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537. ,
the four monthn he htd spent under "Boor blackness and
opproerionT" Cot more applause than anyone eine,
The pewee party wore eauawhat subdues at this conference,
In, Auguet the PriMitive nthodint cruse out in favour of
annexation,
A lending Baptist minister Dr. Clifford was a
member of the s. "2. W. C. But Gukeuo Rogers than
Congrerattonoliet came out in favour of the war. He
wrote "There are surely few who would deny that the
issue of the Boer ultimatum rendered the rnaintenanco of
pence icipoeeible. e' (2)
(1)
And doprc oted the peace
section among the 1lonconforthisto with their "half hearted
advocacy of the case of the Boars*"
(3)
The majority
of the ti-ptiste who wrote to' the periodical were opposed
to the war.
(4)
But some Baptist minister ware notivod
preaching sermons n pinnt "the corrupt Boer oli. archy"
(1) Primitive Methodist,, 24th May 1900.
(2) Contemporary 'I tnw, D covbor 899, J"G. fo
, ern,
p: ral Imperialism and the Transvaal I az p. 903.
(3) Ibid, May 19009 J. Q. Rogera, "The Churchap and the
is p, 613.
(4) F3,,,,
nom, 5th Janusarg 1900.