Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton regrets to inform Tilson that the Executive Committee has decided no additional expenses may be taken on at this time, and as a result, they will not be able to cover the traveling expenses of Tilson’s or Wynne Acton’s monthly trips to Bristol. The Board of Directors has also made a readjustment regarding payments from the Glanville Bequest to the Colchester school; Tilson will receive a detailed letter...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton has received Tilson’s letter of February 7th with enclosures. He has also received a letter from Mr. Bjorck, enclosing a copy of a letter he wrote to Bishop DeCharms and asking for Pendleton’s advice about publishing it. Pendleton responded to Bjorck that his letter constitutes an open attack on the General Church and would necessitate his separation unless he recalls all the copies he sent out and...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton is pleased with Tilson’s letter of March 28th which encloses an extract of Tilson’s letter to Victor Gladish. Pendleton transcribes Bjorck’s letter to him of March 3rd along with his reply. Bjorck wrote to Pendleton that he did not feel his conscience would allow him to retract his letter to Bishop DeCharms. Due to his advanced age, Bjorck requested that he not be dropped from the rolls of the General...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton thanks Tilson for his letter of April 22nd. He transcribes Bjorck’s letter to him of April 4th and his reply of April 20th. Bjorck feels that the current disturbance in the Church is caused by uncharitable misrepresentations of the Hague doctrine, and that if the Bishop were to stop these misrepresentations and express regret in the Life, there would be no further disturbance. In Pendleton’s reply to...

Scope and Contents 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...

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,...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from Rev. Hendrik W. Boef to N.D. Pendleton in Bryn Athyn, USA. Boef encloses two applications for General Church membership; The application for Lawson Cooper is unsigned, but Boef hopes it will still be acceptable. In Los Angeles, they are looking for a new place of worship after the owner of the last place became troublesome. They are trying to find a house that will be big enough to hold services and also serve as the pastor’s residence. For now, services are being held in...