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ANNUAL REPORT. 



" Indications of a Scheme in the Universe." By the 



Kev. Canon R. B. Girdlestone, M.A. 

 " Luminaries and Life in Connection with the Genesis 



Account of Creation," By the Rev. A. Irving, 



D.Sc., B.A. 



This was made possible by the most generous intervention of 

 one of the Life Associates of the Institute, through whom a sum 

 of £200 was subscribed, with this special object in view. 

 The best thanks of the Council are herewith conveyed 

 to the kind donor. Members and Associates are warmly 

 invited to obtain copies of these up-to-date and authoritative 

 treatises on questions which are agitating the minds of men 

 to-day and to circulate them as widely as possible. Copies 

 may be had at 4:d. each at the Office, Victoria Institute, Central 

 Buildings, S.W. 



15. Conclusion. 



Since the publication of the last Report the peace treaty 

 has been signed and the nations are nominally friends once 

 more. But there is no truce in the war with the powers of evil. 

 Unbelief in the form of destructive criticism is unwearied in 

 its efforts to discredit the authority of the Holy Scriptures, 

 for the defence of which the Victoria Institute stands. It is 

 true that the powerful apologia put forth by champions of the 

 truth has led to changes of front in the enemy's ranks. Old 

 positions have been abandoned ; " assured results " have been 

 consigned to the dust -bin of exploded fallacies, but the attacks 

 on the truth, even, paradoxical though it may sound, " in the 

 name of the truth," still continue and call to the defenders 

 of the truth to close their ranks and continue their efforts. The 

 Victoria Institute, according to its original aims and objects, 

 desires to conduct its investigations in a reverent spirit, keeping 

 in touch with the latest advances in Science and Research, and 

 in humble faith in God, to combat the prevalent unbelief and 

 " pseudo-science " of the day. 



Signed on behalf of the Council, 



HALSBURY 



