iv Natural Salvation. 



vation idea of yours the same thing that Metchnikoff and 

 Loeb are working on ? " 



Professor Metchnikoff, of the French Institute, believes 

 that by means of reagents of the nature -of serums, so 

 called, the tissue cells of the body may be so reinforced, 

 that human life can be greatly prolonged. He holds that 

 " old age " is accelerated by the abnormal activity 

 (phagocitosis) of the white corpuscles of the blood, which, 

 after a manner, devour the cells of bone, muscle, brain, and 

 other tissues. Experiments are now in progress at many 

 European laboratories, bearing directly or indirectly on 

 these theories. Facts of great interest have already been 

 brought out. 



Professor Lo6b, of Berkeley, Calif., holds the theory that 

 life can be initiated artificially by chemical agencies ; he 

 claims that fertilization of the ovum can be thus accom- 

 plished chemically in the case of the sea-urchin, without 

 sexual union. If fully established, this fact will be of the 

 highest importance. 



The present writer does not know what Professor 

 Metchnikoff's or Professor Loeb's views or beliefs are, 

 touching immortal life for human beings, nor whether they 

 believe their discoveries have any bearing on the subject. 



Another critic, a venerable teacher of theology, writes 

 in pained surprise : — " Natural salvation ! How can sal- 

 vation be natura.1 ? Nature dies. Salvation is from God 



