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ORDINARY GEXEPtAL MEETIInG.* 

 Captain Heath, E.K, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and confirmed. 



The following candidates were put forward for election by the Council 

 and elected : — 



Associates. — H. Neville Harris, Esq., India Civil Service (Retired) ;, 

 Eev. Prof. F. J. Jewett, B.D., Texas, U.S.A. 



The following paper was read by the Author : — 



THE SCRIPTURAL IDEA OF MIRACLES. 

 By Rev. Canon R. B. Girdlestone, M.A. 



§ 1. Nature and God according to the Bible. 



§ 2. God's hand in Evolution and in Growth. 



§ 3. Doctrines common to the Bible and natural science. 



§ 4. Phenomena which the Bible records, but which natural science 



cannot formulate. 



§ 5. Biblical miracles. 



§ 6. Miraculous phenomena connected with the mission of Christ. 

 § 7. The Philosophy of miracles. 

 § 8. The question of evidence. 



§ 9. Gospel miracles carry their own evidence with them. 



§ 10. Conclusion. 



§ 1. Nature and God according to the Bible. 



THE Bible and natural science regard nature from different 

 but not necessarily from antagonistic points of view. It 

 is frequently supposed that if you believe in the Bible you can- 

 not believe in Science, and that if you believe in Science you 

 cannot believe in the Bible ; but the two beliefs are not 

 necessarily irreconcilable. The Bible sets forth the spiritual 



2rst January, 1907. 



