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REV. F. BAYLIS, M.A.^ ON 



I might possibly make any contribution to the discussion of 

 Mr. BayHs' interesting paper, and owing to heavy pressure of 

 immediate engagements at the moment, I am conscious that the 

 above are but disconnected remarks, possibly of little or no service, 

 and certainly poorly expressed ; and it is therefore a duty to add 

 that, if in my haste I have so worded any of them as to suggest 

 anywhere an impression of inconsistency with any principle of the 

 full Christian position, such impression does not represent my mind, 

 and I would wish to cancel any wording or reasoning which may 

 have seemed to warrant it. 



The Secretary also read the following from Dr. C. F. 

 Harford : — 



I am very much obliged to you for sending me the interesting 

 particulars about the Victoria Institute. I have the greatest 

 possible sympathy with the aims and objects of the Institute 

 which I think was never more needed than at the present time. 



It seems to me that a great aim of a large number of theologians 

 of the day seems to be to accentuate the possible divergencies 

 between scientific and philosophical thought and revelation. I 

 consider that this is wholly unscientific on their part and needs 

 to be met by co-operation on the part of scientific men. 



I hope that in the discussion at the meeting it may not be 

 forgotten that in medical matters Missions have done a great deal 

 for science. Our Medical Missionaries all over the world are con- 

 tributing to science, and in a Society of which I have the honour 

 of being one of the Secretaries, the Society of Tropical Medicine and 

 Hygiene, we particularly value the co-operation of Medical Mission- 

 aries and have had many papers from them. Perhaps too the fact 

 of Livingstone College training ordinary Missionaries to go out and 

 help to spread the effects of science concerning health all over the 

 world may be regarded as in some sense a contribution of Christian 

 Missions to science. 



Mr. Schwartz said : I congratulate the lecturer on the broad 

 tolerant, and moderate paper which he has written. Such extracts 

 as " Science arid Christianity are in our view revealed by the same 

 Lord." " Man is just as truly linked with God the Super-human as he 

 is with physical nature." "Before all else he (the missionary) looks 

 for tokens of the presence, the working, the grace, of the living 

 God, in the morals and religion of all the races of mankind," are all 



