74 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



In the final state of the world the ferocious and 

 the carnivorous animals will change their destruc- 

 tive appetites and passions. They will eat vegetable 

 food, and become gentle, and exhibit kindly dispo- 

 sitions, and all will be restored to primeval peace 

 and happiness. 



There is a current of thought from the beginning 

 to the end of the Bible which either expresses or 

 implies that animals share with man immortal life. 



But in order to comprehend this mighty truth 

 we must lay aside prejudice and remember the va- 

 rious translations the Bible has undergone and the 

 indifference of theologians on this subject. 



St. Paul in his letter to the Romans makes a 

 statement which cannot be interpreted to mean 

 anything else than that animals suffered equally 

 with man in the fall and will be restored through 

 Christ. 



St. Paul says : " God having made known unto 

 us the mystery of His will according to His good 

 pleasure, that, in the dispensation of the fulness of 

 time, He might gather together in one all things in 

 Christ both which are in heaven and which are on 

 the earth. . . . For the earnest expectation of 

 the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the 



