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Number
22
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ZION'S 
WATCH 
TOWER 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA, 
possessors 
of 
these, 
but 
merely 
the 
stewards, 
whose 
privilege 
it 
is 
to 
use 
them 
as 
best 
they 
may 
know 
how, 
in 
the 
Master's 
service. 
and 
to 
the 
forwarding 
of 
the 
interests 
of 
righteousness 
in 
the 
preparation 
of 
themselves 
and 
others 
for 
his 
appearing 
and 
kingdom. 
The 
Apostle 
speaks 
of 
our 
Lord 
Jesus 
as 
"our 
great 
God 
and 
Savior." 
and 
this 
is 
in 
full 
accord 
with 
the 
general 
teachIng'l 
of 
the 
Scriptures. 
Our 
Lord 
Jesus 
is 
a 
mighty 
one, 
a 
great 
one 
amongst 
the 
mighty 
ones, 
and 
as 
our 
Lord 
him­ 
se 
If 
r!ecl:t 
r(''l. 
all 
should 
"honor 
the 
Son 
even 
as 
they 
honor 
the 
Father."-John 
I: 
I; 
5 
:22. 
TIlf' 
Apo~t1e 
presents 
in 
another 
consideration 
why 
we 
should 
be 
exercised 
by 
this 
blessed 
hope 
of 
the 
Lord's 
second 
COlIIlTll-( 
and 
our 
gathering 
togl'ther 
to 
him 
as 
hi., 
elect 
church. 
It. 
i~ 
not 
mcrply 
that 
w{' 
should 
think 
of 
life 
everlasting 
and 
glory 
In 
whJ('h 
\v{' 
might 
share; 
but 
that 
we 
should 
think 
also 
that 
this 
One 
commg 
in 
glory, 
and 
to 
whom 
we 
hope 
to 
be 
joined 
evprlastingly, 
as 
mcmber'l 
of 
the 
bride, 
to 
the 
Bnde­ 
groo!ll.-is 
no 
othpr 
than 
he 
who 
gave 
hinlself 
for 
us, 
who 
sacrificed 
his 
own 
life 
in 
our 
redemption. 
\Ve 
are 
to 
remem­ 
bpI', 
too. 
that 
}:p 
not 
only 
redpcmed 
us 
from 
the 
penalty 
of 
sin. 
(1<'<lth. 
hut 
that 
the 
redemption 
which 
he 
purpooes 
and 
pro\ 
Id("3 
is 
more 
than 
a 
redemption 
from 
iniquity, 
from 
sin. 
\YC' 
ale 
to 
rrmem!Jpr 
al'lo 
that 
this 
purging 
away 
of 
sin 
and 
the 
in~truction 
and 
cleansing 
which 
the 
\\'ord 
of 
truth 
is 
to 
do 
for 
us, 
as 
the 
Apostle 
has 
foregoing 
set 
forth, 
is 
to 
the 
intent 
that 
by 
these 
means 
the 
Lord 
may 
"purify 
unto 
him­ 
self 
a 
peculiar 
people"-a 
people 
different 
from 
others, 
pos­ 
sessed 
of 
a 
special 
love 
for 
that 
which 
is 
just, 
that 
which 
is 
pure, 
that 
which 
is 
noble, 
that 
which 
is 
!lood; 
and 
who, 
despite 
the 
imperfections 
of 
their 
mortal 
bodies, 
are 
striving 
to 
cultivate 
these 
graces 
more 
and 
more 
in 
their 
hearts, 
and 
to 
keep 
their 
bodies 
in 
subjection. 
Moreover, 
says 
the 
Apostle, 
these 
peculiar 
people 
will 
be 
"zealous 
of 
good 
works," 
earnest­ 
ly 
desirous 
and 
striving 
to 
do 
good 
unto 
all 
men 
as 
thpy 
have 
opportunity. 
physically. 
mentally, 
morally,-and 
especially 
to 
do 
good 
to 
the 
household 
of 
faith. 
