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Section No. 19 – The Period from 1935 to 1939

In January 1935, the group who left over the Sonship question started a magazine called “Landmarks” published in Newport, ___, with Mr. Harris of Birmingham as editor. Mr. Lawrence at Bath _____ ______.

In February 1935, letters were written by London, and New York brethren in March 1935 to the brethren in Shanghai, China, stating that we could not break bread with them until two issues at had been met:

• Bad doctrine on the rapture
• Wrong associations

Some correspondence follow but Chinese brethren would not clear these issues, but defended them.

The new meetings started during this period were as follows:

• June 1935: Miami, FL
• May 1936: Summit, NJ
• June 1936: Knoxville, TN (City)
• July 1938: Maywood, IL
• Oct. 1938: Council Bluffs (East Room)
• Dec. 1939: Oakland, CA
• (?) 1939: New Dorn, Staten Island, NY
• Oct. 1939: Hamilton, ON

There was considerable conflict over the manner in which the meeting at Miami was started, mainly by Arthur Peterson of Westfield going during his vacation to Knoxville and Miami and getting things started. New York brethren objected to this, but later retracted their objection. Brethren from Knoxville visited Miami, and Capt. Kettle from New York built a meeting room and helped them generally.

In December 1936, the Westfield meeting was divided in two over actions dealing with Arthur Peterson. However, the nearest meeting recognized the action of Peterson and those associated with him, and excluded the others, among whom were Messrs. Lock, an aged servant, who had been very serviceable in his day, both in this country and abroad. Robert Gracey and about half of the meeting. Assembly action was on January 25, 1937.

The United States Religious Census of 1936 gave the groups of brethren in this country as follows:

• Section 1: Grant (open): 74 meetings; 3370 brethren
• Section 2: Open: 344 meetings; 15684 brethren
• Section 3: Lowe-Kelly: 22 meetings; 1000 brethren
• Section 4: Park Street: 56 meetings; 1909 brethren
• Section 5: Bexhill: 67 meetings; 1766 brethren
• Section 6: Glanton: 2 meetings; 34 brethren
• Section 7: Grant (N.Z.): 38 meetings; 800 brethren
• Section 8: Grant (Boyd): 61 meetings; 1243 brethren

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Which shows up the division that took place amongst the Grants in 1927 over associations with Open brethren and also fellowship with James Boyd which Section 7 rejected.

About 1938, quarterly and ministry meetings began to be taken on by most meetings.

The conferences in England during this period were as follows:

• 1935: Bournemouth: Dr. Elliott, Taylor and Myles gave address. Visitors from U.S. included besides Taylor were Mr. A.P. Moore.
• 1936: Glasgow: Taylor, Bradshaw and Smith from New York. Visitors from abroad included W.J. House, A.A. Elliott and J. Joyce.
• 1937: Croydon: Taylor Sr., Taylor Jr., L.E. Samuels, J. Wooton and Samuels
• 1938: Birmingham: Taylor, J.A. Wilson and Andrew Petersen, Jr.
• 1939: Manchester: Taylor and Samuels.

During the year 1936, Mr. Taylor ministered in South Africa in June and July, then to Australia and New Zealand, stopping in Los Angeles for the special meetings enroute home. Again in 1936 he serve at the Sydney Conference.

The special meetings in the U.S. and Canada during this period and those taking lead as follows:

• Calgary: 1938: J.D., 1939: W.J.H.
• London, Ontario: 1937/1939: J.T., 1938: Percy Lyon
• Knoxville: 1935: L.E.S., 1936: J.T., 1937/1939: J.D., 1938: Percy Lyon
• Rochester: 1935-1936: A.E.M., 1937: J.D., 1938-1939: Percy Lyon
• Regina: 1935/1939: J.W.D., 1936: D.R., 1937: A.P., 1938: A.R.
• Berkeley: 1935: A.E.M., 1936: J.D., 1937: J.W.D., 1938: A.P., 1939: Percy Lyon
• Minneapolis: 1935: J.W.D., 1936/1938: L.E.S., 1937: J.D., 1939: J.T. Jr.
• Detroit: 1935: C.C.E., 1936: G.A., 1937: Percy Lyon, 1938: J.T., 1939: H.F.N.
• Vancouver: 1935: J.T., 1936/1938: J.D., 1937: H.H., 1939: Hills
• Toronto: 1936: G.A., 1937: J.T., 1938: A.M.H., 1939: J.T., Jr.
• Winnipeg: 1936: J.D., 1937: Percy Lyon, 1938: J.T. Jr., 1939: C.M.
• Council Bluffs: 1935/1937: Percy Lyon, 1936: J.D./F.L., 1938: J.T., 1939: C.M.
• Chicago: 1935/1938-1939: J.T., 1936: L.E.S., 1937: J.D.
• Los Angeles: 1935: E.R., 1936/1939: J.T., 1937: Percy Lyon, 1938: A.M.H.

It will be noted by the above that Joseph Dean and Percy Lyon served widely during this period, also that James Taylor, Jr. began his service 1938 at special meetings. Arthur Petersen had served at Regina in 1937, and again at Berkeley in 1938. Mr. Devenish came forward a good deal in his service during this period.

The year 1939 saw the start of World War II while the SS “Ormande” was in or near the Red Sea enroute to Australia with forty brethren abroad. Many of these returned through the U.S. late in 1939 after the Sydney Conference. Names remembered among these were:

• Ernst Hanson family
• Lawrence family
• Dr. Ross
• Williams
• E.S. Holmes
• F. Ides
• Kollen
• Thomas
• Lyon
• Mrs. Fernell
• Mrs. Ide
• Miss Mounter
• Miss Springle
• E. Ghinn

Prominent brothers who passed away during this period included the following:

• 1935: George Tickle & Fred Tofisid (Rochester) & Murray Frost (Vancouver)
• 1936: William Magowan & John Richards (Los Angeles)
• 1937: Edwin H. Turner & Jacob Kramer (Baltimore) & Peter Bell (Norfolk)
• 1938: Herbert Gill & Frank Lock & Pickard ____ (____) & J.J.M. McCarthy (C.B.)

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