William Pascoe GoardF.R.G.S (17 January 1863 - 9 February 1937) was a Methodist minister and prominent British Israelite of the first half of the 20th century.
William Pascoe Goard was born in Cornwall, England. After studying law in London, he moved to Bowmanville, Ontario in 1880.[1]
Goard was a member of The Salvation Army, where he rose to the rank of captain in charge of the corps at St. Catharines, Ontario. In 1883, he married Amanda Content Honey, who was also an officer in The Salvation Army. He moved to Winnipeg and was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1886.
In 1906, Goard moved to Vancouver to serve as minister of Zion church,[1] and in 1912 became minister of the Knox Congregational Church (later renamed Grandview Congregational Church).[2]
Goard organized the British Israel Association of Vancouver in 1909 along with Edward Odium,[1][3]: 14 and in 1913 he traveled to London to participate in negotiations uniting various British Israel groups into the British-Israel-World Federation. He became vice president of the BIWF in 1921. He was the first editor of The National Message published by the BIWF when it was founded in 1922, also founded Covenant Publishing, the publishing arm of the BIWF.[1] Later he became the President of the World Council of the BIWF.[citation needed]
Goard was a prolific author, writing more than 20 books on British Israelism, as well as publishing articles and editorials for The National Message. In 1930, he attended a special ceremony at the Chicago–Kent College of Law where he was awarded the degree of "Doctor of Legislative Law" in recognition of excellent scholarship for his book The Law of the Lord: The Common Law (1928).[1]
On 17 September 1936 Goard was welcomed by the BIWF at Spencer Street Station, Melbourne, Australia. He made a tour of both New Zealand and Australia in autumn 1936 before his death at Harrow Weald College, England, on 9 February 1937, at the age of 74.[1]
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The Two-fold British Race in Britain and Palestine (1921) Isaiah: a study (1925) Our Heritage: the Bible (1926) The Bible and Science (1926) The Epistle to the Romans (1927) The Law of the Lord: The Common Law (1928) The kingdom of God (1928) Crossing the river (1930) The Documents of Daniel (1930) The Empire In Solution With Chapters On Anglo-Saxon Civilization (1931) The simple truth (1932) The second coming of our Lord (1932) Bethesda-or-Jesus Christ (1933) The Post-Captivity Names of Israel (1934) What is British-Israel truth? (1936)
william, pascoe, goard, january, 1863, february, 1937, methodist, minister, prominent, british, israelite, first, half, 20th, century, contents, life, works, also, referenceslife, edit, born, cornwall, england, after, studying, london, moved, bowmanville, onta. William Pascoe Goard F R G S 17 January 1863 9 February 1937 was a Methodist minister and prominent British Israelite of the first half of the 20th century William Pascoe Goard Contents 1 Life 2 Works 3 See also 4 ReferencesLife editWilliam Pascoe Goard was born in Cornwall England After studying law in London he moved to Bowmanville Ontario in 1880 1 Goard was a member of The Salvation Army where he rose to the rank of captain in charge of the corps at St Catharines Ontario In 1883 he married Amanda Content Honey who was also an officer in The Salvation Army He moved to Winnipeg and was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1886 In 1906 Goard moved to Vancouver to serve as minister of Zion church 1 and in 1912 became minister of the Knox Congregational Church later renamed Grandview Congregational Church 2 Goard organized the British Israel Association of Vancouver in 1909 along with Edward Odium 1 3 14 and in 1913 he traveled to London to participate in negotiations uniting various British Israel groups into the British Israel World Federation He became vice president of the BIWF in 1921 He was the first editor of The National Message published by the BIWF when it was founded in 1922 also founded Covenant Publishing the publishing arm of the BIWF 1 Later he became the President of the World Council of the BIWF citation needed Goard was a prolific author writing more than 20 books on British Israelism as well as publishing articles and editorials for The National Message In 1930 he attended a special ceremony at the Chicago Kent College of Law where he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Legislative Law in recognition of excellent scholarship for his book The Law of the Lord The Common Law 1928 1 On 17 September 1936 Goard was welcomed by the BIWF at Spencer Street Station Melbourne Australia He made a tour of both New Zealand and Australia in autumn 1936 before his death at Harrow Weald College England on 9 February 1937 at the age of 74 1 Works editThe Two fold British Race in Britain and Palestine 1921 Isaiah a study 1925 Our Heritage the Bible 1926 The Bible and Science 1926 The Epistle to the Romans 1927 The Law of the Lord The Common Law 1928 The kingdom of God 1928 Crossing the river 1930 The Documents of Daniel 1930 The Empire In Solution With Chapters On Anglo Saxon Civilization 1931 The simple truth 1932 The second coming of our Lord 1932 Bethesda or Jesus Christ 1933 The Post Captivity Names of Israel 1934 What is British Israel truth 1936 See also editEdward Hine C A L Totten John WilsonReferences edit a b c d e f British Israel Movement Loses Great Leader with Death of Dr Pascoe Goard Winnipeg Evening Tribune Feb 27 1937 Retrieved April 25 2020 British Israel a collection of pamphlets Edward A Hine William Pascoe Goard Covenant Pub Co 1925 Biography Barkun Michael 1997 Religion and the Racist Right the Origins of the Christian Identity Movement University of North Carolina Press ISBN 0 8078 2328 7 Retrieved February 16 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Pascoe Goard amp oldid 1145862122, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
