CHURCH AND DEFENCE.
— -■ —* PRESBYTERIANS AND COMPULSORY TRAINING. (By reloEraph--Press Association.! Dunodln, July 20. The Duucdin Presbytery again addressed itself to-day to tho problem of tho attitude it should assnmo towards the Gp.ycramont's scheme of compulsory military,ti'atft'lug.',(A motion calling on vho people cheerfully to acquicsco in the demands of tho JJefence Act was defeated and an amendment simply statin!,' it to bp tho duty of the people to obey tho law of the land was similarly treated. Tho motion that' was finally passed by 10 votes to 7 was ono stating that th'o Presbytery did not deem it expedient to express any approval of tho Government's scheme. Five ministers asked their names to bo recorded as dissenting from tho decision.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1185, 21 July 1911, Page 4
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119CHURCH AND DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1185, 21 July 1911, Page 4
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