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to deny the plain teachings of the Bible and all the 

 good and great attributes of our Heavenly Father. 



Isaiah, in speaking of the " restitution of all 

 things," says : " In that day shall the cattle feed 

 in large pastures. The oxen likewise and the 

 young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean 

 provender, which hath been winnowed with the 

 shovel and with the fan." Then again, if there 

 was to be no future state for lower animals, why 

 does God call on them to praise Him ? If the 

 Creator made them " very good," without being 

 capable of sin, and through man's disobedience 

 they have to suffer with him the curse of the fall, 

 it would seem like mockery to call upon them to 

 praise Him if they are to be doomed to an eternal 

 annihilation. 



God says in His revealed word, " Let the heavens 

 and earth praise Him. . . . Beasts, and all 

 cattle ; creeping things and flying fowls. . . . 

 Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord." 



St. John the Divine, who represents himself as 

 speaking through "The Eevelation of Jesus 

 Christ," gives us to understand that there are 

 lower animals as well as man in heaven, and that 

 they all give praise unto the Lord. He says he 



