214 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



to be created with reference to certain ends, and 

 things which are propagated and repeated by the 

 same constant methods, are enough to convince us, 

 that there are ends proposed and rules observed, 

 which we do not see or understand. 



The Bible plainly describes a real place for the 

 eternal home of all His creatures, and I often won- 

 der why people try so hard to make heaven so 

 ethereal and mystic, when the inspired writers 

 made such an effort to make it plain that it is ma- 

 terial in its nature. The Bible tells us that it is a 

 solid expanse, over which rests the throne of God 

 supported by the mountains as its pillars ; which 

 makes it plain that there is a real place or world 

 beyond the starry firmament where all life is to be 

 continued. 



The Bible teaches that there is to be a general 

 resurrection of all bodies and that the bodies and 

 souls shall again be united to dwell forever together 

 in eternity, and that could not be the case without 

 some natural and material paradise or original 

 Garden of Eden for their abode. We cannot con- 

 ceive of bodies existing except within some definite 

 and circumscribed limits, as they must of necessity 

 occupy a definite and limited portion of space. 



