258 THE REV. H. J. R. MARSTON, M.A., ON 
with its usual animation—what is the function of the State in 
education? I cannot stop to elaborate, but I will close with 
two suggestions. The view of education fuunded upon human 
nature as disclosed in the New Testament requires first, that 
the State must be the delegate of the parent, and secondly, that 
the State must consent to be the partner of the Church. 
(Applause.) 
Additional Note—The English word “natural” which is read 
in 1 Cor. ii and xv, is an unfortunate and misleading trans- 
lation. It represents the Greek word “ psuchikos ” =“ psychic,” 
or “sensuous.” It is wholly different from the Greek word 
“ phusikos,” translated “natural” in Romans, and 2 Peter. 
No text has done more harm to English Christianity than 
this—‘“ the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit 
of God.” The words sound as if nature were essentially 
irreligious. A careful study of the language of the New 
Testament leads to a very different conclusion. 
DISCUSSION. 
The CHAIRMAN.—Ladies and gentlemen, you have listened to a 
most eloquent and clear lecture on the part of the gifted speaker 
the Rev. Mr. Marston, which I am sure has been a great pleasure 
and gratification to us all to listen to. Iam happy to say that 
there are in the room gentlemen capable of taking up this subject 
and dealing with it as it deserves, and I now only have to say that 
the question is open for discussion. Perhaps any lady or gentleman 
—hbecause ladies are not excluded—who wishes to speak on this 
subject would kindly send up their names in case the unhappy 
Chairman does not recognize them at once. 
The Rev. J. J. CoxuEAD.—Much as I appreciate—in fact no one 
in the room can more fully appreciate—the interesting address to 
which we have listened, I do not feel quite certain whether the 
leading idea of the Republic has been altogether grasped and 
elucidated by the speaker. The object, as I conceive it, of the 
Republic is to find out what justice really is—a term which would 
be expressed in the New Testament by the word “ Righteousness.” 
In order to discover what justice really is Plato desires to see it 
written as the speaker reminded us, in large letters, that is to say, 
in the State. Asa matter of fact, the State does consist of various 