The 
Apostle's 
exhortation, 
in 
conclusion, 
is 
that 
Titus 
shall 
speak 
and 
exhort 
the 
church 
along 
these 
linl's 
which 
he 
has 
laid 
down, 
reproving 
them, 
whenever 
necessary 
(in 
love 
and 
/!entleness, 
and 
yet 
with 
full 
authority, 
not 
doubting 
as 
to 
the 
meaning 
of 
the 
divine 
instruction). 
lIe 
was 
to 
let 
no 
man 
despise 
him, 
in 
the 
sense 
that 
he 
was 
to 
declare 
these 
princi­ 
ples 
of 
righteousness 
governing 
the 
Lord's 
people 
in 
a 
plain, 
positive 
and 
authoritative 
manner. 
He 
was 
to 
Bpeak 
with 
authority 
and 
not 
as 
with 
uncertainty 
and 
questioning. 
And 
so 
lrt 
us 
speak, 
each 
and 
all, 
to 
our"elve., 
and 
to 
others, 
Brtting 
forth 
the 
prinCIples 
of 
this 
salvation 
whir-h 
has 
appeared 
to 
us. 
with 
no 
uncertain 
sound, 
that 
thus 
we 
may 
mini'lter 
grare 
to 
the 
hearerfl 
and 
glorify 
our 
Father 
in 
heaven 
and 
our 
Re­ 
deemer 
and 
Deliverer. 
VOL. 
XXI 
ALLEGHENY, 
PA., 
NOVEMBER 
15, 
1900 
VIEWS 
FROM 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
1'0.22 
IS 
NATURE 
CRUEL? 
societies 
of 
monkeys 
to 
be 
found 
in 
the 
lower 
latitudeq 
of 
Asia 
This 
question 
haq 
already 
been 
answered 
by 
some 
eminent 
and 
Africa; 
the 
numberless 
herds 
of 
rC'indeer 
in 
the 
far 
authOl'ltil'~ 
in 
tile 
affinnatlvr, 
and 
the 
belief 
that 
Bueh 
an 
North, 
the 
herds 
of 
mmk-oxen 
and 
the 
innumerable 
bands 
of 
an~\\ 
PI' 
I~ 
the 
correct 
one 
is 
widespread. 
Sir 
Samuel 
Baker 
polar 
foxes 
still 
farther 
north; 
th(' 
flocks 
of 
seals 
and 
morses 
dec].lI'es 
that 
n,lture 
"i~ 
a. 
sY'ltem 
of 
terrori'lm 
from 
the 
be- 
and 
sociable 
eehceans 
which 
inhabit 
the 
ocean; 
the 
hen];; 
of 
ginnmg 
to 
the 
end," 
and 
John 
Stuart 
l\iill 
assert'l 
that 
if 
wild 
horses, 
donkeys, 
camels 
and 
sheep 
which 
range 
the 
step­ 
there 
are 
mfl 
rk~ 
of 
design 
in 
creation, 
"one 
of 
the 
things 
most 
pes 
of 
Central 
Asia. 
He 
sayfl: 
evi,lpntly 
d('~igned 
is 
that 
a 
large 
proportion 
of 
all 
animals 
"'How 
trifling, 
in 
eompari~on 
with 
them, 
are 
the 
num­ 
f'houl,1 
pa 
~s 
tlwir 
e'd'ltC'nce 
in 
tormenting 
and 
dC'vouring 
other 
brrs 
of 
carnivora; 
And 
how 
falflC', 
thrrefore, 
is 
the 
view 
of 
anima18." 
If 
"e 
assume 
nature 
to 
be 
the 
work 
of 
a 
Being 
those 
who 
speak 
of 
the 
animal 
world 
as 
if 
nothing 
were 
to 
of 
infil11te 
power, 
he 
conclude., 
that 
"the 
mo~t 
atrocious 
be 
seen 
in 
it 
but 
lions 
and 
hyenas 
plunging 
their 
bleeding 
enOllllitips 
of 
the 
worst 
men 
will 
be 
more 
than 
justified 
by 
the 
teeth 
into 
the 
flesh 
of 
the 
victims! 
On 
might 
as 
well 
im- 
Hpp,llt'llt 
111(( 
ntlOu 
of 
l'lO\i(!ellee 
that 
throughout 
all 
animated 
agine 
that 
the 
whole 
of 
human 
life 
is 
nothing 
but 
a 
succes- 
lwture 
the 
strong 
should 
prey 
on 
the 
weak." 
These 
radical 
sion 
of 
Tel-el 
Kebir 
and 
Geok 
Tepe 
maS'lfieres.' 
