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tinue to live in another world, is the only possible 

 way finite minds can solve the question as to why 

 the innocent and good are often compelled to en- 

 dure greater suffering than the wicked. The differ- 

 ences of features, races, species, powers of intellect, 

 whether the creatures walk, hop, swim or fly, 

 whether they go on two or four legs, will never 

 solve the question, for God made every bone, muscle, 

 and sinew, and strung each body with a system of 

 sensor nerves, and gave to each its own identity and 

 individuality, without consulting the wish or 

 choice of the creature. If there is a God who rules 

 the universe and impartially deals out justice and 

 mercy, who has given to man and lower animals 

 the five senses, and made them capable of pleasure 

 and pain, and permits such evident inequality on 

 earth, is it not reasonable to believe He will correct 

 this sad defect in a better world to come, where 



" We may enjoy in realms above 

 The blessings of eternal love : 

 When man, released from pain and care, 

 With bird and beast shall heaven share ? " 



— Moor. 



THE END 



