PEACE AND WAR.
THE ASSEMBLY DIVIDED. 'AUCKLAND, November 19. The relation of Christian people to war was keenly debated in the Presbyterian General Assembly when a pronouncement on “peace and war” was submitted on behalf of the Public Questions Committee. The pronouncement held “that war in itself is an utterly evil thing, wicked and hateful beyond alt words, destructive of all that is best in civilisation, and futile to the attainment of any good purpose.” It expressed the belief that another war under modern conditions would mean disintegration and ruin for the victors and the vanquished alike, and that the church and men of goodwill should set their face against war and against those things from which war sprang. The pronouncemnt was discussed at length, and it aroused some considerable opposition. Eventually the debate was adjourned, and the matter referred back to the committee with a view to reconciling the various opinions expressed in Assembly.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3584, 21 November 1922, Page 50
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