CHURCH UNION.
CANADA'S EXPERIENCE. fei 1 Discussing union between the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregational churches with ft representative of The Press oq Saturday, the K O7, Thomas Tait, of First Presbyterian CJhurch, Edmonton, Alberta, said that the unioq was consummated in Canada in 1924, but, ht» feared that it had not been successful. Discussions pn V l6 amalgamation had lasted lor 5K> years before it oaine about. Contemporaneously similar discussions toQjj place in Australia, In the last issue Australia voted against the union and Canada for it. Australia was much mqre loyal ta demQcrapy. ai\d gave the laity a chance to record their views. In Canada the leaders pushed their (scheme forward, but npt on democratic lines, The union failed because it was prelnatuie, nevertheless it stimulated, a great revival in Christianity. . One of its drawbacks, said Mr was the animosity fostered in families, one member disagreeing stronply > n viewpoint from another. "As I once said to a friend, when discussing the question: 'I am thankful that A"stral a haa retained her aanity,' " added Mr Tait.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19985, 21 July 1930, Page 7
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