OUR RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 548, 1 July 1909, Page 5

OUR RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.

/ j •• t MOTION BY NELSON PRESBYTERY. (Cy -Telegraph.—Press Association) • • 1 Nelson, Juno 30. ■ i S .J-flololiowiiig resolution was earned at a ' , meeting of.tho Presbytery to-day:—"That, . ,''J: Viow. of tho danger of a collision; between 'i , . the British and Gctiinan. Empires, with all its I . ' . Mlamitous consequeiices to civilisation/ the 1 , Presbytery is of opinion that, whilo it is | r;- fl'jr.duty.and/pnvilego as.o: nation to 'do our i utmost to j>reservo;.our.interests:by land aud i ■ . . sea, and defend,: at all hazards,. tho great i heritage winch Providcncc has entrusted to - Jntorostsiof the world; it neverthe- - lessi bccomos< us >to' inai&iain a calm,- unvin- 1 dicfovfc and Christian spirit, and fch© Prcsbv- 1 ■ .■. .toy, vtould earnestly call upon .the Church to i • • ®e much in prayer. tliat wo. ana, our' brethren ■ i of <the German Empire may continue to lead peaceable liVes, and irefram on our part iwrn any word on deed calculated to om"no .relations/between tiations so closely ■ i 1 allied in raco; education, and religion. Tho . presbytery is of opinion that tho Churchy-in' ... *- conjunction with other branches of the great 1 Presbytenan family scattorcd throughout the'' ! xjuipiro,,should at the edflidst possible mom- i ent toako representations on the above lines to tho National Evangelical Kirk, Free ' &,» i lefofmed Kirks, and Qld Lutheran •I , .j 5 , of Gerniany, inviting .them to join m united prayer and earnest offort that the . warlike spirit may understanding maintained, ahd\the cost of armaments diminished. The Presbytery'hlk> ex.presses a desire that the subject may be dis- 1 ~.cussod.,b otherpresbyteries between this and tho meeting of their suprsrilo court with a view>Jto; harmony on 'tile mitt or at thd ' v.*' . . - tho (General Aaseinbly. ~,j' i /