The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-15

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anu cunsta:.rspion foi an ui TOO \
creatures Is tie preachers theme. and
he pleads That man should yanc the
affection Of tie dumb creation no less
tlan he shonRl respect It's rights. since
divine wiSGmh has placed it In lis
care. The text is Deuteronomy XIV 4,
Thou shalt not muzzle the OK when
lie trcadeth out the corn"
This is the ;ege Of machinery, This
is the time whta man is not limited In
his operations dn the work Of his two
lands, but with his little finger can
lift lever which has the strength Of
n thousand hanls; when, instead of his
being content with seeing only such
things as his eyes perceive, he calls to
his aid the telescope and the microscope
that multiply his power of vision a
thousandfold. The old fashioned spin
ming wheel has been developed into the
mighty Belfast linen mills. The old
fashioned scythe has evOluted into the
swift moving machine, which goes
singing through the harvest fields.
Tie old fashioned prairie schooner has
long since given place to the tireless
velocity of the lightning express, which
never stops by day or by night except,
like Il thirsty monster, to take drink.
The old fashioned messenger, who on
horseback used TO carry back to q
king the news Of a battle won, has
been superseded by the telegraph wires
ana 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 inn6merable inventions
for the saving of nbor and time. In
none Of them, however, is the contrast
between modern and ancient methods
so marked rs we sce it when the
mammoth -four mills of Minneapolis
are compared with thceustom referred
to in the text. In that great city of
the northwest not only H the grain al
most instantly changed Onto flour by
the best of modern machinery, but
practically not one grain ia lost. Upon
the old fashioned thrashlng8 floor every
thing was different ThcrcAa team Of
oxen would be harnesscd to a collec-
ton Of boards nailed togetlHr Then
these boards would he dragged over
the grain and the chaff would be bro
ken from the kernels Of whe'tt Then
the winds would blow over tho thrash
Ing floor and separate the chaYf from
the wheat.
Wisdom of Moses.
Such were the thrashing floors Of the
ancients. Now, as Moses went In ana
out of the country he saw a great
many Of these tllrashlng floors Fur
thermorc. he saw that among thelr
owners there were d great many nican
men In those days, as there are in our
own days. He saw that these mean
men nearly always first showed their
mcanneSs to their beasts. They not
only oycrworked their oxen, but they
underfed them. Their meanncss was
most cinphatcally demonstrated when
thrashing. Fearing lest their hard
worked oxen might reach down ana
pick up from the thrashing floors q
stray mouthful Of grain to eat, these
mean fnriacrs would muz2lc their
beasts so that tie hungry animals
could see the food and yet not eat any.
Now Moses says. in practical way:
.These men must be taught to be
merciful ID their beasts. have
made n law requiring them to obey
God and be just In their dealings with
their neighbors. Now | will make ali-
other law requiring them to be liberal
IN their provision for the animals which
work for them" Then the great law
riypr OF tie Hebrews sits down ana
writes these words Of my text Thou
shnlt not muzzle the OK when he tread
eth out the corn
Moses was the first great statesman
that know Of who recognized tile
rights Of dumb animals. 1t is Il sig
Militant fact that in this early code OF
laws he should have given legal rights
10 animals as we'll as to men ANA WON
en-. 1t was sound ana righteous
course. and | am glad to remember
that we, too, have not only laws to
prevent the i'll usage Of animals. but
Nlso in the Humane society an organ-
Nation to see that those laws are en-
forced want TO show you this morn
ing why every Christian should be in
touch with that society and that its
PRINCIPLES should be applied to all
cIayscs and all ages. There Is no rea
son why the adm0nition should be lin
itel to the farmer. The boy should be
taught to he good to his pet dogs and
squirrels: the drayman should be com
pcllcd to tighten the load IL bis horse
Is too weak TO draw it, tie hackman
should be required to blanket bis steed
shivering In the chill blasts Of winter;
the sportsman should De prohibited
shooting the mother bird In nesting
time. | would try TO show that the
Christ who Was born amid the lowing
OF the cattle and the blcating of the
sheep ana the ne!ghing Of the horses.
whinnylng for their oats. is today the
friend and protector OF the dumb
brutes as well rs Of our fellow men.
Cruelty DeGradcS.
Tho Tfuu4aun Sne:pfr pf America