PEACE MINISTRY
TO AVERT WAR
A motion requesting the, Govern* ment to form a Peace. Ministry to study the causes of war and to attempt their removal was passed yesterday bydelegates to the annual convention of the New Zealand Methodist Young Men's Bible Class Movement, which has been meeting in Wellington. ~
.The convention, comprising some 43 delegates from all parts of" the Dominion, studied the problems of peace and war, penal reform, and the existing social order.
If' was agreed that the doctrine of the inevitability of war was unacceptable and that there existed a need for the application of true Christian principles-to everyday life.
The convention was 'of the opinion that the present' Government was showing interest and concern in the penal system, but it was felt that more far-reaching steps were needed along redemptive rather than along retaliatory and retributive lines as at present.
Mx. E. Masters (Wellington) was elected president for the ensuing year and Mr. G. James (Wellington) secretary. The opportunity was taken to farewell the Rev. E. P. Blamires, who has attended the convention for 17 years.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 2, 4 January 1939, Page 7
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182PEACE MINISTRY Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 2, 4 January 1939, Page 7
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