OEDlXAFiY GENERAL MEETING* 



General Halltday ix the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and confirmed, and the 

 following paper was read by the Secretary, in the absence of the author. 



THE INFLUENCE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL DISCOVERY 

 OX THOUGHT. By Edward P. Frost, D.L. 



1. The paper suggested by a sense of increasing difficulty of preserving 



one's religion. 



2. No imputation cast upon Science. 



3. For fifty years acquirement of miscellaneous information by un- 



educated multitudes who can read has been on the increase, as also 

 has the popularisation of Science ; while Science has made 

 gigantic strides. 



4. e.g., Matter has almost been analysed into imponderables so as to 



bewilder the half -educated as to spirit and matter. Who is to 

 explain that the distinction between phenomenal and spiritual is 

 unaffected by physiological analysis ? 



5. Geological discoveries and evolution, etc., have modified views on 



Divine government of universe dangerously. 



6. Results of bewilderment. 



7. Especially suppression of anthropomorphism. 



8. Science enables men to get a better idea of God's infinity and 



foresight. 



9. Difficulties in respect to order and continuity not insuperable. 



10. "The Absolute " and "the Unknowable" upset by Science. 



11. Toleration results from advance of Science. 



12. Union of Religion and Science. 



13. Conclusion. 



* May 1st, 1905. 



