WHAT is there about Sunday rest which is so superior from a physiological standpoint to rest on other days of the week? One would think some peculiar hygienic virtue must be inherent in such rest when it is found (as is claimed) that not only men, but animals, need rest on that particular day in order to meet the demands of their physical natures. The following, which we note in the Northwestern Christian Advocate, will explain this statement:— A press dispatch from Vienna states that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Hungary has taken a very important step in the interest of horses. The members of the society, believing that a Sunday off would be good for horses, exerted itself to this end. It has secured the passing of a law providing Sunday rest for horses and other domestic animals. If Sunday rest is necessary for horses and other domestic animals, is it not necessary for men? Nine tenths of the Sunday labor now performed is unnecessary, and in the interest of working people should be prohibited by law, and the law enforced. Is it believed that “horses and other domestic animals” can derive any benefit from the religious character of Sunday? Or is it believed that Sunday rest is more restful to such animals than Monday or Tuesday rest would be?