DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 



ing a future life which throughout the 

 ages have gradually appeared and pre- 

 vailed. 



The critically thinking public of the 

 present day takes a decidedly skeptical 

 attitude toward all these theories. They 

 assert, and not without strong argu- 

 ments, that it is impossible to know 

 anything. But, however convinced the 

 public may be of the fruitlessness of 

 discussing the topic, no one will suc- 

 ceed in pushing it entirely aside. Time 

 and again the same questions reappear 

 as dark and threatening clouds on the 

 horizon of our consciousness; they oc- 

 cupy our thoughts, take hold upon our 

 feelings and color our sentiments. It 

 would undoubtedly be sufficient at such 

 moments to have, were it only one 

 fixed point to stand upon; one estab- 

 lished fact to start from and which we 

 could trust would lead our thoughts 

 in the right direction. But such a 

 basis to set out from we have not 

 hitherto been able to find. Will this 

 remain the case forever? Will science 



