SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE.
The Annual Meeting of the Victoria Philo sophicn! Institute of Great Britain took place at the House of the Society of Arts, London, on the 30th of June, the Right 1 Hon. the Fail of Shaftesbury, Iv.G., in the I chair. The meeting was very fully attended. Prior to the delivery of the address, “ On the Credibility of the Supernatural,” by the Right Hon. the Lord O’Neill, the honorary secretary, Captain F. Petrie, read the report, from which it appeared that 1)00, a greater number than usual, especially of colonial supporters, having joined in the past year, during which papers and short communications written in furtherance of the Society’s objects—namely, the investigation of philosophical and scientific questions, especially those said to militate against the truth of Revelation, —had been contributed by several leading men of science, including His Grace the Duke of ; Argyle, K.G., F.R.S., Sir J. Fayrcr, F.R,S., Professors Stokes, F.R.S., Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., J. W. Dawson, F.R.S., Nicholson, F.R.S.K, Balfour Stewart, F. Mr J. Bateman, F.R.S.. and other Fellows of the Royal Society, besides Professor Hughes, Dr Rassam, and others, The report closed with a special tribute to the newspaper press. The Treasurer’s report showed that a considerable advance bad been made by the Institute. Amongst the speakers were Sir If. Barkly K. 0.8. G. F. 11.5., Sir J. Fayrcr, K.C.S.I!! F.R.S., who strongly urged that the Society’s inode of fully and impartially investigating scientific questions was of special importance ; the Christian pliilosopher need never fear for the results of investigations so conducted, for the Books of Nature and Revelation bad the same author, and if the former were fairly and impartially inquired into, the result would not clash with the latter. Mr J. E. Howard F.R.S.. Mr A. McArthur, M.P., Master of the Charterhouse, and others, having spoken, the meeting adjourned to the Museum, where refreshments were served
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Marlborough Daily Times, Volume III, Issue 277, 29 August 1881, Page 2
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315SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE. Marlborough Daily Times, Volume III, Issue 277, 29 August 1881, Page 2
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