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and the instances have been noted by the way. No doubt a 

 more systematic examination would detect more and more 

 striking cases; but I trust that I have brought forward enough 

 material to shew how interesting the study is, and to prepare 

 the way for a fuller and more satisfactory treatment. 



Discussion. 



The Chairman could confirm from his own experience one of the 

 points of the lecture. Several years ago he had been brought into 

 connection with a Roman Catholic, an Italian priest who was seeking 

 the light. They were unable to converse, but they read the Vulgate 

 together, and in one verse which Professor White had alluded to, the 

 priest took a different view of the meaning of the word poenitentia 

 from that which he (the Chairman) did. The priest thought that 

 he must suffer something in order to receive the grace of God. But 

 when the Greek word, jxerdpoLoc, was pointed out to him, it gave 

 him an entirely new thought. He asked, " Have I nothing to pay 

 for it % " It was the moment of a change in his life ; he understood 

 then that eternal life is the gift of God. He is now a faithful 

 missionary of the Church Missionary Society in India. 



Mr. Maurice Gregory was reminded by the last word of the 

 Chairman that he was recently present at a funeral of a poor 

 Belgian refugee. The poor people attending the funeral were 

 astonished to find that there was " nothing to pay " for the burial 

 service. 



He would like to ask concerning the word eiriova-ios in Matthew vi, 

 11, and Luke xi, 3 : " Give us this day our daily bread." Is there 

 any justification for translating it " daily " 1 ought it not to be 

 rather " supersubstantial," thus making the petition in our Lord's 

 Prayer wholly spiritual 1 



Mr. M. L. Rouse said the Lecturer had reminded us that the 

 Lutheran Church, equally with the Roman Catholic, so divides the 

 Commandments as to make " Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's 

 wife " the ninth, and a tenth out of all the other prohibitions against 

 coveting. But the Lutheran Reformers may simply have retained 

 - this division as a remnant of unreformed tradition deeply engrained 

 by custom. Valid evidence as to the original form could be obtained 

 by referring to the other branches of the historic Catholic Church — 



