Events involving this person
John Van Bruton dies and Carter Lodge chooses a simple coffin
Description
Neville dined with his friend John Van Bruton about three weeks before his death; afterwards Carter Lodge and Dick, choosing a coffin, were shown a sprung, mirror-lidded casket and pressed for some $15,000, and Carter bought a pine box and invested the estate instead.
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
- before 1967 (possible)
- before 15 December 1967
Told
15 December 1967
Sources
- Source: Imparting and Implanting the Word ¶48 (My friend, John Van Bruton, we were dining together just about three weeks before he died.)
Dick stays away when Neville lectures on the Promise
Description
Neville observes that his friend Dick, interested in the Law rather than the Promise, stays away on nights when Neville stresses the Promise.
Persons
Authored by
Anonymous (not verified)
Date (happened)
- before 1969 (possible)
- before 16 July 1969
Told
16 July 1969
Sources
- Source: Many Mansions ¶19 (If perchance I get off and week after week, I’m stressing the Promise, I can see Dick . . that night he isn’t going to come.)