VICTORIA IXSTITUTE. 



REPORT OF THE COUXCIL FOR THE YEAR 1911. 

 Read at the Annual General Meeting, February 5th, 1912. 



1. Progress of the Institute. 



In presenting to the Members the Forty-third Annual 

 Report, the Council are glad to be able to state that there 

 has been a larger increase in the number of Members and 

 Associates than for many years past, and that the interest 

 taken in the papers read, evidenced by full attendances, ample 

 discussions, and written communications, has been very great, 

 and confirms the real need and value of the Institute's work. 



2. JreetiTigs. 



During the year 1911 fourteen meetings have been held. 

 The papers read were as follows : — 



" Theosophv." Bv the Rev. .J. .J. B. Coles, M.A., F.E.G.S. 

 •'The Demand for a Giristian Philosophy." By the Eev. A. R. 

 Whately, D.D. 



" The Last Century's Witness to ihe Bible.'' By the Rev. .John 

 Sharp, M.A. 



" Science in Relation to Christian Missions." By the Rev. F. 

 Baylis, M.A. 



"Psychology." By the Rev. J. Gregory Smith, D.D. 

 "Professor Hilprecht's Newly-discovered Deluge Fragment." By 

 Dr. Theophilus G. Pinches. 

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



GlRDLESTOXE, M.A. 



" The Sidereal Universe." By Sir David Gill, LL.D., F.R.S. 



"A Life's Contribution to tlie Harmony of Christianity, Philosophy, 



and Science." By Prof. Roget. 

 " The Descent into Hades : a Study in Comparative Theology." By 



the Rev. Canon MacCulloch, D.D. 

 "Mithraism: Christianitv's Greatest Rival under the Roman 



Emperors." Bv the Rev. W. St. Clair Tisdall, D.D. 

 *• The True Temper' of Empire." By Sir Charles Bruce, G.C.M.G. 



[The Annual Address.] 



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