168 DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 



cell and with a cell he must begin in a 

 future life. This first cell with which 

 man enters his next form of existence 

 cannot logically be any other than the 

 first dying cell-individual. As no atom, 

 so no elementary unit of the living 

 spiritual body is annihilated. Viewed 

 from our present existence death can- 

 not mean anything to the departed 

 cell-generations but the cessation of 

 life and activity in the world responsive 

 to our senses. In reality they rise to a 

 higher evolution under different condi- 

 tions and this evolution must be iden- 

 tical with the upbuilding of the glorified 

 body man shall possess in a future 

 life. 



This form of death and resurrection, 

 natural because it is founded on the 

 idea and nature of the organism, is 

 common to all living beings and must 

 so be, as they are all built according to 

 the same general plan and therefore 

 essentially subject to the same evolu- 

 tionary processes. The birth and death 

 of the lower individuals in whole gen- 



