94 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



saw four beasts together with twenty-four elders 

 who were near the throne of God, and that these 

 " beasts gave glory and honor and thanks to Him 

 that sat on the throne." And further on he relates 

 that he saw in heaven, horses, sheep, leopards, lions, 

 frogs, fowls, birds, and insects ; that the beasts 

 consisted of tens of thousands ; and that " every 

 creature which is in heaven and on the earth and 

 under the earth, and such as are in the sea and all 

 that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing and 

 honor and glory and power be unto Him that 

 sitteth upon the throne. . . . Thou art worthy, 

 O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power; for 

 Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure 

 they are and were created." If lower animals " are 

 and were " created for His pleasure, it must be in 

 the future state, for it certainly could not be in ac- 

 cordance with the nature of the Creator, to take 

 pleasure in the terrible suffering they have to en- 

 dure in this world. 



It is very obvious that when " God saw every- 

 thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very 

 good," He was looking through and beyond the 

 intermediate state to the ultimate purpose of cre- 

 ation. There is no other way to solve this sad, 



