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op. cit., p. 197. 17. Cf. Becker, op. cit., pp. 67-69. 18. Friesen, op. cit., p. 198. 19. Ibid., p. 200. 20. According to Franz Isaac, the "minority report" of Elder Harder was withheld from the Supervisory Commission by the Colony Administrative Office. Hence the latter body was under the impression that the elders were all united in their stand against the Brethren. Pastor Dobbert discovered this irregularity (if not deception) in 1864, when he was commissioned by the government to investigate the entire controversy and the charges made against the Brethren. See Isaac, op. cit., pp. 184-85. 21. Cited by Christian Neff, ME. I, 613. 22. Friesen, op. cit., p. 200. 23. J. H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 31. 24. Becker, op. cit., p. 80. 25. Ibid., p. 84. 26. According to Friesen, Abram Braun, resident of Grossweide, "saved him (Cornelsen) and his family from fever and death, because he dared to take these refugees into his home." Friesen, op. cit., p. 206. 27. Harms, op. cit., p. 29. Huebert knew the baptizer, but refused to divulge his name. 28. The "ultimatum" of October 11 was repeated on October 30, 1860, with the provision of a two-month period of grace, in which the Brethren were to return to their former churches. Friesen, op. cit., p. 296. 29. Claassen describes this experience in Petersburg as a test of patience [Geduldsprobe) for him. Ibid., p. 297. 30. Ibid., p. 207. Since no Suez Canal, nor Trans-Siberian Railway existed at the time the trip would have meant a voyage by boat around the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. 31. J. H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 33. For a fuller account of Janzen's treatment see Friesen, op. cit., pp. 268-69. 32. Friesen, op. cit., pp. 311-12. 33. Ibid., p. 297. 34. The document is given in full by Friesen, ibid., pp. 297-98. 35. Ibid., pp. 273-74. 36. Ibid., p. 213 (English translation by F. C. Peters, as given in An Introduction to Mennonite History, p. 213.) 37. Friesen, op. cit., p. 212. Friesen suggests that Ohrloff s reputation in Petersburg as the intellectual and cultural center since the days of Johann Cornies may have influenced government officials. 38. Ibid., p. 217. 39. Yearbook (General Conference, I960), p. 38. CHAPTER V 1. Krahn, "Social Attitudes . . ." op. cit., p. 173; see also Smith, op. cit., p. 435. 2. Regier, op. cit., p. 43. 3. Friesen, op. cit., pp. 312, 313 (footnote). 4. Ibid., p. 281. 5. Ibid., p. 299. 6. Harms, op. cit., p. 45. FOOTNOTES 443 7. Ibid., p. 61. 8. Friesen, op. cit., p. 295. 9. Ibid., p. 296. 10. Harms, op. cit., p. 23. 11. Friesen, op. cit., p. 292. 12. Isaac, op. cit., p. 175, et al. 13. Becker, op. cit., p. 78. 14. As quoted by Becker, ibid., p. 80. "Uninhibited water" the Brethren interpreted to mean "running water," which would imply baptism by immersion. 15. Ibid. The "three others" were apparently young women who had not been baptized before. According to P. Regier, the m