:, 
'~"I 
t 
Imh 
arp 
(-outI 
o\l'rtpd 
hy 
.T. 
C. 
Hirst, 
of 
LIverpool, 
Eng- 
"Unless, 
then, 
death 
is 
an 
inexcusable 
incident 
in 
animal 
land. 
in 
a. 
book 
"'hose 
title 
is 
the 
same 
as 
the 
head 
of 
this 
life, 
it 
would 
seem 
that 
the 
terror 
of 
death 
to 
be 
inflicted 
by 
a 
I 
tll,le 
(Londeu, 
1 
!lOa). 
After 
examining 
the 
experiences 
of 
the 
c~rnivora 
is 
really 
a 
figment 
of 
the 
imagination: 
and 
one 
!IUUt,'1 
~ 
of 
hi;~ 
ganw, 
he 
concludes 
in 
the 
first 
place 
that 
Sir 
might 
rrasonably 
adopt 
the 
language 
of 
lVfr. 
Wallace, 
that 
'the 
f'a 
III 
III 
,I 
Hakel'~ 
(lidmn 
is 
unb 
ue. 
'Ye 
quote 
from 
a 
review 
supposed 
torments 
and 
miseries 
ot 
animn 
I" 
have 
little 
real 
in 
(Jill' 
,till/III/ted 
Frlel/dS 
(October) 
the 
following 
absbact 
of 
existenre, 
but 
are 
the 
reflection 
of 
the 
imagined 
sensations 
of 
Ill" 
II!..lldl"lIt·- 
cultivated 
men 
and 
women 
in 
similar 
circumstaneefl, 
and 
that 
,.\\ 
h('1 
{' 
t1H'l'e 
i~ 
tCTTorisrn 
there 
must 
be 
terror, 
and 
terror 
the 
amount 
of 
actual 
suffering 
cllused 
Inl 
the 
struggle 
for 
ex- 
is 
Oil" 
of 
th 
.. 
1ll0'lt 
horrIble 
of 
sufferingB. 
Is 
it 
true, 
then, 
istenec 
among 
animals 
is 
altogether 
insig,nificant.''' 
tkll 
tla' 
:I\lllll:d~ 
11I0,t 
l'~I'0setl 
to 
the 
attacks 
of 
the 
carni- 
:Mr. 
Hirst 
does 
not, 
of 
course, 
deny 
that 
there 
is 
a 
good 
vor:t 
<11if('1' 
gn 
ltly 
from 
terror? 
\Ye 
believe 
that 
it 
is 
al- 
deal 
of 
e'!tm/! 
and 
being 
caten 
in 
the 
alllmal 
kmgdom. 
Thl'l 
l1'o-t 
(,,,tll,'1.\ 
1lI1tlllC. 
Terror 
in 
human 
beings 
is 
largely 
due 
however, 
he 
says, 
is 
not 
cruelty, 
and 
he 
devotes 
much 
space 
to 
thc 
illl:lglilation 
...•. 
Have 
we 
any 
reason 
to 
believe 
to 
showinQ' 
that 
in 
their 
attacks 
wild 
creatures 
cause 
their 
tll,t 
tllr 
1,"\pl 
:IJlIIJI"I~ 
11:1\'l' 
a 
~illliJar 
tellor 
of 
imagin,1tlOn'! 
victims 
little 
pain, 
altho 
he 
does 
not 
go 
so 
far 
as 
to 
say 
that 
'\'1' 
11.1\'p 
~','rl,l 
re,hon 
to 
believe 
the 
contrary. 
Mr. 
J. 
D. 
the 
mancrled 
ones 
enjoy 
it, 
as 
Wallace 
maintained 
of 
the 
flee- 
1m 
"1 
:1' 
ih' 
j,1I, 
tl:l' 
folln\\ 
illg 
ind(lent. 
A 
poor 
donkey 
was 
ing- 
antelope. 
The 
familiar 
case 
of 
Dr. 
Livingstone, 
on 
whom 
'tl(-,j,,,1It': 
tklt 
is. 
as 
a 
bait 
for 
a 
lion. 
