Class JZ^/5f^. Book C7yL ,10 COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT. AN APPEAL AGAINST SLAUGHTER ARE YOU ABLE TO HBARf BY MARION E. COVILLE SYRACUSE, N. Y. C. W. BARDEEN, PUBLISHER CoPTHiGHT, 1914. BT MARION E. COVILLE Published. July, 1914 'CI.A380965 OCT 12 1914 FOREWORD To all men everywhere this call is dedicated. To the brother who is desirous of doing his part toward manifesting God's perfect creation, to the fellow-being who is looking forward to a higher living, to him who is able to hear, and to him who now may not seem able to under- stand, — to all these the messenger goes forth. For the present it may be that few will coincide with the essential ideas promulgated, but the messenger prays his fellow-creatures to ponder upon these tidings of Love, inflexible though they may seem — tidings prompted by convictions born of spiritual aspiration, hastened (3) 4 AN APPEAL by culminating human experiences, and empow- ered by the desire to be helpful to all and obedient at whatever the cost. The messenger hopes to encourage certain reform sentiments, he hopes to find responsive hearts who, perhaps, in turn will show other and brighter views which the Infinite has revealed to them. To sort out and embrace from this suggestive work whatever advanced ideas seem practicable to each, — such a course will at least help to clear the way. However, if the messenger knew there were but five on earth who would or could listen, gladly would he hasten. If he knew that some- where but one would be found Hstening, still would the messenger eagerly scatter his seed broadcast with the assurance that the fruits AGAINST SLAUGHTER 5 would be of use to that one. And if the messen- ger knew that his tidings would meet with rebuff alone, still zealously would he continue to pre- pare the soil, and obediently scatter the seed, awaiting the Spirit's further call. And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. — Genesis. Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel : and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the Hving God, is thy God, whom thou servest contin- ually, able to deliver thee from the lions ? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions* mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me ; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. — Daniel. In the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness ; the unclean shall not pass over it ; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there. — Isaiah. Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps : . . . . Moimtains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: Kings of the earth, and all people ; princes, and all judges of the earth : Both young men, and maidens ; old men, and children : Let them praise the name of the Lord : for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. — David. The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. — Job (6) Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. — David Unto the dumb lips of his flock he lent Sad pleading words, showing how man, who prays For mercy to the gods, is merciless. Being as god to those; albeit all life Is linked and kin, and what we slay have given Meek tribute of the milk and wool, and set Fast trust upon the hands which murder them. Thus the King's will is: — There hath been slaughter for the sacrifice And slaying for the meat, but henceforth none Shall spill the blood of life nor taste of flesh, Seeing that knowledge grows, and life is one, And mercy cometh to the merciful. The Light of Asia — Edwin Arnold Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. — Jesus To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. — James He that is of God heareth God's words. — Jesus (7) Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions, — Solomon. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. — Paul. What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do. This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heaven pursue. — Alexander Pope. How Shalt thou hope for mercy, rend'ring none ? The Duke of Venice — Shakespeare. The glory of a good man is the testimony of a good conscience. — Thomas a Kempis. The individuality created by God is not carnivorous. God is the Life, or intelligence, which forms and preserves the individuahty and identity of animals as well as of men. — Mary Baker Eddy. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. — David. (8) AN APPEAL AGAINST SLAUGHTER Wisdom is everywhere sending out its con- tinuous appeal. But the waiting- heart alone hears, understands, and obeys. Until there is a glad yielding to the lesser calls, myriads of normal attainments will be belated, or perhaps forfeited altogether for miserable periods, and on every hand stunted growths will continue to appear. Any individual neglect, or any daily practice tending not for the universal good, will ever retard man's ability to utilize the principle of a proper idealism. Condemnation is the portion of him who, knowing a truth and knowing he should proclaim it, yet, because of fear of human disapproval, withholds from his duty. Obversely, his loving 10 AN APPEAL and humble discharge of each rightful obligation — be it laboring in obscurity, openly defying an impersonal foe, or merely uttering a simple truth — will speed him on his way. Eventually, Truth is heard — heard, if neces- sary, in the face of ridicule, or mayhap under the frown of long-established and accredited prac- tices of nations, of religious sects, or of individ- uals whose lives may seem almost exemplary. With sincere gratitude for the many present-day reforms and for the spirit of progress that seems to permeate the conscience of enlightened man- kind, still may we each ask ourselves: '*Am I thoroughly awake to Truth's call, or am I half- dreamily treading over and over again the path- way of many of the same old imperfections?" It is true that there are still too many impedi- AGAINST SLAUGHTER 11 merits clogging our life channels. Like the wise caretaker in his garden, we should first seek our great irrigating source, follow carefully along the life stream, removing one after another of the lesser hindrances, until suddenly it may happen we shall discover a complete cut-off. With this now we should deal; the vital flow is being diverted, a condition in which a large majority of our apparently advanced humanity unconsciously stands to-day. There is too fre- quent drought and disappointment. The harvest is not what we have a right to expect. Truly, there is an almost world-wide cut-off to be dealt with, an impediment to be removed. And what do you think this one especially fatal obstruction is? Let us look searchingly! Here it is! — turn- 12 AN APPEAL ing aside the life-giving stream, setting at naught, and making veritable sport of our efforts. It is a hidden stump protruding from the deep-lying roots of thoughtlessness, carnality, ignorance, cruelty, self-will, and listlessness, — altogether typifying the UNFAIR ATTITUDE of man toward a part of God's creation, the ANIMAL CREATION, and symbolizing THAT GREAT UNRECOGNIZED SNARE which of itself positively and inevitably excludes us from our proper and rapid spiritual develop- ment and fruit-bearing. One of the phases of this injustice is the habit of flesh-eating, a question which is fre- quently approached from the health side, or touched lightly upon with arguments founded upon the Old Testament Law. This treatise deals AGAINST SLAUGHTER 13 with the subject principally because of the injustice, cruelty, and degradation which such a system entails. The messenger earnestly desires to avoid harshness, exaggeration, or undue emphasis regarding abstinence, but quite as earnestly yearns to bring to light that neglected virtue, renunciation, which equally with the other fruits of the Spirit, has its rightful claim to recognition. At the very outset, however, let it be under- stood between us that there is no command forthcoming regarding abstinence, but simply A CALL TO THE LISTENING, an ethical question, "ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR?" The application of the universal law of atone- ment with reference to this problem would be of untold benefit to each individual. Many follow- 14 AN APPEAL ers of the Infinite One strive to apply this rule in respect to conduct with his neighbor, that is, oneness with God with love toward his fellow men. But why stop here? Why not continue to the lower orders of creation? No rational being can possibly expect to find ultimate happi- ness, that happiness of the kingdom of heaven, while ignoring so important a step of self-denial, or while dodging any requirement that the uni- versal law of harmony has upon him. Let each ask himself, "Can I expect to fulfil my real life mission while daily practicing with complacency that which is not for the universal good?" Our highest reason at once propounds this question, "Is it possible that the Supreme Being, our divine Intelligence, ever ordained the eating of flesh?" Reasoning from the Scrip- AGAINST SLAUGHTER 15 tures, one almost invariably hears from some enthusiastic student the ready response that Moses legitimatized the eating of certain ani- mals. Continuing the argument for a brief space from the Scriptural standpoint, one must acknowledge that the Mosaic Law made such a provision. But every Bible student understands that, when the Israelites were led out by Moses from their Egyptian bondage, manna alone was first provided. There is the explicit statement, ''And the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I (God) may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no." — Ex. 16:4. But the people ''fell a lusting," and wept, and murmured, crying, "Our soul is dried away : there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes," and "Who shall give us flesh to eat?" 16 AN APPEAL It is related that they received the answer to their carnal desire. Quails in abundance came; but with the gratification, so the history reads, "while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed," great wrath came upon the people and they were smitten "with a very great plague.'* We have the word for it that the con- cession was due to the fact that the Israelites were yet unworthy — unworthy in the face of all the glory they had witnessed; still they were not prepared to recognize the pure ideals of the Most High. From the same Book of books we learn that the Infinite provision was of course unlimited, in- volving not one taint or suggestion of animal sacrifice or cruelty. In Genesis 1 :29 it reads, ''Behold, I (God) have given you every herb AGAINST SLAUGHTER 17 bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat." And abiding in this same truth the deduction is readily made that even the animals, at present carnivorous, are simply emulating mankind. In the eternal order, according to Genesis 1 :30, the animals were to fare in the only intelligent way, that is, *'To every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so." Such clean-cut authority ought to be suffi- cient, it would seem, but we know that the use of the Holy Bible as a basis in the settlement of any vast subject involves a most careful weigh- ing of the various applicable portions of that 1« AN APPEAL Scripture. If interpreted literally what clear- visioned follower could possibly declare that part of the Law righteous where Moses says, — Deuteronomy 19:21 — "And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot"? As a type of justice against impersonal evil it is well. But Jesus ultimately gave us his keen interpre- tation in the utterances found in Matthew 5:38, 39, 44, 45. "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you. That ye resist not evil." And again, "I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven." AGAINST SLAUGHTER 19 Eating whatsoever is set before one, "asking no question for conscience sake," the stronghold of the man who strives to justify himself on the strength of this statement of Paul, and "Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused," Paul's words to Timothy, are texts, like several others, serving well in their place, but with no final bearing whatever upon the question under consideration, i. e., the right of existence of a debasing system, such as has continued down through the ages, and such as we now find thriving especially in our own beloved nation. The argument will surely be brought forth that Jesus ate meat. It is at least true, there is the record that after the resurrection, when appearing suddenly before his affrighted dis- ciples, one of tljem handing him a piece of broiled 20 AN APPEAL fish and a portion of an honeycomb, Jesus partook, but for the purpose of allaying the fears of his followers, and to assure them that he was not a spirit but the same Jesus as before the crucifixion. Partaking of the fish was doubtless a ''Suffer it to be so now." From the record given us by John we gain the idea that Jesus had '*y^t many things" to tell us, but at that time the people were not able to bear them. On another occasion, referring to a certain advanced step, Jesus declared to his disciples, "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given." And once when testifying of John the Baptist, Jesus unhesi- tatingly taught this, "And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come." The Master realized that they could utilize only what AGAINST SLAUGHTER 21 they were prepared to perceive. Thus, since people and nations and religions are constantly evolving, we have the right to conclude it both unwise and unsafe to cling to worn-out forms, to any defective old laws, or to imperfections in the faiths held by our fathers; each man should select no rule save that of absolute perfection. Think you that Jesus, our elder Brother, who said, **Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," would belittle one of the children for being humane, or condemn him for refusing to partake of needless sacrifice and suffering? Could it be that he would consider abstinence too high ground? No, we cannot think so, but it is a fact that those who abstain on principle have a sacred consciousness of divine approval and a holy release from the 22 AN APPEAL bondage and horror of participation in carnage. And step by step during the years of growing conviction, it comes equally easy to deny one's self the pleasure of ornamental or utility furs, leather or kid gloves, and, just as rapidly as the way opens, gladly and sanely to continue ex- cluding the thousands of articles made from material procured at the price of unjustifiable bloodshed. For those who are able to hear, the summons to awake has come. That magnanimous prophet, Isaiah, whom Jesus so frequently quoted, de- clared that as men should arise to appropriate their divine commission, then "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child AGAINST SLAUGHTER 23 shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain : for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." — Isaiah 11:6-9. Even David perceived that the Jewish slaughter and sacrifice of animals for the altar was needless, for he cries, — Psalms 40:6 — - '^Sacrifice and offering Thou (God) didst not desire; mine ears hast Thou opened: burnt offer- ing and sin offering hast Thou not required.*^ Again quoting from Isaiah we have this startling sentiment, ''To this man will I (God) look, even 24 AN APPEAL to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not." — From Isaiah 66. It would be wise if each meat-eating man, woman, and child were obliged to kill and pre- pare his own animal which he intends for his daily food. If this were compulsor}^ how many AGAINST SLAUGHTER 25 self-respecting people do you suppose there would be? How many would eat with an easy conscience? Let us consider the case of the human being who can raise the lamb, be near it daily, feed it, care for it, and at a convenient season look it in the eye, stab it at the heart, then eat it with enjoyment, and there we shall find the crude existence of a being living along in the old barbarous rut. Be he religionist or infidel, this man is not ready for a higher walk in life. Then let us picture the state of the man who loves his beef and mutton and pork and who has never considered the right or wrong, the suffering, or needless slaughter, and there we shall find the torpid savagery of the unthinking man. But. observing the life of the human, hav- ing once fully, seen the crime of slaughter, who 26 AN APPEAL still eats greedily, or even moderately, gratify- ing the senses, awhile stifling the nobler senti- ments, and, if he hesitates to march forward, there we shall find the stupid passion and brutish manner of the weak carnal man, a being on dan- gerous ground, one who has not yet found his true nature, one who still does not elect to be trusted. Why should the present-day man persevere in, and perpetuate a barbarous custom? Why? Because he too seldom goes alone with him- self and the King of righteousness and peace. Because he does not think for himself before his Creator. Because he does not think the thoughts of Intelligence. Because he would be afraid to brave strong public opinion and be thought peculiar. Because, apparently, it is easier with AGAINST SLAUGHTER 27 him to continue a heathen than to step forward into his God-given being and keep pace with the Infinite plan. Anomalous it is that out from another class of thoughtful people, there are those who, for the time being, seem to have overlooked the question, while there are others among them who will feel that they have honestly disposed of the subject and are justified in partaking of flesh, some of them having audibly stated their position to the messenger, their reason supposedly being founded upon adherence to the statement that there is no life or intelligence in matter, a nega- tive phase of the immortal rule that God is "all in all," (From I. Cor. 15:28) by which the mes- senger also wishes to be guided. At this point the message should not be misinterpreted. The 28 AN APPEAL firm declaration is that God, Spirit, is the only vitality, Life. But so far as is known, there is of this present generation no individual who has perfectly proven this principle. Consequently no human being finds himself perfectly free from suffering, and exactly to the degree that mankind falls short of his full heritage, to that degree he will find the animal creation unexempt from bodily suffering. But to be plain, there will be the necessity of examining and sorting bare facts. First, one must beware of any greedy taint of false reason- ing. If not, this persistent tendency will logically necessitate the declaration that the porker ready for the automatic hoisting wheel feels not in the least the cruel shackle which "steadily," very "steadily," raises him, nor AGAINST SLAUGHTER 29 the inversion and suspension by the hind leg, and that these unforeseen forced positions, such as being run along the sliding rail, are truly only mental exhilarations. It has been intimated, at this stage of his experience, under a like predicament, mankind could not prove himself immune from agony. And if we are not able, where is the justice or authority for being a party to a mere habit that, annually, for food alone, requires and compels millions of victims to pass through this most excruciating ordeal ? The nearer an individual approaches the proof that God alone is Life, the more clearly will that man apprehend the utter needless- ness of the animal for his sustenance. More- over, he will find himself shrinking from the 30 AN APPEAL loathsame contamination of a brutal and beg- garly barbarity. And why, in the name of our most generous Creator, should any follower of Immortality, either ignorantly or audaciously, require a victim for himself? Rather, will not a little time, devoted to the consideration of this foul blot and scourge upon humanity, compel us, little by little, at least, sooner or later, to forego any phase of co-operation whatever in this almost nation-wide carnage? Surely, when man shakes off his stupor, and comprehends the truth about himself as a son of Infinity, he will cease to demand wanton sacrifice, and refuse to be partaker of its spoils. His sad eyes will be opened. The earth he will find already too full of suffering to dare, on his own account, to add one jot more. With renewed consecration he AGAINST SLAUGHTER 31 will turn to the unfailing Emancipator for the unsullied joy and sustaining power requisite for higher service. Reluctantly though it may be, we must con- tinue to examine closely our shame-faced facts. Were you ever at the slaughter? You should go, especially you, my fellow beings, who are striving to hold yourselves daily to the strictest mental discipline and who yet are undecided or unthinking regarding the eating of animals. You should hear their cries of horror and pain as at one stand alone, at the rate of eight hundred (800) per hour, they are compelled to journey on from their last crowded pen. At the rate of six hundred (600) per hour at one stand alone, you should witness the mute appeals of the lambs as they hang suspended, awaiting 32 AN APPEAL each his turn for the final heart stab. If you have witnessed these scenes you will doubtless long retain the almost ineffaceable memory. And, if you shrink from the infamous slaughter, the official guide will not hesitate to promptly and politely inform you, "This is what the public demands." In all seriousness, let it be asked of you, dear students and practitioners of divine metaphysics who acquiescingly partake of this humanly in- herited crime, if honest up to your light, ought you not to be able to clap your hands in holy glee when you see or know about the heroic work of the truly faithful despatcher who stands in your stead, and spills the life blood, and stills the last cry, and finds the heart of YOUR victim? Furthermore, students and religionists and AGAINST SLAUGHTER 33 thinking beings should delight in the remarkable process about the mechanical pens where at any one stand, at such a rate as two hundred and fifty (250) per hour, unwieldy beeves are "pain- lessly despatched by a sledge hammer blow on the head." What state of mentality is it that obtains and abides with us, a mentality that is satisfied to let this screaming butchery and loathsome wretchedness continue without a protest, yes, more often without a thought? The hour will come when the meat industry, together with its gluttonous wealth-getting, will be seen to in- volve a perniciousness and degradation akin to that of the liquor, debasing drug, and other baneful interests. The truth is that, from start to finish, n£> amount of gilding, sanitation. 