Word of God, by which we can carry the mind to that heaven into which 

 His servants have entered. 



Sir THOMAS GLADSTONE, Bart. I have been unexpectedly called upon to 

 discharge a very pleasing duty. Having been an intimate friend of- the late 

 Lord O'Neill, I am able to express my entire participation in every word 

 that has fallen from the right rev. prelates who have just addressed you. 

 Not one word they have said was undeserved by the deceased nobleman. It 

 is not my intention, however, to intrude on you beyond making one remark 

 with regard to the very able speech we have heard from the right hon. 

 gentleman on my left, and in reference to the suggestion he has offered to 

 this society, that it should produce such a work as he has so ably sketched 

 out. I would venture to express a hope that he may himself put his 

 shoulder to the wheel, and try what he can do in carrying out such a work. 

 I now beg to second the resolution, which has been so ably proposed, of a 

 vote of thanks to our Chairman. (Applause.) 



The vote of thanks having been carried by acclamation, 



Sir HENRY BARKLY said : I thank you for the compliment you have 

 paid me, and which I have done so little to deserve. I have long taken 

 great interest in the work of this Society, and it has been a privilege on my 

 part to preside at so large and influential a meeting as this, and to have 

 heard the late Lord O'Neill's paper. I believe the Society is doing a great 

 work, and that it deserves support in its efforts to show that science, when 

 properly cultivated, is not antagonistic to religious truth, but that they are 

 really one and the same. I will not detain you longer, and can only repeat 

 my thanks for the compliment paid to me. 



The proceedings having terminated, the members and their friends 

 adjourned to the Museum, where refreshments were served. 



