A History of the Mennonite Brethren Church, Ja Toews

Ibid., p. 236. Although at first strongly opposed to emigration to America, as Friesen points out, Smith reports that they did come to the United States later (Smith, op. cit., p. 438). The pressures of militarism in the United States during World War I again prompted them to move — this time to Canada. The author learned to know a number of " Breadbreaker" families in Alberta during the 1940's, where some of them joined the Mennonite Brethren Church. 3. Friesen, op. cit., p. 388 (footnote). 4. Ibid. 5. The place of assembly in Mennonite Brethren circles was always called Versammlungshaus (meeting place) or Bethaus (House of Prayer) in contradistinction to Kirche (church), a common usage in the Mennonite Church. 6. See Friesen, op. cit., p. 412. 7. J, H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 37. 8. Unruh, op. cit., p. 141. 9. Oncken even preached to several large audiences in Mennonite churches — proof that both church and state officials had changed their attitude since Liebig's visit in 1866. 10. Harms, op. cit., pp. 38-39, speaks of Oncken's "inferior help" for the congregations. Friesen, op. cit., p. 383 (footnote) expresses a similar sentiment. 11. Yearbook (General Conference, 1969), pp. 18-20. 12. Friesen, op. cit., p. 384. 13. Ibid., p. 385. 14. Klassen, "Roots and Development . . ." op. cit., p. 143. 16. As reported by Klassen, ibid., pp. 143-144. 16. Friesen, op. cit., p. 398. 17. Ibid., p. 419. In a letter to a friend Friesen analyzes the nature of true greatness in the Church of Christ, with special reference to the Mennonite brotherhood. 18. Friesen, op. cit., p. 465. 19. See Heinrich Sawatzky, Templer Mennonitischer Herkunft (Winnipeg: Echo Verlag, 1955) for an interesting account of this movement. 20. Friesen, op. cit., p. 394. 21. Ibid., p. 395. 22. See A. A. Toews, Mennonitische Maertyrer (Winnipeg: Christian Press, 1949), I, 29-30. 23. Cf. ME, IV, 390. 24. ME, II, 400. Some of these families had just recently joined the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren. 25. ME, IV, 1015-16. 26. Friesen, op. cit., pp. 427-429. 27. Ibid., pp. 416-417. 28. Ibid., pp. 403-407. 29. Smith, op. cit., p. 440. 30. Jansen not only contacted British and United States government officials, but also began to correspond with leading American Mennonites, especially John F. Funk. See Smith, ibid., pp. 444-447. 31. Quoted by Friesen, op. cit., p. 413. J. H. Lohrenz estimates that about 400 members left Russia, op. cit., p. 42. 32. Ibid. In less than fifty years, Schellenberg's intuition became a stark and tragic reality. 33. Ibid., p. 414. 34. Ibid., p. 409. 35. Ibid. 36. Ibid., p. 410. 37. Ibid., p. 416. 38. Kreider, "Anabaptist Conception of the Church," op. cit., p. 31. 39. See Wedel, op. cit.. Ill, 185. 40. Krahn, "Social Attitudes . . .," op. cit., pp. 173-174. 41 . It may be of interest to note that Johann J. Harder, a son of elder Johann Harder, joined the Krimmer Mennonite Brethren