SCOTTISH CHURCHES.
o tTNION AGAIN DISCUSSED. , I RAPPROCHEMENT FAVOUTtED. I (Times an.l Sydney Sun Services) ■ l ! —~~ '" Ml-VDdN. May 21. '; Keen I>u!»li. intercsl is being' mani- <- tested in tl„. annual debate on Chinch union in the General Assemblies of the ■ (lurch of Scotland an.l the l'nited Free L ' Uiurch. now meeting i„ Edinburgh. In hoth Houses determined minorities revealed themselves, but after animated discussions the official leaders were supj 1 ported in tticir policy ~f conciliation and rapprochement b.v overwhelming majorities. The criticism took the form of an attempt, to multiply doctrinal affirmations in the constitution. c Presiding over the Established ChurcJi Assembly. Lord Balfour of Burleigh said that. it. was almost unthinkable that two Churches having so much in common should stand longer apart. Both assemblies pas..cd resolutions : approving nt" the scheme a- a basis for g. further negotiations. An amendment in the f niled free Church Assembly that disestablish men' '•must be anlecedent t-> union was negaI tiled by an overwhelming niajorily.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 126, 28 May 1914, Page 5
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