Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-12

/ the eastern philosophers agreed that II
ern Christians. In nearly every instance
man was immortal and there was any
|, life beyond the threshold of the shadows,
animals must be destined 10 eiJos IA
lar fate.
Mr.. Phillips does not stop with the re-
ligious side of the question. however. lie
calls science to his aid and from 1t draws
arguments that none Of his opponents
have yet been able to overcome. On one
occasion he said:
Science tells us that the structure
which we call the body is composed or
atoms in perpetual fluN, constantly dis
integrating. constantly passing away.
The body of childhood is not the BODY OF
early youth. Once in a dozen years the
whole anatomical structure of the body is
changed. But the identity of man re-
. main the same in spite OF all. Memory.
| will. the inner consciousness are all there.
Wechange the material, but mans true self
remains. Death is the final dissolution of
partnership between spirit n body. II
this argument is sound il applies equally
to man and beast.
Take another view of life as merely a
force. No force can be lost in the UNI
vers. What is the relation Of animal con-
seriousness to the mighty life which pulses
through things temporal and eternal?
Why should it cease, or come under the
| exceptional law of ann hilation? Again
we believe in a just God. Surely there is
some compensation for our dumb friends
for what they suffer here. some reward
for their loyalty, their fa.thfulness. their
courage. and the higher Faculties they
manifest.
ITO the practical mind and to the con-
templative mind the same thought occurs
, and is entertained. THIS moral conviction
of a future. which protests against the
extinction of life with the dissolution Of
the logical mind must also include and
protest against the extinction of the life
of other animals as we'll as that of man"
With such arguments Mr.. Phillips has
opened a discussion that has extended
into every denomination Of the religious
world, and it is safe to say that there are
thousands Of people today who believe in
the immortality of animals who held a
contrary opinion until this English cler-
gyman commenced to expound his doe
trines so e~loquently. That he shOuld have
met with opposition is only natural, blu
at the same time he has had no lack Of
support and one Of the most emphatic
apostles is Rev. Charles j. Adams Of Stat
en- Island, N. Y.
Mr.. Adams is another clergyman who
does not believe that the doctrine of re-
demption is limited to the men, women
and children of the universe. For many
years he has made a close study Of the
domestic animals. He has become the
intimate personal friend OF the dog, the
cat and the horse, and while he, too, car
present arguments in support Of his the
Dry it may be said that his belief is based
mainly upon his knowledge Of the animals
themselves. He has satisfied himself that
they are both conscious and self conscious
in the presence of death, and it is chiefly
upon this discovery that he has come to
believe that they are also immortal.
1t was only a few years ago that ami
mails were regarded as bruteS incapable
Of feeling joys and sorrows that went to
make up life for that superior animal
Man. Gradually, however, this opinion
has been changed. 1t has been found hi