Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Pendleton congratulates Gyllenhaal on his engagement to Miss Pemberton. Pendleton requests a report of Gyllenhaal’s trip to Basutoland; Pendleton would like to know about the state of the Basuto people and the prospects for the Church amongst them. Mr. Odhner has been communicating with Mr. (Samuel) Mofokeng, and there is talk of possibly bringing Mofokeng and his wife to Bryn Athyn for a year. The...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Pendleton has received Gyllenhaal’s letters of May 8th and 29th. Pendleton discusses Gyllenhaal’s report of his missionary trip to Basutoland; Pendleton is interested in Gyllenhaal’s assessment of the spiritual state and development of the Basuto people. In Bryn Athyn, thirty half-working scholarship students have arrived on campus to get the college buildings ready for the school year. This year...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Pendleton has received Gyllenhaal’s letter of April 18th with enclosed membership applications for Mr. and Mrs. J. D’Arcy Cockerell and Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Cockerell, as well as a copy of Mr. Price’s letter to Gyllenhaal with Gyllenhaal’s reply. Pendleton suggests that Price’s letter be interpreted in charity with the assumption that he did not realize what he was doing. Pendleton reports that Bryn...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in London, England. Pendleton discussed the Glanville bequest with Mr. (R. J.) Tilson while Tilson was visiting; The Glanville will stipulates that the money be used to support New Church education in England. Tilson and Gyllenhaal should discuss opening a school, preferably one that can serve both the Peckham Rye group and Mr. Tilson’s people. Pendleton is pleased that Gyllenhaal has been able to preach at both Peckham Rye and...

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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in London, England. Pendleton has received Gyllenhaal’s letter of July 28th. Pendleton writes that Mr. Bjorck is now able to go to London according to the original plan and that Theodore (Pitcairn) has guaranteed the necessary amount ($400) for the coming year. Pendleton looks forward to seeing Gyllenhaal’s report of the British Assembly. Names mentioned: Mr. (Albert) Bjorck, Theodore (Pitcairn)

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in London, England. Pendleton received Gyllenhaal’s letter of April 6th after returning from his trip to Canada. He is glad to hear Mr. Bjorck will recover the use of his leg after the accident. Pendleton recommends Gyllenhaal take a trip to the sea for rest and relaxation, and in the meantime, he thinks Gyllenhaal should reduce his work to a minimum. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ridgway will travel to America from Durban for Doris...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in London, England. Pendleton discusses his travel plans for his upcoming summer trip to Europe; After visiting Paris, Brussels, and The Hague, he will arrive in London for the Assembly and stay for an additional two Sundays. Pendleton requests that Gyllenhaal make an official call for an Assembly at the place and time that he and Mr. Tilson decide. In Bryn Athyn, the annual meetings were quite successful and intellectually...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal. Upon returning from vacation in Boston, Pendleton received Gyllenhaal’s letter of March 14th. Mr. Worchester of the Convention Church will be visiting Bryn Athyn shortly, Pendleton suspects for the purpose of discussing the General Church’s “supposed trenching on their field.” In response to Gyllenhaal’s request that Pendleton approve Assembly invitations for the Conference Church’s London ministers, Pendleton writes that General...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in London, England. Pendleton has received Gyllenhaal’s letter of March 9th. Pendleton thinks the proposed property distribution resolution is a good solution, and he hopes it will strengthen both the Burton Road and Colchester societies. After the financial downfall of Mr. Leonardos, Pendleton has indefinitely postponed his episcopal visit to the New Church people in Rio de Janeiro. George (DeCharms) will soon return to Bryn Athyn...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Fred E. Gyllenhaal in Colchester, England. Pendleton has received Gyllenhaal’s letter of April 4th. Pendleton discusses the future ordination of Mr. Tilson into the third degree of the priesthood and whether this will entail the creation of a separate diocese. He knew that there might be some backlash to Tilson’s ordination, but he did not expect it to be so drastic. He explains his decision, writing, “My intention was and is . . . to strike directly...