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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 25, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 4.

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Our Dumb Friends

By Edith H. Bourchier

O MEN and women, turn with hearts of pity To help the animals, whose wordless cry Goes up from country lane and crowded city, Pleading a little kindness ere they die!
They yield us all their strength and their obedience; They toil for us from dawn till setting sun; They give us faithful love and true allegiance; What do we give them for the service done?
O ye who preach of Christ, his cross and passion; O ye who teach the children how to pray, Teach them God's infinite, divine compassion For all things living underneath his sway!
Let us not, then, neglect them in our blindness. They do not need so much of whip and goad. They need a little love and human kindness To help them on their long and weary road.
— Edith H. Bourchier, in Dublin Mail.