98 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



sidered immortal, lower animals have been so con- 

 sidered for the same reasons. 



The religions of Egypt and Phoenicia, Islamism, 

 Brahmanism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Greek 

 and Norse religions, Lao-tseism and Confucianism, 

 Judaism from which descended Christianity, and in 

 America the religions of the Peruvians and the 

 Aztecs, — indeed all the primitive religions of the 

 world, directly or indirectly advocate the immor- 

 tality of lower animals. In many religions of a 

 more crude form, such as we find among the In- 

 dians, they too believe that wherever the departed 

 soul of man goes, his faithful horse, dog, wife, and 

 attendants follow. 



As heaven is a real place or a world made into a 

 paradise for the abode of man, so the Creator has 

 provided somewhere in His numerous systems of 

 worlds a place for all animals, as I show further 

 on. 



This is certainly a consistent conclusion from our 

 knowledge of Divine goodness and justice. In- 

 stead of limiting the power and goodness of God, I 

 would extend it, not only to the material things we 

 see, but into the vastness of the mysterious im- 

 mensity of space beyond our view or present com- 



