Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Gustaf Baeckström in Stockholm, Sweden. Pendleton acknowledges Baeckstrom’s letter of Jan. 8th. Pendleton reports that Tore (Loven) is entering more fully into the Academy social life and that he is an upstanding boy with a bright future. Baeckstrom’s assessment of the affairs in the “other” society (i.e. Conference?) confirms for Pendleton that the General Church is on the right path; He writes, “So-called liberal methods are for a time alluring...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Gustaf Baeckström in Stockholm, Sweden. Pendleton acknowledges Baeckstrom’s letter of Feb. 9th with the enclosed death record of Miss Hildur Ferrander (Fornander), baptismal record, and message from Swedenborg’s birthday celebration. Pendleton notes with interest Baeckstrom’s remarkable experience at a recent funeral; He comments, “I have never known anything of that sort in my own case, save once when a young man; then it was matter of hearing not of...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Gustaf Baeckström in Stockholm, Sweden. Pendleton has received Baeckstrom’s letter about his recent successful trip to Oslo and other parts of Norway. The people in Bryn Athyn wish Baeckstrom success and good health, as it takes much strength to act as both Pastor and missionary over such a large area. Pendleton has also received Baeckstrom’s letter accepting the Church’s offer of financial aid for traveling expenses for the 1928 London Assembly....