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ORDINARY MEETING, May 4th, 1874. 
TI. Cadman Jones, Esq., in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the 
ollowing Elections announced : — ■ 
Associate : — Rev. G. Lawless, A.M., Chaplain to Her Majesty’s Forces, 
Curate of St. Bride’s, Ifi, New Bridge-street. 
Also the presentation of the following Works to the Library : — • 
“ Proceedings of the Royal Society.” Part 151. From the Society. 
“The Mosaic Deluge.” By Rev. S. Lucas. From the Author. 
“ The Biblical Antiquity of Man.” By Rev. S. Lucas. From the Author. 
“On the Works of Dr. F. A. Trendelenburg.” By 
Professor G. S. Morris. From the Author. 
The following Paper was then read by the Author : — 
BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION IN CONNECTION WITH 
SCIENCE. By the Rev. A. I. McCaul, M.A., Lecturer 
in Divinity at King’s College, London. 
T O the Biblical Student, in these days, it is a source of no 
small consolation to remember that there is no necessary 
connection between Science and Infidelity. There have been 
men, in past ages, of high scientific reputation, who have not 
onlv believed in a Supreme Governor of the world, but also 
received, with devout and simple faith, the Scripture teaching of 
Redemption. There have been men, in the various countries 
of the civilized world, of acknowledged learning and ability, of 
true philosophic mind, who have accepted the Scriptures as the 
Revelation of God, and who have confessed that Jesus Christ, 
the Founder of Christianity, was God manifest in the flesh. 
So also in the present day, there are men as well known for 
their earnest Christian faith as for their scientific attainments, 
or for their grasp of the profound subjects of Philosophy. 
There are men, whose opinion is justly respected in questions 
of science and philosophy, to whom the Bible is precious, as the 
