ORDINARY MEETING, March 7, 1881. 
J. E. Howard, Esq., F.R.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed, and the 
following elections were announced : — 
Member:— Rev. W. H. Jones, M.A., Hull. 
Associates : — R. F. Weymouth, Esq., M.A., D. Lit., Mill Hill ; G. Wise, 
Esq., London ; The Librarian, Cathedral Missionary Divinity College, 
Calcutta. 
Also the presentation of the following Works for the Library : — 
“ Proceedings of the Royal Society.” From the same, 
“ Proceedings of the Geological Society.” Ditto. 
Also pamphlets from W. H. Brown, Esq., R.N., and C. Hill, Esq. 
The following paper was then read by the Author : — 
LANGUAGE , AND THEORIES OF ITS ORIGIN. 
By R. Brown, Esq., F.S.A. 
1. Parallel and Connexion between Language and 
Religion . 
A MONG the multitude of animals existing upon the face of 
the earth, one only, — Man, — is possessed of the two re- 
markable endowments of language and religion ; and this cir- 
cumstance alone might fairly give rise to the opinion that there 
is a somewhat intimate connexion between them. With men, 
language is universal, and religion is no less so* * ; and in either 
case we have an almost infinite variety of manifestation, yet, as 
Note. — R.Z . , .... The Religion of Zoroaster (Paper read before the 
Victoria Institute, April 21, 1879). R.M.A., .... The Religion and 
Mythology of the Aryans of Northern Europe (Paper read before the 
Victoria Institute, April 19, 1880). — For the Synopsis, see page 355. 
* Vide Appendix. 
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