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nadian Conference, 1952), p. 137. 30. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1951), p. 8. 31. In the Mennonite Observer, VII:52 (December 29, 1961), 10. 32. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1957), p. 95. 33. Yearbook (General Conference, 1957), p. 62. 34. Yearbook (General Conference, 1960), p. 115. 35. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1961), p. 229. 36. The novel, written about Mennonites from Russia living in Western Canada during World War II (1944), was considered far too "critical" by many readers, although it was given a positive review by such well-known Christian magazines as Christianity Today. 37. The Mennonite Brethren Herald, 11:26 (June 28, 1963), 3. 38. Yearbook (General Conference, 1933), p. 47. 39. Yearbook (General Conference, 1936), p. 39. 40. It should be noted that until 1951 the manager and editors were not appointed by the Board of Publications (which is the present practice) but were elected by the conference. 41. See A Century of Grace and Witness, p. 46. 42. Yearbook (United States Conference, 1958), p. 22. 43. Yearbook (General Conference, 1963), p. 138. 44. Harms, A Century of Grace and Witness, p. 47. For a comprehensive though not exhaustive guide to literature by and about Mennonite Brethren the reader should consult A Bibliographic Guide to Information (Winnipeg: Christian Press, 1971), compiled by Herbert Giesbrecht. 45. Yearbook (General Conference, 1963), p. 41. 46. Report, Yearbook (General Conference, 1966), p. 108. 47. Yearbook (General Conference, 1969), p. 88. 48. Newsletter (Board of Christian Literature, Number 11, April, 1972), p. 1. This subscription number was almost the same as that for Worship Together. FOOTNOTES 461 CHAPTER XVIII 1. Franz Isaac, op. cit., p. 182. 2. The occasion for this "brief explanation" (Kurzgefasste Erklaerung) was the charge of local authorities that a young man had been baptized by an "unauthorized" (unordained) person. See Friesen, op. cit., p. 388. 3. Translation by A. J. Klassen, "Brief Statement of the Rules and Outward Regulations of Our Church," Journal of Church and Society, 1:2 (Fall, 1965), 62, 63. 4. The list of four candidates as well as all voters (and how they voted!) is found in Friesen, op. cit., p. 295. 5. On the advice of the brethren Becker resigned from the ministry because of his involvement with the Froehliche Richtung (Ibid., p. 201). 6. Ibid., p. 438. In addition twenty deacons and twenty candidates are mentioned. 7. Confession of Faith (American Edition), p. 27. 8. See account of this whole affair by A. P. Willms as given by Unruh, op. cit., pp. 233-235. 9. Quoted by Unruh, ibid., p. 235. 10. Ibid. 1 1 . According to the reports sent in by the churches and other information gathered by the writer, the following elders have been ordained in Mennonite Brethren and former Krimmer Mennonite Brethren churches in the United States with year and place of ordination in parenthesis: Hein