22 Anniversary Address. 



the year 1868. "We are advancing steadily towards a realisa- 

 tion of the fact, that mind and mind only, is the ultimate source 

 of power. Every practical application of science is a sermon on 



this text Mind is the master of matter. We live under 



the reign of law, but every fact discovered, every speculation 

 of any value uttered, carries forward the never-to-be controverted 

 truth that law cannot be without a lawgiver — consequently that 

 all the laws which the mind of man is steadily evoking from the 

 arcana of space and time, are the material manifestations of the 

 energies of one Almighty mind." (Scientific Tear, E. H. — in Q. 

 J. S., No 21, January, 1869.) 



To this may be added the concluding words of the Duke of 

 Argyll's remarkable book on the "Reign of Law." "The laws of 

 nature were not appointed by the Great Lawgiver to baffle His 

 creatures in the sphere of conduct, still less to confound them in 

 the region of belief. #*#*##*# 



On the whole they stand in harmonious relations with the 

 human spirit. They come visibly from one pervading mind, and 

 express the authority of one enduring kingdom. As regards the 

 moral ends they serve, this too can be clearly seen, that the pur- 

 pose of all natural laws is best fulfilled when they are made, as 

 they can be made, the instruments of intelligent will, and the 

 servants of enlightened conscience." — (5th Edn., p. 390-1.) 



