...possess a revelation. The terms of the will under which these lectures were delivered exclude the ' reference to or reliance upon any supposed exceptional and so-called miraculous revelation ' (p. 9). The lecturer does, however, occasionally allude to the subject, chiefly in connexion with...

...thinkers, sincere lovers of, and earnest inquirers after, truth." The testator further directs, "I wish the lecturers to treat their subject as a strictly...it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is." It is not surprising that Professor Max Miillcr waxes jubilant over this bequest, and points to it...

...that of Infinite Being, without reference to or reliance upon япу supposed special exceptional or so-called miraculous revelation. I wish it considered...intentionally indicated in describing the subject of the Lectures,the general aspects which personally I would expect the lecturers to bear, but the Lectures...

...truth. I wish the lecturers to treat their subject as a strictly natural science, the greatest of all sciences, indeed, in one sense the only science, that...it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is." The work done by Professor Stokes not only falls far short of this standard, but the literary presentation...

...Infinite Being, without reference to or reliance upon any supposed special exceptional 266 APPENDIX. or so-called miraculous revelation. I wish it considered...describing the subject of the Lectures, the general aspect wliicli personally I would expect the Lectures to bear, but the lecturers shall be under no restraint...

...duties thence arising." Lord Gifford says in his bequest : " I wish my lecturers to treat religion as a strictly natural science, the greatest of all...exceptional and so-called miraculous revelation. I wish religion to be considered just as astronomy or chemistry is. I am persuaded that nothing but good can...

...strictly natural science . . . without reference to or reliance upon any supposed special exceptional or so-called miraculous revelation. I wish it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is." Then he enjoins that the lectures "shall be public and popular ... as I think that the subject should...

...strictly natural science . . . without reference to or reliance upon any supposed special exceptional or so-called miraculous revelation. I wish it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is." Then he enjoins that the lectures " shall be public and popular ... as I think that the subject should...

...science, that of Infinite Being, without reference to or reliance upon any supposed special exceptional or so-called miraculous revelation. I wish it considered just as astronomy or chemistry is." This is Lord Gifford's statement in the deed of foundation of his lectures in 1885. Much water has...