Name William Goard | Died 1937 | |
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Books The Post-captivity Names of Israel, Isaiah: A Study | ||
William Pascoe Goard F.R.G.S (Jan 17, 1863 - Feb 9, 1937) was a Methodist minister and prominent British Israelite of the first half of the 20th century.
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Life
Born in Cornwall, England, but later moved to Canada, in 1912 William Pascoe Goard became minister of the Knox Congregational Church in Vancouver (later renamed Grandview Congregational Church). He served as a Methodist minister for over 40 years and also was an influential proponent of British Israelism. In 1921 Goard become Vice-President of the British-Israel-World Federation and also became the first editor of The National Message published by the B.I.W.F when it was founded in 1922, as well as the first director of Covenant Publishing.
In 1930 Goard attended a special ceremony at the Chicago–Kent College of Law where he was awarded the degree of "Doctor of Laws and Logic" in recognition of excellent scholarship for his book The Law of the Lord: The Common Law (1928). Later he became the President of the World Council of the B.I.W.F and was a prolific author on British Israelism.
On September 17, 1936, Goard was welcomed by the BIWF at Spencer Street Station, Melbourne, Australia. He made a tour of both New Zealand and Australia in the fall of 1936 before his death at Harrow Weald College, England, on February 9, 1937, at the age of 74.
Works
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)