dog.
With these influences as proofs of
animal intelligence the lecturer based
his plea for more sympathetic treat
ment Of all brute creations. He de-
plored existing customs and fads and
severely criticised the practices of con-
ventional society that called for the
abuse of the lower animals.
There is more altruism and mutual
sympathy in an ant hill,' said he,
than exists among a certain set in
many of our cities" The practice of
viviseetion came in for severe criti-
cism and the speaker pointed with pity
to the helpless sufferers that were
daily made to endure indescribable
agonies in Christian schools