The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-06-19
s'The poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal suffering finds a pang as
BULWER-LYTTON BRAN(

In corporal 6u11erlng mas a pADg az
great
AS whom a giant dies. -[Shakespeare.
From the life, universal, formless
and uncreate proceeds the inverse Of
Ii yes life OF itself has no form but mani
tests in ferm-forms are It's symbols.
There is no "dead matter" If a stone
even, had no life, there would be no CO.
hesion-no stone. "All UNIVERSITIES, all
worlds. all men, all brutes, all vegetables
all minerals, all that is, is plunged II a
great ocean OF life, life eternal, life inf
mite, life incapable of increase or de-
crease. This ocean of life is called
''Jiva;" the universe is life in manifesta-
ton, life made objective, life differentl-
ated. AS Prof. Huxley said May %, In
his lecture on evolution: sNatural
knowledge tends nor and more to the
conclusion that all the choir OF heaven
and furniture OF earth are the transitory
forms Of cosmic substance vending
along the road Of evolution from nebu-
lous potentially, through endless forms
OF sun and planet and satellite, through
infinite diversities of life and thought
probably through modes of being OF
which we neither have a conception nor
are competent to form any, back to the
infinite latency from Whence all arose."
The theosophic scheme Of evolution
leaves nothing out. 1t considers the
animal entity; an ANIMALS soul, il you
like, no less a divine thought than a hui
man soul-that 1T, too, is a pilgrim and
a link OF the great chain from the ALSO
lutte to the ultimate atom: that it also
shall be delivered from the bondage OF
corruption into the glorious liberty of
the children OF God"
Mans mission is not merely to evolve,
to practice altrulsm with his w kind,
and the wanton taking OF life or cruelty
to any creature is q violation OF the law
OF brotherhood.
John Wesley, Jeremy TAYLOR. Bishop
Butler, Lamartlne, Agassiz and many
others noted, expressed their belief that
S1llAlcIio 1CSClVC OllkcuSallO lOI lllO-
cent suffering in a future life. Those men
did not enjoy the taking OF life and the
manning OF Gods creatures. .'Inas-
much as we did it unto the least of
these, my creatures, we did it also unto
me- should be remembered by our
Christian spertsmen az the words Of
their protested master. We need the
gospa,, Of kindness.
$50 many gods, 80 many creeds,
So many roads that wind and wind;
While just the art of being kind
Is all the sad worldneeds."
Some years ago Canon Rownsley look
ing down upon a wing-decked congrega-
ton, exclaimed: "What a ira vesty to
come to church decked with feathers
and sing toh, all ye fouls OF the air bless
ye the lord3 What a mockery to kneel
at holy communicates the oath Of
allegence unto the lord-that gentle lord
Of all compassion and mercy. That
lord who said: ''consider the fowls OF the
air" who told US not a sparrow fell to
the ground %unregarded by the heavenly
father.
Be merciful to the animals that We
may obtain mercy. Be kind to them
for as Frederick Bremen said, "the
great duty of life is not to give pain"
The violation Of any law sooner or
later brings suffering. We are now
reaping the Karma for the wholesale
destruction Of the bison, the otter and
the seal. Many streams are dry i n this
section, due to the determination Of the
beaver and the removal of their dams,
1nsect-eatlng birds have been decreased
until nov the obstruction OF crops by
insects IN this country is not less than
$4,000 900 annually. Edwin Arnold
asked October. 1893: '.Why should the
elder duck pluck the down from her
breast to make the DELEGATE nest at one
end OF the scale and the Princess Alice
at the other die SO divinely from the
kisses OF her sick child, if the universe
were not bound together in some sweet;
secret OF a vast hidden partnership"
10 bring all to a realization OF this
partnership Of all life; the dependence Of
all upon all is the first object OF the