vi 



PRBfACE. 



In anxious and changing times such as the present, many minds 

 have been stirred to think of the supreme issues of life ; and while 

 men are inquiring in regard to God and the revelation of His Will in 

 Christ, there should be a great work for such an organisation as the 

 Victoria Institute, whose members aim at placing before the world 

 considered answers, not only to the questionings of thought, but 

 also to the cavillings of unbelief. 



This fiftieth volume of Transactions comes in a truly noble succes- 

 sion, and its contents may be confidently regarded as giving promise 

 that the Institute will render timely and important service to the 

 cause of Truth in the days of Keconstruction to which we look 

 forward. 



James W. Thirtle, Editor. 



