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DAVID AXDEESOX-BEEKY, M.D., LL.D., ETC., ON 



For as the Apostle Paiil tells us iu his great song of triumph 

 over death (1 Cor. xv.), we shall be possessed no longer of a 



natural or psychical body, one, as I have said, adapted to its 

 present em-ironment, but of a " spiritual body," a body fitted 

 for the indwelling and use of the spirit — that substance of which 

 I have said so much, but regenerated and fitted for dwelling with 

 " God/'T^lio •'•'is spirit/' 



I close with the words of Thomas Carlyle : "'" I suppose it is a 

 reaction from the reign of cant and hollow pretence, professing 

 to believe what in fact they do not believe. And this is what we 

 have got : all things from frog-spawn ; the gospel of dirt the 

 order of the day. The older I grow — and I now stand on the 

 brink of eternity — the more comes back to me the sentence in the 

 Catechism, which I learned when a child, and the fuller and deeper 

 its meaning becomes — ' "What is the great end of man ? To 

 glorify God, and to enjoy Him for ever ' (Thomas Carlyle, 

 Xovember 4, 1876). 



In the hour of death, after this life's whim, 

 When the heart beats low, and the eyes grow dim, 

 And pain has exhausted every limb — 



The lover of the Loed shall trust in Him. 



When the will has forgotten the hfe-long aim, 

 And the mind can only disgrace its fame, 

 And a man is uncertain of liis own name. 



The power of the Loed shall fill this frame. 



When the last sigh is heaved, and the last tear shed; 

 And the coffiD is waiting beside the bed, 

 And the widow and child forsake the dead — 



The angel of the Loed shall lift this head. 



For even the purest delight may pall. 

 And power must fail, and the pride must fall, 

 And the love of the dearest fiiends grow small — 

 But the glory of the Lord is all in all. 



Discussion. 



Col. Hope Biddulph, D.S.O. [Chairman), said : The subject of 

 the paper is too profound for ordinary laymen, but I am glad to 

 see that realism received such support from a scientist, when we were 

 surrounded by a number of vain philosophies, and it was clear to 

 most people that our eyes and senses were given us by the Almighty 

 to use in these matters. 



Professor H. Laxghorxe Orchard ^Tote : I wish to personally 



