No man or woman, no boy or girl, who has any kind feelings will inflict unnecessary pain upon any creature. Such persons will not hurt a worm. Animals feel pain very acutely. They know when they are treated kindly and when they are abused. God has given them this feeling, and if men or boys abuse them, He will condemn and punish them for so doing. They prove themselves unworthy of the power they have, and, by their cruelty, they sink beneath the brute.

Children, remember these words. Do not hurt anything unnecessarily. Do not throw stones at animals; do not worry them with dogs. We have seen boys take hold of cows' tails and beat them with sticks every jump they took until they were tired. When ever we see such an action we feel that it would serve the boy perfectly right if some man were to give him a sound thrashing. He might then know how to sympathize with the poor brute whom he had mistreated.