El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-17
Voice of the Voiiceless
Must Be Heard, Says
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

where would humanity stand today.
It was only by doing Things which were
Z not customary with the past genera
] tons that Henry BerEh came before
the world and declared that animals
4 had rights.
Until then at had never been custom
airy" TO pass laws which protected them
from torture and abuse by their own
ers. But those laws are a part Of the
educational and humane system OF
every civil land today.
Has Higher Authority.
The Church of England has some
what higher authority than the Bishop
Of oxford for a belief that animal life
is dear to the creator. Christ said.
speaking Of sparrOws. Are not two
sparrOWs sold for farthingE And one
Of them shall not fall on the ground
without your father If all created
life, even TO the insignificant sparrow,
is dear TO the Father, would he not
then be glad to have prayers rise
from human hearts for an animal NE :
Perhaps the Bishop Of oxford does not
think that there are prayers enough
to 60 around
I would advise the bishop to read
that great book. The Universal Kin
ship" II is a scientific epic in the line
Of humanitarianism Here is a quota
tiOn from il that would make better
reading for the diocese Of the Bishop
Of oxford than his pastoral letter.
Look upon and treat all life as you
your very heart and soul-with infin-
tie care and cOmpasslon-as suffering
and enjoying members Of the same
Great Being with yOurelf. This IS the
spirit Of the ideal universe-the spirit
OF your own being. It is this alone
that can redeem this world and give
to it the peace and harmony for which
Oh. the madness, and sorrow. and
indebtedness Of this mal-WrOught
world OF the 7oor, weak poisoned,
mOnstrOus natures Of its children Who
can look upon 1t all without pain and
sympathy and tears2 What an oppor-
tunity for philanthropy. If the Al
mighty One" Of our traditions would
only set about it,
Let US be true to our ideals. true
to the spirit Of universal compassion
whether we walk with the fearhered
forms Of the fields and forests. the kline
Of the meadows. the simple savage on
the banks Of the river, or the outcasts
on. this poor world. this poor. suf-
fering, ignorant. fear-tilleC world How
can men be blind or deranged enough
or cold and satanic enough 10 be un-
moved by the groans and anguish. the
Writhing and tears. that come up from
its unparalleled afflictionse
If TO do good is 10 degenerate vel
fare, then TO cause welfare TO horse.
a bird. a butterfly, or q fish. is to do
good just as truly as to cause well
fare TO men. And If TO do evil is to
cause unhappiness and ill-fare. then to
cause these things to one individual
or race is evil just as certainly IS to
cause them to any other individual or
race. And If TO put ones SER in the
place of others, and to act toward
them as one would wish them to act
toward him. is the one great rule
the Golden Rul6-by which men are to
gage their conduct wuen acting to-
ward each other, then this is also the
one great rule-the Golden Rule by
which Den are to regulate their con-
duct toward all beings. There is no es-
cape from these conclusions, except for
the savage and the fool-CopyriEh
1915, Star Company.