34 AN APPEAL automatic machinery, skilled dressing, ventila- tion, government inspection, supposed indis- pensability of by-products, hereditary belief in the necessity of meat-eating, ridicule, sarcasm, or hypocritical eye-closing can ever make the slaughter industry a right one in the estimation of the Almighty, nor can the public or personal demand for the industry, way back so far as the commercial propagation of the species for com- mercial slaughter, be justifiable to the illumined spiritual conscience. The entire system is one monstrous nightmare from which thinking men and women at least should awaken. "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death." — 1 Corinthians 15:26. To you who look forward to that promised day of literal emanci- pation, both for yourselves and for your fellow AGAINST SLAUGHTER 35 beings, to you I would plead — humbly plead. When you yourself come face to face with that claim of death, how do you expect to be prepared even to begin to meet it if you have not made one effort to overcome that foe which you have permitted full sway over the lower orders of creation ? Every mouthful of meat is a testi- mony to your belief in death, for you would not eat the animal alive. Verily, man has much to prove and mighty strides to make before his daily prayer, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,'' is even con- sidered honest or worthy of recognition. The startled consciousness will ask, "But what if people should begin to abstain from flesh-eating? Would not chaotic results follow? And what about pests? And wild animals? 36 AN APPEAL And what are the animals for if not for eating?" Yes, all these questions are legitimate and should be asked and pondered, but it is also wisdom to take one step at a time. Our own questions will be answered by first beginning to eliminate each trace of selfishness and cruelty attaching to us in our daily thinking and living. Perfection is not manifested among us to any great degree, but we should begin to abandon our false ease along many of the paths of human living, and especially with reference to our lamentable national idolatry. The Scriptures assert that "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain to- gether until now." And what for? The same word points out the trouble — that is, just wait- ing for man to stir himself, to know his redemp- AGAINST SLAUGHTER 37 tion. Accordingly, if the groaning and suffering creation is waiting for mankind, then, in all good faith and with God-speed, this more intel- ligent part of creation should take the first step. Whoever thoughtfully, prayerfully, and obedi- ently attends to his first move is ever sure to find the way prepared for the next. While there are ferocious beasts and pests, the killing of these, particularly if in self-defense, seems much more justifiable than the propagation and horrible daily carnage of the animals simply for the gratification of man's lust and appetite, especially since it is repeatedly proven and can be proven by any one who is ready, that the usage is not a necessity. And if the reader believes the infallible I AM, here is the word of promise for faithfulness, ''I will give peace 38 AN APPEAL in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land." ''Too much idealism," many will say. Yes, it is too much for many, because there is no prac- tical idealism without sacrifice. Only those will be able to hear or bear such doctrine who, for the sake of truth, are willing to make sacrifices, some of which, if need be, might approximate those typified by the plucking out of the eye or the cutting off of the hand. Yet there is not one man, though vitally, financially concerned, even in the trafiic, but could spurn his avocation, and under new and changed conditions find his abundant equivalent supply. As time goes on there will spring up other and better demands; superior articles will be AGAINST SLAUGHTER 39 and are now being manufactured in place of the old. Before long there will be the demand for a vegetable milk, now well known to German scientists. Shoes and articles of wearing ap- parel, ornamental and useful equipment, now made largely from leather, will be made from vegetable material, and that material, more durable than leather, is already here. Beautiful imitation furs are being regularly designed and are on sale; gloves, manufactured without the taint of blood, and proper for any occasion, are easily obtainable; and combs and pins made from the shell of the tortoise or blood, a by-product from the slaughter, can now be ignored by the purchase of articles manufac- tured of rubber or other proper material. For every discarded utility made from the distasteful 4Q AN APPEAL by-product, there is a higher substitute awaiting. Whoever is in earnest will be led to the right sources. In these days of progress and refrom it is dangerous to lag back. Gigantic evils are being uncovered, great lights are forging ahead open- ing hitherto closed doors. We want life more clearly defined, we crave the perpetual widening of our horizon, grander views. Then why not expedite our problem? Why not free ourselves from ONE of the clutches of carnality? As a nation, let us not imagine ourselves as advanced, for we are dominated by opinions, enslaved by public standards, fooled by a pusillanimous fashion in food. We have woefully succumbed to a repugnant idolatry dragging and holding us down in ocean depths of mediocrity. AGAINST SLAUGHTER 41 However, this is not the law of the King of kings. The dominion bestowed by the unchange- able Creator is not the sovereignty of a mur- derous lordship; it is the supreme authority of a wise and loving control delegated alone to the beings whom the Word pronounces, 'in the image of God," and "very good/* True men and women everywhere, and religionists of whatever creed should be able to perceive a lamentable obvious mistake and hasten to make a clean sweep of our mortally-gauged narrowness, ignorance, bigotry, and cruel care- lessness, traits which would keep us perpetually bound to a perverse custom not suitable for the dark ages. But with the stifling curse removed, we shall have more clearly attained that sacred preparatory state where there is ability to reach 42 AN APPEAL out the hand of unfailing power and good-will to our own kind — to those lower down in the scale, who are nearly or soundly asleep: some, day-dreaming; some, sleep-dreaming; others, in the fearful agony of nightmare. How can the carnivorous Christian continue to sing his doxology, 'Traise God from whom all blessings flow"? What a mockery is his "Praise Him all creatures here below." Until he desists in his sporting and experimenting, and slaughtering, and partaking, would it not be less — it is said with humility — hypocritical to leave the singing of these sentiments to the faithful Buddist? Sorrowfully the messenger touches upon the pleasurable side, the view of the sportsman find- ing puerile delight in the pursuit and capture and AGAINST SLAUGHTER 43 mutilation of animals. In his childishness, — manly or even wise he may be along other avenues of development, — he forgets the torture he is inflicting. Then, too, he forgets that the Eternal Equity never fails to register his exact degree of apostasy from divine manhood. Nor does that Law ever fail to impress the merited brand upon his own elected existence. But away in his heart of hearts, if the truth were studied, it is the call of nature with its streams and woods and mountains and forests and sublime solitude that he loves. The true sportsman of to-day recognizes this fact. He starts out to enjoy the wondrous beauties of nature, not with his fishing-tackle or gun, but in any one of thousands of wholesome ways, with his guide book perhaps, his field glasses, his 44 AN APPEAL camera, or his kodak. And who would not pre- fer a harmless snap-shot trophy to the weight of a pitiable bloody carcass with its attendant un- escapable defilement of conscience? Has Infin- ity ceased to be unlimited? Never! Then can not each find, in place of sportive destructiveness, his proper pleasurable substitute in the un- bounded storehouses of the Most High? But most glaringly useless and witless of all is the practice of vivisection. What shall ever atone for this ignorance, this mistaken effort on the part of some of the medical profession ? How shall these supposedly wise and scientific men expiate their unwarranted procedure? Over and over, let us remind ourselves that, for a consider- able distance out from the shameless laboratory of medical research, the maddened cries of tor- AGAINST SLAUGHTER 45 tured animals under experimentation are often to be heard. And what part shall the slumbering public share in this acquiescence? If man but understood, there is a mighty cry going up daily from the butchery of the animal creation. The very barbarity of it hangs over our earth like an ominous cloud. It constitutes one of the great hindrances to a world progress. The knowledge alone of the sufferings of live stock in shipment should be sufficient to make each human being recoil with the determination never again to be defiled. Then what shall be done with the mesmeric hush that ensnares us, permitting pride and fashion and supposed necessity to prevail over conscience? The wearing of feathered song- birds, and wings, and breasts, and furs, and skins 46 AN APPEAL of animals is a badge of the degradation in which we find ourselves. A colossal mercantile atrocity is being kept alive to satisfy the demand for adornment worn by our — shall it be said? — highly civilized and deeply religious people. But that adornment is at the expense of a defenseless creation, millions — yes, millions according to statistics — yearly being hunted, or tortured in traps, or shot, or beaten to death, or often ripped up and abandoned to die. Oh! that now the combined wails of to-day's tortured animal creation might sound in the ear of each thoughtless human being, that now the pleading eyes of that agonizing creation might confront his vision. Would he heed? Some time he will. But will he heed now? Yes, if he AGAINST SLAUGHTER 47 is worthy he will both hear and obey the voice of Wisdom. But practically the question presents itself: "Is this most fitting reform, one so much needed in our Land of Liberty, to receive its dynamic impetus through us in our day, during this pres- ent generation ?" Surely, none of us in this twen- tieth century would particularly choose the dis- tinction of putting ourselves on record as opposed to the correction of this defective attitude. There will never be a more convenient season than now in which to make the first telling strides. Neither evasion nor subterfuge will prosper us individ- ually. Nor will the world be edified while we remain stiff-necked, hard-hearted, or unthinking. In such an event, we shall but transmit a dark custom to future generations, bequeathing to 48 AN APPEAL them our poor results and disregarded tasks, leaving it to the yet unborn to sweep away the accumulated offal and bring to pass a reforma- tion which is destined to come. The glory of such a movement should not be delayed. The advantages at least in part should be ours. The old predatory habits ought to be rooted out and the rightful customs given a glad welcome. The love between man and the animals is worthy of cultivation. This we see exhibited at the present time in a most interesting and grati- fying way in many of our city parks, especially in Central Park of New York City, where it has become a favorable habit with the men, women, and children visitors to show affection to the dear gray squirrels who come hopping along, often perching themselves upon the benches or AGAINST SLAUGHTER 49 upon the knees or shoulders of their friends. The experience of tenderness that comes with such a relationship is clean, and the growing habit of love or regard between all of God's creatures is desirable. The very crowning feature of Boston's beau- tiful public gardens and parks would be ruined if its doves were to be obliterated. They are fre- quently seen alighting upon the shoulders or knees or even the feet of the kindly folk. Such scenes as these make us grateful; they act as a stimulus to further rightful acquaintance with the animals and to the divine and loving domin- ion that is man's by right. Take, for example, the well-known present condition of a part of the animal kingdom as it is found in our Yellowstone National Park. For 50 AN APPEAL many years in a region of almost unsurpassed natural and varied grandeur, a territory, exclu- sive of its forest reserve, about the size of the state of Connecticut, there, in their natural state, the animals of the forests and wilds have roamed practically unmolested under the protection of the few government scouts. The bear, the deer, the elk, the antelope, and the mountain sheep, together with many other species, have come to realize in a great measure their rightful existence, losing much of their fear. Summer tourists may walk or ride, day after day, for weeks through this vast, marvelous reserve, through its most absolutely lonely sections, without fear of annoy- ance from the animals. From time to time, the elk, the deer, or the bear may be seen peering out from the depths of the pine woods or cross- AGAINST SLAUGHTER 51 ing the roads in full view of the coaching parties. The park is unfenced, the animals are not cap- tives, they are free to come or go, but they have chosen to stay and they learn gradually that no harm is intended to them and they respond to man's regard for their welfare. On the other hand, to illustrate how slow public opinion often is to give up its disgraceful customs, we have but to turn to the Legal and Judicial History of New York, Vol. 3. — Alden Chester, Editor, — and there read about the fa- mous "hog case" which was tried in the justice's court at Albany, New York. We find that Na- thaniel P. Willis, the famous author and journal- ist, had published an article decrying the remiss- ness of that city for allowing its hogs to run at large in the streets, a nuisance penned by him as 52 AN APPEAL "more Dutch than decent." This custom, it is cited, was not peculiar alone to Albany, for it prevailed to quite an extent throughout the New England cities and towns. The criticism caused no little excitement, and **led to a struggle in the common council, which lasted for many months, for the passage of an ordinance to restrain the running of hogs at large in the streets." By further reference we find that there was so even a division among the councilmen regarding the propriety of such a law, that the question was laid on the table from time to time while a long and earnest debate continued. Eventually the ordinance was passed, imposing a penalty of two dollars upon the owner for every hog running at large, and provided for the swine being placed in the public pound. AGAINST SLAUGHTER 53 Nevertheless public sentiment was still largely unchanged ; in the face of the effort made to enact this law, it remained a dead letter for a long period. The custom had obtained such a strong foothold through long standing and belief in the necessity of swine for private use and as public scavengers that the people were actually asleep to the need of reformation. All through the agitation, which was pushed by a few public- spirited citizens, the majority of the people stoutly resented the idea or considered it a huge joke. Further we read : "One John Baker was eventually selected to take to the pound all hogs found in the streets, and to see that the ordinance was enforced. His zeal in the performance of his duties was such that until the day of his death 54 AN APPEAL he was commonly known as Tig Baker.' " A suit was brought by him in the justice's court in the name of the Chamberlain of the city against a certain offender, in order to secure the penalty of six dollars for permitting three of his swine to continue roaming the streets of Albany. The case was tried before a justice and jury, while the prosecution and defendant counsels were two of the most eminent lawyers then practicing in the city. The faithful John Baker did not by any means escape the most severe judgment from the opposing counsel, who also assailed the constitu- tionality of the law. The justice "submitted the case to the jury without any charge or expression of opinion, and the jury promptly returned a verdict for the defendant." And again, "Thus the law which AGAINST SLAUGHTER 55 had cost so much of effort to enact, was com- pletely overriden by public sentiment as reflected by this verdict; the 'vested rights' of the hogs to have the freedom of the city had been vindicated, and a custom which was more 'Dutch than decent' prevailed for yet awhile." We laugh. "This was eighty years ago," we say. But, incidentally, it might be safely men- tioned that there is quite as sore a need of certain municipal or state laws regulating our attitude toward the smaller domestic animals. In some of our good-sized cities and towns public opinion is. equally as lax, and would be quite as resentful, or would consider an agitation for a clean-up quite as jokingly or as scornfully. Our highest gratitude is due to many unknown or forgotten, but consecrated men and women 56 AN APPEAL for the untiring efforts they have made in striv- ing to raise the public standards. The societies for prevention of cruelty to animals should be encouraged. They are doing much in the right direction, as well as many clubs for the better- ment of conditions of the smaller domestic animals. Regarding these smaller domestic species there should be none unowned and roaming at large, and until every living one of them in our commu- nities has an owner with a license, guaranteeing care and responsibility, both outwardly indecent and inhumane conditions will continue. It will bear repeating that there should be no unowned domestic animals, and only when this sane state of affairs obtains in our towns and cities, shall we and the children of our country be spared the AGAINST SLAUGHTER 57 too frequent sight and sound of degradation. The fault is traceable to our sluggishness in the matter which ought to be handled thoroughly, scientifically, and legally. When this is done we shall have greater cause for respecting our cus- toms and ourselves. To leave the subject un- touched because thousands of individuals allow themselves to be irresponsible, or because of fear of ridicule, public sentiment being dormant, is a state akin to that of Albany eighty years ago. Thus we see how it is that ignoble habits or customs are permitted to gain and hold ascend- ency over the enactments of love and justice. Humanity sees only with its eyes, it hears only with its ears, and the resultant imitation begets deficient standards. From these the real, prac- tical man turns away; he is not ashamed to take 58 AN APPEAL sufficient time alone, to listen, to learn, and to consult the plan of his Creator. In this way the individual shows his greatest efficiency; he becomes strong in maintaining the Imperial Will by which he is mightily enabled to spurn what- ever custom he discovers falling short of the divine ideal, and he has Heaven with him giving him the highest possible prosperity in whatever he is bidden to undertake for humanity. To continue favorable to the custom of slaughter is an impossibility to him who under- stands. He entertains no illusion that the elimi- nation of this one woe would establish all good- ness. He simply sees that where butchery is countenanced there is no possible basis for the establishment of a millennial age. He recognizes that the supposed spiritual living or mentality AGAINST SLAUGHTER 59 that is satisfied to accede to the continuance of slaughter, whether for food, utility, or adorn- ment, has gotten into a very queer mix-up. No rational music student would think of taking Paderewski's beautiful "Minuet a L' Antique,'' written in the key of G major, and expect to make a satisfactory execution if he regularly ignored the F sharp and flatted the dominant of the key. Try it for yourself or have some one try it for you. It is a horrible travesty, but it will be no more incongruous than our brazen living wherein mercy is ignored and slaughter is introduced. My fellow-being, just as the abiding conviction expands and strengthens and outlines itself more and more convincingly that the Spirit of Wisdom, all along down through the ages, has been calling and reasoning with humanity against slaughter. 60 AN APPEAL just so the messenger is constrained to echo the call. You are able to hear. Naught save flagrant neglect on your part can hinder you. If not already on the way, the APPEAL is to YOU. Pray, think, be willing to obey, and prac- tical results will follow. You then will face the problem, and help to hasten the day of universal kindness when none shall eat the food of frenzy or use the product of anguish and bloodshed. My brother, of whatever nation, tribe, color, or creed — the Jew, the Christian, the religionist of the East or West — the infidel, will you not hear the call, the unmistakable call ? TRUTH^S PSALM Awaken, mankind, from your slumber! Hark! Behold! the Truth appeareth ! Rouse yourselves, let not creation Suffer longer at these hands. Loosed from matter's stubborn bondage, Freed from pain, dismay, injustice. Praise your God, Emancipator; Celebrate, great universe. Exult, O hills, rejoice, ye lowlands. Bring forth buds, and fruits, and flowers; Let the forms of Love's creating Now appear and honor yield. Let the heavenly hosts break forth, Let the voice of earth uniting Carol in the victors' offering. Triumph— UNIVERSAL PEACE. INDEX AN APPEAL AGAINST SLAUGHTER page line ability 1 . . . will ever retard man's a 9-10 2 . . . sacred preparatory state where there is a. to reach out the hand of unfailing power 41-17 abominations Isaiah 66 :3 24-8 abstinence 1 . . . emphasis regarding a 13-5 2. . . no command forthcoming regarding a 13-12 3... that he would consider a. too high ground ? 