Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. John Headsten in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton has received Headsten’s answer to the charges made against him (Headsten) by Mr. (E.H.) Alden of the Convention Church regarding Headsten’s missionary activities. Pendleton believes Convention’s inquiry has “stirred up more than they expected.” Pendleton thinks that perhaps this attack on Headsten’s work is part of a “general assault upon our missionary work.” Convention is also displeased with Mr....

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. John Headsten in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton has received Headsten’s letter of March 29th. Pendleton agrees with Headsten that Mr. E.H. Alden is “one of the best of them [Convention]” but that “even he . . . faithfully adopts the Conventional attitude toward the Academy, that is, he, in the usual weak manner, evades the issue raised in my letter by neither affirming or denying. His dodging, to put it mildly, does not command respect, for it is neither...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. John Headsten in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton acknowledges Headsten’s letter of May 9th and thanks him for forwarding Mr. E.H. Alden’s letter. Of the Convention Church, Pendleton writes, “It appears that the incident which gave rise to our recent correspondence is for the time at least closed, our opponent withdrawing from the fiend into which he himself advanced with something of a flourish of trumpets.” Pendleton was glad to hear that the Chicago and...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Karl R. Alden in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Pendleton thinks Alden should accept Mr. Stockwell's invitation, if Alden can spare time away from work with his own society. Pendelton writes that Alden's success in this work "rather indicates the present value of intensive work at home." It is too soon to make definitive arrangements for Alden's local Assemby, as the dates need to be planned in connection with Pendleton's Spring trip. The dates for this trip...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton has received Tilson’s letter of Feb. 8th. Plans have now been finalized for Pendleton’s upcoming Europe trip; He will travel in the company of Ora (Pendleton), Raymond Pitcairn, and the misses Creda and Winfrey Glenn. They will most likely stop in France first before traveling to London for the British Assembly in August. After the Assembly, Pendleton anticipates continuing on to visit New Church centers...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton has received Tilson’s letter of Feb. 29th. Pendleton discusses arrangements for the upcoming General Assembly in London. He is pleased with the hall (Victoria Hall?) that Tilson has procured for the occasion, and he does not feel the need to perform a dedication for its temporary use. He elaborates, “If I owned a building, and felt the powers of spheres as a consequence of a dedication, and a strange...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton has received Tilson’s last letter with a report of the annual meeting of Michael Church. Pendleton is glad that Tilson approves of his suggested arrangement; He will write with more details after the matter has been discussed by the Executive Committee during the mid-year meetings. Mr. Caldwell has passed along Tilson’s letter with enclosed copy of a communication from the Convention Ministers’ Council...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton appreciates Tilson allowing him to keep the letter he (Tilson) sent to Mr. Caldwell (letter attached). Pendleton does not intend to “use it” except under extreme pressure from the “other side,” i.e. Convention. The Executive Committee has approved of Pendleton’s plan to send Wynne (Acton) to England to act as Tilson’s assistant. Tilson may now bring the matter before his society for comment. The Church...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton has received Tilson’s letter of April 10th. Pendleton was pleased to receive the record card informing him of Henderson’s ordination into the second degree. He thinks Tilson has saved “some trouble and no little expense” by ordaining him before he departed for Sydney. After the death of Alvin Lindrooth, Henry Heinrichs feels it is time to give up the Church’s work in Denver. Pendleton is sorry for the...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn at Chateau de la Motte, Thoury-Ferrottes, Seine-et-Marne, France. Pendleton discusses a letter recently received by Pitcairn from Watanabe: “There is so far as I can see nothing in his letter to you which would warrant the conclusion that he is at this time prepared to break with Convention and come to us. It is clear that he is interiorly in sympathy with our position, but equally obvious that he does not want that fact known,...