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PKEFACE. 



the " Silences of Scripture," by the Rev. A. H. Finn, the " Meaning 

 of the ^Esthetic Impulse," by the Rev. Stewart A. McDowall, and 

 " Freedom and Discipline," by the Very Rev. Dean Inge. Archaeo- 

 logy in its various branches has been well represented by Dr. 

 Masterman's paper on the " Walls of Jerusalem," the Rev. J. E. H. 

 Thomson on the " Samaritan Pentateuch," Babylon in the Days 

 of Nebuchadrezzar," by Theophilus G. Pinches, of the British 

 Museum, " Monumental Art in Early England, Caledonia and 

 Ireland," by the Rt. Rev. Bishop G. Forrest Browne, and by the 

 beautifully illustrated lecture by Mr. Arthur Sutton on the 

 " Ruined Cities of Palestine." 



With regard to the future we look forward to Papers of special 

 value at the present moment ; such as " The Psychology of Man," 

 by Dr. Anderson-Berry, " Prophecy," by Lieut. -Col. Molony, 

 " Public School Education," by the Head Master of Westminster 

 School, and the " Tri-partite Nature of Man," by the Rev. Gosset" 

 Tanner. 



Other papers on " Empire," by Bishop Ingham, " Motherhood," 

 by Dr. Amand Routh, " Fetichism," by W. Hoste, and Canon Parfit's 

 lecture on Mesopotamia all promise to be of great interest. 



The large average audiences of last year are a distinct encourage- 

 ment, and also the considerable accession of new Members and 

 Associates. 



The Institute is greatly indebted to the distinguished readers of 

 the Papers of the past and coming years, who have and will give the 

 results of their original research and scientific and religious studies 

 at a time when sound teaching is so much required. 



This brief review would be quite incomplete if no mention were 

 made of the fresh effort the Institute has put forth to meet 

 the needs of the times in a series of " Tracts for New Times," selected 

 and arranged for Papers, read before the Institute by writers of 

 authority. They are as follows : — (1) " The Problem of Nature," 

 the Rev. G. F. Whidborne, M.A., F.G.S. ; (2) " Modern Conceptions 

 of the Universe," G. F. C. Searle, M.A., F.R.S. ; (3) " The First 

 Chapter of Genesis," E. W. Maunder, F.R.A.S. ; (4) " Creation or 

 Evolution," Walter Kidd, M.D., F.Z.S. ; (5) " The Bearing of 

 Archaeological and Historical Research upon the New Testament," 

 the Rev. Parke P. Flournoy, D.D. ; (6) " Indications of a Scheme 

 in the Universe," Canon Girdlestone, M.A., and " Luminaries and 