21-14 abundance quails in a. came 16-2 account too full of suffering to dare, on his own a., to add one jot more 30-16 acquaintance they act as a stimulus to further rightful a. with the animals 49-12 acQuiescence what part shall the slumbering public share in this a? 45-3 adherence their reason supposedly being founded upon a. to the statement that there is no life or intelli- gence in matter 27-12 adornment 1. . . to satisfy the demand for a 46-4 2... that a. is at the expense of a defenseless creation 46-6 3 . . . the continuance of slaughter, whether for food, utility, or a 59-2 advantages The a. at least in part should be ours 48-6 (63) • 64 INDEX AN APPEAL affairs only when this sane state of a. obtains in our towns and cities 56-16 affection to show a. to the dear gray squirrels who come hop- ping along 48-15 age no possible basis for the establishment of a mil- lennial a 58-16 ages 1 . . . a debasing system, such as has continued down through the a 19-1 1 2 . . . bound to a perverse custom not suitable for the dark a 41-15 3 . . . that the Spirit of Wisdom, all along down through the a., has been calling 59-16 agitation 1 . . . a., which was pushed by a few public-spirited citizens 53-9 2. . . would consider an a. for a clean-up quite as jokingly or as scornfully 55-14 agony 1 . . . could not prove himself immune from a 29-7 2 . . . others, in the fearful a. of nightmare 42 5 air "to every fowl of the a.". . . (Genesis 1 :30) 17-10 Albany 1... "hog case" which was tried in the justice's court at A 51-13 2... this custom, it is cited, was not peculiar alone to A 52-2 3 . . . for permitting three of his swine to continue roaming the streets oi A 54-6 4 ... a state akin to that of A. eighty years ago 57-10 ''all in air' 1 Corinthians 15:28 27-14 A imighty can ever make the slaughter industry a right one in the estimation of the A 34-7 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 65 altar Jewish slaughter and sacrifice of animals for the a. was needless 23-11 "and if ye will receive it" Matthew 11:14 20-15 anguish when none shall eat the food of frenzy or use the product of a. or bloodshed 60-9 animal 1 . . . typifying the unfair attitude of man toward a part of God's creation, the a. creation 12-8 2 . . . involving not one taint or suggestion of a. sacrifice 16-15 3 . . . were obliged to kill and prepare his own a 24-16 4 . . . to that degree he will find the a. creation un- exempt from bodily suffering 28-8 5 . . . man apprehend the utter uselessness of the a. for his sustenance 29-16 6 . . . a testimony to your belief in death, for you would not eat the a. alive 35-9 7. . . a mighty cry going up daily from the but- chery of the a. creation 45-5 8 . . . combined wails of to-day's tortured a. creation might sound in the ear 46-12 9 . . . present condition of a part of the a. kingdom as it is found in our Yellowstone 49-16 animals 1 . . . that Moses legitimatized the eating of certain a 15-3 2. . . the a., at present carnivorous, are simply emulating mankind 17-5 3 . . . according to Genesis 1 :30, the a. were to fare in the only intelligent way 17-8 4 . . . David perceived that the Jewish slaughter and sacrifice of a. for the altar was needless 23-1 1 5 . . . who yet are undecided or unthinking regard- ing the eating of a 31-10 6... What about pests ? And wild a.? 35-17 7. . . what are the a. for if not for eating ? 36-1 66 INDEX AN APPEAL 8 . . . horrible daily carnage of the a. simply for the gratification of man's lust 37-11 9 . . . puerile delight in the pursuit and capture and mutilation of a 43-1 10 . . . the maddened cries of tortured a. under experimentation 45-1 11 . . . wearing of feathered songbirds, and wings, . . . and skins of a. is a badge of the degradation 46-1 12... love between man and the a. is worthy of cultivation 48-9 13 . . . as a stimulus to further rightful acquaintance with the a 49-13 14. . . the a. of the forests and wilds have roamed practically unmolested 50-5 15 . . . without fear of annoyance from the a 50-15 16... the a. are not captive, they are free to come or go . . 51-2 17. . . regulating our attitude toward the smaller domestic a 55-11 18 . . . should be no unowned domestic a 56-15 annoyance without fear of a. from the animals 50-14 answer received the a. to their carnal desire 16-1 antelope 50-8 apostasy never fails to register his exact degree of a 43-6 appeal 1 . . . everywhere vSending out its continuous a 9-2 2 . . . the appeal is to you 60-4 appeals should witness the mute a. of the lambs 31-16 appetite horrible daily carnage of the animals simply for the gratification of man's lust and a 37-12 application The a. of the universal law of atonement 13-15 approval have a sacred consciousness of divine a 21-17 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 67 argument 1 . . . continuing the a. for a brief space from the Scriptural standpoint 15-4 2. . . a. will surely be brought forth that Jesus ate meat 19-13 arguments touched lightly upon with a. fotmded upon the Old Testament Law 12-16 Arnold (Sir) Edwin Arnold (after quotation from "The Light of Asia") 7-19 article Nathaniel P. Willis had published an a. decrying the remissness of that city 51-15 articles 1 . . . to continue excluding the thousands of a 22-7 2. . . superior a. will be and are now being manu- factured 38-17 3 . . . .shoes and a. of wearing apparel 39-4 4 . . . ignored by the purchase ot a. manufactured of rubber or other porper material 39-15 ascendency customs are permitted to gain and hold a. over the enactments of love and justice 57-12 aspiration (Foreword) . . . tidings prompted by convictions born of spiritual a 3-13 assurance (Foreword) . . . scatter his seed broadcast with the a. that the fruits would be of use 4-17 atonement The application of the universal law of a 13-15 atrocity a colossal mercantile a. is being kept alive 46-2 attainments myriads of normal a. will be belated 9-5 attitude 1 . . . typifying the unfair a. of man toward a part of God's creation, the animal creation 12-6 68 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . putting ourselves on record as opposed to the correction of this defective a 47-10 3 . . . as sore a need of certain municipal or state laws regulating our a. toward the smaller domestic animals 55-10 author Nathaniel P. Willis, the famous a. and journalist 51-14 authonty 1 . . . such clean-cut a. ought to be sufficient 17-13 2 . . . where is the justice or a. for being a party to a mere habit 29-8 3 . . . it is the supreme a. of a wise and loving control. . . 41-4 automatic the porker ready for the a. hoisting wheel 28-15 avenues manly or even wise he may be along other a. of de- velopment 43-3 avocation though vitally, financially concerned, even in the traffic, but could spurn his a 38-13 badge is a 6. of the degradation in which we find ourselves 46-1 Baker 1 . . . "One John B. was eventually selected to take to the pound all hogs found in the streets" 53-13 2. . . "Until the day of his death he was commonly known as 'Pig B.' " 54-1 3. . . The faithful John B. did not by any means escape the most severe judgment 54-10 barbarity 1 . . . he will find himself shrinking from the loath- some contamination of a brutal and beggarly b 30-2 2 . . . The very b. of it hangs over our earth like an ominous cloud 45-6 basis 1 . . . the use of the Holy Bible as a b. in the settle- ment of any vast subject involves a most careful weighing 17-15 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 69 2. . . where butchery is countenanced there is no possible h. for the establishment of a mil- lennial age 58-15 hear 1 50-7 2 50-16 bearing are texts, like several others, serving well in their place, but with no final h. whatever upon the question 19-8 beauties He starts out to enjoy the wondrous 6. of nature 43-14 beast (Genesis 1 :30) "To every b. of the earth" 17-9 beasts 1 . . . While there are ferocious b. and pests, the killing of these, particularly if in self- defense 37-8 2. . . (Leviticus 26:6) "I will rid evil beasts out of the land" 38-2 beef let us picture the state of the man who loves his 6. and mutton and pork 25-12 heeues imwieldy b. are "painlessly despatched by a sledge hammer blow on the head." 33-4 1 . . . No rational b. can possibly expect to find ultimate happiness, while ignoring 14-6 2. . . "Is it possible that the Supreme B., our divine Intelligence, ever ordained the eating of flesh?" 14-16 3 . . . the case of the human b. who can raise the lamb 25-4 4 . . . the crude existence of a b. living along in the old barbarous rut 25-8 5 . . . a 6. on dangerous ground 26-5 6. . . to continue a heathen than to step forward into his God-given h 27-2 70 INDEX AN APPEAL 7 . . . Consequently no human b. finds himself perfectly free from suffering 28-5 8. . . sufficient to make each human b. recoil 45-11 9 . . . might sound in the ear of each thoughtless human b 46-13 beings 1. . . especially you, my fellow b., who are striving to hold yourselves daily to the strictest mental discipline 3 1-7 2... thinking b. should deHght in the remarkable process about the mechanical pens 33-1 3 . . . emancipation, both for yourselves and for your fellow b 35-1 4... control delegated alone to the b. whom the Word pronounces 41-6 benches often perching themselves upon the b 48-17 belief 1 . . . hereditary b. in the necessity of meat-eating 34-3 2 . . . Every mouthful of meat is a testimony to your b. in death 35-8 Bible 1... every B. student understands manna alone was first provided 15-7 2... theuseof the Holy B. asabasis, 17-15 bigotry 41-12 blessings "Praise God from whom all blessings flow" ? 42-8 blood 1. . . "he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's 6" (Isaiah 66 :3) 24-5 2. . . the truly faithful despatcher who stands in your stead, and spills the life b 32-15 3 . . . gloves, manufactured without the taint of 6 39-11 4 . . . combs and pins made from the shell of the tortoise or 6 39-13 bloodshed 1 . . . material procured at the price of unjustifiable b. . . 22-9 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 71 2. . . when none shall eat the food ot frenzy or use the product of anguish and b 60-9 blot this foul b. and scourge upon humanity 30-7 blow "painlessly despatched by a sledge hammer b. on the head." 33-5 bondage 1 . . . when the Israelites were led out by Moses from their Egyptian b 1&-9 2 . . . release from the b. and horror of participation in carnage 22-1 Bookoi books 16-13 Boston's The very crowning feature of B. beautiful public gardens and parks 49-6 brand to impress the merited b. upon his own elected existence 43-8 breasts The wearing of feathered song-birds, and wings, and 5 45-17 brother 1 . . . (Foreword) To the b. who is desirous of doing his part 3-2 2 . . . Think you that Jesus, our elder B 21-8 3... My b., of whatever nation, tribe, color, or creed 60-10 Btfddist to leave the singing of these sentiments to the faithful B. ? 42-14 btids (From Truth's Psalm) 61-10 butchery 1 . . . to let this screaming b. and loathsome wretch- edness continue 33-9 2 ... a mighty cry going up daily from the b. of the animal creation 45-5 72 INDEX AN APPEAL 3 . . . He simply sees that where b. is countenanced there is no possible basis for the establish- ment of a millennial age 58-14 by-product 1 . . . a 6. from the slaughter 39-14 2 . . . For every discarded utility made from the distasteful b., there is a higher substitute 40-1 by-products supposed indispensability of 6 34-3 calf "the calf and the young lion" (From Isaiah 1 1 :6) 22-16 call 1 . . . (Foreword) To all men everywhere this c. is dedicated 3-1 2 . . . awaiting the Spirit's further c 5-5 3 . . . "Am I thoroughly awake to Truth's c." 10-14 4 . . . Ac. to the listening 13-13 5 . . . it is the c of nature 43-10 6 . . . just so the messenger is constrained to echo thee 60-2 7 . . . will you not hear the c, the unmistakable c. ? 60-13 calls Until there is a glad yielding to the lesser c 9-4 camera 44-1 capture finding puerile delight in the pursuit and c. and mutilation of animals 42-17 carcass to the weight of a pitiable bloody c 44-3 care has an owner with a license, guaranteeing c. and responsibility 56-12 carelessness cruel c 41-12 caretaker Like the wise c. in his garden 1 1-2 carnage 1 . . . release from the bondage and horror of participation in c 22-1 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 73 2. . . this almost nation-wide c? 30-10 3. . . horrible daily c. of the animals 37-U carnality 1 . . . from the deep-lying roots of thoughtlessness, c 12-4 2 . . . from one of the clutches oic 40-11 carnivorous 1... animals, at present c, are simply emulating mankind 17-6 2 . . . How can the c. Christian continue to sing his doxology 42-6 case 1 . . . the c. of the human being who can raise the lamb, be near it daily 25-3 2. . . about the famous "hog case" 51-12 3 . . . The c. was tried before a justice and jury 54-7 4... The justice "submitted the c. to the jury without any charge" 54-14 cause greater c. for respecting our customs and ourselves 57-5 Central Park C. P. of New York city 48-13 century none of us in this twentieth c. would particularly choose the distinction of putting ourselves on record as opposed 47-8 channels too many impediments clogging our life c 11-1 charge "submitted the case to the jury without any c. or expression." 54-15 Chester Legal and Judicial History of New York, Vol. 3. — Alden C, Editor 51-11 child 1 . . . "a little c. shall lead them" . . . (Isaiah 11 :6) 22-17 2 . . . "the sucking c. shall play on the hole of the asp" (Is. 11:8) 23-4 3 . . . "the weaned c. shall put his hand on the cocka- trice' den." . . . (Isaiah 11-8) 23-5 74 INDEX AN APPEAL 4 . . . woman, and c. were obliged to kill and prepare his own animal 24-15 childishness In his c, . . . . ,he forgets the torture he is inflicting 43-1 children 1 . . . "that ye may be the c. of your Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 5 :45) 18-16 2 . . . would belittle one of the c. for being humane 21-11 3 ... a favorable habit with the men, women, and c. visitors to show affection to the dear gray squirrels 48-15 4 . . . shall we and the c. of our country be spared the too frequent sight and sound of degra- dation 66-17 Christian \. . . How can the carnivorous C. continue to sing his doxology 42-6 2. . . the Jew, the C, the rehgionist of the East or West 60-11 cities 1 . . , This custom, . . . . , prevailed to quite an extent throughout the New England c. and towns 52-4 2 . . . In some of our good-sized c. and towns public opinion is equally as lax 55-12 3 . . . only when this sane state of affairs obtains in our towns and c 56-16 city 1 . . . in Central Park of New York c 48-13 2 . . . decrying the remissness of that c. for allowing its hogs to run at large in the streets 51-16 3 . . . the most eminent lawyers then practicing in the c 54-10 4. . . the "vested rights" of the hogs to have the freedom of the c. had been vindicated 65-4 citizens was pushed by a few public- spirited c 53-10 claim When you yourself come face to face with that c. of death 35-3 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 75 class Anomalous it is that out from another c. of thought- ful people 27-4 clean-up would consider an agitation for a c. quite as jokingly or as scornfully 55-14 cloud The very barbarity of it hangs over our earth like an ominous c 45-7 clubs as well as many c. for the betterment of conditions of the smaller domestic animals 66-5 clutches Why not free ourselves from one of the c. of carnality .... 40-1 1 color My brother, of whatever nation, tribe, color, or creed 60-10 combs c. and pins made from the shell of the tortoise 39-12 command let it be understood between us that there is no c. forthcoming regarding abstinence 13-11 common council "led to a struggle in the c. c, which lasted for many months, for the passage of an ordinance to re- strain the running of hogs at large in the streets." 52-6 communities until every living one of them in our c. has an owner with a license 56-10 complace^icy "Can I expect to fulfil my real life mission while daily practicing with c. that which is not for the universal good ?" 14-12 concession the c. was due to the fact that the Israelites were yet unworthy 16-7 condemnation c. is the portion of him who, knowing a truth and knowing he should proclaim it, yet, because of fear.. 9-12 76 INDEX AN APPEAL condition 1 . . . the vital flow is being diverted, a c. in which a large majority of our apparently advanced humanity imconsciously stands today 11-8 2 . . . present c. of a part of the animal kingdom as it is found in our Yellowstone 49-16 conditions 1. . . but could spurn his avocation, and under new and changed c. find his abundant equiva- lent supply 38-14 2 . . . for the betterment of c. of the smaller domes- tic animals 56-6 3 . . . both outwardly indecent and inhumane c, will continue 56-13 conduct Many followers of the Infinite One strive to apply this rule in respect to c. with his neighbor 14-2 Connecticut about the size of the state of C 50-4 conscience 1 . . . for the spirit of progress that seems to per- meate the c. of enlightened mankind 10-12 2 . . . how many would eat with an easy c. ? 25-3 3 . . . way back so far as the commercial propaga- tion of the species for commercial slaughter, be justifiable to the illumined spiritual c 34-1 1 4 . . . with its attendant unescapable defilement of c 44-4 5 . . . permitting pride and fashion and supposed necessity to prevail over c. ? 45-16 consciousness 1 . . . those who abstain on principle have a sacred c. of divine approval 21-16 2. . . The startled c. will ask, "But what if people should begin to abstain from flesh-eating ?" 35-14 consecration With renewed c. he will turn to the unfailing Emancipator 30-17 consideration 1. . . the question under c, i. e., the right of ex- istence of a debasing system , 19-9 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 77 2 . . . will not a little time, devoted to the c. of this foul blot and scourge upon humanity, compel us 30-6 constitutionality from the opposing counsel, who also assailed the c. of the law 54-12 contamination will find himself shrinking from the loathsome c. of a brutal and beggarly barbarity . . 30- 1 continuance the supposed spiritual living or mentality that is satisfied to accede to the c. of slaughter 59-1 control the supreme authority of a wise and loving c. dele- gated alone to the beings 41-5 conviction 1... during the years of growing c, it comes equally easy to deny one's self 22-3 2.. just as the abiding c. expands and strengthens and outlines itself more and more con- vincingly 69-13 convictions (Foreword) tidings prompted by c, bom of spiritual aspiration 3-13 co-operation to forego any phase of c. whatever in this almost nation-wide carnage ? 30-9 Corinthians 1. 1. Cor. . 15:28 27-15 2. 1. Cor. . 15:26 34-15 cost (Foreword) empowered by the desire to be helpful to all and obedient at whatever the c 4-3 councilmen There was so even a division among the c. regarding the propriety of such a law 52-11 counsel faithful John Baker did not by any means escape the most severe judgment from the opposing c 54-12 78 INDEX AN APPEAL counsels the prosecution and defendant c. were two of the most eminent lawyers then practicing in the city 54-8 country shall we and the children of our c. be spared the too frequent sight and sound of degradation 56-17 course (Foreword) such a c. will at least help to clear the way 4-10 court the famous "hog case" which was tried in the justice's c 51-13 cow "And the c. and the bear shall feed" (Isaiah 1 1 :7) 23-1 creating (From Truth's Psalm) 61-11 creation 1 . . . To the brother who is desirous of doing his part toward manifCvSting God's perfect c. . (Fore- word) 3-3 2 . . . typifying the unfair attitude of man toward a part of God's c 12-7 3 . . . the animal creation. . . 12-8 4 . . . Why not continue to the lower orders of c. ? 14-5 5 . . . to that degree he will find the animal c. un- exempt 28-8 6 . . . foe which you have permitted full sway over the lower orders of c. ? 35-7 7... "whole c. groaneth and travaileth in pam" (Romans 8:22) 36-14 8 . . . if the groaning and suffering c. is waiting for mankind 37-2 9 . . . this more intelligent part of c. should take the first step 37-4 10 . . . there is a mighty cry going up daily from the butchery of the animal c 45-6 11... that adornment is at the expense of a defense- less c 46-7 12 . . . combined wails of today's tortured animal c 46-12 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 79 13 . . . pleading eyes of that agonizing c 46-14 14 . . . (From Truth's Psalm) 61-3 Creator 1. . . Because he does not think for himself before his C. 26-14 2 . . . And why, in the name of our most generous C, should any follower 30-3 3 . . . dominion bestowed by the imchangeable C. is not the sovereignty of a murderous lordship . . 41-3 4. . . sufficient time alone, to listen, to learn, and to consult the plan of his C 58-2 creature "Every c. of God is good, and nothing to be refused" (1 Timothy 4:4) 19-5 creatures 1 . . . "Praise Him all c. here below." 42-9 2. . . the growing habit of love or regard between all of God's c. is desirable 49-4 creed 1 . . . religionists of whatever c. should be able to perceive 41-9 2 . . . My brother, of whatever nation, tribe, color, or c. . . 60-1 1 cries 1 . . . You should hear their c. of horror and pain 31-11 2 . . . the maddened c. of tortured animals imder experimentation 44-17 crime 1 . . . the human, having once fully seen the c. of slaughter 25-17 2 . . . who acquiescingly partake of this humanly inherited c 32-11 criticism The c. caused no little excitement 52-5 crucifixion the same Jesus as before the c 20-5 cruelty 1 ' 12-5 2. . . This treatise deals with the subject principally because of the injustice, c, and degradation which such a system entails 13-2 80 INDEX AN APPEAL 3 . . . involving not one taint or suggestion of animal sacrifice or c 16-16 4 . . . each trace of selfishness and c. attaching to us 36-7 5 . . . societies for the prevention of c. to animals should be encouraged 56-3 cry 1 . . . and stills the last c 32-16 2 . . . a mighty c. going up daily from the butchery of the animal c 45-4 cultivation love between man and the animals is worthy of c 48-10 curse with the stifling c. removed, we shall have more clearly attained that sacred preparatory state. . 41-15 custom 1 . . . Why should the present-day man persevere in, and perpetuate a barbarous c.} 26-10 2. . . traits which would keep us perpetually bound to a perverse c 41-14 3. . . we shall but transmit a dark c. to future gen- erations 47-17 4. . . This c, it is cited, was not peculiar alone to Albany 52-1 5 . . . c. had obtained such a strong foothold through long standing 53-4 6 . . . "a c. which was more 'Dutch than decent' pre- vailed." 