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Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. At the last meeting of the Consistory, there was unanimous agreement that Tilson should be invited to join. Tilson should write to Pendleton if he would like to accept this invitation.

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. In Bryn Athyn, the mid-year meetings have successfully concluded. One of the topics discussed during these meetings was Pendleton’s desire to ordain Tilson into the third degree of the priesthood at the next General Assembly. Aside from several questions as to how this would affect the order and organization of the General Church, all of Pendleton’s advisors responded affirmatively to this idea. Pendleton goes on...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton is sympathetic to the difficulties Tilson is facing in London; Pendleton faced similar difficulties early in his work in Chicago and Glenview. He recommends outsourcing labor to Church councils. While the invitation to host the General Assembly in London was officially issued by the Burton Road society, Pendleton thinks it would be in order for Mr. Gyllenhaal and the Colchester society to assist in this...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton acknowledges receipt of Tilson’s last two letters. He approves of Tilson’s answer to Mrs. White and hopes that it will put an end to her “troubling.” Bishop DeCharms has been assisting Pendleton in organizing the upcoming General Assembly in London; Pendleton passed Tilson’s requests regarding music along to DeCharms as he is arranging the services. Referring to the Conference “boycott” Pendleton writes,...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton has received Tilson’s letter of Jan. 10th with enclosures. Pendleton thinks the “Percy Dawson group” at Failsworth is worthy of Tilson’s attention. Pendleton has recently seen several photographs of the successive church buildings at Failsworth, and it appears that the size of the congregation has been growing over the past 50 years. Pendleton notes Tilson’s desire to visit Failsworth, York, Bath,...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. In Bryn Athyn, the ministers’ meetings have just closed. Rather than papers, the entire time was devoted to discussion this year. The main topics discussed were: teaching the doctrine of Conjugial Love, the relation of the General Church to its subordinate bodies (i.e. Sons of the Academy), and the support of ministers by voluntary offerings. Pendleton also informs Tilson that the General Church will pay his...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton has received Tilson’s letters of May 23rd and 29th with an enclosed exchange between Tilson and Rev. W. H. Claxton. Pendleton comments on Claxton’s letter, “His bland assumption of the prerogative of giving platitudinous advice is as notable in his letter to you as it was on the occasion of the London Assembly.” In Bryn Athyn, Pendleton has been busy arranging for the schools’ closing. Immediately...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton acknowledges Tilson’s letters of January 8th, 27th and Feb. 13th along with an enclosed copy of a letter form Miss Martha Perrson to Tilson. Perrson accuses Rev. Baeckstrom of hypnotizing and telepathically harassing her, and she has written to Tilson for help. Pendleton comments that Perrson can “do no harm” to Baeckstrom “with any who have an acquaintance with either one of them.” In Tilson’s letter of...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton has received Tilson’s letter of Nov. 3rd with enclosures. He noted with interest the proposed visit of Theo Pitcairn and Mr. Pfeiffer to Woodgreen. Theodore and Maryke Pitcairn are coming to Bryn Athyn this winter for the opening of their home and the mid-year council meetings. Pendleton has been asked many times whether Mr. Pfeiffer will attend these meetings. He offered Pfeiffer an expenses-paid...

Scope and Contents Typed letter from N.D. Pendleton to Rev. Robert J. Tilson in London, England. Pendleton received Tilson’s letter of Jan. 13th with accompanying report in time for the mid-year meetings. The Hague doctrine was discussed on several occasions during these meetings, and Dr. Acton presented a “very able” paper on the topic. Pendleton comments on this paper, “My only criticism was that in spots his expressions of personal charity to his opponent were hardly called for in an article of such...