ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 43 



Truth seekers have many and divergent paths to follow, but a 

 unity of purpose should lead them on. I say should lead, for at 

 the present day there is too much disunity of action amongst 

 Science-workers. This is fostered by many who in practice, 

 though perhaps not in theory, deny to workers in certain branches 

 of Science, such as Psychology, fellowship with those in the more 

 material fields of Natural History. This discordancy let it be 

 our constant object to discourage. 



The name of Darwin has become a by-word with many who 

 oppose the advance of Science ; and we must confess that the 

 same spirit has been retaliated on the part of men of Science. 



In the history of Science Charles Darwin will ever stand 

 prominent as one of the greatest apostles of Truth as it is in 

 Nature, and of that principle of growth or evolution which the 

 old Bible, more than any other book, affords illustration of and 

 emphatically teaches. 



Darwin in his devotion to Natural History alone, may be 

 likened to a mason engaged in the erection of a portion of a great 

 building, who performed the finest of workmanship without 

 knowing or caring to know the complete design of the Architect. 

 He carried out a certain work, and it stands an imperishable 

 monument of his fidelity and ability. 



Darwin's teaching of evolution is in the highest degree 

 exemplified in that greatest of modern facts — the progress of 

 Civilization under the elevating influence of Christianity, aided 

 by Science, Art, Literature and Philosophy, which it is the object 

 of our Society to promote. 



