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CRUELTY SATANIC

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 16, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 33.

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CRUELTY SATANIC.

WE are told that at a recent pigeon shoot in New Jersey "a pigeon that escaped the marksman was shot by an outsider, and was found to contain nine pins stuck in various parts of its body. The pins were stuck in the feet and up the leg the entire length of the pin. The object of this torture is to cause the pigeon to fly rapidly from the trap. Another method of torture is to cut the bird's toes off, pull the feathers out and bite the neck enough to hurt it severely." "Shall not God visit for these things?" And what a fearful crop of cruelty will come from this seed-sowing. Cruelty to the lowest of God's creatures begets cruelty to humanity. It dulls all the finer sensibilities of the heart. Parents, for the sake of your boys' eternal interests teach them gentleness and kindness to every one of God's sentient creatures.