55-5 7. . . he is mightily enabled to spurn whatever c. he discovers falling short of the divine ideal 58-6 8. . . To continue favorable to the c, of slaughter is an impossibility to him who tmderstands 58-10 customs 1 . . . old predatory habits ought to be rooted out and the rightful c. given a glad welcome 48-8 2 . . . to illustrate how slow public opinion often is to give up its disgraceful c 51-9 3 ♦ . . shall have greater cause for respecting our c 57-5 4 . . . we see how it is that ignoble habits or c. are permitted to gain and hold ascendency 57-12 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 81 cut-off 1 . . , we shall discover a complete c 11-6 2 . . . there is an almost world-wide c. to be dealt with . . 11-13 cutting typified by the plucking out of the eye or the c. off of the hand 38-11 Daniel (From Daniel 6) 6-16 David (Psalms 36 :5, 6) 7-5 (From Psalms 148 and 145) 6 and 8 D. perceived that the Jewish slaughter and sacrifice of animals for the altar was needless 23-10 1. 2. 3. day 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. death 1. "the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every d." (Exodus 16 :4) 15-12 To you who look forward to that promised d. of literal emancipation 34-16 to receive its dynamic impetus through us in OMTd 47-6 •'until the d. of his death he was commonly known as Tig Baker.' " 53-17 will face the problem, and help to hasten the d 60-7 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is d." (iCor. 15:26) • 34-15 2 . . . When you yourself come face to face with that claim of d 35-3 3 . . . Every mouthful of meat is a testimony to your belief in d 35-8 4 . . . "that until the day of his d. he was commonly known as 'Pig Baker.* " 53-17 debate the question was laid on the table from time to time while a long and earnest d. continued 52-13 declaration 1 . . . The firm d. is that God, Spirit, is the only vitality,. . 28-1 2 . . . this persistent tendency will logically necessi- tate the d 28-14 82 INDEX AN APPEAL deduction abiding in this same truth the d. is readily made 17-4 deer 1 50—7 2 50-16 defendant 1 . . . the prosecution and d. counsels were two of the most eminent lawyers then practicing in the city 54-8 2 . . . the jury promptly returned a verdict for the d 54-17 defilement to the weight of a pitiable bloody carcass with its attendant unescapable d. of conscience ? 44-4 degradation 1 . . . because of the injustice, cruelty, and d. which such a system entails 13-2 2 ... a pemiciousness and d. akin to that of the liquor, debasing drug, and other baneful interests 33-14 3 . . . be spared the too frequent sight and sound of d . . . . 57-1 degree 1 . . . exactly to the d. that mankind falls short of his full heritage 28-6 2 . . . to that d. he will find the animal creation un- exempt from bodily suffering 28-7 3 . . . Perfection is not manifested among us to any great d 36-9 4 . . . Eternal Equity never fails to register his exact d. of apostasy from divine manhood 43-6 delight the view of the sportsman finding puerile d. in the pursuit and capture and mutilation of animals 42-17 delusions *'I also will choose their d.** (Isaiah 66 :4) 24-9 dentand 1 . . . d. for the industry, way back so far as the commercial propagation of the species for commercial slaughter, be justifiable to the illumined spiritual conscience 34-8 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 83 2 . . . Before long there will be the d. for a vegetable milk 39-2 3 . . . A colossal mercantile atrocity is being kept alive to satisfy the d. for adornment 46-3 demands As time goes on there will spring up other and better d. . . 38-17 depths 1 ... a repugnant idolatry dragging and holding us down in ocean d. of mediocrity 40-17 2. . . may be seen peering out from the d. of the pine woods 50-17 desire 1 . . . they received the answer to their carnal d 16-2 2 . . . (Foreword) empowered by the d. to be helpful to all. 4-2 despatcher when you see or know about the heroic work of the truly faithful d 32-14 determination sufferings of live stock in shipment should be suf- ficient to make each human being recoil with the d. never again to be defiled 45-1 1 Deuteronomy 19 :21 18-4 development 1 . . . positively and inevitably excludes us from our proper and rapid spiritual d. and fruit-bearing. . . 12-1 1 2. . . manly or even wise he may be along other avenues oid 43-3 disappointment There is too frequent drought and d 11-11 disapproval yet, because of fear of human d., withholds from his duty 9-14 discharge loving and humble d. of each rightful obligation 10-1 disciples 1 . . . when appearing suddenly before his affrighted d 19-16 2. . . Jesus declared to his d., "All men cannot re- ceive this saying" . . (Matthew 19:11) 20-12 84 INDEX AN APPEAL discipline who are striving to hold yourselves daily to the strictest mental d. and who yet are imdecided or unthinking regarding the eating of animals 31-9 distance for a considerable i. out from the shameless laboratory. 44-16 distinction would particularly choose the d. of putting our- selves on record as opposed to the correction of this defective attitude 47-8 division so even a d. among the councilmen regarding the propriety of such a law 52-10 doctrine Only those will be able to hear or bear such d. who, for the sake of truth 38-7 dog's "he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck" (Isaiah 66:3) 24-4 dollars 1 . . . imposing a penalty of two d. upon the owner for every hog running at large 52-15 2 . . . to secure the penalty of six d. for permitting three of his swine to continue roaming the streets of Albany 54-5 dominant flatted the d. of the key 59-8 dominion 1 . . . d. bestowed by the unchangeable Creator is not the sovereignty of a murderous lordship. . . . 41-2 2. . . to the divine and loving d. that is man's by right 49-13 doors great lights are forging ahead opening hitherto closed d 40-7 doves 49-8 doxology How can the carnivorous Christian continue to sing his d 42-7 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 85 dressing skilled^.. 34-1 drought There is too frequent d. and disappointment 11-11 drug debasing d. 33-15 Dutch 1. . . *'niore D. than decent." 52-1 2 55-5 duties '^ "His zeal in the performance of his d. was such that until the day of his death he was commonly known as Tig Baker.'" 53-17 duty because of fear of human disapproval, withholds from his d 9-15 ear combined wails of to-day's tortured animal creation might sound in the e. of each thoughtless human being 46-12 ears 1 . . . "mine ears hast Thou opened" (Psalms 40 :6) 23-14 2 . . . Humanity sees only with its eyes, it hears only with its ^ 57-15 earth 1 . . . "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the e." (Genesis 1:29) 17-2 2 . . . "To every beast of the e., and" . . (Genesis 1 :30) ... 17-9 3. . . "to every thing that creepeth upon the e." (Gen. 1:30) 17-11 4. . . "the &. shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." (Isaiah 11:9) 23-7 5 . . . The e. he will find already too full of suffering to dare, on his own account, to add one jot more 30-15 6. . . "Thy will be done in e., as it is in heaven" (Matthew 6:10) 35-12 86 INDEX AN APPEAL 7 . . . The very barbarity of it hangs over our e. like an ominous cloud 45-7 8 . . . (From Truth's Psalm) 61-14 ease we should begin to abandon our false e. along many of the paths of human living 36-10 East The Jew, the Christian, the religionist of the E. or West 60-12 eating 1 . . . "Is it possible that the Supreme Being, , ever ordained the e. of flesh ?" 14-17 2 . . . the ready response that Moses legitimatized the e. of certain animals 15-3 3 . . . who yet are undecided or unthinking regard- ing the e. of animals 31-10 4 . . . "what are the animals for if not for ^. ?" 36-1 Eddy Mary Baker E. (after two quotations from "Sci- ence and Health with Key to the Scriptures," pages 514-19 and 550-5) 8-17 editor Alden Chester, e 51-11 efficiency sufficient time alone, to listen, to learn, and to con- sult the plan of his Creator. In this way the individual shows his greatest e 58-3 effort 1 . . . if you have not made one e. to overcome that foe which you have permitted full sway over the lower orders of creation ? 35-5 2. . . this mistaken e. on the part of some of the medical profession ? 44-11 3 . . . in the face of the e. made to enact this law, it remained a dead letter for a long period 53-2 4. . . "Thus the law which had cost so much of e. to enact, was completely overridden by public sentiment" 55-1 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 87 efforts ^ 1 . . . turning aside the life-giving stream, setting ' at naught, and making veritable sport of our ^ 12-2 2. . . consecrated men and women for the untiring e. they have made in striving to raise the public standards 56-1 Egyptian when the Israelites were led out by Moses from their E. bondage, manna alone was first provided 15-9 eight hundred (800) 31-12 Elias "And if ye will receive it, this is £., which was for to come." . . . (Matthew 11 :14) 20-16 elimination He entertains no illusion that the e. of this one woe would estabhsh all goodness 58-12 elk 1 50-8 2 50-16 emancipation to that promised day of literal e., both for your- selves and for your fellow beings 34-16 Emancipator he will turn to the unfailing E. for the unsullied joy 31-1 emphasis desires to avoid harshness, exaggeration, or undue e. regarding abstinence 13-5 enactments customs are permitted to gain and hold ascendency over the e. of love and justice 57-13 enemies "Love your e., bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you".... (Matthew 5:44) 18-13 enemy "The last e. that shall be destroyed is death." (Corinthians 15:26) 34-14 88 INDEX AN APPEAL enjoyment look it in the eye, stab it at the heart, then eat it with e 25-7 equipment ornamental and useful e 39-5 Equity Eternal E. never fails to register his exact degree of apostasy 43-5 establishment where butchery is countenanced there is no possible basis for the e. of a millennial age 58-16 estimation can ever make the slaughter industry a right one in the e. of the Almighty 34-6 Eternal Equity Then, too, he forgets that the E. E. never fails to register his exact degree of apostasy 43-5 evasion Neither e. nor subterfuge will prosper us individually 47-13 event In such an e., we shall but transmit a dark custom to future generations 47-16 evil 1 . . . As a type of justice against impersonal e. it is well 18-7 i 2... "but I say unto you. That ye resist not \ evil." (Matthew 5:39) 18-12 3 . . . "they did e. before mine eyes" . . (Isaiah 66 :4) 24-12 evils gigantic e. are being uncovered 40-5 exaggeration The messenger earnestly desires to avoid harshness, e., or undue emphasis regarding abstinence 13-4 excitement The criticism caused no little e 52-5 execution and expect to make a satisfactory e. if he regularly ignored the F. sharp and flatted the dominant 59- 7 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 89 exhilarations such as being run along the sliding rail, are truly- only mental e 29-4 existence 1 . . . the right of e. of a debasing system 19-9 2 . . . the crude e. of a being living along in the old barbarous rut 25-8 , 3 . . . Nor does that Law ever fail to impress the mer- ited brand upon his own elected e 43-8 4 . . . have come to realize in a great measure their rightful e 50-10 expense that adornment is at the e. of a defenseless creation 46-6 experience 1 . . . at this stage of his e., under a like predicament, mankind could not prove himself immune from agony 29-5 2 . . . ^. of tenderness that comes with such a rela- tionship is clean 49-2 experiences (Foreword) hastened by culminating human e 4-1 experimentation the maddened cries of tortured animals under e. are often to be heard 45-1 experimenting Until he desists in his sporting, and e., and slaughter- ing, and partaking 42-10 extent prevailed to quite an e. throughout the New Eng- land cities and towns 52-3 eye 1. . . "And thine e. shall not pity" (Deuteronomy 19:21) 18-4 2. . . "e. for e." (Deuteronomy 19:21) 18-5 3 . . . "An eye for an eye" . . . (Matthew 5:38) 18-11 4 ... be near it daily, feed it, care for it, and at a convenient season look it in the e., stab it at the heart, then 25-6 90 INDEX AN APPEAL 5. . . sacrifices, some of which, if need be, might approximate those typified by the plucking out of the ^ 38-10 eye-closing hypocritical ^ 34-5 1. . . "nothing at all, beside this manna, before our e." . . . (Numbers 11 :6) 15-17 2... " they did evil before mine ^.". ..(Isaiah 66:4) 24-12 3 . . . His sad e. will be opened 30-14 4 . . . pleading e. of that agonizing creation 46-14 5. . . Humanity sees only with its ^ 57-14 F. (sharp) 59-8 face 1. . . heard, if necessary, in the/, of ridicule 10-6 2 . . . unworthy in the/, of all the glory they had witnessed 16-9 3. . . "I (God) have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the /. of all the earth." (Genesis 1 :29) 17-1 fact facts 1 the concession was due to the / that the Isra- elites were yet unworthy 16-8 it is a / that those who abstain on principle have a sacred consciousness of divine approval. . . 21-15 The true sportsman of to-day recognizes this/ 43-13 to be plaifi, there will be the necessity of examining and sorting bare/ 28-1 1 Reluctantly though it may be, we must con- tinue to examine closely our shame-faced/ 31-5 faith in all good/ and with God-speed, this more intelli- gent part of creation should take the first step 37-3 faithfulness here is the word of promise for/ 37-17 faiths unwise and unsafe to cling to worn-out forms, to any defective old laws, or to imperfections in the / held by our fathers 21-6 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 91 fashion 1 . . . fooled by a pusillanimous/, in food 40-15 2. . . permitting pride and fashion and supposed necessity to prevail over conscience? 45-15 Father 1 . . . "that ye may be the children of your F. which is in heaven." (Matthew 5:45) 18-17 2... "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your F. which is in heaven is perfect." (Matthew 5 :48) . . 21-10 fathers imperfections in the faiths held by our/ 21-6 failing "the calf and the young lion and the / together" (Isaiah 11 :6) 22-17 fault The/, is traceable to our sluggishness in the matter 57-2 fear 1 . . . because of/, of human disapproval 9-14 2 . . . have come to realize in a great measure their rightful existence, losing much of their/ 50-1 1 3 . . . through its most absolutely lonely sections, without/ of annoyance from the animals 50-14 4 . . . To leave the subject untouched because ... of / of ridicule 57-8 fears 1 . . . Jesus partook, but for the purpose of allaying the/ of his followers 20-2 2 . . . "will bring their / upon them" . . . (Isaiah 66 :4) . . . 24-9 feature The very crowning / of Boston's beautiful public gardens and parks would be ruined if its doves were to be obliterated 49-6 feet alighting upon the shoulders or knees or even the /. of the kindly folk 49-10 fellow-heing 1 . . . (Foreword) to the / who is looking forward to a higher living 3-4 2. . . My/ 59-13 92 INDEX AN APPEAL fellow (beings) 34-17 fellow-creatures (Foreword) the messenger prays his/, to ponder upon these tidings of Love, inflexible though they may seem . 3- 10 fellow (men) oneness with God with love toward his/, men 14-3 few (Foreword) it may be that /. will coincide with the essential ideas 3-8 field (glasses) 43-17 finish The truth is that, from start to /., no amotint of gilding 33-17 fish 1 . . . one of them handing him a piece of broiled/. and a portion of an honeycomb 20-1 2. . . Partaking of the /. was doubtless a "Suffer it to be so now." 20-5 fishing-tackle starts out to enjoy the wondrous beauties of nature, not with his/, or gun 43-15 five (Foreword) if the messenger knew there were but /. on earth who would or could listen, gladly would he hasten 4-13 flesh 1. . . "Is it possible that the Supreme Being, our divine Intelligence, ever ordained the eating of/?" 14-17 2. . . "Who shall give us /. to eat?". .(Numbers 11:4) 15-17 3... "while the /. was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed" .... (Numbers 11 :33) 16-4 4 . . . while there are others among them who will feel that they have honestly disposed of the subject and are justified in partaking of/. 27-9 flesh-eating 1 . . . One of the phases of this injustice is the habit of/ 12-14 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 93 2. . . "But what if people should begin to abstain from/. ?" 35-16 flau) With this now we should deal; the vital/, is being diverted 11-7 flowers (From Truth's Psalm) 61-10 foe 1 . . . openly defying an impersonal/ 10-3 2 . . . if you have not made one effort to over- come that /. which you have permitted full sway over the lower orders 35-5 folk upon the shoulders or knees or even thefeet of thekindly/. 49-10 follower 1 . . . If interpreted literally what clear- visioned /. could possibly declare that part of the Law righteous 18-2 2. . . why, . . . . , should any /. of Immortality, . . . . , require a victim for himself ? 30-3 followers 1 . . . Many/ of the Infinite One strive to apply this rule in respect to conduct with his neighbor. . . 13-17 2 . . . for the purpose of allaying the fears of his/ 20-3 food 1 . . . were obliged to kill and prepare his own animal which he intends for his daily/ 24-17 2. . . fooled by a pusillanimous fashion in/ 40-15 3 . . . mentality that is satisfied to accede to the continuance of slaughter, whether for /, utility, or adornment 59-2 4 . . . when none shall eat the/ of frenzy 60-8 foot "foot for foot" (Deuteronomy 19 :21) 18-6 foothold had obtained such a strong/ through long standing 53-5 forests 1 . . . call of nature with its streams and woods and mountains and / and sublime solitude that he loves 43-11 94 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . animals of the /. and wilds have roamed prac- tically unmolested 50-5 Foreword 3- forms 1 . . . unsafe to cling to worn-out/ 21-4 2. . . (From Truth's Psalm) 61-11 fowl "to every/, of the air" (Genesis 1 :30) 17-10 freedom "the 'vested rights' of the hogs to have the/, of the city". 55-4 frenzy when none shall eat the food of/ 60-8 friends upon the knees or shoulders of their/. 49-1 frown mayhap under the / of long-established and ac- credited practices of nations 10-7 fruit "in the which is the /. of a tree yielding seed" .... (Genesis 1 :29) 17-2 fruits 1 . . . that neglected virtue, renunciation, which equally with the other /. of the Spirit, has its rightful claim to recognition 13-8 2 . . . (Foreword) eagerly scatter his seed broadcast with the assurance that the /. would be of use to that one 4-17 3 . . . (From Truth's Psalm) 61-10 fruit-hearing excludes us from our proper and rapid spiritual development and/. 12-12 furs 1 . . . it comes equally easy to deny one's self the pleasure of ornamental or utility/ 22-4 2 . . . imitation /. are being regularly designed and are on sale 39-9 3. . . the wearing of feathered songbirds, and wings, and breasts, and/, and skins of animals is a badge of the degradation in which we find ourselves. 45-17 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 95 G (major) written in the key of G. major 59-6 garden Like the wise caretaker in his g., we shoiild first seek our great irrigating source 1 1-2 gardens very crowning feature of Boston's beautiful public g 49-7 generation 1 . . . so far as is known, there is of this present g. no individual who has perfectly proven this principle . 28-3 2. . . "Is this most fitting reform, . . . ., to receive its dynamic impetus through us in our day, during this present g.V* 47-7 generations In such an event, we shall but transmit a dark custom to future g 47-17 Genesis 1 :29 16-16 1 :30 17-7 1:31 6-2 German vegetable milk, now well known to G. scientists 39-3 gilding no amount of g., sanitation 33-17 glee to clap your hands in holy g. when you see or know about the heroic work of the truly faithful des- patcher 32-13 glory 1 . . . unworthy in the face of all the g. they had witnessed • 16-10 2 . . . The g. of such a movement should not be delayed . 48-4 gloves 1 . . . it comes equally easy to deny one's self the pleasure of ornamental or utility furs, leather or kid g 22-5 2. . . g., manufactured without the taint of blood, and proper for any occasion, are easily obtainable 39-10 God 1 . . . oneness with G. with love toward his fellow men . 14-3 96 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . "that I {God) may prove them" (Exodus 16 :4) 15-12 3.. . "behold I {God) have given you every herb bearing seed" (Genesis 1 :29) 16-17 4. . . "Every creature of G^. is good" ... (1 Timothy 4:4) 19-5 5. . . "Sacrifice and offering Thou {God) didst not desire" (Psalms 40-6) 23-13 6 . . . "To this man will I {God) look" (Isaiah 66 :2) 23-17 7 ... a negative phase of the immortal rule that G. is "all in all." (1 Corinthians 15:28) 27-14 8. . . The firm declaration is that G., Spirit, is the only vitaUty, Life 28-1 9 . . . The nearer an individual approaches the proof that G. alone is Life, the more clearly will that man apprehend 29-14 10.. . "in the image of G^." (Genesis 1 : 27) 41-7 11.. . "Praise God from whom all blessings flow", 42-7 God-given easier with him to continue a heathen than to step forward into his G. being 27-2 God's (Foreword) brother who is desirous of doing his part toward manifesting G. perfect creation 3-3 God-speed with (z., this more intelligent part of creation should take the first step 37-3 good 1 . . . or any daily practice tending not for the uni- versal g 9-9 2. . . "Can I expect to fulfil my real life mission while daily practicing with complacency that which is not for the universal g. ?" 14-13 goodness entertains no illusion that the elimination of this one woe would establish all g 58-13 good-will where there is ability to reach out the hand of un- failing power and g. to our own kind 42-1 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 97 government 1 . . . inspection 34-2 2... have roamed practically unmolested under the protection of the few g. scouts 50-7 grandeur For many years in a region of almost imsurpassed natural and varied g 50-2 gratification 1 . . . Quails in abundance came ; but with the g 16-3 2 . . . the propagation and horrible daily carnage of the animals simply for the g. of man's lust and appetite 37-12 gratitude with sincere g. for the many present-day reforms 10-10 ground a being on dangerous g 26-6 growths and on every hand stunted g. will continue to appear. 