10 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



through the minds and intelligences of capable men to unravel to 

 us that wonderful revelation which He has made of Himself to us 

 in nature. That should always go along with the other revelation 

 which is of a more spiritual and of a deeper kind. The two must 

 be regarded not as antagonistic but as complementary to each other. 

 It seems to me that that defines the real object of this Institute. 

 It was summed up well by the present Bishop of Winchester, when 

 he was a Professor at Cambridge, not many years ago, when he 

 said we have .two sources of light, the first consisting of the 

 spiritual in the Person of Jesus Christ, and the second the 

 illumination of the intellect of mankind through the Holy Spirit in 

 teaching us to unravel the secrets of nature. 



I have much pleasure in seconding this resolution. 

 Colonel George Mackinlay. — I have been deputed to respond to 

 your vote of thanks to the Council and officers of the Institute. It is a 

 great pleasure to do so and it is a great pleasure for us to work together. 



I notice three balances here. There is a favourable balance of 

 money, which is better than last year ; and then at the end we have 

 a favourable balance of foreign members, and it is a great benefit 

 that our proceedings do reach our fellow-countrymen in the colonies. 

 Thirdly, there is a balance, which has not been alluded to yet, and 

 that is, with regard to the future. The number of papers for 

 next session which has already been arranged for is large, and 

 no doubt they will be very interesting and instructive. That part 



of the work is, I may tell you, chiefly due to the Secretary, who has 

 been able to obtain many good subjects for the coming session. 

 The only adverse balance is that small decrease in the number of 



members. The Council will do their best to increase the numbers ; 



and we ask you to do your best to add to them, so that they may 



reach the 1,000 which has already been alluded to. 



The President. — I am afraid I must ask you to pass the resolution, 



though it was not put to the meeting and carried before the last 



speaker responded. 



Colonel Mackinlay. — I am sorry. 



The President. — You will pass it, no doubt, nunc 2^ro tunc, and 

 therefore I will put the resolution in the usual way. [Carried.] 



The Secretary. — Perhaps I may be permitted to express my 

 gratitude to Mr. Hudleston and those members who have so kindly 

 alluded to my services as Secretary to this Institute. 



