28 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



The word man, in a theological sense, means all 

 the descendants from Adam including both sexes ; 

 and in a zoological sense man is an animal, placed 

 as the highest type of the mammalia. The word 

 animal, in a general sense, means all living be- 

 ings under the various terms of man, beast, fowl, 

 fish, bird, etc., which are classed under various sub- 

 divisions. In order to make the distinction clear, I 

 use the ambiguous term lower animals, when I do 

 not wish to include man. 



Animal life is that state of existence in which 

 the vital organs are capable of performing their 

 functions. It is that period during which the body 

 and soul are united. 



By the functions of animals is understood the 

 operation of the various organs which constitute 

 vital action, therefore life consists of a constant 

 series of actions from the period of birth to the 

 moment of dissolution. 



The constituent and essential parts of man 

 and lower animals consist of two things, known 

 in nature as matter and mind, or body and soul. 

 The body was originally made out of the dust of 

 the earth, and the soul is that vital energy breathed 

 into all animals by the Creator. This mysterious 



