Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Berlin, Canada. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s letters August 25th and September 4th, sent respectively from Rosthern and Kenora. Pendleton is glad his letters are encouraging to Waelchli and wishes he had time to write more. He reports that they have finally heard from Alfred Stroh in Sweden; They had not heard from him for two or three months after he went to Spain. Mr. Wilde of the “Morning Light” was contacted by Stroh from...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Rosthern, Canada. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s encouraging letter sent from Chaplin. He feels that Waelchli’s mission in the Canadian Northwest will be “crowned with great success.” Pendleton reports that Miss Beekman has resigned from the General Church and has left the New Church entirely. She has become Catholic and renounced Swedenborg as a “mere amateur in theology.” Pendleton writes, “Any further comment by me will...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Berlin, Canada. Pendleton apologies for being a poor correspondent this summer; He has just returned from an extended trip. He has called a meeting of the General Council to determine what time the Joint Council meeting will be held in the fall. Pendleton will propose that they hold the Joint Council meeting in connection with the District Assembly in Bryn Athyn which will take place immediately after Thanksgiving. Waelchli’s...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Berlin, Canada. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s letters of March 28th, April 27th, and April 28th. He did not answer Waelchli’s letter of March 28th sooner because Waelchli was away on a missionary trip and because he felt he could say little about the Berlin Society’s financial situation and the question of their school. He is now glad to learn that there is a prospect of continuing the school without eliminating any grades. If...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Rosthern, Canada. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s interesting report but has only time to acknowledge its receipt as he is about to leave for vacation. Pendleton asks Waelchli to send his best regards to all friends in Rosthern and to accept his sympathy for the personal difficulties relayed in his letter. Pendleton is pleased with the way the work is progressing and that they have such a capable minister leading it.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s letters of September 25th and November 10th. After discussion, Pendleton and others have concluded that it would be unwise to publish at this time anything which would stir up discussion of the question involved in the Kramph Will Case. Recognizing that the situation must be addressed in Saskatchewan, Pendleton recommends that Waelchli advise Mr. Hamm that he can secure...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s reports of August 23 and 31st. The latter report was read aloud at a joint meeting of the Extension Committee and the Consistory. The applications of the Klippenstein family and Erdman Heinrichs have been accepted. Pendleton is glad that Waelchli is pleased with the results of his fifth year of missionary efforts in the Canadian Northwest. The only thing that...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada. Pendleton reports that, in Bryn Athyn, the summer is ending and some of the teachers have returned from their summer vacations. Despite the war making it difficult for boys over 18 to attend the Academy, they are expecting at least 16 pupils in the boys’ dormitory and 25 in the girls’. Pendleton has noted Waelchli’s statement about the encouraging and discouraging aspects of his missionary work in...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Waelchli in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Pendleton has received Waelchli’s letter of Oct. 22nd and was glad to read that Waelchli has safely arrived and settled in Cincinnati. Pendleton does not expect Waelchli to be able to take on extensive missionary work when his time will be devoted to other things like conducting regular services. He explains his philosophy of evangelism, writing, “Personally I believe in peaceful and persistent labor within...

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 March 4th and 23rd. Waelchli’s thoughts on evangelism align with Pendleton’s; They both believe, “If a thing is to be received, delight rather than antagonism must first be roused in the recipient.” At a recent meeting, Pendleton brought up the subject of Waelchli’s evangelical work in the Canadian Northwest and the fact that his travel allowance has not been...