INSTINCT IS IMMORTAL 1 63 



When I gaze into the happy and loving face of 

 an intelligent animal and observe the eyes spark- 

 ling with animated life, hope, and trust, I become 

 absorbed in contemplation of a profound mystery. 

 I see plainly shining through the eyes, which act as 

 windows of heaven, an immortal soul in the back- 

 ground. A dog will sit and gaze into a man's face 

 for hours as if he were trying to understand the 

 nature of his superior. 



Man, in like manner, will gaze into the ethereal 

 sky trying to understand something of the mys- 

 terious nature of God. We have often noticed 

 a dog, on a clear beautiful night, when all 

 Nature seemed asleep, sit for hours and gaze 

 into the starry heavens and utter a pathetic, 

 doleful cry. What it means has never been 

 satisfactorily explained, but that it is some in- 

 stinctive devotion is the most reasonable conclu- 

 sion. Savages who never heard of the Bible have 

 the same habit. 



Theology offers no other reason for denying souls 

 to lower animals than the simple fact that they 

 are not of the same species as man. The fact that 

 others do not belong to the same species or race 

 has been man's excuse for cruelty throughout his 



