ANNUAL MEETING. Ef 
digested science which is too often supposed to be the great virtue 
of the nineteenth century, but for the real matured science of which 
we have no fear. I think we cannot look back-on the history of 
the past without finding question after question that has been 
brought up as being a crucial question which would annihilate 
the Christian faith, and yet the Christian faith remains, and after 
the lapse of long centuries the old questions which were thoroughly 
fought out come up again in this nineteenth century; but we 
have no more fear of the result now than we had of the result years 
ago. Magna est veritas et prevalebit/ (Cheers.) 
The Prestppnt.—My lords, ladies, and gentlemen: We have all 
heard with sincere regret that owing to domestic affliction Professor 
Sayce is not able to be with us, as he hoped to be. The Annual 
Address which he has prepared, and which, no doubt, those present 
have purposely come to hear, will in his absence be read by his 
friend Dr. Wright (cheers). 
Rev. W. Wricut, D.D.—Sir George Stokes, my lords, ladies, and 
gentlemen: It is with considerable diffidence that I stand here 
for the purpose of reading Professor Sayce’s Address, but it is his 
wish that I should do so, and his wish, made known to me, is law, 
because in common with others, I am under the very deepest 
obligations to him. I fear many will be disappointed at Professor 
Sayce’s absence ; for it is not only the subject-matter that we look 
for and admire in his composition, but his well-known rhetoric and 
delivery, which always charms irrespective of the facts with which 
he deals and the secrets which he,—a master explorer,—brings to 
light. While asking your indulgence, I ‘have a strong confidence 
that I cannot altogether spoil the masterly Address placed in my 
hands. The title of the Address is— 
