Show the spirit of iove beyond all question it is the unalterable constitution of nature that there is efficacy divine unspeakable efficacy in love the exhibition of kindness has the power to bring even the irrational animal into subjection show kindness to a dog and he will remember it he will bo grateful he will infallibly return love for love show kindness to a lion and you can lead him by the mane you can thrust your head into his month yon can molt tho untamed ferocity of hia heart into an affection stronger than death and if this blessed influence should extend itself over the earth a moral garden of eden would exist in every land instead of the thorn and brier would spring up the fir tree and the myrtle the desert would blossom and the solitary place bo made glad new york ledger |