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who have made the best of their time in their probationary 

 existence, will rank as much above their fellows in the 

 heaven-life as they did in the earth-life, and like the others 

 will reach up to higher acquirements. There will be no 

 equalization of talents, capacities and possessions, but each 

 will be satisfied with his own, and all will endeavor to be as 

 like unto Christ as the conditions of their heavenly environ- 

 ment will permit. There will be grades of ability and char- 

 acter in the new life, but all of the very highest standard 

 when measured by what prevails in the earth-life. This is 

 the teaching of the Scriptures. " There is one glory of the 

 sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the 

 stars ; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So 

 also is the resurrection of the dead." 



Now as to the part that animals and plants shall figure in 

 the new existence. Revelation, as has been seen, was given 

 to man. This does not imply that the lower forms of life 

 were not made " partakers of the divine nature." When man 

 was placed upon this earth, or rather when in the sequence 

 of events, which was brought about by the prescribed 

 scheme of Divinity, he appeared upon the earth, he was 

 given the control of all the creatures of God's hands, to rule 

 them as his judgment seemed best They were a necessary 

 part of the plan of creation. God gave the man directions 

 concerning them, and what they are, and we refer to the 

 domesticated species especially, they have thus been made 

 through man's wise, intelligent and thoughtful selection. This 

 has been the instrument through which God has worked in 

 building up a history and a character for the humbler works 

 of His hands. That they shall pass into the future life with 

 him, at least such as have shown their fitness to endure, 

 there can be no doubt in the mind of any one who pauses a 

 few brief moments in the rush and turmoil of everyday life 

 and considers the matter with all due seriousness. All 

 existence, as we have elsewhere claimed, is a unit. All life, 

 like all love, is divine. There can nothing exist that does 



