Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Tilson’s letter of January 22nd with enclosed annual report arrived in time for the mid-year meetings. Regarding Wynne Acton’s ordination, Pendleton explains that the usual custom is to have ministers spend three years of service in the first degree. However, the length of time may be modified to accommodate specific circumstances. In this case, Pendleton suggests Tilson ordain Acton into the second degree...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton asks Tilson to convey his congratulations to Wynne Acton on his ordination into the second degree. Pendleton discusses the letter written by Mr. Bjorck to Tilson and the ongoing Hague controversy. He writes, “The differences between us are, indeed, of a most serious nature, and I can not see the means of reconciling them, and certainly we can not adopt a compromise. As to whether we can continue to live...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Upon his return to Bryn Athyn, Pendleton received Tilson’s letter of August 30th containing an account of the 28th British Assembly. Pendleton writes that, in America, the Hague doctrine has not required as much attention as before. Pendleton agrees that Mr. Bjrock transgressed the ecclesiastical properties by calling together groups in Colchester to instruct them on the Hague doctrine, but he does not think a...

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. 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,...