Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fernand Hussenet in St. Cloud, Seine et Oise, France. Pendleton is pleased to hear that things are going well for the General Church in France, and he apologizes that many duties and a recent illness have delayed his correspondence. Pendleton thanks Hussenet for the photograph of the Paris congregation assembled for the 19th of June; He notes that there appear to be many new faces. Pendleton is interested in the future of the New Church now that the...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fernand Hussenet in Saint Cloud, Seine et Oise, France. Slightly different version of the same letter in English attached (typed). Typed French translation attched; Translated by "E.E.I." (Eldred Iungerich?). Pendleton has learned that the General Convention has recently set up a New Church society in Paris. Pendleton hopes this is a good sign for the future of the New Church in France. He is concerned that Hussenet’s recent communication to La...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fernand Hussenet in Saint Cloud, Seine et Oise, France. One typed and one handwritten French translation attached. Translated by Mrs. Eldred Iungerich. Pendleton has received Hussenet’s letter of Dec. 12th. Pendleton is concerned that Hussenet does not mention receipt of his (Pendleton’s) letter of Nov. 12th in which Pendleton wished Hussenet to make clear to Convention’s new Society in Paris that the General Church does not wish to exclude any body...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fernand Hussenet in Saint Cloud, France. The General Church of the New Jerusalem letterhead. Handwritten French copy and typed French copy attached. Pendleton has received Hussenet’s letters of Dec. 9th, Dec. 31st, and Feb. 14th. Pendleton recommends that Hussenet discuss with M. de Chazal the situation in Lausanne between M. Fercken and M. Regamey. Pendleton explains that M. Fercken studied for one year in Bryn Athyn and was received as a minister...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in Port Louis, Mauritius Island. Pendleton has received Gyllenhaal’s letters of April 27th and June 20th. Pendleton anticipated what Gyllenhaal wrote about Mr. Morse and other Church friends in Australia; Pendleton hopes Mr. Morse will be able to come to Bryn Athyn some time in the future. Pendleton was pleasantly surprised by Gyllenhaal’s experiences in Bombay and Bhavnagar with Professor Bhatt and his followers; Conference...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal. Upon returning from vacation in Boston, Pendleton received Gyllenhaal’s letter of March 14th. Mr. Worchester of the Convention Church will be visiting Bryn Athyn shortly, Pendleton suspects for the purpose of discussing the General Church’s “supposed trenching on their field.” In response to Gyllenhaal’s request that Pendleton approve Assembly invitations for the Conference Church’s London ministers, Pendleton writes that General...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Rosthern, Canada. Pendleton reports that the Bishop (W. F. Pendleton) enjoyed reading Waelchli’s letters of July 14th and 22nd and is encouraged by the favorable outlook for the General Church in the Canadian Northwest. The Bishop was pleased that Waelchli was able to work alongside Convention theolog Mr. Zacharias for the benefit of the Church. However, he agrees with Waelchli that a non-violent protest of the grounds of...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Rosthern, Canada. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s letters to him of August 4th and 14th and to the Bishop (W. F. Pendleton) of July 25th. He is pleased to hear that Waelchli’s work in the Canadian Northwest is going so well and that the Church has been gaining so many new followers. He comments, “Our opponents say that wherever we go we divide the Church. That is at times the appearance, but what they do not realize, or rather...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Pendleton reports that the Landenberger correspondence has been read to the Consistory and will be given to Dr. Boericke. He comments, “It is quite clear that our opponents in Convention are determined to impute to the General Church a scandalous attitude. This will inevitably react upon them, according to the spiritual law that whatsoever one would bring upon another is brought upon one’s self.” He and...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s letters of the 2nd and 3rd. Pendleton discusses Waelchli’s upcoming episcopal trip to the west coast. If the Denver Society is too far out of the way, Pendleton thinks Waelchli should skip it, especially as the matter he was hoping Waelchli would look into may be settled by then. He hopes to have Henry Heinrichs placed in Denver by September. Pendleton has heard from Erdman...