William Pascoe Goard F.R.G.S

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 (1863 - 1937) was a Methodist minister and prominent British Israelite

British Israelism

British Israelism is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The concept often includes the belief that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David...

 of the first half of the 20th century.

Life

Born in Cornwall

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, England, but later moved to Canada, in 1912 William Pascoe Goard became minister of the Knox Congregational Church in Vancouver

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 (later renamed Grandview Congregational Church). He served as a Methodist minister for over 40 years and also was a influential proponent of British Israelism

British Israelism

British Israelism is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The concept often includes the belief that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David...

. In 1921 Goard become Vice-President of the British-Israel-World Federation

British-Israel-World Federation

The British-Israel-World Federation is an organization that was founded in London July 3 1919, although its roots can be traced back to the 19th century. At one time this organization enjoyed the patronage of members of the British Establishment including HRH Princess Alice of Athlone, the Duke of...

 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

Covenant Publishing

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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

British Israelism

British Israelism is the belief that people of Western European descent, particularly those in Great Britain, are the direct lineal descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. The concept often includes the belief that the British Royal Family is directly descended from the line of King David...

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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)