9-7 guide the official g. will not hesitate to promptly and poHtely inform you, "This is what the public demands." 32-5 guide (book) with his guide book perhaps 43-17 gun not with his fishing-tackle or g., but in any one of thousands of wholesome ways 43-15 habit 1 . . . One of the phases of this injustice is the h. of flesh-eating 12-14 2. . . a mere h. that, annually, for food alone, re- quires and compels millions of victims 29-9 3 . . . in Central Park of New York City, where it has become a favorable h. with the men, women, and children visitors 48-14 4 . . . the growing h. of love or regard between all of God's creatures is desirable 49-3 habits 1 . . . Thus we see how it is that ignoble h. or cus- toms are permitted to gain and hold ascendency . 57-1 1 98 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . The old predatory h. ought to be rooted out 48-7 hammer unwieldy beeves are "painlessly despatched by a sledge h. blow on the head." 33-5 hand 1. . . "h.iorh., foot for foot." (Deuteronomy 19 :21) 18-6 2. . . "and the weaned child shall put his h. on the cockatrice' den." (Isaiah 11 :8) 23-5 3 . . . willing to make sacrifices, .... typified by the plucking out of the eye or the cutting off of the /^ 38-11 4 . . . where there is ability to reach out the h, of imfailing power and good-will 42-1 5. . . On the other h., to illustrate how slow public opinion often is to give up its disgraceful customs 51-7 hands 1 . . . if honest up to your light, ought you not to be able to clap your h. in holy glee 32-12 2. . . (From Truth's Psalm) 61-4 happiness No rational being can possibly expect to find ulti- mate h., that h. of the kingdom of heaven, while ignoring 14-7 harm they learn gradually that no h. is intended to them 51-5 harmony or while dodging any requirement that the univer- sal law of h. has upon him 14-10 harshness earnestly desires to avoid h., exaggeration, or un- due emphasis regarding abstinence 13-4 harvest h. is not what we have a right to expect 1 1-1 1 head "a sledge hammer blow on the h^ 33-6 health a question which is frequently approached from the h. side 12-15 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 99 heart 1 . . . the waiting h. alone hears, understands, and obeys. 9-2 2... spills the life blood, and stills the last cry, and finds the h. of your victim ? 32-16 3 . . . But away in his h. of hearts, if the truth were studied, it is the call of nature 43-9 heathen Because, apparently, it is easier with him to con- tinue a h. than to step forward into his God- given being 27-1 hearts (Foreword) hopes to find responsive h 4-6 heaven 1. . . "that ye may be the children of your Father which is in h.'' (Matthew 5 :45) 18-17 2. . . "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in h. is perfect." (Matthew 5:48) 21-10 3 . . . "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in /t." (Mat- thew 6:10) 35-12 4 . . . he has H. with him giving him the highest possible prosperity 58-7 herb 1... "Behold, I (God) have given you every h. bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth" (Genesis 1 :29) 16-17 2. . . "to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green h. for meat : and it was so." (Genesis 1 :30) 17-12 hilU (From Truth's Psalm) 61-9 hindrances 1 . . . should first seek our great irrigating source, follow carefully along the life stream, re- moving one after another of the lesser h 1 1-5 2. . . It constitutes one of the great h. to a world progress 45_8 history 1. . . so the h. reads, "while the flesh was yet be- tween their teeth, ere it was chewed," great wrath came upon the people 16-3 100 INDEX AN APPEAL 2. . . Legal and Judicial History of New York, Vol 3. Alden Chester, Editor 51-10 hog 1 . . . famous "hog case" 51-12 2 . . . imposing a penalty of two dollars upon the owner for every h. running at large 52-16 hogs 1 . . . Nathaniel P. Willis , had published an article decrying the remissness of that city for allowing its h. to run at large in the streets 51-16 2. . . "for the passage of an ordinance to restrain the running of h. at large in the streets," 52-8 3 . . . "the 'vested rights' of the h. to have the freedom of the city had been vindicated" 55-3 hole "And the sucking child shall play on the h. of the asp" (Isaiah 1 1 :8) 23-4 Holy Bible the use of the H. B. as a basis in the settlement of any vast subject involves a most careful weighing. . . . 17-15 honor (From Truth's Psalm) 61-12 horizon we crave the perpetual widening of our h 40-9 horror 1 . . . bondage and h. of participation in carnege 22-1 2 . . . You should hear their cries of h. and pain 31-1 1 hosts (From Truth's Psalm) 61-13 hour 1. . . at the rate of eight hundred per h., they are compelled to journey on from their last crowded pen 31-13 2. . . at the rate of six hundred per h. at one stand alone, you should witness the mute ap- peals of the lambs 31-15 3 . . . at such a rate as two htmdred and fifty per h., unwieldy beeves 33-4 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 101 4 . . . the h. will come when the meat industry, . . . . , will be seen to involve a pemiciousness and degradation 33-11 human But observing the life of the h., having once fully seen the crime of slaughter, who still eats greedily, or even moderately 25-16 humanity 1 . . . vital flow is being diverted, a condition in which a large majority of our apparently advanced h. unconsciously stands to-day 11-9 2... will not a little time, devoted to the con- sideration of this foul blot and scourge upon h., compel us, to forego any phase of co-operation whatever in this almost nation-wide carnage ? 30-7 3 . . . H. sees only with its eyes, it hears only withits ears. 57-14 4 . . . he has Heaven with him giving him the highest possible prosperity in whatever he is bidden to undertake for /? 58-9 5... that the Spirit of Wisdom, all along down through the ages, has been calling and reasoning with h. against slaughter 59-17 humility would it not be less— it is said with h. — hypo- critical to leave the singing of these sentiments to the faithful Buddist? 42-12 hush Then what shall be done with the mesmeric h. that ensnares us 45-14 / AM if the reader believes the infallible I AM, here is the word of promise for faithfulness 37-16 idea 1 . . . From the record given us by John we gain the *. that Jesus had "yet many things" to tell us. . . . (John 16:12) 20-8 2. . . the majority of the people stoutly resented the ♦. or considered it a huge joke 53-11 102 INDEX AN APPEAL ideal the Imperial Will by which he is mightily enabled to spurn whatever custom he discovers falling short of the divine i 58-7 idealism 1 . . . will ever retard man's ability to utilize the principle of a proper ^ 9-11 2 . . . "Too much idealism," many will say 38-4 3 . . . there is no practical i. without sacrifice 38-6 ideals still they were not prepared to recognize the pure i. of the Most High 16-11 ideas 1 . . . (Foreword) For the present it may be that few will conincide with the essential i. promulgated. 3-9 2... (Foreword) To sort out and embrace from this suggestive work whatever advanced i. seem practicable to each 4-9 idol "he that bumeth incense, as if he blessed an »." (Isaiah 66:3) 24-6 idolatry 1 . . . we should begin to abandon our false ease .... especially with reference to our lamentable national i 36-13 2 . . . We have woefully succumbed to a repugnant i . . . . 40-16 ignorance 1. . . from the deep-lying roots of thoughtlessness, carnality, *., cruelty, self-will, and list- lessness 12-5 2 . . . hasten to make a clean sweep of our mortally- gauged narrowness, i., bigotry, and cruel carelessness 41-12 3 . . . What shall ever atone for this i., this mistaken effort on the part of some of the medical profession ? 44-11 illusion entertains no *. that the elimination of this one woe would establish all goodness 58-12 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 103 image "in the i. of God" (Genesis 1 :27) 41-7 imitation Humanity sees only with its eyes, it hears only with its ears, and the resultant i. begets deficient standards 57-15 immortal that there is no life or intelligence in matter, a nega- tive phase of the i. rule that God is "all in all,"., 27-14 Immortality why, . . . . , should any follower of /., . . . , reqiure a victim for himself ? 30-4 impediment an i. to be removed 1 1-14 impediments It is true that there are still too many i. clogging our life channels 10-17 imperfections 1 . . . half -dreamily treading over and over again the pathway of many of the same old i? 10-16 2. . . to any defective old laws, or to i. in the faiths held by our fathers 21-5 Imperial Will he becomes strong in maintaining the I.W 58-4 impetus "Is this most fitting reform, one so much needed in our Land of Liberty, to receive its dynamic i. through us in our day, during this present generation ? 47-6 impossibility To continue favorable to the custom of slaughter is an i. to him who understands 58-11 incense "he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he of- fered swine's blood; he that burneth i., as if he blessed an idol." (Isaiah 66 :3) 24-6 indispensability supposed i. of by-products 34-2 104 INDEX AN APPEAL industry 1 . . . or hypocritical eye-closing can ever make the slaughter i. a right one in the estimation of the Almighty 34-6 2 . . . nor can the public or personal demand for the i., way back so far as the commercial propagation of the species for commercial slaughter, be justifiable 34-8 individual 1 . . . would be of untold benefit to each i 13-17 2 . . . so far as is known, there is of this present generation no i. who has perfectly proven this principle 28-3 3 . . . The nearer an i. approaches the proof that God alone is Life, the more clearly will that man apprehend the utter needlessness of the animal for his sustenance 29-13 4 . . . to consult the plan of his Creator. In this way the *'. shows his greatest efficiency 58-3 individuals 1 . . . mayhap under the frown of long-established and accredited practices of nations, of religious sects, or of *. whose lives may seem almost exemplary 10-8 2. . . To leave the subject tm touched because thousands of i. allow themselves to be irre- sponsible, or because 57-7 infidel 1. . . Be he religionist or i., this man is not ready for a higher walk in life 25-10 2. . . the ♦., will you not hear the call, the unmis- takable call? 60-12 Infinite 1 . . . (Foreword) responsive hearts who, perhaps, in turn will show other and brighter views which the /. has revealed to them 4-7 2 . . . the /. provision involving not one taint 16-14 3 . . . than to step forward into his God-given being and keep pace with the /. plan 27-3 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 105 Infinite One Many followers of the /. O. strive to apply this rule in respect to conduct with his neighbor 14-1 Infinity 1 . . . when man shakes off his stupor, and com- prehends the truth about himself as a son of /., he will cease to 30-12 2 . . . Has /. ceased to be unlimited ? Never! 44-4 injustice 1... One of the phases of this i. is the habit of flesh-eating. 12-14 2 . . . treatise deals with the subject principally because of the i., cruelty, and degradation which such a system entails 13-2 inspection skilled dressing, ventilation, government i 34-2 Intelligence 1. . . "Is it possible that the Supreme Being, our divine /., ever ordained the eating of flesh ?" 14-16 2 . . . Because he does not think the thoughts of / 26-15 3 . . . their reason supposedly being founded upon adherence to the statement that there is no life or i. in matter 27-13 interests a perniciousness and degradation akin to that of the liquor, debasing drug, and other banefuH 33-16 interpretation Jesus ultimately gave us his keen i. in the utterances found in Matthew 5:38, 39, 44, 45 18-8 inversion nor the i. and suspension by the hind leg 29-1 Isaiah 1. . . Isaiah 35:7-9 6-24 2. . . That magnanimous prophet, /., whom Jesus so frequently quoted, declared that as men should arise to appropriate 22-12 3. . . Isaiah 11:6-9 23-9 4. . . Again quoting from /. we have this startling sentiment 23-16 5. . . Isaiah 66 24-13 106 INDEX AN APPEAL Israelites 1 . . . when the /. were led out by Moses from their Egyptian bondage, manna alone was first provided 15-8 2. . . the concession was due to the fact that the /. were yet unworthy 16-8 James James 4:17 7- Jesus 1 . . . Matthew 5:7 7- John 8:47 7- 2 . . . /. ultimately gave us his keen interpretation 18-8 3 . . . The argument will surely be brought forth that /. ate meat 19-14 4 . . . /. partook, but for the purpose of allaying the fears of his followers, and to assure them 20-1 5 . . . that he was not a spirit but the same /. as before the crucifixion 20-4 6... we gain the idea that /. had "yet many things" to tell us. . (John 16:12) 20-8 7. . . /. declared to his disciples, "All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given." . . (Matthew 19:11) 20-11 8. . . when testifying of John the Baptist, /. un- hesitatingly taught this, "And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come." . . (Matthew 11 :14) 20-14 9. . , Think you that /., our elder Brother, would belittle one of the children for being humane 21-8 10... That magnanimous prophet, Isaiah, whdim J. so frequently quoted 22-12 Jew the J., the Christian, the religionist of the East or West 60-11 Jewish David perceived that the /. slaughter and sacrifice of animals for the altar was needless 23-10 Job (after quotation Job 17 :9) 6- AGAINST SLAUGHTER 107 John From the record given us by /. we gain the idea that Jesus had "yet many things" to tell us 20-7 John the Baptist And once when testifying of /. the B., Jesus 20-14 jot The earth he will find already too full of suffering to dare, on his own account, to add one /. more 30-17 journalist Nathaniel P. Willis, the famous author and /., had published an article decrying the remissness of that city 51-14 joy will turn to the unfailing Emancipator for the un- sullied /. and sustaining power requisite for higher service 31-2 jtidgment The faithful John Baker did not by any means escape the most severe /. from the opposing counsel 54-1 1 Judicial Legal and Judicial History of New York, Vol. 3 51-10 jury 1 . . . The case was tried before a justice and / 64-7 2... The justice "submitted the case to the / without any charge or expression of opin- ion" 54-14 3. . . "and the /. promptly returned a verdict for the defendant." 54-16 justice 1 . . . As a type of /. against impersonal evil 18-7 2. . . And if we are not able, where is the /. or authority for being a party to a mere habit 29-8 3 . . . The case was tried before a /. and jury 54-7 4 . . . The ;'. "submitted the case to the jury without any charge" 54-14 5 . , . ignoble habits or customs are permitted to gain and hold ascendency over the enact- ments of love and / 57-13 108 INDEX AN APPEAL justice's "he was commonly known as 'Pig Baker.' " A suit was brought by him in the ;, court in the name of the Chamberlain of the city 54-2 key 1 . . . Paderewski's beautiful "Minuet a L' Antique," written in the k. of G major 59-6 2. . . and expect to make a satisfactory execution if he regularly ignored the F sharp and flatted the dominant of the k 59-8 kid "the leopard shall lie down with the k." . .(Isaiah 11 :6) 22-16 killing While there are ferocious beasts and pests, the k. of these, particularly if in self-defense, seems much more justifiable than the propagation and horrible daily carnage 37-8 kind where there is ability to reach out the hand of un- failing power and good-will to our own k 42-2 kindness will face the problem, and help to hasten the day of universal k. when none shall eat the food of frenzy or use 60-8 King 1. . . Because he too seldom goes alone with him- self and the K. of righteousness and peace 26-12 2... this is not the law of the /C. of kings 41-1 kingdom 1... "Thy ^. come." (Matthew 6:10) 35-11 2 . . . condition of a part of the animal k. as it is found in our Yellowstone National Park 49-16 kingdom (of heaven) that happiness of the k 14-7 knees 1 . . . upon the k. or shoulders of their friends 49-1 2 . . . frequently seen alighting upon the shoulders or k. or even the feet of the kindly folk 49-10 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 109 knowledge • 1. . . "for the earth shall be full of the k. of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." (Isaiah 11:9). 23-8 2. . . The k. alone of the sufferings of live stock in shipment should be sufficient 45-9 kodak with his guide book perhaps, his field glasses, his camera, or his ife 44- laboratory out from the shameless /. of medical research 44- lb lamb 1 . . . "The wolf also shall dwell with the /." (Isaiah 11:6) 22-15 2 . . . who can raise the /., be near it daily, feed it 25-4 lambs you should witness the mute appeals of the /. as they hang suspended 31-17 land 1 . . . "I will give peace in the /." (Leviticus 26 :6) 38-1 2 '. . . "I will rid evil beasts out of the V (Leviticus 26 :6) 38-3 3. . . fitting reform, one so much needed in our L. of Liberty ^'^"^ low 1 . . . application of the universal I. of atonement 13-15 2. . . while dodging any requirement that the imi- versal I. of harmony has upon him 14-10 3 . . . Mosaic L. made such a provision 15-6 4. . . "that I (God) may prove them, whether they will walk in my Z., or no." (Exodus 16:4) 15-13 5 . . . If interpreted literally what clear-visioned follower could possibly declare that part of the L. righteous 1^-3 6 . . . However, this is not the /. of the King of kings 41-1 7... Nor does that L. ever fail to impress the merited brand upon his own elected existence . . . 43-7 8. . . regarding the propriety of such a 1 52-12 9 . . . /., it remained a dead letter for a long period 53-3 10. . . "Thus the /. which had cost so much of effort to enact, was completely overridden by public sentiment" 54-17 no INDEX AN APPEAL laws 1 . . . unwise and unsafe to cling to worn-out forms, to any defective old /., or to imperfections in the faiths held by our fathers 21-5 2 , . . municipal or state /. regulating our attitude toward the smaller domestic aminals 55-10 lawyers two of the most eminent /. then practicing in the city .... 54-9 leatlier 1 . . . Shoes and articles of wearing apparel, orna- mental and useful equipment, now made largely from /., will be made from vegetable material 39-6 2 . . . that material, more durable than /., is already here . 39-8 leg nor the inversion and suspension by the hind / 29-1 Legal and Judicial History of New York, Vol. 3. — Alden Chester 51-9 leopard •'the /. shall lie down with the kid" (Isaiah 11 :6) 22-15 liberty reform, one so much needed in our Land of L 47-5 license until every living one of them in our communities has an owner with a /., guaranteeing care and responsibility 56-1 1 life 1 . . . "wherein there is /., I have given every green herb for meat : and it was so." (Genesis 1 :30) . . 17-11 2. . . "but /. shall go for /." (Deuteronomy 19:21) 18-5 3 . . . Be he religionist or infidel, this man is not ready for a higher walk in / 25-11 4 . . . that there is no I. or intelligence in matter 27-13 5. . . The firm declaration is that God, Spirit, is the only vitality, L 28-2 6 . . . The nearer an individual approaches the proof that God alone is Life, the more clearly will that man apprehend 29-14 7 . . . We want /. more clearly defined 40-7 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 111 light if honest up to your / 32-1 1 lights great /. are forging ahead opening hitherto closed doors. . 40-6 lion 1... "the calf and the young /. and the fatling together" (Isaiah 11 :6) 22-17 2. . . "and the I. shall eat straw like the ox." (Isaiah 11:7) 23-3 liquor the meat industry, ..... will be seen to involve a pemiciousness and degradation akin to that of the /., debasing drug, and other baneful interests 33-15 listening no command forthcoming regarding abstinence, but simply a call to the listening 13-13 listlessness from the deep-lying roots of thoughtlessness, car- nality, ignorance, cruelty, self-will, and / 12-5 lives of individuals whose /. may seem almost exemplary 10-9 living 1 . . . (Foreword) to the fellow-being who is looking forward to a higher / 3-5 2 . . . eliminate each trace of selfishness and cruelty attaching to us in our daily thinking and / 36-8 3 . . . should begin to abandon our false ease along many of the paths of human / 36-11 4 . . . recognizes that the supposed spiritual /. or mentality that is satisfied to accede to the continuance of slaughter 58-17 5 . . . will be no more incongruous than our brazen /. wherein mercy is ignored and slaughter is introduced 59-11 Lord "for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the L." (Isaiah 11:9) 23-8 lordship The dominion bestowed by the unchangeable Creator is not the sovereignty of a murderous / 41—4 112 INDEX AN APPEAL love 1 . . . (Foreword) messenger prays his fellow-crea- tures to ponder upon these tidings of L., inflexible though they may seem 3-11 2 . . . oneness with God with /. toward his fellow men .... 14-3 3 . . . /. between man and the animals is worthy of cultivation 48-9 4 . . . growing habit of /, or regard between all of God's creatures is desirable 49-4 5 . . . Thus we see how it is that ignoble habits or customs are permitted to gain and hold ascendency over the enactments of / 57-13 Love's (From Truth's Psalm) 61-1 1 lowlands (From Truth's Psalm) 61-9 lust propagation and horrible daily carnage of the animals simply for the gratification of man's /. and appetite 37-12 machinery from start to finish, no amount of gilding, sanitation, automatic w., skilled dressing, ventilation, government inspection 34-1 maintaining he becomes strong in m. the Imperial Will 58-4 m.ajarity 1 ... a condition in which a large m. of our appar- ently advanced humanity unconsciously stands to-day 11-9 2. . . the m. of the people stoutly resented the idea 53-10 man 1 . . . typifying the unfair attitude of m. toward a part of God's creation, the animal creatian 12-7 2. . . Eating whatsoever is set before one, "asking no question for conscience sake," the stronghold of the m. who strives to justify himself 19-3 3... each m. should select no rule save that of absolute perfection 21-6 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 113 4 . . . "To this nt. will I (God) look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trem- bleth at my word." (Isaiah 66 :2) 23-17 5. . . "He that killeth an ox is as if he slew am." (Isaiah 66:3) 24-3 6... wise if each meat-eating m., woman, and child were obliged to kill and prepare his own animal 24-14 7 . . . this m. is not ready for a higher walk in life 25-10 8 . . . state of the m. who loves his beef and mutton and pork and who has never considered the right or wrong, the suffering 25-1 1 9 . . . shall find the torpid savagery of the unthinking m 25-16 10 . . . brutish manner of the weak carnal m 26-5 11. . . Why should the present-day m. persevere in, and perpetuate a barbarous custom ? 