2 DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 



objects of his love or fear pass away, 

 and he knows that sooner or later the 

 same fate will befall himself. When he 

 beholds the lifeless body of some near 

 relative, his presentiment of immortal- 

 ity tells him that the selfsame soul 

 that once animated that body is still 

 alive. In such moments even the man 

 of low cultivation is forced into more 

 or less profound contemplation. The 

 following reflection impresses itself 

 with might and wonder upon him: "I 

 feel convinced that the dead is living, 

 but how can he live without his body 

 and what form does his new life take?" 



In all ages and stages, men have 

 asked the same or similar questions, 

 and they will go on asking them as 

 long as belief in a future life obtains. 



But man does not confine himself to 

 questioning, he wants answers, and es- 

 pecially must this be true where the re- 

 ply is so intimately connected with 

 himself. And these answers have not 

 been lacking; we find them formulated 

 in those opinions and theories respect- 



