SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1428, 27 August 1881, Page 2

SCIENCE AND THE BIBLE.

The Annual Meeting of the Victoria Philosophical Institute of Great Britain took place at the House of the Society of Arts, London, on the 30th of June, the Right Hon. the E.irl of Shaftesbury, K.G., in the chair. The meeting was very fully attended. Piior to the delivery of the address, "On the Credibility of the Supei natural," by the Right Hon. the Lotd O'Neill, the honorary secretary, Captain F. Petrie, read the report, from which it appeared that the total number of members was now upwaida of 900, a greater number than usual, especially of < olonial supporters, having joined in the past year, during which paper-? anil short communications written in furtherance of the Society's objects — namely, the investigation of philosophical and scientific questions, especially tho^e said to militate against the truth of Revelation. — had been contributed by several leading men of science, including his Grace the Duke of Argyll, K.G., F.R.S., Sir J. Fayrer, F.R.S., Professors Stokes, F.R.S., Boyd Dawkins, F.R.S., J. W. Dawson, F.R.S., Nicholson, F.R.S E., Balfour Stewart, F.R.S., Mr J. Batemau, F.R.S. , and other Fellows of the Royal Society, besides Professor Hughes, Dr. Rdosam, and others. The report closed with a special tribute to the newspaper press. The treasurer's report showed that a considerable advance had been made by the Institute. Amongst the speaker-! were Sir H. Barkly, X.C.8., G.C.M.G., F.R.S., Sir J. Fayrer, X.C.5.1., F.R S., who strongly urged that the Society's mode of fully and impartially investigating- scientific questions was of special importance;; the Christain philosopher need never fear for the results of investigations so conducted, for the Books of Nature and Revelation had 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., the Master of the Charterhouse, and others, having spoken, the meeting adjourned to the Museum, where refreshments were served.

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