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ORDINAEY GENERAL MEETING* 



Eev. G. F. Whidbokne, M.A., F.G.S., succeeded by 

 Lteut.-General Sn; H. L. Geauy, K.C.B., V.P., ix the Chair. 



The Minutes of tlie previous Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following paper was read by the Author : - 



EVOLUTIONARY LAW IN THE CREATION STORY 

 OF GENESIS. By Rev. A. Irving, B.A., D.Sc. 



" ou;^i rj yj/'vxq nXeLov eVrt ti]s rpo(f>7]s " ; (irjcrovs o Na^copatos) Matt. vi, 25. 



" The antagonism between Science and Religion arises much more from 

 a difference in the spirit and temper in the students of each than from 

 any inherent opposition between the two." — Archbishop Temple, 

 Bampton Lectures^ 1884, Lect. viii. 



" Those who are conversant with the history of scientific ideas are 

 aware that a belief in the gradual and orderly transformation of Nature, 

 both animate and inanimate, is of great antiquity." — Professor Sir G. H. 

 Darwin, F.RS. ; Presidential Address to the British Association, Cape 

 Town Meeting, 1905. 



CONTENTS. 



1. Statement of the author's position : (a) philosophically, (5) geologically. 



2. The Darwinian dogma non-commensurate with the facts. 



3. Perspective of the Dual Revelation. 



4 Closer consideration of Genesis i, ii (1-3) : 



Leading ideas embodied in the Creation Story — 

 («) Manifestation of actual creative power, 



(i) In the creation of matter (the monotheistic idea of verse 1). 



(ii) In the creation of life. 



(iii) In the creation of man (a being endowed with spiritual 



faculties). 



* Monday, January 15th, 1906. 



