537th ORDINAKY GENERAL MEKTING, 



HELD IN THE ROOMS OF THE INSTITUTE ON 

 MONDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1913, AT 4.30 p.m. 



The Rev. Canon R. B. Girdlestone took the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and signed. 



The Secretary announced that Colonel G. J. van Someren had been 

 elected an Associate of the Institute. 



PRESENT DAY FACTORS IN NEW TESTAMENT 

 STUDY. By the Rev. Canon R. J. Knowling, D.D. 



PROFESSOR KIRSOPP LAKE in his recent work on the 

 earlier Epistles of St. Paul mentions three factors of present 

 and commanding interest. The first is one which is always with 

 us, the discussion of the literary and critical questions connected 

 with the various New Testament Books. And in addition 

 there are two factors, which, in Professor Lake's judgment, 

 have not received, the attention which they deserve, the study 

 of comparative religion, and another study, which is becoming 

 more and more pressing, the study of psychology. For to under- 

 stand the history of religion we are told that we must understand, 

 the psychology of religious men. These, then, are the three 

 factors before us. 



It may indeed seem presumptuous to attempt to deal with 

 such important subjects in such a very brief space of time, 

 but it may perhaps awaken some interest if we can test, 

 however briefly, the bearing of these three factors, and of other 

 literature connected with them. 



I. Let us then start with that large portion of the New 

 Testament that is occupied with the Epistles which bear the 

 name of St. Paul. 



