A Dead Dog | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 4, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 31.

“A Dead Dog.”

The wise man tells us that “a living dog is better than a dead lion,” but “a dead dog” would certainly be of questionable value. David used the term as expressive of no value, placing it in the same category as “a flea.” But the wealthy magnate, J. Pierpont Morgan, places a different estimate on his dead bulldog, that fell ignominiously in a fight with a Maltese cat, which clawed out his eye. His remains were placed in “a handsome satin-lined casket,” we are solemnly told, and “a monument will be raised to him.” Well, well, well, and well! But, after all, it is only human folly, a little exaggerated. Eyes clarified with the wisdom of God and illuminated with the light of eternity, would see differently.