Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-15
PASADENA CHURCHES
OBSERVE MERCY DAY
PASTORS PREACH sERM oNs FOR
DUMB ANIMALS
Report of Humane Society Shows
Much Good Accomplished by
organization-WouId Stop
Sunday Baseball
Pasadena Agency,
n North Raymond Avenue,
Phones: Sunset 1907. Home 2l24.

PASADENA, July 14.-Special sermons
dealing with the subject of mercy to the
| lower animals were preached in most OF
the Pasadena churches today either at the
morning or evening services.
This was done at the request of the
| American Humane association through
the Pasadena Humane society
William o. Stillman is president of the
| organization, which is composed of more
than 800 societies with combined mem
bership of $4,000 persons.
Mercy day is observed once each year,
when the cooperation of churches and
| pastors is asked by the societies.
The Pasadena Humane society of which
the late e. II. Conger was president and
| S. o. Bowen is acting president, reports
| that within the past year 600 complaints
| of cruelty to animals have been made to
| the society.
In sixty-three cases warning notice
was sufficient to prevent further cruelty.
| But there were other cases that required
more heroic treatment.
Thirty persons were prosecuted for al
| legged cruelty, and of these twenty were
convicted and fines were imposed on them.
Homes were found for twenty-five home
| less dogs and nine cats
| Many more acts of mercy are expected
| to be shown by the report of the present
| year.
"None of Our Business"
'None of Our Business was the subject
| of a discourse by Rev Vincent Hunter
Brink along the lines indicated by the re-
quest of the Humane officers. He preached
at the new Lake Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal church DIR. Brink took as his
theme 1.-The Grace of Being Tender
| IL, Il,fry 10
| Gibbs.
Continuing he said
'Without tenderness of heart we are
unfit for social life. Christian phian-
| thropy finds it's crown, it's climax in the
life of the merciful
"As one has said, mercy is free love to
| the wretched. God is our example of ten
der heartedness by his precept:
"FBe we tender hearted, for 1 am tender
hearted. Be ye merciful, for l am mer-
! ciful.'
Because a man is tender hearted is no
sign of weakness. A soldier was moved to
tears by listening to tender poem When
| the general was told of 1t he said: Let
him weep; he will fight all the better
| for it..
I'VE have come long way from the
| old idea that a stranger was an enemy
upon whim the dogs were set, but we are
not yet up to the standard of the parable
of the good Samaritan.
I'VE have neighbors in trouble in China,
| Africa, India and the slums of our great
| cities and they need our mercy.
Sometimes our fellow man is over
worked, sometimes he is underfed; some
| times he is little else than a slave-no
home life, no church life, no Sunday life"
Would Stop Sunday Ball
DR.. Brink referred to the petition of the
ministers of the city for the discourage
ment of Sunday baseball.
| He said the ministers had also passed a
resolution urging merchants to give their
employees permanent Saturday half holi-
day so the folks who work all week may
have an opportunity to attend games
without taking their day of rest.
| DR.. Brink closed his discourse with a
recitation of Joseph Malins poem, "The
Fence or the Ambulance" which very
aptly illustrated his theme.