Assembly Service

by P.W. Petter

93 pages.

Comments:

Rodger said ...

Interesting reference on page 89 to his having been mayor in his town for two years. That seems atypical among the “brethren.” Are there other “brethren” who occupied similar positions?

Would be good to have more info about Mr. Petter.

Sunday, Apr 2, 2023 : 22:30

Steve H said ...

Hi Rodger,

The Open brethren had completely different attitudes from the Exclusives to many of life's situations.

Petters had a significant presence in Yeovil

Percy (P.W.) Petter was Mayor of Yeovil in 1926-1927.

His wife Emily died in 1935, and he married Ruth Penson-Harris in 1946.

He was an active preacher and publisher.

Regards,

Steve H

Sunday, Apr 2, 2023 : 23:45

Syd said ...

Could he be related to Edward Petter (1832-1910), known for “The Letters of Edward Petter” (www.edwardpetter.com) and featured here: https://www.brethrenarchive.org/site/forums/letters-of-edward-petter/? Edward Petter had two sons.

Many of the Open brethren, like Mr Petter here, moved away from the belief of those earlier brethren that the Body of Christ is on earth. He says: “That which the Lord described as ‘My Church’ and of which He is the Head, has never yet been seen by man; it exists in the heart of God.”

Monday, Apr 3, 2023 : 01:52

Michael Schneider said ...

Gerhard Beermann, a Kelly-Lowe-Continental Brother, was mayor of Dillenburg (Germany) for no less than 30 years (1954–84).

Monday, Apr 3, 2023 : 04:01

Marty said ...

Percival (Percy) Waddams Petter - 28th May 1873 ~ 15th September 1955, age 82.
Birth: High Street, Yeovil, Somerset, England.
Death: Christchurch, Hampshire. England.
Wife: Emily Jane Kennan - 7th December 1874 ~ 5th May 1935.
Married in 1904.
Children:
Norah Winifred Kennan - 1906 ~ 1998.
Kathleen Emily Kennan - 1907 ~ 1977.
Gladys Irene Kennan - 1910 ~ 1996.
Percival Branscombe Kennan (E. Biden) - July 1911 ~ 23rd Nov. 1938.
Ethel Muriel Kennan - 1913 ~ 1986.
Beaufort Read Kennan - 1918 ~ 3rd October 1942. (WWII)
2nd Wife: Ruth Penson-Harris - 1892 ~
Married in 1946.
Father: James Bazeley Petter - 1846 ~ 1906.
Mother: Charlotte Waddams Bransconbe - 1846 ~ 1911.
Siblings:
James Henry John Branscombe - 1871 ~ 1943.
Guy Brazeley - 1872 ~ 1949.
Ernest Willoughby - 28th May 1873 ~ 18th July 1854.
Hugh Mortimer - 1875 ~
Mary Oatey - 1876 ~ 1969.
Gertrude Emily - 1877 ~ 1967.
Francis William - 1878 ~ 1884.
John - 1879 ~
Claude Alexander - 1881 ~ 1983.
Lillie - 1885 ~ 1970.
Eliza Lillie - 1885 ~
Evelyn Branscombe - 1889 ~
Richard Cecil - 1892 ~ 1972.
https://www.yeovilhistory.info/petter-percy.htm
https://brethrenpedia.org/index.php/Percival_Waddams_Petter

Monday, Apr 3, 2023 : 04:16

Tom said ...

P.W. Petter was a grandson of Edward Petter's brother John. Kenneth Petter Frampton also related to both.

Monday, Apr 3, 2023 : 16:21

Timothy Stunt said ...

Whether it was right for Brethren to hold municipal office (eg. as a mayor) was an issue on which the earliest brethren at Plymouth were divided. In 1837 Benjamin Newton wrote to Dr Joseph Cookworthy, remonstrating with him over his 'political associations'. Cookworthy was the mayor of Plymouth from 1839 to 1841; see my Elusive Quest 37 n.28. Timothy Stunt

Tuesday, Apr 4, 2023 : 21:17