PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2650, 4 November 1909, Page 5

PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

IMPORTANT RESOLUTIONS

TPer Press Association.! CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 3. At the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day, the following motion, proposed by Dr. Gibb, was carried: That in view of urgent need for a oettor understanding between the Church and organised labor, and, further, m view of tlie f«ict that iii tho Pres 05'” terian Church of America much good has been effected by the adoption of a scheme by which the Church, through its Presbyteries, is represented on Labor Councils, with similar consultative representatives of their Councils on Presbyteries, and, finally, in view of the fact that the Scottish Presbyterian Churches axe now contemplating similar lines of action, the Assembly recommends the consideration of the ■whole question to the committee on the state of religion, with power, if they deem it wise, to make any preliminary arrangements for the adoption ot some such scheme by the Assembly. Overtures from the Nelson, Auckland and Oamaru Presbyteries dealing with the diplomatic relations existing between Great Britain and Germany wer e discusser. A motion was carriGd to the effect that in view of the strained relations between the British and the German empires, with an alLthreatened calamitous consequence to civilisation, commerce, and religion, the Assembly is of opinion that while it was the duty and privilege of the British nation as a people to do their very utmost to preserve their interests by land and sea and defend at all hazards the great heritage which had been entrusted to them by Providence in the markets of the world, it behoved them to maintain a catm, unvindictive, Christian spirit.