Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton appreciates Tilson’s perspective on the doctrinal controversy developing at the Hague. He writes, “I like the way in which you have exposed the confusion which arises when the Writings are characterized as the letter of the Word. No one with any sense denies that they are, of necessity, expressed in the human words of a natural language; yet it is of grave importance that this fact should not lead us to regard their rational statements as cryptic formulas to be more or less invalidated by a correspondential interpretation. Such an interpretation cannot but regard itself as a superior revealing and also a higher doctrine than that clearly given in the Writings.” Pendleton was glad that Tilson’s paper was well received by the Club. He supposes the reason some members took issue was because their minds were fixed on the idea of the “spiritual sense” as it is in the heavens. In Bryn Athyn, they are busy preparing for the mid-year meetings. Pendleton anticipates they will be of more than usual interest this year. Names mentioned: Mrs. (Edith Gunton) Tilson