5038rp ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2st, 1910. 
THE REV. CANON GIRDLESTONE, M.A. (VICE-PRESIDENT), 
IN THE CHAIR. 
The Minutes of the previous Meeting having been read and confirmed, 
the Chairman referred to the great loss sustained by the Institute since 
the last Meeting by the deaths of the Rev. G. F. Whidborne and of 
Colonel C. R. Conder. 
Mr. Whidborne was at the time of his death a member of Council, 
and had been a member of the Institute for over twenty years. His 
papers and contributions to discussions had always been welcome, and his 
presence and advice at Council Meetings, more especially during the late 
period of reorganisation, had been invaluable. 
Colonel Conder was one of the earliest supporters of the Institute. 
His contributions to the Society’s Transactions had always been much 
appreciated. His death was a great loss to the Science of Bible 
Archeology. 
The election of the Rev. C. L. Drawbridge, M.A., as a member of the 
Institute, was announced. 
The Chairman then called on the Rev. Professor H. M. Gwatkin, M.A.,. 
Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Cambridge, to read his paper 
on :— 
ARIANISM AND MODERN THOUGHT. By Rev. Pro- 
fessor H. M. Gwarktn, M.A., Dixie Professor of Ecclesi- 
astical History, Cambridge. 
EFORE we can see the relation of Arianism to modern 
thought, we must look at its significance for its own 
time. 
The Gospel then begins as the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the 
Son of God; and indeed nothing short of this will justify its 
claim to be the full and final revelation of God. If Jesus of 
Nazareth is the eternal Son of God, the revelation must be 
final ; if He is anything short of this, it cannot be final. In the 
one case, there will be infinite depths of meaning for us to 
learn; in the other, there will be indefinite possibilities of 
mistake for us to correct. Our doctrine then is that He is as 
divine as the Father, and as human as ourselves; and all the 
