104 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



annihilation, for if it did there would be no future 

 for any but the righteous, which is not in accord- 

 ance with the teaching of the Bible. 



Christ says, " All shall come forth, they that 

 have done good and they that have done evil ; " 

 and Paul says, " We must all appear before the 

 judgment-seat of Christ." 



The word " perish " in the passage referred to is 

 applied to both man and beast alike, and if it means 

 annihilation to one it does to the other. 



But it is perfectly plain that it has reference to 

 the memory of man after death and not to his 

 future life. Though a man may have riches and 

 honor yet his name may not abide after death, for 

 he may be forgotten and his name perish like the 

 memory of the beast. Such passages of Scripture 

 are often read without giving them a careful con- 

 sideration. 



In the last verse of the same chapter is a repeti 

 tion of the same idea with the additional words 

 " understandeth not," which clinches the argument 

 that the comparison of man and lower animals was 

 with reference to the memory of them after death. 



If the words should be so interpreted as to mean 

 the annihilation of animals, there are scores of 



