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. 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...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn at Chateau de la Motte, Thoury-Ferrottes, Seine-et-Marne, France. Typed by Miss Campbell dring Mrs. Rennels' summer vacation. Pendleton acknowledges Pitcairn’s previous cablegram and letter of August 9th in which Pitcairn communicates his decision not to return to his teaching position at the Academy. Pendleton responds, “I quite understand your concern with reference to possible complications in Bryn Athyn if you resumed your work...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton's secretary, Viola W. Rennels, to Rev. William Cairns Henderson in Hurstville, Sydney, Australia. Rennels inquires whether Henderson has received a package containing correspondence which had to do with the issue between Rev. Albert Bjorck and the General Church. Rennels will forward him another package if he has not received it. Names mentioned: Rev. Albert Bjorck, Eva (Henderson)

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...