"A lesson for the Primary given in 1907 related the Joseph Smith incident with rattlesnakes on the Zion's Camp expedition. References were made in the article about Henry Burgh, Abraham Lincoln, and others who were examples of kindness to animals. The article stated that 'every boy and girl can help in the good work of helping animals and make the world better and happier by being kind to them and persuading other boys and girls to be fair to them.'"
Other Sources
Other Writings of Mormons | Animals and the Church (2003) [Page 81, footnote: The Children's Friend, VI, (January, 1907), 23-9.]
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Kindness to Animals