The 
lion 
approached, 
n 
lion's 
iaw 
crunching 
through 
his 
shoulder 
a'cted 
as 
an 
anes- 
1'111, 
tllp 
h1lnt 
p 
r. 
lonk!nc:: 
throllgh 
his 
peephole, 
saw 
the 
donkey 
thetic. 
is 
of 
('ourse 
cited, 
lmd 
supported 
by 
much 
eviopnce 
~j 
'iI.li·:'!· 
llnlJ'\'!I1rd, 
v.],ilr 
tIle 
lion 
wput 
0n 
growling. 
It 
WRS 
along 
the 
same 
line. 
The 
reviewer 
reganl'l 
the 
case 
as 
hav- 
nit., 
J. 
11,] 
,h,ro\'plf,,1 
1,1 
1 
,11, 
the 
lion 
hnd 
artuallv 
tried 
to 
throw 
ing 
been 
made 
out, 
and 
concludes 
as 
follows: 
t1: 
.. 
d 
>'1 
1 
(q' 
0\'('1' 
with 
hi,; 
paw 
ann 
han 
faj]~d, 
altho 
it 
had 
"So 
then, 
afl 
the 
result 
of 
this 
mO'lt 
interesting 
investiga- 
<l'1 
," 
h,.l 
j 
hI' 
d(ll1ke\' 
on 
thl' 
innl'r 
sirll' 
of 
the 
leO'. 
'But 
tion, 
we 
may 
reasonably 
come 
to 
the 
conclusion 
that 
nature 
'j" 
,'1'1'1 
:1 
f.",' 
lIIi'lllt'('S 
of 
t1lp 
donkey 
beinO' 
attaekrd."'it 
was 
is 
by 
no 
means 
the 
system 
of 
terrorism 
that 
Sir 
Samuel 
Baker 
('IlIl,l.- 
(1t;n(! 
,rhi('h 
sho\\'C'11 
its 
ncn;ps 
wc;e 
not 
affccted.' 
makes 
it 
out 
to 
be; 
that 
it 
does 
not 
justify 
t11e 
pessimistic 
'''''I. 
\\ 
:d!a('(' 
maillbins 
that 
'the 
constant 
effort 
to 
escape 
and 
almost 
atheiRtic 
conclusions 
of 
Mr. 
J. 
S. 
Mill, 
and 
that 
pll(iIIi,,'l. 
tIle 
p,:C'r-n'curring 
strugrle 
again',t 
the 
forces 
of 
it 
is 
not 
the 
horrible 
commingling 
of 
devourers 
and 
devourrn 
n:ltl1l".' 
:'1p 
'the 
wrv 
1l1C'ans 
by 
whi('h 
much 
of 
the 
be'luty 
and 
that 
a 
suprrexcited 
imagination 
is 
preoisposed 
to 
paint 
it. 
On 
h'll'lllr.nv 
awl 
enjoyment 
of 
naturp 
arc 
pro(luced.' 
To 
what 
the 
contrary, 
we 
may 
believe 
that 
the 
various 
carnivorous 
d·,p 
j~ 
it 
that 
the 
flel'tne~s 
of 
the 
hor'le 
and 
of 
the 
many 
enemies 
of 
the 
,l!'rntler 
races 
of 
animals 
are 
much 
more 
serv- 
~JIl'l'i(.~ 
of 
d('pr 
aIHI 
antplopes 
is 
dur? 
To 
what 
else, 
indeed, 
ieeable 
in 
training 
them 
to 
thr 
finrst 
exrrciBe 
of 
skill 
and 
hut 
the 
pl'rpdunl 
stimulus 
to 
rxert 
tl;pir 
utmost 
'lppcn, 
which 
fleetness 
than 
they 
are 
destructive 
of 
their 
numbrrs 
or 
op- 
i'l 
(,:lIl~r',1 
h.,' 
thp 
fp:lr 
of 
enemips? 
But 
is 
not 
this 
fear 
the 
pressivcly 
noxious 
to 
t11E'ir 
happiness 
of 
animal 
Iifp, 
and 
that 
vprv 
ter/'o/, 
"lmh 
Sir 
~nnll1d 
Baker 
afTirms? 
By 
np 
means. 
in 
a 
world 
in 
which 
death 
is 
necessarv. 
drRt~ 
bv 
the 
as~all1t 
of 
~rr. 
Frnnci'l 
Galton 
nd 
only 
agrees 
with 
Mr. 
