ORDINARY MEETING.* 

 Captain G. P. Heath, R.N., ix the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the 

 following paper was read by Dr. Walter Kidd in the absence of the 

 Author : — • 



3IARKS OF MIND IN NATURE. By Rev. Professor J. 

 Duns, D.D., F.R.S.E. (Hon. Cor. Member of the Victoria 

 Institute). 



'TT'^HEN, at the request of your Honorary Secretary, 

 Y V I ai^rced to write a paper under the title " Marks 

 of ^lind in Nature." the liistory of the scientific and hterary 

 contributions in kindred hues of thoug'ht was not forgotten. 

 I remembered the days of old and the efforts of devout and 

 thoughtful men to utilise the science of their day, in giving 

 prominence to the evidences of " Creative Mind in Nature." 

 We are indebted to the institution of the Boi/le Lectureship, 

 towards the close of the seventeenth century, for this move- 

 ment. Bishop Burnet spoke of Boyle as "a man who never 

 mentioned the name of God without a pause and a visible 

 stop in his discourse." Among the early lecturers were Rev. 

 John Ray and Rev. W. Derham, who Avere both FelloAvs of 

 the Royal Society. Ray's contributions to science Avere 

 many and of great value. His book on The Wisdom of (rod 

 iiicuilfesied in the Works of Crecaion, was published in 1091. 

 Derham was Rector of Upminster, ]<]ssex. His J^hi/sica- 

 Theolo(iii, or a Demonstration of the Bei)i(j ami Attributes of 

 Ood from His Works of Creation^ was the substance of 



* March 20th, 1899. 



