224 THE IMMORTALITY OF ANIMALS 



and Job savs, " In the Lord's hands is the soul of 

 every living thing." These passages, if words 

 mean anything, are conclusive proof that God does 

 care for His creatures. 



The Author of the material elements is also the 

 Author of the structure of man and lower animals 

 upon one general idea and governed by the same 

 general law. So we reason by analogy of the en- 

 tire cosmical arrangement of the universe. 



When we observe our own earth with its great 

 variety of mountains, hills, valleys, plains, rivers, 

 seas, trees, and plants, and the many races of men 

 and species of animals, we must conclude that the 

 millions of other worlds are not a barren waste 

 swung into space without a purpose. 



Our earth takes its place in the series of planets, 

 which series is only one of the numberless other 

 systems forming one group. Hence we cannot 

 suppose that there is any peculiarity about it 

 which does not belong to multitudes of other 

 bodies, in fact, to all that are analogous to it. 



The solids, liquids, and aeriform fluids of our 

 globe are all reducible into about sixty substances 

 known in chemistry as elements. Science has fully 

 demonstrated the fact that Mercury, Venus, Mars, 



