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Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton hopes W.F.P. will agree to preach in Pittsburgh on the Sunday between the Ministers Council and the Teachers Meeting. The Pittsburgh Society is looking forward to the upcoming meetings, and they are hoping for a large turnout from Bryn Athyn. Pendleton had been preparing a paper on “The Son of Man and The Son of God,” but he has now decided against presenting a paper since he will be hosting the meetings....

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton has received an application from Walter Brickman for the position of teacher in the Pittsburgh school. Pendleton asks W.F.P. for advice as to Brickman’s qualifications and his thoughts about employing a male teacher instead of a female teacher. Pendleton will also write to Homer (Synnestvedt) as Brickman has recently been working under him. Stating his personal opinion, Pendleton writes, “While my own view has...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn. In response to Pitcairn’s last letter in which he considers joining the war effort, Pendleton writes, “I cannot contemplate with satisfaction your enlisting in the Army, and would advise against it. The most urgent as well as the greatest need is in the Church work. Basutoland is far away and the permanency of our undertaking there is as yet uncertain. Besides, it appears at present that Providence has placed difficulties in the way...