628rH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. 



HELD IN COMMITTEE ROOM B, THE CENTRAL HALL, 

 WESTMINSTER, S.W., on MONDAY,- MARCH 21st, 1921, 



AT 4.30 P.M. 



Lieut. -Colonel Henry Smith, CLE., I. M.S., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous meeting were read, confirmed and signed. 



The Hon. Secretary announced that the Rev. Chancellor Lias' paper 

 having unavoidably fallen through, Mr. E. Walter Mavmder, F.R.A.S., of 

 the Greenwich Observatory, had kindly consented to read a paper on 

 " Joshua's Long Day." He also announced the following elections : — 

 As a Member, Mrs. A. E, Piesse ; and as an Associate, the Rev. W. E. W. 

 Wycliffe-Jones. 



The Chairman then called on Mr. Maunder to read his paper, which was 

 illustrated by lantern slides. 



''JOSHUA'S LONG DAY'' (Joshua, Chapter X). By 

 E. Walter Maunder, F.R.A.S., late Superintendent of the 

 Solar Department, Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 



ri^HE tenth chapter of the Book of Joshua purports to be 

 I history, and it is from this history that the sceptic has 

 drawn what he considers to be his most eflective weapon 

 against the truth of the Scripture narrative, and the actuality of 

 Scripture miracles. It is therefore worth while to read the 

 chapter with care and attention, and to ascertain what it tells 

 us and what inferences we may naturally and legitimately deduce 

 from it. 



This chapter professes to give an account of the conquest of 

 Southern Palestine by the Israelites. We know that there was 

 a time when the Israelites did not possess that country ; we know 

 also that there came a time when the country was manifestly 

 under their rule. This tenth chapter of Joshua claims to give 

 us an account of the beginning of the transition from the one 

 condition of affairs to the other. 



