ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON MONDAY, MARCH 10TH, 1924 EGYPT IN THE DAYS OF AKHENATEN AND TUTANKHAMEN. Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman ... ... ... THE PROBLEM OF THE PENTATEUCH FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE ARCHEOLOGIST. BY THE REV. PRESIDENT MELVIN GROVE KYLE, D.D., LL.D., Xenia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, U.S.A. Discussion.-Remarks by Dr. J. W. Thirtle, M.R.A.S., Lieut.- Colonel Mackinlay, Mr. Theodore Roberts, and Mr. W. E. Communications from Mr. G. A. Heath, Dr. A. T. Schofield, ... ... ... ... ... REFERENCE TO THE DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT, THE VERY REV. ... THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE BOOK OF JONAH (being the Gunning Prize Essay). BY EBENEZER J. SEWELL, Esq. Discussion.-Remarks by Mr. William C. Edwards, Mr. Sidney Communications from Mr. E. Walter Maunder, Mr. A. Gregory Wilkinson, Dr. D. Anderson-Berry, Mr. G. A. 97 Communications from Professor A. H. Sayce, LL.D., Mr. W. Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, the Rev. A. H. Finn, Lieut.-Colonel Mackinlay, Mr. E. Walter Maunder, Discussion.-Remarks by Lieut.-Colonel G. Mackinlay, THE INFLUENCE OF JOHN CALVIN DOWN THE CENTURIES ON THE Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Dr. J. W. Thirtle, M.R.A.S., Lieut.-Colonel Mackinlay, Mr. Theodore Roberts, Mr. W. Hoste, Dr. Alfred T. Schofield ... THE MAKING OF MEN. BY ALFRED T. SCHOFIELD, Esq., M.D. Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Lieut.-Colonel G. Mackinlay, Mr. Sidney Collett, the Rev. Charles Gardner, Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, the Rev. A. H. Finn, Dr. M. Gaster, Mr. Sidney Collett, Lieut.-Colonel F. A. Communications from the Rt. Rev. Bishop E. A. Knox, D.D., Discussion.-Remarks by the Chairman, Major-General Sir George K. Scott-Moncrieff, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., Lieut.- Colonel G. Mackinlay, Dr. J. W. Thirtle, Mr. Theodore Roberts, Pastor W. Percival-Prescott, Mr. W. E. Discussion.-Remarks by Lieut.-Colonel Mackinlay, Mr. C. F. Hogg, Lieut.-Colonel F. A. Molony, Pastor W. Percival- ... ... 279 VICTORIA INSTITUTE. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR 1923. READ AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, MARCH 10TH, 1924. 1. Progress of the Institute. The Council beg to present to the friends and supporters of the Institute their 55th Annual Report, and in doing so they are thankful to be able to give an encouraging account of the work, more so perhaps even than last year. The membership is increasing and the interest has been well sustained, as the numbers of those present at the reading of the papers and the character of the discussions testify. Some of the papers, such as those of the Rev. Charles Gardner, B.A., on the somewhat recondite subject of "Romance and Mysticism," and of the Rev. Canon A. Lukyn Williams, D.D., on "Religious Controversy between Christians and Jews of To-day," attracted unusual attention, and the leave of the Council has been asked for the publishing of the last-named paper in separate form. The Council greatly regret to have to refer to a heavy loss sustained by the Victoria Institute in the decease of its President, Dr. Wace, Dean of Canterbury. For very many years he had served the Institute as an active member of our Council, then as VicePresident, and lastly as President, on the death of the late Lord Halsbury, whom he succeeded. He passed away on January 9th, 1924, and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, mourned by a large body of Christians throughout the world. He had long been a champion by voice and pen for the vital truths of Bible Christianity, so widely assailed to-day. He had contributed a number of papers to the Society, and was to have given the Presidential Address at our next Annual Meeting; but this was not to be. The problem of his successor is not an easy one, but is exercising the minds of the Council. 2. Meetings. Eleven ordinary meetings were held during the year 1923. The papers were :— "Romance and Mysticism," by the Rev. CHARLES GARDNER, B.A. The Rev. Eric K. C. Hamilton, M.A., in the Chair. B 66 66 Is Inspiration a Quality of Holy Scripture?" by the Rev. WILFRID H. ISAACS, M.A. Theodore Roberts, Esq., in the Chair. Three Peculiarities of the Pentateuch which show that the Higher Critical Theories of its Late Composition cannot be Reasonably Held," by the Rev. ANDREW CRAIG ROBINSON, M.A. Lieut.-Col. F. A. Molony, O.B.E., in the Chair. "The Forces Behind Spiritism," by ALFRED T. SCHOFIELD, Esq., M.D. Coulson Kernahan, Esq., in the Chair. “Value and Purpose of the Study of Comparative Religion," by the Rev. Prof. A. S. GEDEN, M.A., D.D. 66 George Anthony King, Esq., M.A., in the Chair. Relativity and Christian Philosophy," by the Rev. J. J. B. COLES, M.A. The Rev. Charles Gardner, B.A., in the Chair. "Concerning Irrigation in Ancient and Modern Times, the Cultivation and Electrification of Palestine with the Mediterranean as the Source of Power," by ALBERT HIORTH, Esq., C.E. Major-General Sir George K. Scott-Moncrieff, K.C.B., in the Chair. "Occultism: at the Bar of Philosophy and Religion," by DAVID ANDERSON-BERRY, Esq., M.D., LL.D. Lieut.-Col. Hope Biddulph, D.S.O., in the Chair. "Assyro-Babylonians and Hebrews-Likenesses and Contrasts," by Prof. THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES, LL.D., M.R.A.S. 66 Lieut.-Col. G. Mackinlay in the Chair. Religious Controversy between Christians and Jews of To-day,' by the Rev. Canon A. LUKYN WILLIAMS, D.D. Lieut.-Col. F. A. Molony, O.B.E., in the Chair. The Annual Address : The Two Sources of Knowledge— The Very Rev. Henry Wace, D.D., Dean of Canterbury, in the 4. Council and Officers. The following is the List of the Council and Officers for the year 1923: 5. Election of Council and Officers. In accordance with the rules the following Members of the Council retire by rotation: The Rt. Rev. Bishop J. E. C. Welldon. John C. Dick, Esq., M.A. D. Anderson-Berry, Esq., M.D., LL.D. and all offer themselves and are nominated by the Council for re-election; also the Auditor, Mr. Luff-Smith, who, being eligible, offers himself for re-election. |