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gathering of all mankind against the deniers of the teachings of 

 Christ's Church, and breaches of laws and morals that no Christians 

 liave ever been capable of in the past. 



Rev. J. J. B. Coles, M.A. : I think we ought to be bold enough 

 to say that the falsehood of the testimony of the New Testament 

 in regard to miraculous events would be more miraculous than the 

 events themselves. In the admirable summarj^ of the Dean, and 

 the way in which he has shewn how the truth of statements in 

 Scripture have been withheld, could we not carry the thought a 

 little further, in connection with what Mr. Maunder has suggested, 

 and recognize that we are now face to face with Pantheistic ideas 

 and Mysticism, from which even such bold men as Sir Oliver Lodge 

 are not free? May I illustrate 1 We read : " Without faith it is 

 impossible to please God." It does not say without faith in 

 miracles. As a matter of fact, many believed in Christ when they 

 saw the miracles He wrought, but you can believe in the truth of the 

 miracles and yet leave out much more important forms of belief, 

 and I think this is the case at the present time. 



Then we are face to face with a further deeper grasp of the 

 universe as a vast whole — the wonders of the heavens. We are 

 looking forward to a paper upon the " Distances of the Stars." We 

 cannot grasp these things : we stop short. When you come to 

 truths set out in Colossians in regard to God's purpose in Christ, 

 to believe such statements is even more wonderful than to 



believe the miracles. " By Him were all things created all 



things were created by Him and for Him." The most glorious 

 possession of the whole crowded universe is distinctly said to 

 belong to Christ. It is well for us to hold fast to these truths, so 

 ably rehearsed by the Dean, and take the exact statements of 

 Scripture about the more wonderful things which are therein 

 recorded. 



Mr. M. L. Rouse, B.A., B.L. : I am deeply in sympathy with this 

 admirable paper. As to ether, I thought it was proved by the dis- 

 covery of the X-rays. When you reduce the quantity of air down to 

 an infinitesimal point, a millionth part or something of that sort, by 

 admixture, as well as exhaustive dumping, you have got the effect 

 of these X-rays, which hitherto you did not get. Whence did it 

 come ? No longer was the electric flash propagated as in the air, 



