642nd ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. 



THE CEXTP.AL HALL, WESTMINSIZ: S.W.. on Monday, 

 May 1st, 1922, at 4 : ! ^ z: 



Alfred T. Schofeeilp. Esq.. M.D. rzz CzArz 



The Mjnufces of the previous : : - ^ ^ - 

 the Hon". Secm:iakt annoiuiiceG . - r r — 

 John Henry Purchase. Es^q.. T. H Z.. vhe 



Bev. L g! Bomfori. M.A., . _r . ^ „ r Dr. 



Sehofield drew attention to the Eiecdon oi Mr. Hiorih. who wasadistingaished 

 Norwegian Engineer. 



The Chainnau then in rodnced to the Meeting, the new Presides:, vhe 

 Very ReT. Henry Waee, DJ>., Dean of Canterbury. Dr. Sehofield ihen 

 vacated the chair in &kvoar of Dr. Wace. 



Dr. Waee then called upon the Bev. J. O. F. Murray, D.D., Master of 

 Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Hon. Canon of Ely, to read his papa- on 

 ** The Evidence for the Besmrection of Jesus Christ.*' 



THE EVmENXE E E IHE EE^l'EEECTIOX OF 



JESUS CEEISE. 



By the Rev. J. O. F. Mubbay, D.D., Mas-e: :: ±^ Selv.y- 

 College, Cambridge, Hon. Canon of Ely Caihedral. 



The Besurrection of Jesus Christ is the central eTent of human 

 histoiy. I do not imagine that any historian is likely to challenge 

 Mr. T. B. Glover's judgment when he sa^ in The Conflict of 

 Religions Within the Roman Empire, " Jesus Nazareth does 

 stand in the centre of human history ; He has brought God and 

 man into a new relation ; and He is the perscxial concern of every 

 one of us." His appeal to men is through His Gross, seen in 

 the light of His Besurrection. The Besurrection is, therefore, 

 the pivotal point on which our whole estimate of His Person and 

 Place in the Universe depends. It must be obvious, therefore, 

 that it is impossible in the limits of a single paper to deal 

 adequately with " The evidence for the Besurrection of Jesus 

 Christ." It will be necessary to concentrate on a special part 

 of it. And I propose to concentrate attention on that part of the 

 evidence which is supplied by the New Testament. 



At the same time the evidence constitutes, I believe, an wganic 

 and closely interrelated whole. And no single part of it can be 

 rightly appreciated, or bear the whole weight of the momentous 



