Basis Of law Explained By Preacher
' It was a grievous error to think that law was just a matter of the will of a strong conqueror or the Iwishes of a people democratically expressed,' said Rev. A. Salmond, preaching in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Levin, yesterday. ■ Law had deeper roots than that, he added. . . "A pagan and not a Christian civilisation gave rise to the expression vox populi, vox dei, the voiqe of the people, the voice of God, continued the preacher. "The insight of the Hehrew people which saw the Ten Commandments as having been revealed by God to their great leader, Moses, was much I closer to reality than the popular 1 misconception that law has no firmer basis than the popular wishl es of any particular people or age. Law has a majesty and authority > about it which removes it out of the region of mere human inchnation." "
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 March 1949, Page 4
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