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pounded and converted into bread, appearing in large quantities, as if 

 from Heaven, while all the others were found only at certain seasons, 

 and did not in so many respects correspond with that described in 

 Holy Writ. 



The President, Mr. J. Dennant, proposed a vote of thanks for 

 the paper, and, in inviting discussion, said that neither religion nor 

 politics were allowed to be discussed. 



Mr. G. D. Sawyer said that thou'^h religion was not to be dis- 

 cussed, the Scriptures had been appealed to, and he should like to ask 

 how, if they accepted the fact that the manna could not be found on 

 the seventh day, they could still believe that it was a natural produc- 

 tion. To his mind it was a convincing proof, if they accepted the 

 fact that it was not found on the seventh day, that it was not a natural 

 production. 



Mr. WONFOR replied by asking Mr Sawyer if he ever went out to 

 gather mushrooms, because if he had, he must have noticed, that 

 where none could be found one morning, there would be abundance 

 the next. 



Mr. Sawyer : Every seventh day ? 



Mr. Wonfor said he did not intend to lead to questions of that 

 kind. It would be equally a miracle to produce a natural substance 

 in more than its natural abundance, and for longer than its natural 

 period, as to create an entirely new substance. In the chapter that 

 contained the account of the manna, was also an account of that 

 wonderful production of quails. That was one reason why, with all 

 deference to the opinions of others, and with the most reverent 

 feeling, he suggested the possibility of a substance already in existence 

 being produced in double quantity. 



Mr. G. D. Sawyer mentioned it with no feeling, but as in a 

 scientific discussion. He could not take it to be a natural substance 

 if it could not be found. 



Mr. Wonfor : It was only recorded that they went out one 

 Sabbath day and could not find it. It did not say that they ever 

 went out again and could not find it. 



Mr. C. F. Dennet expressed the great pleasure he had felt in 

 listening to the paper, especially after the proceedings of the week at 

 the Social Science Congress. It was an agreeable purging of their 