26-9 12. . . the more clearly will that m. apprehend the utter needlessness of the animal for his sustenance 29-15 13. . .w. has much to prove and mighty strides to make 35-9 14. . . the trouble — that is, just waiting for m. to stir himself 36-17 15. . . there is not one nt., though vitally, financially concerned, . . . . , but could spurn his avocation . . 38-12 16 . . . If m. but tmderstood, there is a mighty cry going up daily from the butchery of the animal creation 45-4 17. . . love between m. and the animals is worthy of cultivation 48-9 18... deficient standards. From these the real, practical m. turns away ; he is not ashamed to take sufficient time alone 57-17 manhood register his exact degree of apostasy from divine m 43-6 mankind 1 . . . the spirit of progress that seems to permeate the conscience of enlightened m 10-12 114 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . even the animals, at present carnivorous, are simply emulating m 17-6 3 . . . the groaning and suffering creation is waiting for m 37-2 4. . . (From Truth's Pslam) 61-1 manna 1 . . . m. alone was first provided 15-9 2. . . ''there is nothing at all, beside this m,, before our eyes." (Numbers 1 1 :6) 15-16 manner there we shall find the stupid passion and brutish m 26-5 Master M. realized that they could utilize only what they were prepared to perceive 20-17 material 1 . . . excluding the thousands of articles made from m. procured at the price of unjustifiable bloodshed 22-8 2. . . will be made from vegetable w., and that w., more durable than leather, is already here 39-7 3 . . . ignored by the purchase of articles manu- factured of rubber or other proper m 39-16 matter 1 . . . adherence to the statement that there is no life or intelligence in w 27-13 2. . . fault traceable to our sluggishness in the m 57-3 Matthew Matthew 5:38, 39, 44, 45 18-9 measure together with many other species, have come to realize in a great m. their rightful existence 50-10 meat 1 . . . "and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for m." (Genesis 1 :29) 17-3 . 2. . . "to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for m. : and it was so." (Genesis 1:30) 17-12 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 115 3 . . . argument will surely be brought forth that Jesus ate m 19-14 4 . . . m. industry 33-12 5 . . . Every mouthful of tn. is a testimony to your belief in death 35-7 meat-eating 1 . . . m. man, woman, and child 24-14 2. . . hereditary beUef in the necessity of m 34-4 tnediocrity have woefully succumbed to a repugnant idolatry dragging and holding us down in oceai^ depths of m 40-17 memory long retain the almost ineffaceable m 32-3 men 1 . . . (Foreword) To all w. everywhere this call is dedicated 3-1 2 . . . oneness with God with love toward his fellow m 14-4 3. . . "All m. cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. ' ' (Matthew 19:11) 20- 1 2 4 . . . as w. should arise to appropriate their divine commission 22-13 5 . . . one monstrous nightmare from which think- ing m. and women at least should awaken 34-12 6 . . . True m. and women everywhere, should be able to perceive a lamentable obvious mistake 41-8 7 . . . How shall these supposedly wise and scientific m. expiate their tm warranted procedure ? 44-13 8 . . . where it has become a favorable habit with the m., women, and children visitors 48-14 9 . . . highest gratitude is due to many unknown or forgotten, but consecrated m. and women for their imtiring efforts 55-17 mentality 1 . . . What state of m. is it that obtains and abides with us 33-7 116 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . a m. that is satisfied to let this screaming butchery and loathsome wretchedness continue 33-8 3 . . . m. that is satisfied to accede to the continu- ance of slaughter, whether for food, utility, or adornment 58-17 mercy no more incongruous than our brazen living wherein m. is ignored and slaughter is introduced 59-12 message the m. should not be misinterpreted 27-17 messenger 1 . . . (Foreword) to all these the m. goes forth 3-7 2. . . (Foreword) the m. prays his fellow- creatures to ponder upon these tidings 3-10 3 . . . (Foreword) The m. hopes to encourage cer- tain reform sentiments 4-4 4 . . . (Foreword) if the m. knew there were but five on earth who would or could listen, gladly would he hasten 4-12 5... m. earnestly desires to avoid harshness, ex- aggeration, or undue emphasis regarding abstinence 13-3 6 . . . some of them having audibly stated their position to the m 27-1 1 7... the immortal rule that God is "all in all," (From 1 Cor. 15:28) by which the m. also wishes to be guided 27-15 8 . . . Sorrowfully the m. touches upon the pleasur- able side, the view of the sportsman finding puerile delight in the pursuit 42-15 9. . . the m. is constrained to echo the call 60-1 metaphysics students and practitioners of divine m. who acqui- escingly partake of this humanly inherited crime, if honest 32-9 milk Before long there will be the demand for a vegetable m , 39-3 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 117 millions 1 . . . a mere habit that, annually, for food alone, requires and compels m. of victims to pass through this most excruciating ordeal ? 29-10 2 . . . m. — yes, m. according to statistics — yearly being hunted, or tortured in traps, or shot, or beaten to death, or often ripped up and abandoned to die 46-7 mission "Can I expect to fulfil my real life m. while daily practicing with complacency that which is not for the universal good ?" 14-12 Minuet a L' Antique Paderewski's beautiful M 59-5 mistake should be able to perceive a lamentable obvious m 41-10 mix-up He recognizes that the supposed spiritual living or mentality that is satisfied to accede to the continu- ance of slaughter, . . . . , has gotten into a very queer m . 59-3 mockery What a m. is his "Praise Him all creatures here below." 42-8 months "led to a struggle in the common council, which lasted for many m., for the passage of an or- dinance" 52-7 Mosaic Law one must acknowledge that the M. L. made such a provision 15-6 Moses 1 . . . the ready response that M. legitimatized the eating of certain animals 15-3 2 . . . when the Israelites were led out by M. from their Egyptian bondage, manna alone was first provided 15-8 3 . . . If interpreted literally what clear- visioned follower could possibly declare that part of the Law righteous where M. says 18-3 118 INDEX AN APPEAL Most High 1 . . . still they were not prepared to recognize the pure ideals of the M. H 16-12 2 . . . his proper pleasurable substitute in the un- bounded storehouses of the M. Hf 44-8 mouthful Every m. of meat is a testimony to your belief in death, for you would not eat the animal alive 35-7 mountain 1. . . "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy w." (Isaiah 11:9.) 23-7 2 . . . the m. sheep 50-8 mountains it is the call of nature with its streams and woods and m. and forests and sublime solitude that he loves 43-11 move Whoever thoughtfully, prayerfully, and obediently attends to his first m. is ever sure to find the way prepared 37-6 fnovement The glory of such a m. should not be delayed 48-5 municipal quite as sore a need of certain m. or state laws regu- lating our attitude toward the smaller domestic animals 55-10 mutilation the view of the sportsman finding puerile delight in the pursuit and capture and m. of animals 43-1 mutton the state of the man who loves his beef and m. and pork 25-12 myriads Until there is a glad yielding to the lesser calls, m. of normal attainments will be belated, or perhaps forfeited altogether for miserable periods 9-4 name why, in the n. of our most generous Creator, should any follower of Immortality, either ignorantly or audaciously, require a victim for himself ? 30-2 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 119 narrowness and hasten to make a clean sweep of our mortally- guaged n., ignorance, bigotry, and cruel care- lessness 41-12 nation 1 ... a debasing system, , such as we now find thriving especially in our own beloved n 19-12 2. . . As a »., let us not imagine ourselves as ad- vanced 40-12 3. . . My brother, of whatever w., tribe, color, or creed 60-10 national 1 . . . with reference to our lamentable n. idolatry 36-12 2 . . . present condition of a part of the animal kingdom as it is found in our Yellowstone A^. Park 49-17 nations 1. heard,. .. .under the frown of long-estab- lished and accredited practices of «., of religious sects, or of individuals 10-8 2 . . . Thus, since people and n. and religions are constantly evolving, we have the right to conclude it both unwise and 21-2 nature 1. 3. naught 1. necessity 1... a being on dangerous ground, one who has not yet found his true n., one who still does not elect to be trusted 26-7 But away in his heart of hearts, if the truth were studied, it is the call of n. with its streams and woods 43-10 starts out to enjoy the wondrous beauties of n 43-14 setting at n., and making veritable sport of ourefforts 12-2 You are able to hear. A^. save flagrant neglect on your part can hinder you 60-2 But to be plain, there will be the n. of examin- ing and sorting bare facts 28-10 120 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . since it is repeatedly proven and can be proven by any one who is ready, that the usage is not an 37-15 3 . . . permitting pride and fashion and supposed n. to prevail over conscience ? 45-15 neck "he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's «." (Isaiah 66:3) 24-4 need The custom had obtained such a strong foothold . . . .that the people were actually asleep to the n. of reformation 53-8 Heedlessness man apprehend the utter n. of the animal for his sustenance 29-15 neighbor strive to apply this rule in respect to conduct with his «., that is, oneness with God with love toward his fellow men 14-2 neglect Any individual n., or any daily practice tending not for the universal good, will ever retard man's ability 9-8 New England N. E. cities and towns 52-3 New York 1 ... in many of our city parks, especially in Central Park of N. Y. city 48-13 2... Legal and Judicial History of New York, Vol.3 51-10 3. . . the famous "hog case" which was tried in the justice's court at Albany, N. Y 51-13 nightmare 1 . . . entire system is one monstrous n 34-12 2 . . . some, day-dreaming ; some, sleep-dreaming ; others, in the fearful agony of n 42-5 nothing 1. . . "there is n. at all, beside this manna, before our eyes," (Numbers 11:6) 15-16 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 121 2. . . "Every creature of God is good, and n. to be refused," (1 Timothy 4:4) 19-5 nuisance for allowing its hogs to run at large in the streets, a n. 51-17 obligation his loving and humble discharge of each rightful o. — .... will speed him on his way 10-1 obscurity be it laboring in o., openly defying an impersonal foe, or merely uttering a simple truth 10-2 obstruction what do you think this one especially fatal o. is ? 1 1-16 occasion 1 . . . On another o., referring to a certain advanced step, Jesus declared to his disciples 20-10 2... gloves, manufactured without the taint of blood, and proper for any o., are easily obtainable 39-1 1 offal leaving it to the yet unborn to sweep away the accumulated o. and bring to pass a reformation which is destined to come 48-3 offering 1... "Sacrifice and o. Thou (God) didst not de- sire" (Ps. 40:6) 23-13 2. . . "burnt o. and sin o. hast Thou not required." (Ps. 40 :6) 23-15 3 . . . (From Truth's Psalm) 61-15 Old Testament touched lightly upon with arguments founded upon the O. T. Law 12-17 one 1 . . . (Foreword) If he knew that somewhere but 0. would be found listening 4-15 2 . . . (Foreword) with the assurance that the fruits would be of use to that o 5-1 3 . . . Many followers of the Infinite O. strive to apply this rule in respect to conduct with his neighbor 14-1 • 122 INDEX AN APPEAL 4 . . . Why not free ourselves from O. of the clutches of carnality ? 40-11 5 . . . Try it for yourself or have some o. try it for you 59-9 ones "their young o. shall lie down together : and the lion shall eat straw like the ox." (Isaiah 11 :7) 23-2 oneness o. with God with love toward his fellow men 14-3 opinion 1 . . . Because he would be afraid to brave strong public 26-16 2... On the other hand, to illustrate how slow public 0. often is 51-8 3 . . . In some of our good-sized cities and towns public o. is equally as lax, and would be quite as resentful 55-12 opinions we are dominated by o., enslaved by public stand- ards 40-13 ordeal annually, for food alone, requires and compels millions of victims to pass through this most excruciating a ? 29-12 order In the eternal o., according to Genesis 1:30, the animals were to fare in the only intelligent way 17-7 orders 1 . . . Why not continue to the lower orders of creation ? 14-5 2 . . . not made one effort to overcome that foe which you have permitted full sway over the lower a. of creation ? 35-6 outset At the very a., however, let it be understood be- tween us that there is no command forthcoming regarding abstinence 13-10 ox 1 . . . "the lion shall eat straw like the o." (Isaiah 11:7) 23-3 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 123 2. . . "He that killeth an o. is as if he slew a man" (Isaiah 66:3) 24-2 to continue a heathen than to step forward into his God -given being and keep p. with the Infinite plan .... 27-2 pain 1 . . . You should hear their cries of horror and p 31-11 2. . . "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in p. together until now." (Romans 8:22) 36-14 park 1 . . . especially in Central P. of New York City 48-13 2 . . . as it is found in our Yellowstone National P 49-17 3 . . . The p. is unfenced, the animals are not cap- tives, they are free to come or go, but they have chosen to stay 51-2 parks 1 . . . This we see exhibited at the present time in a most interesting and gratifying way in many of our city p. . 48-12 2 . . . The very crowning feature of Boston's beau- tiful public gardens and p 49-7 part 1 . . . (Foreword) To the brother who is desirous of doing his p. toward manifesting God's per- fect creation 3-2 2 . . . typifying the unfair attitude of man toward a p. of God's creation, the animal creation 12-7 3 . . . If interpreted literally what clear- visioned follower could possibly declare that p. of the Law righteous 18-3 4... in all good faith and with God-speed, this more intelligent p. of creation should take the first step • 37-4 5 . . . this mistaken effort on the p. of some of the medical profession ? 44-12 6 . . . what p. shall the slumbering public share in this acquiescence ? 45-2 124 INDEX AN APPEAL 7... Take, for example, the well-known present condition of a /?. of the animal knigdom as it is found in our Yellowstone National Park 49-16 8 . . . Naught save flagrant neglect on your p. can hinder you 60-3 partaker he will cease to demand wanton sacrifice, and re- fuse to be p. of its spoils 30-14 partaking Until he desists in his sporting, and experimenting, and slaughtering, and p., would it not be less. . . . hypocritical 42-1 1 parties may be seen peering out from the depths of the pine woods or crossing the road in full view of the coaching p 51-1 party a, p. to a, mere habit that, annually, for food alone, requires and compels millions of victims 29-9 passage "led to a struggle in the common council, which lasted for many months, for the p. of an ordinance to restrain the running of hogs at large in the streets." 52-7 passion if he hesitates to march forward, there we shall find the stupid p. and brutish manner of the weak carnal man 26-4 paths we should begin to abandon our false ease along many of the p. of human living 36-11 pathway "Am I thoroughly awake to Truth's call, or am I half-dreamily treading over and over again the p. of many of the same old imperfections ?" 10-15 Paul 1 . . . Romans 8 :22 8- 2 . . . the stronghold of the man who strives to justify himself on the strength of this statement of P. . . 19-4 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 125 Paul's P. words to Timothy. . (1 Timothy 4:4) 19-6 peace . "I will give p. in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid : and I will rid evil beasts out of the land." (Leviti- cus 26:6) 37-17 . Universal P. (From Truth's Psalm) 61-16 pen at one stand alone, at the rate of eight hundred (800) per hour, they are compelled to journey on from their last crowded p 31-14 penalty 1 . . . Eventually the ordinance was passed, im- posing a p. of two dollars upon the owner for every hog running at large 52-15 2... A suit was brought by him in the justice's court in the name of the Chamberlain of the city against a certain offender, in order to secure the p. of six dollars 54-4 pens should delight in the remarkable process about the mechanical p. where .... unwieldy beeves are "painlessly despatched by a sledge hammer blow on the head." 33-2 people 1 . . . "And the p. shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I (God) may prove them" (Exodus 16:4) 15-11 2. . . But the p. "fell a lusting" (Numbers 11 :4) 15-14 3 . . . great wrath came upon the p (See Num- bers 11:33) 16-6 4. . . Jesus had "yet many things" to tell us, but at that time the p. were not able to bear them. . . (See John 16:12) 20-9 5 . . . since p. and nations and religions are con- stantly evolving, we have the right to conclude it both unwise and unsafe to cling to worn-out forms 21-2 126 INDEX AN APPEAL 6 . . . If this were compulsory, how many self- respecting p. do you suppose there would be? 25-1 7 . . . Anomalous it is that out from another class of thoughtful p., there are those who, for the time being, seem to have overlooked the question 27-5 8. . . startled consciousness will ask, "But what if p. should begin to abstain from flest-eat- ing ?" 35-15 9 . . . A colossal mercantile atrocity is being kept alive to satisfy the demand for adornment worn by our . . . highly civilized and deeply religious p 46-5 10 . . . the p. were actually asleep to the need of reformation 53-7 11... the majority of the p. stoutly resented the idea or considered it a huge joke 53-10 perfection 1 . . . each man should select no rule save that of absolute p 21-7 2 . . . ^. is not manifested among us to any great degree . . 36-8 performance "His zeal in the p. of his duties was such that until the day of his death he was commonly known as •Pig Baker.' " 53-16 period in the face of the effort made to enact this law, it remained a dead letter for a long p 53-4 periods myriads of normal attainments will be belated, or perhaps forfeited altogether for miserable ^ 9-6 perniciousness the meat industry , will be seen to involve a p. and degradation akin to that of the liquor, de- basing drug, and other baneful interests 33-14 pests 1 . . . And what about ^ ? 35-17 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 127 2, . . While there are ferocious beasts and p., the killing of these, particularly if in self-defense, seems much more justifiable than the propaga- tion and horrible daily carnage .... simply for the gratification of man's lust and appetite 37-8 phase 1 ... a negative p. of the immortal rule that God is "all in all" (From 1 Corinthians 15 :28) 27-14 2 . . . to forego any p. of co-operation whatever in this almost nation-wide carnage ? 30-9 phases One of the p. of this injustice is the habit of flesh- eating 12-13 piece one of them handing him a p. of broiled fish 19-17 pig "he was commonly known as 'Pig Baker.' " 54-1 pins combs and p. made from the shell of the tortoise 39-12 place 1 . . . are texts, like several others, serving well in their p., but with no final bearing whatever upon the question 19-7 2 . . . superior articles will be and are now being manufactured in p. of the old 39-1 3 . . . can not each find, in p. of sportive destruc- tiveness, his proper pleasurable substitute in the unbotmded storehouses of the Most High ?. 44-6- plague great wrath came upon the people and they were smitten "with a very great p.'' (Numbers 11 :33) .... 16-7 plan pace with the Infinite p 27-3 plucking sacrifices, some of which, if need be, might ap- proximate those typified by the p. out of the eye or the cutting ofif of the hand 38-10 point At this p. the message should not be misinterpreted 27-16 128 INDEX AN APPEAL Pope Alexander Pope — From The Universal Prayer 8- pork the state of the man who loves his beef and mutton and p. and who has never considered the right or wrong 25-12 porker this persistent tendency will logically necessitate the declaration that the p. ready for the auto- matic hoisting wheel feels not in the least the cruel shackle 28-14 portion 1 . . . the p. of him who, knowing a truth and know- ing he should proclaim it, yet, because of fear of human disapproval 9-12 2 . . . and a p. of an honeycomb 20-1 portions involves a most careful weighing of the various ap- plicable p. of that Scripture 17-17 position some of them having audibly stated their p. to the messenger 27-10 positions that these unforeseen forced p., such as being run along the sHding rail, are truly only mental ex- hilarations 29-2 pound 1 . . . provided for the swine being placed in the public p 52-17 2. . . "One John Baker was eventually selected to take to the p. all hogs found in the streets" 53-14 power 1 . . . will turn to the unfailing Emancipator for the unsullied joy and sustaining p. requisite for higher service 3 1-2 2 . . , that sacred preparatory state where there is ability to reach out the hand of unfailing p. and good-will 42-1 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 129 prayer Verily, man has much to prove and mighty strides to make before his daily p. is even con- sidered honest or worthy of recognition 35-11 practice 1 . . . Any individual neglect, or any daily p. tend- ing not for the universal good, will ever retard man's ability 9-9 2 . . . But most glaringly useless and witless of all is the p. of vivisection 44-10 practices or mayhap under the frown of long-established and accredited p. of nations, of reHgious sects, or of individuals 10-7 practitioners students and p. of divine metaphysics who ac- quiescingly partake of this humanly inherited crime . . 