INSTINCT IS IMMORTAL I 57 



When observing the faculty of love, which is the 

 highest attribute of the soul, and the strongest tie 

 that binds together all living creatures, we are 

 bound to acknowledge that it is manifested in a 

 greater degree in lower animals than in man. 



Christ says, " Greater love hath no man than 

 this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." 

 That lower animals, especially dogs, have repeatedly 

 sacrificed their lives for their friends, no one will 

 pretend to deny. 



The famous St. Bernard dog, Barry, of Switzer- 

 land, in a period of ten years, at the risk of his own 

 life, saved forty-one lives. One of his most credit- 

 able achievements was when he found a child of 

 ten years buried in the snow succumbing to the 

 fatal slumber which precedes death. The noble 

 dog first warmed the child with his breath, and 

 licked it till it woke. Then by lying on his side 

 close to the child, he gave it an obvious invita- 

 tion to get upon his back, which the child did, 

 and Barry carried it safely home. Barry went out 

 during one dismal, cold snow-storm into the high, 

 bleak Alpine mountains, and after making a long 

 journey finally found a man in a snow bank. Barry 

 was always delighted to know he could be the 



