ORDINARY MEETING* 



Lietjt.-Colonel G. MacKinlay in the Chair. 



The following address was given by the Author : — 



THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR 

 JESUS CHRIST By Rev. Canon Girdlestone, M.A.f 



THE subject is one that we shall all have in onr minds on 

 Easter Day, and perhaps if we look at it from a historic 

 point of view it may help us when we want our own mind 

 clear on this great fact. In one of the sermons by the 

 celebrated Dr. Arnold, formerly Head Master of Rugby, a 

 sermon called " The sign of the Prophet Jonah," there is a 

 sentence which goes to this effect : " I have been in the habit 

 of studying historical events for many years, and it is my firm 

 conviction that there is no event of history so sure and trust- 

 worthy as the resurrection of Christ from the dead." That as 

 coming from a man with a free mind is very strong and very 

 encouraging, and it was one of several things that set me 

 investigating the whole subject a good many years ago. I may 

 say that I date my own personal investigation of it to the year 

 1860, when I spent Easter in Jerusalem and heard a sermon 

 from the late Mr. Crawford on a text in the 1st chapter of 

 Acts, where we read that Christ showed Himself alive to His 

 followers by many infallible proofs. 



* Monday, April 17th, 1905. 



t Owing to the sudden withdrawal of another paper, this address had 

 to be given at only a few minutes' notice. Hence its lack of completeness : 

 and many aspects of the question were left untouched. — R. B. G. 



