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Flesh Eating.
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I can think of yet another evil the eradication of which be obvious to all souls desirous of Salvation-namely-flesh-eating It is an abominable and disgusting practice; both for the animal whose carcase has been slaughtered to provide the flesh, and for those who find pleasure in such filthy provender.
We shut our eyes to Christ's own plea :-"But go ye and learn what that meaneth I will have Mercy, and not Sacrifice." We disregard his command. "Thou shalt not kill." We want to say that he meant, Thou shalt not kill man alone; animals thou mayest kill and devour".
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Why should we so callously demand of others, their precious lives, that our filthy perverted appetites may be gorged? With so much brutal indifference towards the sacrifice of that life which is so precious to every one of us who eats meat? We deliberately shut our eyes to the fact that, life is dear to all; just as we keep away from the abattoir that when we sit down to enjoy our pork or beef we may not have the squeals or bellows of pain and terror ringing in our ears, see the frightned eyes appealing in vain for mercy, nor remember the writhings of the bleeding, dying carcases. What are we made of that we can so comfortably and easily reconcile ourselves to so much wretchedness to please our palate? In very truth, we eat up our char.ces of Salvation. The Scul is athirst with the longing to enjoy its natural qualities of joy, omniscience, power and immortal life. And the best we can do for it, is to feed it with the sources of its destruction-the very things that keep it outcast from its own country- the Kingdom of Heaven.
When those who eat meat are possessed of half th knowledge of the Nature of Life, that is contained in the scie
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