INFELICITY OF ANIMALS 203 



Now, we well know that there are millions of 

 beings whose grief and suffering have far out- 

 weighed all their enjoyment, and who have not 

 been able, either by their innocence, their appeals 

 and cries, or any power in them to escape their sad 

 fate. 



Then how can we acquit the justice and reason- 

 ableness of a Creator upon whom these poor crea- 

 tures depend, and who leaves them such great 

 losers by their existence, if there be no future state 

 where proper amends may be made? 



Is it reasonable to suppose that the man whose 

 hands are all stained with the blood and cruel tor- 

 tures of some innocent, helpless creature and whose 

 life has been full of plenty and grandeur, shall at 

 death, be wafted to the skies and admitted to an 

 eternal happiness while the poor victim of his tor- 

 ture shall be blotted out of existence ? 



To suppose such a case is to suppose such a con- 

 stitution of nature, as can never flow from a princi- 

 ple of reason and justice. 



That man and lower animals have a common 

 destiny we believe is established by historical facts. 



They are classed together throughout the Bible 

 from Genesis to Eevelation. 



