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of life and sensation, and capable of performing all 

 the physical functions by which life is distinguished, 

 and we find no terms in the Bible to distinguish the 

 intellectual faculties of man from the brute crea- 

 tion." 



I will call the reader's attention to two more 

 passages wherein the word soul is translated as it 

 should be. In Numbers 31 : 28, God said, " Levy a 

 tribute unto the Lord, one soul of five hundred, 

 both of the persons, and of the beeves and of 

 the asses and of the sheep." In Eevelations 16:3, 

 we find these words : " Every living soul died in the 

 sea." 



It would be useless to continue these quotations 

 as the reader can see that, if I am correct, the Bible, 

 without the shadow of a doubt, recognizes that 

 animals have living souls the same as man. 



Most of the quotations given are represented 

 as having been spoken by the Creator Himself 

 and He certainly knows whether or not He gave to 

 man and lower animals alike a living soul, which of 

 course means an immortal soul, as there cannot be 

 a living soul without its being immortal. 



In determining the meaning of the Bible, we 

 should rest our belief, not on what man would have 