32-9 predicament under a like p., mankind could not prove himself immune 29-6 prevention societies for p. of cruelty to animals should be encouraged 56-3 price gladly and sanely to continue excluding the thou- sands of articles made from material procured at the p. of unjustifiable bloodshed 22-8 pride what shall be done with the mesmeric hush that ensnares us, permitting p. and fashion and supposed necessity to prevail 45-14 principle 1 . . . will ever retard man's ability to utiliz-e the p. of a proper idealism 9-10 2 . . . those who abstain on p. have a sacred con- sciousness 21-16 3 . . . God, Spirit, is the only vitality, Life. But so far as is known, there is of this present generation no individual who has perfectly proven this p 28-4 130 INDEX AN APPEAL problem 1 . . . application of the universal law of atonement with reference to this p. would be of untold benefit 13-16 2 . . . Then why not expedite our p} 40-10 3. . . You then will face the p., and help to hasten the day of universal kindness 60-7 procedure How shall these supposedly wise and scientific men expiate their unwarranted p} 44-14 process the remarkable p. about the mechanical pens 33-2 product help to hasten the day of universal kindness when none shall eat the food of frenzy or use the p. of anguish and bloodshed 60-9 profession this mistaken effort on the part of some of the medical pi 44-12 progress 1 . . . With sincere gratitude for ... . the spirit of p. that seems to permeate the conscience of enlightened mankind 10-11 2 . . . In these days of p. and reform it is dangerous to lag back 40-4 promise here is the word of p. for faithfulness (See Levit- icus 26:6) 37-17 proof The nearer an individual approaches the p. that God alone is Life, the more clearly will that man apprehend the utter needlessness of the animal for his sustenance 29-14 propagation 1 . . . way back so far as the commercial p. of the species for commercial slaughter 34-9 2 . . . seems much more justifiable than the p. and horrible daily carnage of the animals simply for the gratification of man's lust and appetite 37-10 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 131 prophet That magnanimous p., Isaiah. 22-11 propriety was so even a division among the councilmen re- garding the p. of such a law, that the question was laid on the table 52-1 1 prosecution the p. and defendant counsels were two of the most eminent lawyers then practicing in the city 54-8 prosperity has Heaven with him giving him the highest possible p. in whatever he is bidden to undertake for humanity 58-8 protection animals of the forests and wilds have roamed practically unmolested under the p. of the few government scouts 50-6 protest is satisfied to let this screaming butchery and loathsome wretchedness continue without 3.p 33-10 provision 1 . . . the Mosaic Law made such a.p 15-7 2... the Infinite p. was of course imlimited, in- volving not one taint or suggestion of animal sacrifice or cruelty 16-14 Psalms Psahns 40:6 23-12 public 1 . . . "This is what the public demands." 32-6 2 . . . what part shall the slumbering p. share in this acquiescence ? 45-3 purchase can now be ignored by the p. of articles manufac- tured of rubber or other proper material 39-15 purpose for the p. of allaying the fears of his followers 20-2 pursuit sportsman finding puerile delight in the p. and cap- ture and mutilation of animals 42-17 132 INDEX AN APPEAL quails Q. in abundance came 16-2 question 1 . . . One of the phases of this injustice is the habit of flesh-eating, a q. which is frequently approached from the health side 12-14 2. . . an ethical 5., "Are you able to hear?" 13-14 3 . . . Our highest reason at once propounds this q 14-15 4... "asking no q. for conscience sake" (1 Cor- inthians 10:25) 19-2 5 . . . with no final bearing whatever upon the q. under consideration, i. e., the right of ex- istence of a debasing system 19-8 6 . . . out from another class of thoughtful people, there are those who, for the time being, seem to have overlooked the q 27-6 7 . . . But practically the q. presents itself 47-3 8 . . . q. was laid on the table from time to time • 1 while a long and earnest debate continued 52-12 questions 1 . . . Yes, all these q. are legitimate and should be asked and pondered, but 36-2 2 . . . Our own q. will be answered by first beginning to eliminate each trace of selfishness and cruelty attaching to us 36-5 rail that these unforeseen forced positions, such as being run along the sliding r 29-3 rate 1 . . . "gather a certain r. every day" (Exodus 16:4) . . . 15-12 2 . . . at the r. of eight hundred (800) per hour, they are compelled to journey on from their last crowded pen 31-12 3 . . . At the r. of six hundred (600) per hour at one stand alone, you should witness the mute appeals of the lambs 31-15 4 . . . at such a r . as two hundred and fifty (250) per hour, unwieldy beeves are "painlessly despatched" 33-3 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 133 reader if the r. believes the infallible I AM, here is the word 37-15 reason 1 . . . Our highest r. at once propounds this question 14-14 2 . . . their r. supposedly being founded upon ad- herence to the statement that there is no life or intelligence in matter 27-11 reasoning one must beware of any greedy taint of false r 28-12 rebuff (Foreword) that his tidings would meet with r. alone, still zealously would he continue to prepare the soil. . 5-2 recognition 1 . . . that neglected virtue, renunciation, which equally with the other fruits of the Spirit, has its rightful claim to r 13-9 2 . . . strides to make before his daily prayer, . . . . , is even considered honest or worthy of r 35-13 record 1 . . . there is the r. that after the resurrection, .... Jesus partook, but for the purpose of al- laying the fears 19-15 2 . . . From the r. given us by John we gain the idea that Jesus had "yet many things" to tell us (John 16:12) 20-7 3 . . . of putting ourselves on r. as opposed to the correction of this defective attitude 47-9 redemption just waiting for man to stir himself, to know his r 36-17 reference 1. . . application of the universal law of atonement with r. to this problem would be of untold benefit 13-16 2 . . . false ease along many of the paths of human living, and especially with r. to our lament- able national idolatry 36-12 3 . . . By further r. we find that there was so even a division among the councilmen regarding the propriety of such a law 52-9 134 INDEX AN APPEAL reform 1 . . . In these days of progress and r. it is dangerous to lag back 40-4 2 . . . "Is this most fitting r., one so much needed in our Land of Liberty, to receive its dy- namic impetus through us in our day, dur- ing this present generation ?" 47-4 reformation 1 . . . and bring to pass a r. which is destined to come 48-3 2 . . . the people were actually asleep to the need of r 53-8 reforms With sincere gratitude for the many present-day r 10-1 1 regard 1 . . . the growing habit of love or r. between all of God's creatures 49-4 2 . . . they learn gradually that no harm is intended to them and they respond to man's r. for their welfare 51-6 region For many years in a r. of almost unsurpassed natural and varied grandeur, . . . . , the animals 50-1 relationship experience of tenderness that comes with such a r. is clean 49-3 release have a sacred consciousness of divine approval and a holy r. from the bondage and horror of partici- pation in carnage 21-17 religionist 1 . . . Be he r. or infidel, this man is not ready for a higher walk in life 25-9 2 . . . the Jew, the Christian, the r. of the East or West 60-11 religionists 1 . . . Furthermore, students and r. and thinking beings should delight in the remarkable process about the mechanical pens 32-17 2 . . . r. of whatever creed should be able to per- ceive a lamentable obvious mistake. 41-8 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 135 religions Thus, since people and nations and r. are constantly evolving 21-2 remissness Nathaniel P. Willis, . . . . , had published an article decrying the r. of that city for allowing its hogs to run at large 51-15 renunciation quite as earnestly yearns to bring to light that neglected virtue, r 13-7 requirement or while dodging any r. that the universal law of harmony has upon him 14-9 research out from the shameless laboratory of medical r., the maddened cries of tortured animals under experi- mentation 44-17 reserve 1 ... a territory, exclusive of its forest r 50-3 2. . . day after day, for weeks through this vast, marvelous r , without fear of annoyance from the animals 50-13 respect strive to apply this rule in r. to conduct with his neighbor, that is, oneness with God with love toward his fellow men 14-2 respecting greater cause for r. our customs and ourselves 57-5 response hears from some enthusiastic student the ready r. that Moses legitimatized the eating of certain animals 15-2 responsibility until every living one of them in our communities has an owner with a license, guaranteeing care and r 56-12 results 1 . . . Would not chaotic r. follow ? 35-16 2 . . . bequeathing to them our poor r. and disre- garded tasks 48-1 136 INDEX AN APPEAL 3 . . . Pray, think, be willing to obey, and practical r. will follow 60-6 ridicule 1 . . . Truth is heard .... if necessary, in the face of r 10-6 2 34-4 3... or because of fear of r., public sentiment being dormant 57-9 right 1 . . . The harvest is not what we have a r. to expect 1 1-12 2. . . the question under consideration, i. e., the r. of existence of a debasing system 19-9 3 . . . have the r. to conclude it both unwise and unsafe to cling to worn-out forms, to any defective old laws 21-3 4 . . . the state of the man .... who has never con- sidered the r. or wrong, the suffering, or needless slaughter 25-13 5 . . . act as a stimulus .... to the divine and loving dominion that is man's by r 49-14 roads the elk, the deer, or the bear may be seen .... crossing the r. in full view of the coaching parties 51-1 roots protruding from the deep-lying r. of thoughtlessness, carnality 1 2-4 rubber can now be ignored by the purchase of articles manufactured of r. or other proper material 39-16 rule 1 . . . Many followers of the Infinite One strive to apply this r , that is, oneness with God with love toward his fellow men 14-1 2 . . . each man should select no r. save that of absolute perfection 21-7 3 ... a negative phase of the immortal r. that God is "all in all" . . (1 Corinthians 15:28) 27-14 running "for the passage of an ordinance to restrain the r. of hogs at large in the streets." 52-8 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 137 sacrifice 1 . . . involving not one taint or suggestion of ani- mal s 16-16 2 . . . or condemn him for refusing to partake of needless s. and suffering ? 21-13 3 . . . Even David perceived that the Jewish slaugh- ter and s. of animals for the altar was need- less 23-11 4. . ."S. and offering Thou (God) didst not desire" (Ps.40:6) 23-13 5.. . will cease to demand wanton 5., and refuse to be partaker of its spoils 30-13 6 . . . because there is no practical idealism with- out 5 38-6 sake "asking no question for conscience sake" (1 Corin- thians 10:25) 19-2 sale Beautiful imitation furs are being regularly de- signed and are on s 39-10 sanitation 33-17 sarcasm , 34-4 savagery there we shall find the torpid s. of the unthinking man 25-15 saying "Allmencannot receive this s." (Matthew 19:11) 20-12 scale to those lower down in the s,, who are nearly or soimdly asleep: some, day-dreaming; some, sleep-dreaming; 42-3 scavengers belief in the necessity of swine for private use and as public s 53-7 scenes 1 . . . If you have witnessed these s. you will doubt- less long retain the almost ineffaceable memory 32-2 138 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . Such s. as these make us grateful 49-1 1 scientists there will be the demand for a vegetable milk, now well known to German 5 39-4 scourge will not a little time, devoted to the consideration of this foul blot and s. upon humanity, compel us, .... , to forego any phase of co-operation whatever in this almost nation-wide carnage ? 30-7 scouts the animals of the forests and wilds have roamed practically unmolested under the protection of the few government 5 50-7 Scripture involves a most careful weighing of the various applicable portions of that 5 18-1 Scriptures 1 . . . Reasoning from the 5., one almost invariably hears .... that Moses legitimatized the eat- ing of certain animals 14-17 2. . . The 5. assert that "the whole creation groan- eth and travaileth in pain together until now." (Romans 8:22) 36-13 sea "for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the s." (Isaiah 11 :9) 23-9 season 1 . . . who can raise the lamb, be near it daily, feed it, care for it, and at a convenient s. look it in the eye, stab it at the heart 25-6 2 . . . There will never be a more convenient s. than now in which to make the first telling strides. . 47-11 sections through its most absolutely lonely 5., without fear of annoyance from the animals 50-14 sects Truth is heard .... mayhap under the frown of long- established and accredited practices of nations, of religious s 10-8 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 139 seed 1 . . . (Foreword) eagerly scatter his s. broadcast with the assurance that the fruits would be of use to that one 4-16 2 . . . (Foreword) still zealously would he continue to prepare the soil, and obediently scatter the s . 5-4 3. . . "Behold, I (God) have given you every herb bearing 5., which is upon the face of all the earth" (Genesis 1 :29) 17-1 4. . . "and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding s. \ to you it shall be for meat." (Genesis 1 :29) 17-3 self-defense the killing of these, particularly if in s., seems much more justifiable than the propagation and horri- ble daily carnage 37-9 self-denial No rational being can possibly expect to find ulti- mate happiness , while ignoring so important a step of 5 14-8 selfishness Our own questions will be answered by first begin- ning to eliminate each trace of s. and cruelty 36-6 senses who still eats greedily, or even moderately, gratify- ing the 5 26-2 sentiment 1. . . quoting from Isaiah we have this startling s., (Isaiah 66:2-4) 23-17 2. . . public s. was still largely unchanged 53-1 3... "Thus the law which had cost so much of effort to enact, was completely overridden by public 5." 55-2 4 . . . public 5. being dormant 57-9 sentiments 1 . . . (Foreword) hopes to encourage certain reform s. . , 4-5 2 . . . who still eats greedily, or even moderately, gratifying the senses, awhile stifling the nobler 5 26-2 140 INDEX AN APPEAL 3 . . . would it not be less .... hypocritical to leave the singing of these s. to the faithful Bud- dist ? 42-13 self-will 12-5 seriousness In all s., let it be asked of you, dear students and practitioners of divine metaphysics 32-8 service sustaining power requisite for higher s 31-3 settlement the use of the Holy Bible as a basis in the s. of any vast subject involves a most careful weighing 17-15 shackle will logically necessitate the declaration that the porker ready for the automatic hoisting wheel feels not in the least the cruel ^ 28-16 Shakespeare The Duke of Venice, .(after quotation from "The Merchant of Venice") 8- sheep the mountain s 50-8 shell combs and pins made from the s. of the tortoise .... can now be ignored by the purchase of articles manufactured of rubber 39-13 shipment knowledge alone of the sufferings of live stock in s. should be sufficient to make each human being recoil . . 45-10 shoes S , now made largely from leather, will be made from vegetable material 39-4 shoulders 1 . . . often perching themselves upon the benches or upon the knees or s. of their friends 49-1 2 . . . frequently seen alighting upon the s. or knees 49-9 side 1 . . . habit of flesh-eating, a question which is fre- quently approached from the health 5 12-15 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 141 2. . . the pleasurable s., the view of the sportsman finding puerile delight in the pursuit and capture and mutilation of animals 42-16 sight we and the children of our country be spared the too frequent s. and sound of degradation 57-1 Singing to leave the 5. of these sentiments to the faithful Buddist ? 42-13 six hundred (600) At the rate of s. h. per hour at one stand alone 31-15 size a territory, exclusive of its forest reserve, about the 5. of the state of Connecticut 50-3 skins The wearing of s. of animals is a badge of the degradation in which we find ourselves 45-17 slaughter 1 . . . David perceived that the Jewish s. and sacri- fice of animals for the altar was needless 23-1 1 2 . . . the right or wrong, the suffering, or needless s 25-14 3 . . . having once fully seen the crime of 5 25-17 4 . . . Were you ever at the 5. ? 3 1-6 6 . . . if you shrink from the infamous 5 32-4 6 . . . way back so far as the commercial propagation of the species for commercial s 34-10 7 . . . blood, a by-product from the s 39-14 8. . . To continue favorable to the custom of s. is an impossibility to him who understands 58-1 1 9. . . mentality that is satisfied to accede to the continuance of s.,. . . ., has gotten into a very queer mix-up 59-2 10 . . . no more incongruous than our brazen living wherein mercy is ignored and s. is intro- duced 59-12 11... that the Spirit of Wisdom, all along down through the ages, has been calling and reasoning with humanity against s 59-17 142 INDEX AN APPEAL slaughtering Until he desists in his sporting, and experimenting, and 5., and partaking 42-11 sledge hammer unwieldy beeves are "painlessly despatched by a s. h. blow on the head." 33-5 sluggishness The fault is traceable to our s. in the matter 57-2 slumber (From Truth's Psalm) 61-1 snare sjrmbolizing that great unrecognized snare 12-9 societies s. for prevention of cruelty to animals should be encouraged 56-2 soil (Foreword) still zealously would he continue to pre- pare the 5 5-4 solitude the call of nature with its streams and woods and mountains and forests and sublime s. that he loves 43-12 Solomon (Ecclesiastes 7:29) 8- some 5., day-dreaming; 5., sleep-dreaming 42-3 son when man comprehends the truth about him- self as a 5. of Infinity, he will cease to demand wanton sacrifice 30-12 songbirds 45-16 soul 1. . . "Our 5. is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes" (Ntun- bers 11:6) 15-15 2. . . "Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their s. delighteth in their abominations." (Isaiah 66:3) 24-7 sound be spared the too frequent sight and s. of degrada- tion 57-1 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 143 source we sould first seek our great irrigating s 1 1-3 sources Whoever is in earnest will be led to the right 5 40-3 sovereignty dominion bestowed by the unchangeable Creator is not the s. of a murderous lordship; it is the supreme authority of a wise and loving control 41-3 species I. . . way back so far as the commercial propaga- tion of the 5. for commercial slaughter 34-9 2... together with many other s., have come to realize in a great measure their rightful existence 50-9 3 . . . Regarding these smaller domestic s. there should be none imowned and roaming at large 56-8 spirit 1 . . . With sincere gratitude for .... the s. of pro- gress that seems to permeate the conscience of enhghtened mankind 10-11 2 . . . virtue, renunciation, which equally with the other fruits of the 5., has its rightful claim to recognition 13-8 3 . . . to assure them that he was not a s. but the same Jesus as before the crucifixion 20-4 4. . . "To this man will I (God) look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite s." (Isaiah 66 :2) . 24-1 5. . . declaration is that God, 5., is the only vitality 28-1 6 . . . just as the abiding conviction expands and strengthens and outlines itself more and more convincingly that the S. of Wisdom, . . . . , has been calling and reasoning 59-15 Spirit's (Foreword) continue to prepare the soil, and obedi- ently scatter the seed, awaiting the 5. further call. . . . 5-5 spoils he will cease to demand wanton sacrifice, and re- fuse to be partaker of its s 30-14 144 INDEX AN APPEAL sport setting at naught, and making veritable s. of our efforts. . 12-2 sporting Until he desists in his 5,, and experimenting, and slaughtering 42-10 sportsman 1 . . . Sorrowfully the messenger touches upon the pleasurable side, the view of the s. finding puerile delight 42-16 2. . . The true s. of to-day 43-13 squirrels where it has become a favorable habit with the men, women, and children visitors to show af- fection to the dear gray s 48-16 stab the lambs as they hang suspended, awaiting each his turn for the final heart s 32-1 stage It has been intimated, at this s. of his experience, . . . . , mankind could not prove himself immune from agony 29-5 stand 1 . . . You should hear their cries of horror and pain as at any one s. alone 31-12 2 . . . At the rate of six hundred (600) per hour at one 5. alone, you should witness the mute appeals of the lambs 31-16 3 . . . where at any one 5., at such a rate as two hun- dred and fifty (250) per hour, unwieldy beeves are "painlessly despatched" 33-3 standards 1 . . . we are dominated by opinions, enslaved by public s 40-14 2 . . . for the untiring efforts they have made in striving to raise the public s 56-2 3 . . . the resultant imitation begets deficient 5 57-16 standing The custom had obtained such a strong foothold through long s. and belief in the necessity of swine for private use 53-5 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 145 standpoint Continuing the argument for a brief space from the Scriptural s 15-5 start The truth is that, from s. to finish, no amount of gilding , 33_16 state 1 . . . let us picture the s. of the man who loves his beef and mutton and pork and who has never considered the right or wrong 25-1 1 2 . . . What s. of mentality is it that obtains and abides with us 33^7 3 . . . shall have more clearly attained that sacred preparatory s. where there is ability to reach out the hand of imf ailing power 41-17 4... a territory, about the size of the s. of Connecticut 50-4 5. . . there, in their natural s., the animals of the forests and wilds 50-4 6 . . . quite as sore a need of certain municipal or s. laws regulating our attitude toward the smaller domestic animals 55-10 7. . . no unowned domestic animals, and only when this sane s. of affairs obtains in our towns and cities 56_i5 8 . . . is a 5. akin to that of Albany eighty years ago 57-10 statement 1 . . . There is the expHcit 5., "And the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day" (Exodus 16 :4) 15-10 2... man who strives to justify himself on the strength of this 5. of Paul 19_4 3 . . . their reason supposedly being founded upon adherence to the s. that there is no life or intelligence in matter 27-12 statistics millions — yes, miUions according to s. — yearly being hunted, or tortured in traps, or shot, or beaten to death, or often ripped up and abandon- ed to die 46-8 146 INDEX AN APPEAL stead the truly faithful despatcher who stands in your 5., and spills the life blood, and stills the last cry, and finds the heart of Your victim ? .