PREFACE. HE Members and Associates of the Victoria Institute will THE be glad to learn that the seven months of last Session have been more than usually successful, both in the interest and effectiveness of the papers read and the discussions which followed, and also for the additions made to the list of supporters of the Society. Fifty-five new names have been added during that period. Readers of this Volume will be able to judge of the truth of the former statement for themselves, while the balance sheet for the year 1911, which will be issued in the next Volume, will show the effect of the latter upon the Society's finance. There is no other society in this country that does the same work or meets the same need, and the papers already promised for next session show that serious controversies of the day will again be dealt with by high authorities, and the opportunities afforded for discussing them from different points of view will be valued as much as at any previous time. In issuing this Volume attention is drawn to the fulness of the discussions following each paper. All the speakers have had the opportunity of revising their remarks, and I hope very few mistakes have been left undetected. In this, as in all the Secretarial work, I have again enjoyed the benefit of Mr. Montague's experience and devoted attention to the interests of the Institute, which owes him much. My work has been very much lightened by the constant help and sympathy of the Chairman and Members of the Council, to whom is largely due the Society's returning prosperity. The suggested presentation of associateship to clergy and ministers has met with a gratifying response, and it is hoped that many more will avail themselves of the privilege. August, 1911. FREDERIC S. BISHOP, Editor. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, HELD IN ST. MARTIN'S VESTRY HALL MR. OKE, PROFESSOR H. LANGHORNE ORCHARD, and |