REV. ROBERTSON ORR.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 October 1928, Page 2

REV. ROBERTSON ORR.

A FAITHFUL CONGREGATION. SUSPENSION NOT OBSERVED. Writing' from Vancouver, an Auckland “Herald” correspondent says: The Rev. Robertson Orr,- formerly pastor of the Wellington. Presbyterian Church, ds continuing to preach regularly here, in spite of the ban placed on him by the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church pending the hearing of the petition in divorce in which he its named as corespondent. The council warned Mr Orr of the consequences of his continuing to preach and also warned the congregation that its members ran the risk of losing their membership. In spite of this Mr Orr’s weekly congregation is .growing and he is determined to go on ministering to it. * In a statement in reply to the General Assembly CMr Orr writes: “For 14 months we have had examples of the worst in human nature. iLet there bo an end to dissension.” Reviewing his treatment at the hands of the commission of inquiry, Mr Orr has asked that his connection with the Presbyterian Church in Canada foe terminated. He cannot see, he says, how otherwise he will be able to minister satisfactorily to the large following that desires his ministry. Pour hundred members of his congregation have signed a petition to the General Assembly praying it to set aside the findings of the commission. Among these are two King’s Counsel, two doctors who are office bearers, and the presidents and loading workers of all the 'organisations in the Central Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, to which Mr Orr ministered.