Speaking at the opening of the Boyne Visitors Centre, Dr Paisley said: “I believe that we should live in peace and I want to see the principle of mutual respect triumph. The opening of this centre today is tangible evidence of a greater understanding and respect between out two cultures.
“Mutual respect means that you are free to try to convert me to your way and I am free to try to convert you to my way, but only by way of argument, not arms. The power of true christianity is in the power of declaration, not by the power of destruction.”
Dr Paisley continued: “There can be no turning back to the bad old days. The killing times must end for ever and no tolerance must be given to those who advocate their return. A strong dedication to peace and an intolerance of murder must drive us forward.
“There must be an end of all atrocities and the building of the ways of peace. The coming generation has a right to demand this from us. We must not fail them.”
Dr Paisley also toured the centre before presenting the management with a copy of the King James' Bible, New Testament, printed 77 years after the Boyne battle.
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