Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Tilson’s letter was delivered to Pendleton’s camp at Indian Lake. Pendleton does not know who sent Tilson a packet of notes on the Ministers’ Meetings, but he will inform Tilson if he finds out. Pendleton is glad Tilson recommended a civil service to the couple in question. In answer to Tilson’s inquiry about whether a minster can truly know the internal religion of a couple he is marrying, Pendleton writes that a...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton was glad to hear from Tilson in his own writing, as this indicates that his health has improved. He was also glad to hear that Wynne Acton has been so successful in his work for the Church. Regarding the doctrinal controversy at the recent mid-year meetings in Bryn Athyn, Pendleton writes, “Our opponents were reduced to the statement that we did not understand their teachings. This they persisted in to...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton received Tilson’s letter of June 23rd at his camp at Indian Lake. Pendleton explains that his letter with greetings to the British Assembly was brief because he was unsure how the meetings would go with reference to the “Hague doctrine and its propaganda.” He writes, “I felt that it would hardly be in good taste for me to assume that those who are devoted to the new doctrine would, in this seeming...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn in Elmira, New York, USA. Pendleton was happy to hear from Pitcairn concerning his ongoing missionary campaign. He writes, “It was especially pleasing to note that you are not discouraged by the difficult reception that is everywhere given New Church truth . . . Your problem is to find the best way and hold to it. Do all that is necessary and a little more. This is said to lead to success in business affairs, and it must be the same...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn in Maseru, Basutoland. Pendleton has received Pitcairn’s letter of Dec. 2nd. He is relieved that Pitcairn agrees with him on “the marriage question.” He states, “The spiritual law is absolute, Christianity and polygamy cannot be mixed, and no New Church minister should knowingly baptize any one known to be living with more than one woman.” Pendleton would also like to insist on a Christian marriage ceremony, but he does not know...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Theodore Pitcairn in Maseru, Basutoland. Pendleton received Pitcairn’s letter of Dec. 27th in time for it to be read aloud at the ministers’ council. Pendleton looks forward to Pitcairn’s visit in June; He writes, “I wish you had a flying machine for the return journey. However, for myself, I lack ambition in that respect.” In the Academy schools, the recent expulsion of two college men and probation of three high school boys has helped with...

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 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...