641st ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING 



Held in Com:mittee Eoom B 



THE CENTRAL HALL, WESTMINSTER, S.W. on Monday, 

 April 10th, 1922, at 4.30 p.m. 



Dr. James W. Thirtle, M.R.A.S., ia the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous Meeting were read, confirmed and signed, 

 and the Hon. Secretary announced the Election of tiie following gentlemen as 

 Associates : — Dr. Arthur Ponsonby Moore-Anderson, the Rev. William W. 

 Cruig, D.D., the Rev. Canon Cyrill J. Wvche, and the Rev. Prof. John 

 Gresnam Machen, D.D. 



'J'iie Cijairman then called on Mr. Theodore Roberts to read his paper 

 on " Seven Decisive arjd Suggestive Scenes in the History ot the Secular 

 Contest between Conscience and Power." 



SEVEN DECISIVE AND SUGGESTIVE SCENES IN THE 

 HISTORY OF THE SECULAR CONTEST BETWEEN 

 CONSCIENCE AND POWER. 

 By Theodore Roberts Esq. 



" avveidos dyadou (piXei irap^TjaLa^eaOai " 

 " A good conscience likes to speak out." — Fansanius. 



I remember reading in Lord Morley s Life of Gladstone how 

 that great man expressed his concurrence with the historian 

 Grote's view that there were only two supremely interesting sub- 

 jects in the world, viz., theology and politics, with which opinion 

 I beg leave humbly to express my entire concurrence. 



As the subject which I have chosen is one which lies midway 

 between theology and politics, it will be my own fault if I 

 fail to make it interesting. I must, however, bear in mind the 

 caution contained in our rules that this platform is not to be 

 used for the purpose of forwarding any sectarian or political 

 views. I hope, therefore, that no one will be able from a perusal 

 of my paper to identify me with any less inclusive title than that 

 of Christian, which is indeed, all I ever wish to be known by. 



