78 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, 

 neither sorrow nor crying; neither shall there be 

 any more pain : for the former things are passed 

 away.' What if it should then please the All- Wise 

 and All-Gracious Creator to raise the creatures, 

 which we now call inferior animals, to a higher 

 grade in the scale of creation ? What if it should 

 please Him, in the great regeneration, when He 

 makes us ' equal to the angels,' to make them what 

 we are now ? Thus in that day all the vanity to 

 which they are now helplessly subject will be abol- 

 ished ; they will suffer no more, either from within 

 or without; the days of their groaning will be 

 ended. In the new earth as well as the new 

 heavens, there will be nothing to give pain, but 

 everything that the wisdom and goodness of God 

 can create to give happiness. As a recompense for 

 what they once suffered while under the ' bondage 

 of corruption,' when God has ' renewed the face of 

 the earth ' and their corruptible bodies have put on 

 incorruption, they shall enjoy happiness, suited to 

 their state, without alloy, without interruption, and 

 without end." 



Eev. Dr. Edward B. Pusey says that " all nature, 

 having suffered together, shall be restored together. 



