Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton has been thinking about a conversation he and W.F.P. had when W.F.P. was last in Pittsburgh. As a result of this conversation, Pendleton would like to use his allotted time at the upcoming Assembly to deliver a personal tribute to Bishop Benade. Pendleton feels this would accomplish their aim, and in addition, his planned paper on the Adversaria needs more time. He asks W.F.P. for his opinion on the matter....

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Mr. Ed. Fuller would like to apply, through Pendleton, for a scholarship so that his son Marshall may attend the Academy next year. Pendleton writes that Marshall is deserving, and he hopes W.F.P. is in a position to grant this request. Several boys from the Pittsburgh Society are planning on attending the Academy in the upcoming year: Harold and Donald Lindsay, Homer Schoenberger, and George Macbeth. As the boys’ former...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton writes that it would be a “sad pleasure” for him to finish the work W.F.P. has been preparing on the “Exposition of the Word.” Pendleton would dedicate his best abilities to its completion if needed, but he is glad this is only a remote possibility. Pendleton hears Homer’s health has improved and they may expect him to stop over in Pittsburgh on his way home. Pendleton has finally received word from Dr. Cranch,...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton discusses a recent controversial article written by Mr. Odhner attacking the late Dr. Burnham’s book. Pendleton states, “When I first read Mr. Odhner’s article my feeling was that he has pilloried the dead in order to punish the living.” Pendleton has written a response which he would like to read before the ministers in Bryn Athyn. He did not attempt to defend Dr. Burnham’s views because he does not have access...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton informs W.F.P. that the program prepared for the upcoming annual meetings in Bryn Athyn does not leave an opening for Pendleton’s rebuttal of Rev. C. T. Odhner’s paper. Pendleton is glad that Miss Beekman is also writing on the subject, and that she too disagrees with Rev. Odhner’s denial of the Angelic Human. However, he is concerned that some of his statements in the sermon referred to in Odhner’s original...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton is returning the enclosed papers to W.F.P.. Of Miss Beekman’s work, Pendleton writes, “Miss Beekman brings to the consideration of the subject - not to mention many things characteristic of her unusual enlightenment - an entirely new view of the ‘Holy Spirit which came upon Mary.’ I had always taken for granted that the Holy Spirit thus spoken of was the Jehovah seed - the ultimate Truth from thereof, by which...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton is planning a trip south, and he hopes W.F.P. will take his place in Pittsburgh until he returns. In case W.F.P. cannot stay the entire time, Pendleton suggests Mr. Acton or Homer (Synnestvedt). Pendleton reports that there is opposition in the Pittsburgh society to the cost of the addition they are planning to the present Church building. However, more adequate accommodations are needed, and the majority is in...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton read W.F.P.’s last letter aloud at the last Committee meeting. The members were asked whether they approved of Pendleton’s resignation from his work with the Erie Circle and what they thought of his proposed trip South. The general consensus was that they did not mind Pendleton leaving for special services on occasion, but they were unhappy with him leaving regularly for Erie because of the effect of his absence...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton has received W.F.P.’s letter of April 1st. As W.F.P. will see from Gladish’s letter, if they wish to move forward with Gladish’s proposed plan regarding Cincinnati, W.F.P. will need to be in Pittsburgh either the last Sunday in April or the third Sunday in May. The itinerary for Pendleton’s upcoming trip to Europe depends on Alfred Stroh’s movements. Although W.F.P. has yet to inform Pendleton of Stroh’s plans,...

Scope and Contents Handwritten letter from N.D. Pendleton to Bishop William F. Pendleton. Pendleton believes it would be best if W.F.P. gives someone else the topic assigned to him (Pendleton) for the London Assembly; Pendleton read a paper on the same subject just two years prior at the Glenview Assembly, and he feels he does not have anything significant to add at this time. However, he is currently preparing a new paper which he will present if W.F.P. would like. Pendleton agrees to go to London at the time...