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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, September 24, 1867

FromAdvent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 15

One of the most potent so-called philosophical arguments for the inherent immortality of man, is that he is endowed with reasoning powers,—can trace cause to effect and effect to cause. We are frequently called upon to show that the same reasoning would give immortality to the brutes. The following item illustrates this point:

A FRIENDLY HORSE.—A few days since, as we were leaving our residence on our usual morning visit to the office, a sorrel horse belonging to us galloped up and caught our arm, and made an attempt to pull us in the direction he wished to go. He then left, and went off in a quick gait toward a pasture on a farm about a quarter of a mile distant from our residence. In a few minutes, he approached us again, making an unusual noise, and seemed by his actions to desire us to follow him. This we did, and when we reached the pasture we observed the mate of the horse entangled in a bridge which had broken through with him. After we had extricated his companion from this dangerous position, the horse which had given us notice of his companion's danger, came up and rubbed his head against us, showing great signs of satisfaction.—Christian Advocate.