72 EEV. GEORGE MILLIGAN, D.D., ON THE GEEEK PAPYRI. 



heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will 

 be done, as in heaven so on earth. Give us to-day our daily bread, 

 and forgive us our debts, even as we also forgive our debtors. And 

 lead us not into temptation, 0 Lord, but deliver us from eA'il. For 

 Thine is the glory for ever. . . . O Light of light, true God, 

 graciously give Thy servant light. 0 holy Serenus, supplicate on 

 my behalf, that I may be in perfect health." 



These, then, are specimens of our new discoveries. And 

 enough, I hope, has been said to show of what living and 

 varied interest they are. If they do nothing else, they at least 

 make the past live, and show us in the flesh the men and 

 women amongst whom Christianity found its earliest converts. 

 There may not unnaturally, in view of their romantic character, 

 be a tendency in certain quarters to exaggerate the importance 

 of the new discoveries. At the same time T am convinced that 

 they have a very real message for us, and that the more they 

 are studied the more will they be found to throw light of a 

 very clear and enduring kind on the outward circumstances 

 and conditions under which our Xew Testament books were 

 written. 



Discussion. 



The Chairman after the address said : Ladies and Gentlemen, 

 we have had a great treat. We have all learned many things. We 

 have learned what a treasure may be in a broken piece of pottery, 

 and it is a curious thing that the Falestine Exploration Magazine, which 

 came out to-day, shows the connection between papyri and ostraka. 

 Mention has been made of a lady's " marriage lines," and all the 

 presents made to her by her expectant husband are named ; along- 

 side of this we read of some kindred discoveries made in Gezer in 

 the way of pottery. I am very glad that Dr. Milligan spoke of the 

 " so-called Zo^/irt," and emphasises the "so-called." 



Lieut.-Golonel Alves asked if the Greek of the Xew Testament, 

 commonly called " Hellenistic," and which he had seen described as 

 Greek with three centuries of a Hebrew education," was that of 

 ordinary daily use, as contrasted with that used by the great Greek 

 classic writers. 



Archdeacon Potter asked if the extracts from the Epistle to the 

 Romans and other New Testament writings found in the Papyri 

 supposed to date from the third century have on comparison with 

 our existing MSS. dating from the fourth century, the Sinaitic and 



