STATEMENTS DEPLORED

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 23 April 1935, Page 4

STATEMENTS DEPLORED

ATTACK ON BRITISH-ISR AELISM “EVIDENCE OF IGNORANCE” (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 22Regret at the attack made upon the. British-Israel movements by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand was expressed in a motion carried at the sixth annual congress of the New Zealand branch of the British-Israel World Federation at Wellington to-day. The motion continued: “The congress deplores the' inaccurate statements made by certain members of the Assembly and by “The Outlook, the official organ of the Presbyterian Church, as evidence of ignorance on the part of the leaders of this great church as to what constitutes BritishIsrael truth. It restates the fact that the basis of British-Israel truth is a literal acceptance of the whole of the Bible from cover to cover, and believing that there is no firmer foundation for our faith, views with apprehension the suggestion contained in “The Outlook” of November 26, 1934, that, because British-Israel truth so relies upon a literal interpretation of the AVord of God, it cannot be true. In view of .the , growing tendency - to. disregard large .portions of the Bible this congress appeals to all Christians to maintain the high standard of faith in the whole of God’s wonderful word and to encourage that faith in others.