Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-24

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had it come to him that those sWolleH'
lolIing tongues were mute; that they
could form no word to plead LOT
themselves.
'sWhat a terrible thing to have 10
endure in silence!" he cried.
Gwen so,'' said the angel. Come.
If the minister's coat had been Dur
densome at the stock yards, it was not
on the icy wind-swept western Ianus
where next he found himself; and II
the misery of the shipped stock was
indescribable the suffering OF the
starving herds here was more SO.
do they never feed them?" he
asked.
mo; thousands upon thousands OF
head roam through the snow for
months, without water and no FOOD
save the dry grass that they paw
from under the snow. See, the hoots
are worn until blood marks every step.
Thev represent the wealth OF the
cattle-king who is rolling in splendor
in his eastern home today. When the
sleet storms come, the herd will be
one writhing mass of ice, driven des-
perately before the gale. Thousands
will die by inches before spring"
The minister remembered two rich
men in his church whose wealth was
said to consist of "cattle out west;
he had been very courteous to them
for they paid well into the church
fund.
Along the Pacific slope they went,
pausing to view long lines of mules
engaged in the heaviest drafting.
with shoulders one mass OF sores ano
sides laid open with the pitiless whip;
hundreds of sights so shocking. that
the good man begged to go home.
"Ah, no" said the angel; I'VE will
leave these ignorant teamsters and
visit some of our highest institutions
of learning great, scientific centers.
Thither they went, and, despite his
entreaties, the angel conducted him
from one laboratory to another, from
one vivisecting table to another.
Every species of torture that science,
curiosity or fiendishness could invent
he saw applied to the helpless, dumb
creatures, whose cries seemed to
pierce his very SOUL Others were
mute, but fully conscious of their sui
fering.
SIS this Inferno?" he cried.
mo, these are the schools where
the rising generations are taught"
"But why tear the living creatures
asunder; why STAY and burn; why?'
but he could get no further and the
angel simply answered:
'"They call this scientific research.
Let me go home " walled the di--
vine.
mo, we must cross the ocean and
visit Pasteur's Institute and"
"Is it worse than this % he groaned.
o, yes a great deal. Thousands up
on thousands of living creatures are
sacrificed there annually, but it is
not as bad as some other places-the
Paris School of Medicine for instance.
It is nothing uncommon there for
them to-"
Don't" cried the poor minister
'<don't tell me more or take me fur
Their now. l have heard of all this
before, but treated it as an idle tale
or, perhaps thought that it was an
evil not worthy of the time of the
clergy. What will you have me do?
Is there no help for all this?'
Noble men and women are at
work. said the angel, "but only few
comparatively; the press, too, is com
ing to the front, but what we need
most of all is the pulpit. If only min
listers would wake to their responsible
ity along this line; If only they could
see that humanity is essential to god
Illness, what change there would be.
The people must be aroused and vote
out such barbarities."
Il will do my part!" cried the rev.
erend gentleman so loudly and en-
phatically that he awoke.
The congregation of the First -
church listened in mute wonder to the
stream of impassionate eloquence
that poured from their pastors lips
the next morning His text was, CAS-
We mete, it shall be measured to you
again." but he treated it in an unusu-
al way, and everyone declared after
ward that it was an unusual SER
mon;" not the correct thing" per-
haps for Thanksgiving, but-well it
was not the last of the kind they lis
tened to, and in time the pastor and
people came to see how utterly lacking
is the religion that takes no account
of the rights of the helpless and dumb.