Sabbath Teachings (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...but is under His protection. I hope you will never indulge in cruelty to any one of them. You cannot do so without offending God; besides which, the evil will not stop there, for children who exercise cruelty and tyranny to animals will, when they become men and women, show it towards their fellow creatures. It is recorded of one of the Roman emperors, Domitian, that in his youth he used frequently to shut himself in an apartment and amuse himself with pulling the legs and wings off flies and other harmless insects, being de lighted to witness the torment he inflicted This cruel disposition, being unchecked in early years, grew with his growth, and before the world was rid of this monster, he had committed such barbarities on his fellow creatures that his name will ever appear in history as one of the most bloodthirsty tyrants that ever lived. Therefore, my dear children, avoid cruelty now. If love reigns in your hearts, you will have kindly feelings to all, even to dumb creatures. Their situation has been greatly changed by man's sin, "for the creature was made subject to vanity,"--(Romans viii. 20). So do not, by wanton ill-usage, increase their misery. When it is necessary, in self-defence, to destroy any living thing, do it as mercifully as possible, but never feel a pleasure in its sufferings, or take away life without a just cause, for all belong to God, and to Him you will have to render an account. Amen. Let us pray. Oh, Lord, Thou art God of the whole earth, and Thou art kind and merciful to all Thy creatures. Thou providest for their wants, and givest them all their meat in due season. Thou art a God of mercy. We have found Thee to be such. Oh Lord, as we have experienced Thy compassion in so large a degree, may we also be compassionate...