By A. G. BENSON, C.V.O., M.A.

The question of our immortality is far too wide and intricate for me to enter upon an argument or discussion about it here. The proof is cumulative, and contains a large subjective element. I can here only summarise my own belief, drawn from experience as interpreted by reason.

My own belief is that life is a force, coming out of the Mind and Essence of God, for ever trying, for reasons unknown to us, to express itself in matter.

I believe it to be as indestructible as matter; at least, I can conceive of no process by which life or matter can either be originated or brought to an end.

I therefore believe in a subsequent life, just as I believe in a previous life - but under what conditions I cannot say. But I do not believe that personality depends on memory - it is rather a matter of quality and temperament; and thus the fact that our memory does not seem to extend beyond one life is no disproof of pre-existence.