Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Hendrik W. Boef in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Pendleton acknowledges Boef’s letter of Feb. 16th. Pendleton thinks Boef will have received word by now from Mr. Hyatt about the financial aid granted by the General Church; Boef should now be in a position to undertake his new pastoral duties. Pendleton discusses the General Church view on the Writings; The Church holds that they are divine truths, “continuous from the Lord, and that as such they contain all...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Hendrik W. Boef in Los Angeles, CA, USA. Pendleton looks forward to reading an account of the Los Angeles Assembly when it is published in the Life. Pendleton briefly updates Boef on developments in the Hague controversy; Bishop DeCharms has recently visited the Hague and reports that Mr. (Ernst) Pfeiffer will not compromise because “he sees absolute truth which cannot be changed to all eternity.” Pendleton assures Boef that the men in Bryn Athyn are...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Henry Heinrichs in Denver, CO, USA. Pendleton regrets that Heinrichs was unable to attend the February mid-year meetings in Bryn Athyn. Pendleton reports that the “Pfeiffer doctrine” was “thoroughly repudiated as to its essential features” and he doubts they will ever have a meeting of such intensity again. Regarding Denver, Pendleton advises Heinrichs that “a pastor ought not to resign because of a state of mind in himself” and therefore he should...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Henry Heinrichs in Denver, CO, USA. Pendleton has received Heinrichs’ letter of Jan. 12 but was unable to reply until now as he has been preoccupied with the midyear meeting in Bryn Athyn. Pendleton reports much consternation over the “Hague doctrines” at the meetings again this year. Mr. (Albert) Bjorck submitted a paper in support of Mr. (Ernst) Pfeiffer’s ideas, and Pendleton wrote one against. Both papers will be published in the Life. In...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Richard Morse in Sydney, Australia. Pendleton acknowledges receipt of Morse’s October letter, annual society report, and the record of Miss Guthrie’s confession of faith. Once Morse has read the account of the recent ministers’ meetings in the May issue of the Life, Pendleton would appreciate hearing Morse’s comments. Pendleton believes that finding the solution to the questions raised by Mr. Pfeiffer at these meetings will be of great importance to...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Richard Morse in Sydney, Australia. Pendleton has just returned to Bryn Athyn from his mountain home. He was in Pittsburgh last week for their District Assembly, and next week he will travel to Toronto and Kitchener. Pendleton is glad that Morse sees clearly the danger in the Hague teachings. Pendleton believes a final judgement cannot be avoided on this issue, and that they must wait on the Lord’s Providence. He comments, “Never before, in my view,...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn in Chateau de la Motte, Thoury-Ferrottes, Seine-et-Marne, France. Pendleton responds to a significant letter from Pitcairn, in which Pitcairn relays his change of view regarding the “Hague Doctrines.” Pendleton writes, “I fully reciprocate your personal feelings toward me as a friend, and I am not hurt by your change of view, but much interested to know just wherein you consider your former view to be wrong and that of Mr. Pfeiffer...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn in Chateau de la Motte, Thoury-Ferrottes, Seine-et-Marne, France. Pendleton has received Pitcairn’s letter of April 14th, and he remarks that it “raises questions which will take time to settle.” Pendleton has granted Pfeiffer permission to circulate excerpts from his magazine, De Hemelsche Leer, to the ministers and lay people of the Church. In a recent letter to Pendleton, Pfeiffer argued that the principles for interpreting 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,...

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 Pitcairn’s future as a minister and teacher within the General Church given his recent change in belief. Pendleton does not agree with the doctrinal ideas being developed by Pfeiffer in the Hague, and he believes the fallout from this doctrinal disturbance could “break the internal unity” of the Church. He writes, “As to the ultimate practical...