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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Hugo Odhner in Toronto, ON, Canada. Marked "Confidential". Pendleton writes that, in a few days, he will send Odhner an official offer to come teach at the Academy. Mr. (Eldred) Iungerich is moving to Pittsburgh, and Odhner will be needed in Bryn Athyn. Before the offer arrives, Pendleton would like Odhner to consider whether his best service lies with the Academy or with the General Church. Names mentioned: Mr. (Eldred) Iungerich

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Hugo Odhner in Toronto, ON, Canada. Pendleton has received both Odhner’s resignation as pastor of the Olivet Church and his acceptance of the Academy’s offer of a teaching position. Pendleton hopes the Toronto Society will call Mr. (Fred) Gyllenhaal as their next Pastor. Mr. (Alan) Gill has just been called by Kitchener. Pendleton will now officially notify the secretary of the Toronto Society of Odhner’s resignation and request that the Society call...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Hugo Odhner in Toronto, ON, Canada. Pendleton is pleased that Odhner will accept both a teaching position with the Academy and an assistant pastoral role for the Bryn Athyn Church. The Academy Board of Directors and the Trustees of the Bryn Athyn Church have given their approval, and they just need the consent of the Bryn Athyn Society to make it official. Pendleton looks forward to hearing that the Toronto Society has succeeded in choosing a new...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Hugo Odhner in Durban, Natal, South Africa. Pendleton acknowledges Odhner’s letter of August 20th containing an account of the reconciliation of the Brabys and the Forfars. Pendleton comments, “Bitter personal quarrels have been the bane of the Church, this in spite of the doctrine of charity. However, our purpose is intense and our numbers small. This condition is apt to make for exaggerations of some things otherwise small in our personal...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. John Headsten in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton has received Headsten’s letter of March 29th. Pendleton agrees with Headsten that Mr. E.H. Alden is “one of the best of them [i.e. Convention]” but that “even he . . . faithfully adopts the Conventional attitude toward the Academy, that is, he, in the usual weak manner, evades the issue raised in my letter by neither affirming or denying. His dodging, to put it mildly, does not command respect, for it is...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. John Headsten in Chicago, IL, USA. Pendleton has received Headsten’s letter of March 6th. Pendleton has heard from Rev. (Willis) Gladish that there has been a hitch in uniting the Chicago Society with the Glenview Church Society. He hopes this hitch is temporary. Pendleton reports that, in Bryn Athyn, difficulties with the student body have recently called for strenuous treatment, but he now anticipates they will end the school year without further...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Karl R. Alden in Philadelphia, PA, USA. The ladies of the Seminary faculty have convinced Pendelton that it would be impractical to give a performance of the School Operetta in the Advent Church. In addition, the President's Council has a rule forbidding the school from giving public performances. However, it is now proposed that they hold two performances of the operetta, one on Friday night and one on Saturday afternoon, with the idea being that...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Karl R. Alden in Toronto, Canada. General Church letterhead. Carbon copy attached. Pendleton is glad Alden has come into contact with Mr. (Emil) Cronlund. Pendleton discusses the difficulties encountered in finding a place for Cronlund; The Kitchener and the Advent Church societies are not interested, and a smaller society like Erie could not provide enough financial support. The General Church treasury can not support paying the full exspense of...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Karl R. Alden in Toronto, Canada. Pendleton acknowledges Alden's last letter. Pendleton is happy to be able to accomodate the Kitchener Society with Assembly dates, but is disappointed that this means he will not be able to stop over and preach in Toronto. He asks if it would be possible for him to stop in Toronto and deliver and evening lecture on his way back from Kitchener. If it would be more convenient, he could deliver a lecture on his way to...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Karl R. Alden in Toronto, Canada. General Church letterhead. Copy attached. Pendleton acknowledged Alden's letters of Aug. 28th and Sept. 1st. In Bryn Athyn, summer is ending and they are getting ready for the school to open. Pendleton sends his best wishes for the prosperity of the school which is reopening in the Toronto society after being closed for several years. Pendleton goes on to stress the importance of schools in establishing and...