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moirs. 19. Ibid. 20. Ibid., p. 181. 21. Ibid., p. 169. 22. Becker, op. cit., p. 30. 23. See article by Victor Adrian, "Born of Anabaptism and Pietism," Mennonite Brethren Herald, (March 26, 1965). For a more comprehensive study of the relationship of Pietism to Anabaptism or Mennonitism the following references might be helpful: Robert Friedmann, Mennonite Piety through the Centuries; C. Krahn, "Pietism," ME, IV, 176-79; A. J. Klassen, "The Roots and Development of Mennonite Brethren Theology to 1914." 24. Friesen, op. cit., p. 187. 25. Quoted by Friesen, op. cit,, p. 188. According to Jacob Becker, communion had been observed by the brethren "several times in all quietness and peace" even before they made this request. Becker, op. cit., p. 44. 26. Ibid. 27. Ibid. 28. Ibid. 29. Ibid., p. 46. 30. Ibid., p. 47. 31. The original German Document of Secession is reproduced in full by the following authors. Friesen, op. cit., pp. 189-92; Isaac, op. cit., pp. 174-76; Peter Regier, Kurzgefasste Geschichte der Mennoniten Brueder-Oemeinde (Berne, Indiana: Light & Hope Publishing Co., 1901), pp. 15-20. It is given in translation by A. J. Klassen, "Mennonite Brethren Confessions of Faith: Historic Roots and Comparative Analysis," (Unpub. S.T.M. thesis, Union College of B.C., 1965), pp. 133-35. 32. C. Krahn, "Some Social Attitudes of the Mennonites of Russia," MQR, IX (1935), 173. 33. Friesen, op. cit., p. 238. According to the testimony of elder Heinrich Huebert and others, the sermons of Ludwig Hofacker (a German Pietist) were a very effective means for the conversion of many individuals in the Molotschna as well. Ibid. 34. The baptism was performed by Gerhard Wieler, a converted schoolteacher, in the little Tokmak river. Ibid., p. 246. CHAPTER IV 1. So Horsch, op. cit., p. 279; Smith, op. cit., p. 433; Kreider, op. cit., p. 29; so also Wedel, an earlier historian, op. cit., p. 178. 2. Adolf Ehrt, Das Mennonitentum in Russland von seiner Binwanderung bis zur Gegenwart (Berlin: Verlag von Julius Beltz, 1932), p.58. 3. Friesen, op. cit., p. 192. 442 HISTORY OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 4. Becker, op. cit., p. 52. 5. Friesen, op. cit., p. 192. The statement was not signed by Bernhard Fast, who disagreed with it, nor by Johann Friesen, elder of the Kleine Gemeinde, who was absent. All subsequent statements bear the signatures of these five elders. 6. Ibid., p. 196. 7. Isaac, op. cit., p. 180. Isaac contends that the statement was not composed by the elders. They only signed a document prepared by the Colony Administrative Office. 8. Friesen, op. cit., p. 193. 9. Quoted by Friesen, ibid. 10. See Becker, op. cit., pp. 57-59. 11. See Friesen, op. cit., p. 195 (footnote). 12. Harms, op. cit., p. 13. 13. Isaac, op. cit., p. 178. 14. See Isaac, op. cit., pp. 179-180 for complete text. 15. A. H. Unruh, Die Geschichte der Mennoniten-Bruedergemeinde , p. 55. 16. Friesen,