Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton asks Tilson to pass his greetings and blessings along to the British Assembly. In Bryn Athyn, the 14th General Assembly has just concluded. Despite some criticism that the papers presented were too long and abstract, Pendleton was particularly impressed by the depth of New Church thought displayed. He remarks on the fact that the papers all focused on the other world, which he feels was providential. He also speaks about the importance of the collective spiritual advancement of the Church, writing, “. . . the leading thought of the church, humanly speaking, is bound by the capability of the times, or by the state of reception in the church as a whole, for we think in society.” He concludes the letter by praising the Writings: “We cannot too highly exalt those Writings, nor too lowly estimate ourselves, and our own proprial intelligence. This attitude of mind the Academy has ever encouraged. It is one of entire confidence in the revelation, and of deep self-humility, in which state there is in truth not a mere literal binding of the mind, but a liberation of the spirit, opening to interior, and more interior perceptions of truth.”