* 32-15 step 1 . . . while ignoring so important a s. of self-denial 14-8 2. . . referring to a certain advanced s., Jesus de- clared to his disciples, "All men cannot receive this saying," (Matthew 19:11) 20-11 3. . . should be asked and pondered, but it is also wisdom to take one 5. at a time 36-4 4 . . . in all good faith and with God-speed, this more intelligent part of creation should take the first s 37-4 stimulus Such scenes as these . . . .act as a 5. to further right- ful acquaintance with the animals and to the divine and loving dominion that is man's by right 49-12 stock the sufferings of hve s. in shipment 45-10 straw "and the Hon shall eat s. like the ox." (Isaiah 11 :7) 23-3 stream 1... follow carefully along the life s., removing one after another of the lesser hindrances 11-4 2 . . . Here it is! — turning aside the life-giving s 12-1 streams the call of nature with its s. and woods and moun- tains 43-11 streets 1 . . . the remissness of that city for allowing its hogs to run at large in the 5 51-17 2. . . "for the passage of an ordinance to restrain the running of hogs at large in the 5." 52-9 3 . . . selected to take to the pound all hogs found in the s 53-15 4 . . . the penalty of six dollars for permitting three of his swine to continue roaming the s. of Albany 54-6 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 147 strength who strives to justify himself on the s. of this state- ment 19-4 strides 1 . . . Verily, man has much to prove and mighty 5. to make 35-10 2 . . . There will never be a more convenient season than now in which to make the first telling s 47-12 strong-hold "asking no question for conscience sake," the s. of the man who strives to justify himself (1 Cor- inthians 10 :25) 19-2 stiident 1 . . . almost invariably hears from some enthusias- tic s. the ready response that Moses legiti- matized the eating of certain animals 15-2 2... But every Bible s. understands that, , manna alone was first provided 15-7 3 . . . No rational music s. would think of taking Paderewski's beautiful "Minuet a L' An- tique,". . . .and expect to make a satisfac- tory execution if he regularly ignored the F sharp 59-4 students 1 . . . In all seriousness, let it be asked of you, dear s. and practitioners of divine metaphysics who acquiescingly partake 32-9 2 . . . s. and religionists and thinking beings should delight in the remarkable process about the mechanical pens 32-17 struggle "led to a struggle in the common council" 52-6 stump It is a hidden s. protruding from the deep-lying roots 12-3 stupor when man shakes off his s., and comprehends the truth about himself as a son of Infinity 30-11 148 INDEX AN APPEAL subject 1 . . . the use of the Holy Bible as a basis in the settlement of any vast s. involves a most careful weighing 17-16 2 . . . others among them who will feel that they have honestly disposed of the s. and are justified in partaking of flesh . . 27-8 3 . . . To leave the s. untouched because thousands of individuals allow themselves to be irre- sponsible 57-6 substitute 1 . . . For every discarded utility made from the distasteful by-product, there is a higher 5. awaiting 40-1 2 . . . can not each find, in place of sportive de- structiveness, his proper pleasurable s. in the unbounded storehouses of the Most High? 44-7 subterfuge Neither evasion nor s. will prosper us individually 47-13 suffering 1 . . . Think you that Jesus, our elder Brother .... would .... condemn him for refusing to partake of needless sacrifice and s. ? 21-13 2. . . who has never considered. . . .the 5,, or need- less slaughter 25-14 3 . . . Consequently no human being finds himself perfectly free from s 28-6 4 . . . to that degree he will find the animal creation unexempt from bodily s 28-9 5 . . . The earth he will find already too full of s. to dare, on his own account, to add one jot more 30-16 sufferings The knowledge alone of the s. of live stock in ship- ment should be sufficient 45-9 "Suffer it to be so now." (Matthew 3 :15) 20-6 suggestion involving not one taint or 5. of animal sacrifice or cruelty 16-15 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 149 suit A 5. was brought by him in the justice's court 54-2 summons For those who are able to hear, the 5. to awake has come 22-10 supply but could spurn his avocation, and under new and changed conditions find his abundant equivalent s . . . . 38-16 Supreme Being "Is it possible that the 5. B., our divine Intelli- gence, ever ordained the eating of flesh ?" 14-15 suspension feels not in the least the cruel shackle .... nor the inversion and s. by the hind leg 29-1 sustenance the more clearly will that man apprehend the utter needlessness of the animal for his 5 29-16 sway how do you expect to be prepared even to begin to meet it if you have not made one effort to over- come that foe which you have permitted full s. over the lower orders of creation ? 35-6 sweep should .... hasten to make a clean s. of our mortally- gauged narrowness, ignorance, bigotry, and cruel carelessness 41-11 swine 1 . . . provided for the s. being placed in the public pound 52-17 2 . . . The custom had obtained such a strong foot- hold through long standing and belief in the necessity of s. for private use and as public scavengers 53-6 3 . . . to secure the penalty of six dollars for per- mitting three of his s. to continue roaming the streets of Albany 54-5 system 1 . . . This treatise deals with the subject principally because of the injustice, cruelty, and degra- dation which such a s. entails 13-3 150 INDEX AN APPEAL 2 . . . the right of existence of a debasing s., such as has continued down through the ages, and such as we now find thriving especially in our own beloved nation 19-10 3 . . . entire s. is one monstrous nightmare from which thinking men and women at least should awaken 34-1 1 table the question was laid on the t. from time to time while a long and earnest debate continued 52-12 taint 1 . . . the Infinite provision was of course unlimited, involving not one t. or suggestion of animal sacrifice or cruelty 16-15 2 . . . one must beware of any greedy t. of false reasoning 28-12 3 . . . gloves, manufactured without the t. of blood, and proper for any occasion, are easily obtainable 39-11 tasks we shall but transmit a dark custom to future generations, bequeathing to them our poor re- sults and disregarded t 48-1 teeth "while the flesh was yet between their t., ere it was chewed," (Numbers 11 :33) 16-4 tendency If not, this persistent t. will logically necessitate the declaration that the porker. . . .feels not in the least the cruel shackle 28-13 tenderness The experience of t. that comes with such a rela- tionship is clean 49-2 territory a t., exclusive of its forest reserve, about the size of the state of Connecticut 50-2 testimony Every mouthful of meat is a t. to your belief in death, for you would not eat the animal alive 35-7 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 151 texts are t., like several others, serving well in their place, but with no final bearing whatever upon the question under consideration 19-6 thing "to every t. that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat : and it was so." (Genesis 1 :30) 17-10 things From the record given us by John we gain the idea that Jesus had "yet many things" to tell us 20-8 Thomas a Kempis (after quotation from "Imitation of Christ.") 8- thought a mentality that is satisfied to let this screaming butchery and loathsome wretchedness continue without a protest, yes, more often without a ^. ? 33-1 1 thoughtlessness It is a hidden stump protruding from the deep-lying roots of t.y carnality, ignorance, cruelty, self-will, and listlessness 12-4 thoughts Because he does not think the t. of Intelligence 26-14 thousands 1 . . . gladly and sanely to continue excluding the t. of articles made from material procured at the price of unjustifiable bloodshed 22-7 2. . . not with his fishing-tackle or gun, but in any one of t. of wholesome ways, with his guide book perhaps, his field glasses 43-16 3 . . . to leave the subject untouched because t. of individuals allow themselves to be irre- sponsible 57-7 tidings 1 . . . (Foreword) prays his fellow creatures to pon- der upon these t. of Love, inflexible though they may seem 3-1 1 2 . . . (Foreword) t. prompted by convictions bom of spiritual aspiration 3-12 152 INDEX AN APPEAL 3 . . . (Foreword) if the messenger knew that his t. would meet with rebuff alone, still zealously would he continue to prepare the soil 5-2 time 1 . . . Jesus had "yet many things" to tell us, but at that t. the people were not able to bear them 20-9 2. . . from another class of thoughtful people, there are those who, for the t. being, seem to have overlooked the question 27-6 3 . . . Rather, will not a little t., devoted to the con- sideration of this foul blot and scourge upon humanity, compel us 30-6 4 . . . it is also wisdom to take one step at at 36-4 5 . . . As ^. goes on there will spring up other and better demands 38-16 6 . . . we see exhibited at the present t. in a most interesting and gratifying way in many of our city parks 48-11 7. . . he is not ashamed to take sufficient t. alone, to listen, to learn, and to consult the plan of his Creator 58-1 Timothy Paul's words to T 19-6 tooth 1 . . . "tooth for tooth" (Deuteronomy 19:21) 18-5 2. . . "Ye have heard that it hath been said. An eye for an eye, and a t. for at." (Matthew 5 :38) .... 18-1 1 tortoise combs and pins made from the shell of the t 39-13 torture In his childishness he forgets the t. he is inflict- ing 43-3 tourists Summer t. may walk or ride, day after day, for weeks through this vast, marvelous reserve, through its most absolutely lonely sections, with- out fear of annoyance from the animals 50-11 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 153 taivns 1 . . . it prevailed to quite an extent throughout the New England cities and t 52-4 2 . . . In some of our good-sized cities and t. public opinion is equally as lax, and would be quite as resentful 55-12 3 . . . there should be no unowned domestic animals, and only when this sane state of affairs ob- tains in our t. and cities 56-16 trace by first beginning to eliminate each t. of selfishness and cruelty attaching to us in our daily thinking and living 36-6 traffic Yet there is not one man, though vitally, financially concerned, even in the t., but could spurn his avocation 38-13 traits t. which would keep us perpetually bound to a perverse custom not suitable for the dark ages 41-13 traps millions yearly being htmted, or tortured in t., or shot, or beaten to death, or often ripped up and abandoned to die 46-9 travesty It is a horrible t., but it will be no more incon- gruous than our brazen living wherein mercy is ignored and slaughter is introduced 59-10 treatise This t deals with the subject principally because of the injustice, cruelty, and degradation which such a system entails 12-17 tree "and every t., in the which is the fruit of a t. yielding seed : to you it shall be for meat." (Genesis 1 :29) 17-2,3 tribe of whatever nation, t., color, or creed 60-10 triumph (From Truth's Psalm) 61-16 154 INDEX AN APPEAL trophy And who would not prefer a harmless snap-shot t. to the weight of a pitiable bloody carcass 44-2 trouble The same word points out the t. — that is, just wait- ing for man to stir himself, to know his redemption .... 36-16 truth 1 . . . knowing a t. and knowing he should pro- claim it, yet, because of fear of human disapproval, withholds from his duty 9-13 2 . . . be it laboring in obscurity, openly defying an impersonal foe, or merely uttering a simple t. — ^will speed him on his way 10-4 3 . . . Eventually, T. is heard 10-6 4 . . . abiding in this same t. the deduction is readily made that even the animals, . . . . , are simply emulating mankind 17-4 5 . . . and comprehends the t. about himself as a son of Infinity 30-12 6. . . The t. is that, from start to finish, no amount of gilding 33-16 7 . . . Only those will be able to hear or bear such doctrine who, for the sake of t., are willing to make sacrifices 38-8 8 . . . But away in his heart of hearts, if the /. were studied, it is the call of nature 43-9 9. . . (From Truth's Psalm) 61-2 Truth's Psalm 61- turn the lambs as they hang suspended, awaiting each his t. for the final heart stab 32-1 type As a t. of justice against impersonal evil it is well 18-7 unborn leaving it to the yet u. to sweep away the accumu- lated offal 48-2 universe (From Truth's Psalm) 61-8 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 155 universal 1 . . . any daily practice tending not for the u. good, will ever retard man's ability to utilize the principle of a proper idealism 9-9 2 . . . The application of the u. law of atonement 13-15 3 . . . or while dodging any requirement that the u. law of harmony has upon him 14-9 4... "while daily practicing with complacency that which is not for the u. good ?" 14-13 5 . . . and help to hasten the day of u. kindness when none shall eat the food of frenzy or use the product of anguish and bloodshed 60-7 6... (From Truth's Psalm) 61-16 usage since it is repeatedly proven and can be proven by any one who is ready, that the u. is not a necessity .... 37-15 use 1 . . . (Foreword) eagerly scatter his seed broad- cast with the assurance that the fruits would be of u. to that one 5-1 2 . . . we know that the u. of the Holy Bible as a basis in the settlement of any vast subject involves a most careful weighing 17-14 3 . . . through long standing and belief in the neces- sity of swine for private u. and as public scavengers 53-6 useless most glaringly u. and witless of all is the practice of vivisection 44-9 utterances Jesus ultimately gave us his keen interpretation in the u. found in Matthew 5 :38, 39, 44, 45 18-9 utility 1 . . . For every discarded u. made from the dis- tasteful by-product, there is a higher substitute awaiting 39-17 2 . . . He recognizes that the supposed spiritual living or mentality that is satisfied to ac- cede to the continuance of slaughter, 156 INDEX AN APPEAL whether for food, u., or adornment, has gotten into a very queer mix-up 59-2 vegetabJe 1 . . . Before long there will be the demand for a v. milk 39-3 2 . . . Shoes and articles of wearing apparel, orna- mental and useful equipment, now made largely from leather, will be made from v. material 39-7 ventilation 34-1 verdict 1. . . "jury promptly returned a v. for the defen- dant." 54-16 2... "Thus the law which had cost so much of efifort to enact was completely overridden by public sentiment as reflected by this v" 55-3 "vested rights*' "the 'vested rights' of the hogs to have the freedom of the city had been vindicated" 55-3 victim 1 . . . why, .... require a v. for himself ? 30-5 2. . . who stands in your stead, and spills the life blood, and stills the last cry, and finds the heart of YOUR v? 32-16 victims a mere habit that, annually, for food alone, requires and compels millions of v. to pass through this most excruciating ordeal ? 29-11 view 1 . . . the V. of the sportsman finding puerile delight in the pursuit and capture and muti- lation of animals 42-16 2 . . . may be seen peering out from the depths of the pine woods or crossing the roads in full V. of the coaching parties » 51-1 views 1 . . . (Foreword) in turn will show other and brighter v. which the Infinite has revealed to them 4-7 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 157 2 . . . grander v 40-9 virtue quite as earnestly yearns to bring to light that neglected v., renunciation 13-7 vision that now the pleading eyes of that agonizing creation might confront his v 46-15 visitors a favorable habit with the men, women, and child- ren V. to show affection to the dear gray squirrels who come hopping along 48-15 vitality firm declaration is that God, Spirit, is the only v., Life 28-2 vivisection the practice oiv 44-10 voice 1 . . . Yes, if he is worthy he will both hear and obey the v. of Wisdom 47-1 2. . . (From Truth's Psalm) 61-14 wails Ohl that now the combined w. of to-day's tortured animal creation might sound in the ear of each thoughtless human being 46-1 1 walk this man is not ready for a higher w.: 25-10 waters "for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the w. cover the sea." (Isaiah 1 1 :9) 23-8 way 1 . . . (Foreword) such a course will at least help to clear the w 4-1 1 2 . . . his loving and humble discharge of each rightful obligation. .. .will speed him on hisM; 10-4 3 . . . In the eternal order, according to Genesis 1:30, the animals were to fare in the only intelligent w. . .■ 17-8 158 INDEX AN APPEAL 4. . . just as rapidly as the w. opens, gladly and sanely to continue excluding the thousands of articles made from material procured at the price of im justifiable bloodshed 22-6 5 . . . Whoever thoughtfully, prayerfully, and obedi- ently attends to his first move is ever sure to find the w. prepared 37-7 6 . . . This we see exhibited at the present time in a most interesting and gratifying w. in many of our city parks 48-12 7 . . . In this iv. the individual shows his greatest efficiency 58-2 8 . . . If not already on the w., the appeal is to you 60-4 ways 1... "Yea, they have chosen their own w.'' (Isaiah 66:3) 24-7 2... in any one of thousands of wholesome w., with his guide book perhaps, his field glasses, his camera, or his kodak 43-16 wealth- getting » The hour will come when the meat industry, to- gether with its gluttonous w., will be seen to involve a perniciousness 33-13 wearing The w. of feathered songbirds, and wings, and breasts, and furs, and skins of animals is a badge of the degradation 45-16 welfare they learn gradually that no harm is intended to them and they respond to man's regard for their w. . . . 5 1-6 weighing involves a most careful w. of the various applicable portions of that Scripture 17-16 weight to the w. of a pitiable bloody carcass with its at- tendant unescapable defilement of conscience ? 44-2 West the Jew, the Christian, the religionist of the East or T^ 60-12 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 159 whatsoever Eating w. is set before one 19-1 wheel the porker ready for the automatic hoisting w 28-15 widening we crave the perpetual w. of our horizon 40-8 wilds there, in their natural state, the animals of the forests and w. have roamed practically unmo- lested 50-5 will 1 . . . "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven," (Matthew 6:10) 35-11 2 . . . becomes strong in maintaining the Imperial W . . . . 58-4 Willis, Nathaniel P. the famous author and journalist 51-14 wings The wearing of feathered songbirds, and w., and breasts 45-17 wisdom 1 . . . W. is everywhere sending out its continuous appeal 9-1 2 . . . all these questions are legitimate and should be asked and pondered, but it is also w. to take one step at a time 36-4 3 . . . if he is worthy he will both hear and obey the voice otW 47-2 4... that the Spirit of Wisdom, all along down through the ages, has been calling and reasoning with humanity against slaughter 59-15 witless But most glaringly useless and witless of all is the practice of vivisection 44-9 woe entertains no illusion that the elimination of this one w. would establish all goodness 68-13 wolf "The w. also shall dwell with the lamb" (Isaiah 11 :6) . . 22-14 f 160 INDEX AN APPEAL woman if each meat-eating man, w., and child were obliged to kill and prepare his own animal which he in- tends for his daily food 24-15 women 1 . . , one monstrous nightmare from which thinking men and w. at least should awaken. 34-13 2. . . True men and w. everywhere,. . . .should be able to perceive a lamentable obvious mis- take 41-8 3 . . . especially in Central Park of New York City, where it has become a favorable habit with the men, w., and children 48-14 4 . . . Our highest gratitude is due to many unknown or forgotten, but consecrated men and w. for the untiring efforts 55-17 woods 1 . . . the call of nature with its streams and w. and mountains 43-1 1 2. . . From time to time, the elk, the deer, or the bear may be seen peering out from the depths of the pine w 50-17 word 1 . . . We have the w. for it that the concession was due to the fact that the Israelites were yet unworthy 16-7 2. . . "To this man will I (God) look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my w." (Isaiah 66 :2) 24-2 3 . . . The same w. points out the trouble — that is, just waiting for man to stir himself 36-16 4 . . . if the reader believes the infallible I AM, here is the w. of promise for faithfulness (See Leviticus 26:6) 37-16 5 . . . control delegated alone to the beings whom the W. pronounces, "in the image of God," and "very good." 41-6 words , . Paul's w. to Timothy 19-6 AGAINST SLAUGHTER 161 work 1 , . . (Foreword) To sort out and embrace from this suggestive w. whatever advanced ideas seem practicable to each, — such a course will at least help to clear the way 4-9 2. . . ought you not to be able to clap your hands in holy glee when you see or know about the heroic w. of the truly faithful despatcher who stands in your stead 32-13 •world Nor will the w. be edified while we remain stiff- necked, hard-hearted, or unthinking 47-14 wrath great w, came upon the people. (See Numbers 11:33) 16-5 wretchedness a mentality that is satisfied to let this screaming butchery and loathsome w. continue without a protest 33-10 years 1 . . . For many y in their natural state, the animals of the forests and wilds have roamed practically unmolested 50-1 2... We laugh. "This was eighty y. ago," we say 55-7 3 . . . is a state akin to that of Albany eighty y. ago 57-10 Yellowstone National Park 49-17 " Yet many things" (John 16 :12) 20-8 yielding Until there is a glad y. to the lesser calls, myri- ads of normal attainments will be belated 9-4 zeal "His z. in the performance of his duties was such that until the day of his death he was commonly known as 'Pig Baker.' " 53-16