486 . Life and Immortality. 
man should expect. Such an injustice, as shown by the 
lives which we have contrasted, would be too flagrant for 
any human being to perpetrate, unless such a being was 
wholly deficient in the ideas of right and wrong. But on 
the supposition that these animals possess immortal souls, 
and that there is for them a future life in which these souls 
shall be developed to their fullest capacities, then these 
apparent discrepancies can be reconciled with Absolute Jus- 
tice and Perfect Love. In His dealings with the lower ani- 
mals, as with ourselves, God looks to the spiritual rather 
than the material world, and by the means of the one 
instructs and prepares his pupils for the other. With Paul — 
I firmly believe that suffering in the present world has for its 
object a preparation for and an introduction to a future life, and 
therefore am thoroughly convinced that any creature capable 
of suffering has in that capacity its passport to an eternal 
world. 
Another step, that is, the possession of Individuality, 
as connected with Immortality, now presses forward for 
consideration. As for man, did he not possess Individu- 
ality, no diverseness of management would be needed, for 
all would be treated ina similar manner. No two faces in 
man are precisely alike, for the very simple reason that no 
two souls, of which the countenance is an indication, are 
alike. The same rule, no matter what may be affirmed to 
the contrary, holds good among the lower animals. To 
the casual observer no apparent difference can be detected 
between any two individuals of a flock of sheep, a portrait 
of one equally resembling that of any other. But a shep- 
herd, who understands his business, will readily distinguish 
every sheep of his flock, as well as describe the mental 
peculiarities of each individual. One ordinary yellow canary 
looks just like another yellow canary to the ordinary vision, 
while in reality the mental character of each bird is 
impressed just as strongly upon its countenance as are 
human qualities upon that of man. This quality it is, both 