Wallace, 
but 
carnivorous 
enemies 
is 
no 
more 
d~eadfuJ 
but 
is. 
in 
f",<,t, 
l1l:lintllln'l 
that 
the 
pedl 
in 
which 
they 
live 
is 
a 
source 
of 
mu<'h 
le'l'l 
painful, 
than 
manv 
othrr 
methods 
by 
which 
life 
plpa~llre. 
. 
. 
. 
. 
mav 
he 
pxtinguished."-Literary 
Digest. 
"Prin<'p 
K 
ronotkin 
point., 
out 
the 
enormous 
l'xaggrration 
The 
aboVl' 
is 
in 
full 
accord 
with 
our 
prp'lpntation 
on 
the 
of 
thp 
'tooth 
and 
<,law' 
view 
of 
nature. 
Thp 
Prince 
rrfers 
to 
~ubiect 
in 
our 
issue 
of 
June 
1, 
page 
165; 
which 
please 
note 
the 
families 
of 
elephants, 
rhinoceroses, 
and 
the 
numberless 
again. 
[2726] 
(336-339) possessors of these, but merely the stewards, whose privilege it is to use them as best they may know how, in the Master’s service, and to the forwarding of the interests of righteousness in the preparation of themselves and others for his appearing and kingdom. The Apostle speaks of our Lord Jesus as “our great God and Savior,” and this is in full accord with the general teachings of the Scriptures. Our Lord Jesus is a mighty one, a great one amongst the mighty ones, and as our Lord himself declares. all should “honor the Son even as they honor the Father.”—John 1:1; 5:22, The Apostle presents in another consideration why we should be exercised by this blessed hope of the Lord’s second coming and our gathering together to him as his elect church. It is not merely that we should think of life everlasting and glory in which we might share; but that we should think also that this One comimg in glory, and to whom we hope to he joined everlastingly, as members of the bride, to the Bridegroom—is no other than he who gave himself for us, who sacrificed his own life in our redemption. We are to remember, too, that he not only redeemed us from the penalty of sin, death, but that the redemption which he purposes and provides is more than a redemption from iniquity, from sin. We are to remember also that this purging away of sin and the instruction and cleansing which the Word of truth is to Vou. XX oa ZION’S WATCH TOWER ALLEGHENY, PA., NOVEMBER 15, 1900 ALLEcHENY, Pa. do for us, as the Apostle has foregoing set forth, is to the intent that by these means the Lord may “purify unto himself a peculiar people’—a people different from others, possessed of a special love for that which is just, that which is pure, that which is noble, that which is good; and who, despite the imperfections of their mortal bodies, are striving to cultivate these graces more and more in their hearts, and to keep their bodies in subjection. Moreover, says the Apostle, these peculiar people will be “zealous of good works,” earnestly desirous and striving to do good unto all men as they have opportunity, physically, mentally, morally,—and especially to do good to the household of faith. The Apostle’s exhortation, in conclusion, is that Titus shall speak and exhort the church along these lines which he has laid down, reproving them, whenever necessary (in love and gentleness, and yet with full authority, not doubting as to the meaning of the divine instruction). He was to let no man despise him, in the sense that he was to declare these principles of righteousness governing the Lord’s people in a plain, positive and authoritative manner. He was to speak with authority and not as with uncertainty and questioning. And so let us speak, each and all, to ourselves and to others, setting forth the principles of this salvation which has appeared to us, with no uncertain sound, that thus we may minister grace to the hearers and glorify our Father in heaven and our Redeemer and Deliverer. No. 22 VIEWS FROM THE WATCH TOWER IS NATURE CRUEL? This question has already been answered by some eminent authorities in the affirmative, and the belief that such an answer is the correct one is widespread. Sir Samuel Baker declares that nature “ig a system of terrorism from the beginning to the end,” and John Stuart Mill asserts that if there are marks of design in creation, “one of the things most evidently designed is that a large proportion of all animals should pass their existence in tormenting and devouring other animals.” If we assume nature to be the work of a Being of infinite power, he concludes that “the most atrocious enoimities of the worst men will be more than justified by the apparent 1tention of Providence that throughout all animated nature the strong should prey on the weak.” These radical usaertions are controverted by J, C. Hirst, of Liverpool, England, in a book whose title is the same as the head of this aiticle (Londen, 1900}, After examining the experiences of hunters of big game, he concludes in the first place that Sir Samuel Baker’. dictum is untiue. We quote from a review in Gur Aneonated Frinds (October) the following abstract of jas veument:>— “Where there is terrorism