Mr. Thompson--Seton's Lecture

Mr. Ernest Thompson-Seton gave a very interesting lecture in the Union, last evening on "The Natural History of the Ten Commandments."

The ten commandments are the fundamental laws of all creation and not arbitrary rules for man, and the breach of a commandment shows its harm by the destruction it causes. Animals, by over-covetousness often die of starvation; by being false, are killed.

We find that a certain instinct of the laws of possession pervades and governs the actions of animals of the higher types. By their mating, all animals tend to monogamy, which is reached to the highest degree in foxes and geese.

The commandment concerning keeping the Sabbath day has less exemplification than any of the other commandments, although even here, we find that all animals have a certain period of rest during the year.