The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1904-06-10
A PLEA FOR ANIMALS
Rov. Or. Talmage Asks Justice
For Dumb Brutes.
The Preacher says Man shouid
value the Affection of Creatures
Divine wisdom Has Placed
In His Care.


LOS ANGELES. Cal, May s.-Kind-
ness and consideration for an OF Gods
creatures is the preachers theme ana
he pleads that man should value the
affection Of the dumb creation no less
than be should respect its rights, since
divine wisdom has placed it in his
care. The text is Deuteronomy XIV A.
Thou shalt not muzzle the OK when
be treadeth ont the corn"
This is the age Of machinery. This
is the time when man Is not limited In
lis operations 10 the work of his two
hands. but with his little finger can
lift a lever which has the strength OF
q thousand hands; when instead OF his
being content with seeing only such
things as his eyes perceive, he calls to
his aid the telescope aud the microscope
that multiply his power Of vision
thousandfold. The old fashioned spin
ming wheel has been developed into the
mighty Belfast linen mills. The old
fashioned scythe has eyoluted Into the
swift moving machine, which goes
singing through the harvest fields.
The old fashioned prairie schooner has
long since given place to the treless
velocity Of the lightning express, which
never stops by day or by night except
/ like a thirsty monster, 10 take drink.
The old fashioned messenger, who on
horseback used 10 carry back TO
king the news of a battle won' has
been superseded by the telegraph wires
and the electric cables, which in almost
an instant can put continents within
speaking distance and have put the IS
lands of the seas IN communication
with the mainland.
The patent offices in Washington are
crowded with innumerable Inventions
for the saving Of labor and time. IN
none Of them, however is the contrast
between modern and ancient methods
so marked as we see it when the
mammoth -four mills Of Minneapolis
are compared with the custom referred
10 in the text. In that great city OF
the northwest not only is the grain al
most instantly changed into -four by
tho best Of modern machinery, but
practically not one grain is lost Upon
the old fashioned thrashing floor every
thing was different. There a team OF
oxen would be harnessed TO a colec-
tion Of boards nailed together. Then
these boards would be dragged over
the grain and the chaff would be bro
ken from the kernels Of wheat Then
the winds would blow over the thrash
ing floor and separate the chan from
the wheat.
such were the thrashing floors OF the
ancients. Now. as Moses went In and
ont of the country he saw a great
mnuy Of these thrashing floors. Fur
thermore. he saw that among theiI
owners there were great many mean
men In these days, ne there are In ouI
own dnys. lie saw that those mean
men nearly always first showed theii
n,eonness 10 their beasts. They mol
only overworked their oxen, but they
nndorfed them. Their meanness wai
most emphatlcally demonstrated wher
throshina. Fearing lest their hare
worked oxen might reach down anC
nick ND from the thrashing floors
stray mouthful Of grain to eat thes'
moan farmers would muzzle thei
beosts so that the hungry amman
could see the food and yet not eat any
Now. Moses says in practical way
"These men must be taught 10 d.
merciful 10 their beasts. l nav
made law requiring them to one.
God and be just in-their dealings Wit
their neiehbors. Now Will make an
othor law requiring them to be hDera
IN their provision for the animals whici
( work for them" Then the great Ia"
giver Of the Hebrews sits down an
,vr,tes these words Of my text; "Ahol
shalt not muzzle the OK when he tread
eth out the corn
Moses was the first great statesina
that know Of who recognized IN
rights OF dumb animals. II IS sis
pi6cont fact that in this early code .
laws no should have given legal righ'
n animals as well as TO men ana Won
ON II was a sound and righteou
course and / am glad to remembe
that we. too, have not only laws
nrovent the IN usage Of animals Dt
also in the Humane society an organ
izotion TO see that those laws are 81
forced I want 10 show you this mori
ina why every Christian should Dc
touch with that society ana that i
nr,ncinles should be applied to O
Glasses and all ages. There is no re-
son why the admonition should be in
lted 10 the farmer. The boy should
taught 10 be good to his pct dogs an
SQUIRRELS: the drayman should be con
nelled TO tighten the load II bis hori
is too weak 10 draw il; the haekma
sbould be required 10 blanket his ste'
shiverIne in the chill blasts OF winte
the sportsman should be prohioit'
shooting the mother bird In nestiI
time / would try to show that u
Christ who was born amid the lowil
Of the cattle and the bleatlng OF u
sheep and the nelehing Of the horse
- whinnylng for their oats Is today q
friend and protector Of tho dun
brutes as we'll as Of our fellow men.
The Humane Society Of Ameri
should be accounted one Of the best
societies Its work has q deeper ana
wider significance than some OF
may have heretofore supposed. II
evil Of cruelty 10 animals does not el
with the indlcting Of pain and injr
tee on the dumb brutes. But as {
small abrous tumor, nesting under Z
fair skin. II let alone, may reach o.
lis fatal roots toward She heart so u
evils Of cruelty against dumb anima