44 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



Man being formed upright, he has the entire use 

 of his arms and hands which enables him to have 

 superiority over other animals in many respects; 

 and this, together with his cunning and intelligence, 

 has enabled him to tame, or repulse, or destroy, 

 other animals and thus become the " king of beasts " 

 or the " lord of creation." This was the result of 

 the fall; for before that sad event all lived together 

 as one great happy family, and Adam was the 

 guardian of them all. He called them by name ; 

 he had named " every living soul" and he was kind 

 and affectionate to them as their foster father. 

 They understood a language by which they were 

 able to communicate with each other. Adam and 

 Eve made their clothing out of vegetable products. 

 There were no deaths before the fall, and conse- 

 quently no skins were used for clothing until after 

 that event. 



As each statement made by the inspired writer 

 usually represents a period of many years, some- 

 times thousands, there is no doubt that man and 

 the lower animals lived in the Garden of Eden, a 

 peaceful happy family, for a great number of years 

 before the fall. 



In this primeval innocence, there was surpassing 