there must be terror, and terror is one of the most horrible of sufferings. Is it true, then, that the amuals most exposed to the attacks of the carnivora suffer grcitly from terror? We believe that it is alwot enticlh untiue. Terror in human beings is largely due to the imagiation..... Have we any reason to believe thit the lewer animals have a similar terior of imagination? We have geal reason to believe the contrary. Mr. J. D. inveraritv tals the folowing incident. A poor donkey was ‘tied-oud’?: that is. ag a bait for a lion. The lion approached, but the hunter, leoking through his peephole, saw the donkey stendiy unbarmed, while the lion went on growling. It was atterwuod Ciscevered that the lion had actually tried to throw the dontev over with his paw and had failed, altho it had seriched the donkey on the inner ‘ side of the leg. But within a few minutes of the donkey being attacked. it was euimly cating which showed its nerves were not affected.’ “sa. Weollace maiutains that ‘the constant effort to escape encmics, the ever-recurring strugele against the forces of nature” ore ‘the verv means by which much of the beauty and harmenv and enjoyment of nature are produced. To what else is it that the fieetness of the horse and of the many species of deer and antelopes is due? To what else, indeed, hut the perpetual stimulus to exert their utmost speed, which ig caused hy the fear of enemies? But is not this fear the very terror which Sir Samuel Baker affirms? By ne means. Mr, Francis Galton not only agrees with Mr. Wallace, but maintams that the peril in which they live is a source of pleasure. 2... “Prince Kronotkin points ont the enormous exaggeration of the ‘tooth and claw’ view of nature. The Prince refers to the families of elephants, rhinoceroses, and the numberless societies of monkeys to be found in the lower latitudes of Asia and Africa; the numberless herds of reindeer in the far North, the herds of musk-oxen and the innumerable bands of polar foxes still farther north; the flocks of seals and morses and sociable cetaceans which inhabit the ocean; the herds of wild horses, donkeys, camels and sheep which range the steppes of Central Asia. He says: “How trifling, in comparison with them, are the numbers of carnivora; And how false, therefore, is the view of those who speak of the animal world as if nothing were to be seen in it but Hons and hyenas plunging their bleeding teeth into the flesh of the victims! On might as well imagine that the whole of human life is nothing but a succession of Tel-el Kebir and Geok Tepe massacres.’ “Unless, then, death is an inexcusable incident in animal life, it would seem that the terror of death to be inflicted by the carnivora is really a figment of the imagination; and one might reasonably adopt the language of Mr. Wallace, that ‘the supposed torments and miseries of animals have little real existence, but are the reflection of the imagined sensations of cultivated men and women in similar circumstances, and that the amount of actual suffering caused by the struggle for existence among animals ig altogether insignificant.’ ” Mr. Hirst does not, of course, deny that there is a good deal of exiting and being eaten in the animal kingdom. This however, he says, is not cruelty, and he devotes much space to showing that in their attacks wild creatures cause their victims little pain, altho he does not go so far as to say that the mangled ones enjov it, as Wallace maintained of the fleeing antelope. The familiar case of Dr. Livingstone, on whom a lion’s jaw crunching through his shoulder acted as an anesthetie, is of course cited, and supported by much evidence along the same line. The reviewer regards the case as having been made out, and concludes as follows: “So then, as the result of this most interesting investigation, we may reasonably come to the conclusion that nature is by no means the system of terrorism that Sir Samuel Baker makes it out to be; that it does not justify the pessimistic and almost atheistic conclusions of Mr. J. 8S. Mill, and that it is not the horrible commingling of devourers and devoured that a superexcited imagination is predisposed to paint it. On the contrary, we may believe that the various carnivorous enemies of the gentler races of animals are much more serviceable in training them to the finest exercise of skill and fleetness than they are destructive of their numbers or oppressively noxious to their happiness of animal life, and that in a world in which death is necessary. death bv the assault of carnivorous enemies is no more dreadful but is. in fact, much Jess painful, than many other methods by which life mav be extinguished.”—IJnterary Digest. The above is in full accord with our presentation on the subject in our issue of June 1, page 165; which please note again. [2726]

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