O ANNUAL MEETING. 



the treatment of the several subjects beyond that which any- 

 individual author could give is evident. 



The Special Fund. 



12. The Special Fund is used : 



I. To extend the Library of Reference, the composition of 

 which is of great importance. 

 II. To print and organise the publication of the People's 

 Edition at home and abroad. 



13. The People's Edition consists of twelve papers — written by 

 men of eminence in such a style that they may be comprehended 

 by all — reprinted from the Journal of Transactions. The Edition 

 was started by some members in the year 1873, and first attracted 

 attention in other quarters to the importance and need of works of 

 the kind. The papers in this edition are often accompanied by 

 the objections and criticisms urged in discussing the subjects, many 

 home and foreign correspondents having urged the value of includ- 

 ing these. The papers are published in neat covers, and are aold 

 at a nominal price (sixpence). Single copies are supplied gratui- 

 tously or at cost price to all individual lecturers against infi- 

 delity applying, including those of the London City Mission, the 

 Christian Evidence Society, and similar bodies at home and abroad. 



14. The acknowledged importance of the objects for which the 

 Special Fund is used is such as to commend it to wide support. 



On the Uses made of the Institute by some of its 

 Members. 



Many members have found that their connection with the 

 Institute has proved more than a mere personal advantage 

 to themselves. They have realised that the Institute meets a 

 need felt both at home and abroad, especially in our Colonies 

 and India, where iniperfect appreciation of the actual results 

 of philosophic and scientific inquiry has led many of the less 

 informed to credit such statements as that " Science and 

 Philosophy are alike opposed to Revelation," or that "the 

 progress of Science has given a death blow to all belief in 

 the truth of the Bible" — misapprehensions which in some cases 

 have led even to systems of Education divorced from Religion. 



A few of the many instances in which members find the 

 Institute of use may be cited: — 



Many Home and Colonial members have used the papers 

 in the Journal as lectures, or to lecture from, in their respec- 



