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,...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn at Chateau les Pleignes, Grez sur Loing, Seine-et-Marne, France. Text: “I enclose a letter from a Mr. A. J. Van Ginkel, of Pretoria, South Africa, which was forwarded to me by Rev. Paul Sperry, President of Convention. He states that this letter came into his hands indirectly, and asks me to dispose of it.” Names mentioned: Mr. A. J. Van Ginkel, Rev. Paul Sperry

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Walter E. Brickman in Edinburgh, TX, USA. Pendleton has received Herbert and Mrs. Schoenberger’s applications for membership, and certificates of membership have been sent. The applications for August Schoenberger and his wife have not arrived yet. Pendleton knew John Schoenberger in the early days of the Church in Pittsburgh; He remained in the Convention society out of loyalty, but he was with the General Church in principle. Pendleton is glad...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Willis L. Gladish. Pendleton has received Gladish’s letter of Feb. 16th with enclosed letter from Gladish to Mr. John Forrest. Pendleton advises Gladish to deal with Forrest’s moods by not taking them seriously and politely telling him to mind his own business. Pendleton reports that the annual meetings were successful and that George DeCharms’ health has greatly improved. Pendleton is interested in Gladish’s trip to Clinton with his wife; He...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Willis L. Gladish. Pendleton has received Gladish’s letter of March 15th with enclosed membership applications for Mrs. Cronwall and Miss Cronwall. Pendleton is interested in Gladish’s visit to Clinton; Pendleton suspects that as the Convention Church declines, the General Church will take on more responsibility for Convention’s societies. He warns that “Convention authorities have gotten after us more than once for what they claim as invasions of...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Willis L. Gladish in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton has received Gladish’s letter of March 30th with enclosed membership applications for Mr. Wilson and his grandmother Mrs. Porter. He notes with approval that Mr. Wilson and Mrs. Porter have decided to join the Sharon Church; Pendleton feels that, when feasible, all isolated members should be part of the nearest society. Pendleton writes that the “Wunch-Gould influence” is “deadly”; He hears that at...