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de, p. 15. 33. Smith, The Story of the Mennonites, pp. 658-659. 34. Wiebe, Grace Meadow, pp. 58-59. 35. Cf. Wiebe, ibid., p. 57. The writer was impressed with the exemplary conduct of K.M.B. students attending Tabor College when he was studying there from 1937 to 1940. 36. Ausgabe des Fuenfzigsten Jubilaeum-Jahres, p. 21. 37. C. F. Plett, in Missionaries Home and Abroad, 1869-1960 (Freeman, S.D.: Pine Hill Printery, 1960), pp. 93-94. 38. ME, III, 244. 39. In their report to the K.M.B. Conference in 1919, Hofer and Tschetter presented a comprehensive picture of their activities in city mission work. As in most early Mennonite city mission programs, children and social outcasts were the main target groups. Ausgabe .... op. cit., pp. 23-26. 40. All issues of the 1961 Christian Leader carry the double imprint on the front cover. 41. ME, III. 245. 42. Yearbook (K.M.B. Conference, 1954), pp. 21-22. 43. ME, III, 244. 44. Plett, Missionaries . . ., p. 85. 45. See Yearbook (K.M.B. Conference, 1954), pp. 25-30. 46. Plett, Missionaries . . ., p. 3, et al 47. Yearbook (K.M.B. Conference, 1960), p. 86. 454 HISTORY OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 48. See D. V. Wiehe. "The Gnadenau Schools" in Grace Meadow, pp. 68-72. 49. Konferenzbeschluesse der K.M.B. Gemeinde, p. 31. 50. Ibid., p. 36. From some references it would appear that support for Tabor College began in 191 1 . 51. Yearbook (K.M.B. Conference, 1957), p. 45. 52. Wiebe, Grace Meadow, p. 67. 53. See Grace Meadow, p. 64. According to D. V. Wiebe, the Eckert group questioned Wiebe's status as elder, since he had been ordained in the Kleine Gemeinde. 54. Quoted from a brief biography of J. A. Wiebe in ibid., p. 66. Ti. r ). Qunli'd in Yearbook IK.M.H. Conference, I960), p. 86. Tili. Yearbook I K M H. Conference. 19541, p. 14. 57. Yearbook (K.M.B. Conference, 1960), p. 87. 58. Yearbook (General Conference, 1960), p. 28. CHAPTER XIII 1. The first joint conference was held in 1910. The significance of this event is discussed by Friesen, op. cit., pp. 540-547. 2. Cf. .1. H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 72. 3. Ibid. 4. See Janzen, Resolutions, p. 113. 5. Konferemberichte (1883-1919), pp. 90-91. 6. .J. H. Lohrenz, op. cit., p. 329. In 1895 Wedel and his wife left for the mission field in Cameroon. Africa. After two years of successful service his health broke down. He died on his way home and was buried at sea. 7. Sec Konferemberichte, (1904), pp. 298-308. 8. Ibid.. (1908). p. 393. 9. Ibid., (1909), p. 419. For an interpretive analysis of Home Missions in the M.B. Conference see chapter "Facing the Mission of the Church at Home," in The Church in Mission, pp. 178-204. 10. Konferembesthluesse (18791882). p. 3. 1 1 . Ibid., p. 17. The brethren were acquainted with this mission through the articles in Der Sendbote, periodical of the German Baptists. 12. Janzen, Church in Mission, p. 158. 13. Konferemberichte (1898). p. 20