BROOKLYN, N.Y., SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1935

BROOKLYN, N.Y., SEPTEMBER 27TH, 1935

Mr. P. Lyon.

Beloved Brother, — I have to thank you for letters dated August 30th and September 9th. I note all your comments as to Newcastle with great interest. In a letter from Mr. T——— received recently I learnt with thankfulness that you visited Newcastle. The brethren evidently were much cheered by your visit and service. I am thankful Wallsend made no objection. Having seen an account of the meeting of the brethren in the district at Wallsend by Mr. W——— and one by Mr. C——— , I can quite understand how you could send the cable which was so encouraging.

It is clear to me from these accounts and from what has been expressed by several during the past few months that the voice of “the priests the sons of Levi” (Deuteronomy 21) has been heard. It was no question of the brethren of the district settling the matter, but that the mind of God through priestly exercises has been made clear. Mr. C——— gives the remarks of a certain brother which he says were ‘said in power, and from that moment the voice of the Lord was heard from quite a few brethren’. He then gives in detail what these brethren said, and it comports with what has been before many of us as light governing the position in Newcastle. If the priestly judgment has been reached, as I have no doubt it has, it is for Wallsend according to Deuteronomy 21, to follow it out and make it effective. If they do not they are failing in responsibility and cannot be henceforth regarded as holding the matter in their hands. Recent information indicates that they are not following out what the Lord has indicated, and this adds to the knowledge already possessed, that they have ^[p. 7] been wanting throughout in priestly intelligence and sensibilities as to the whole matter.

Thanks for all the marine information you have sent. I certainly appreciate much all the pains you take on my account. If it seems the Lord’s will that we should visit the Antipodes next year, we should like to spend the Easter in America, and hence shall not be present at the Belfast meetings. We should like to sail from this side shortly after Easter in good time for the Glasgow meetings, and then start for South Africa toward the end of May or the beginning of June. Possibly a good boat from New York to Great Britain can be found to fit in with this arrangement.

Affectionately in Christ,
James Taylor.