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9. 3. Ibid., p. 703. See also F. H. Epp, op. cit., p. 317, and C. Krahn in ME. Ill, 371. 4. Konferenzbeschluesse (1879-1882), p. 12. 5. Konferenzberichte (1883-1919), p. 14. 6. Cf. Wiebe, Grace Meadow, p. 69. 7. See account of his work in chapter on publication. 8. See T. R. Schellenberg in Mennonite Life, IX: 1 (January, 1954), 25. 9. The importance of a gradual transition from the use of one language to another for the preservation of spiritual values can hardly be overestimated. The author was involved in a church situation at one time where a congregation made a complete language change within one year. This lack of continuity caused hardship in communication for both young and old. 10. In Reedley some Sunday school classes for older people were still held in German in 1971. 11. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1911), p. 14. 12. Quoted by F. H. Epp in paper "National Socialism Among Canadian Mennonites in the 1930 s" prepared for the fifteenth Conference on Mennonite Educational and Cultural Problems (Hluffton, 1965). p. 1. 13. Quoted by Epp in Mennonite Exodus, p. 325. 14. Quoted by Epp, ibid. 15. Cited by Epp, ibid., p. 324. 16. See report in Yearbook (Canadian Conference. 1962), pp. 143, 149. 17. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1950), p. 90. 18. Leland Harder, "Mennonite Mobility and Christian Calling," Mennonite Life. XIX:1 I.January. 19641, 7. 19. Ibid., p. II. 20. On urbanization of Mennonites in Canada see the October, 1968, issue of Mennonite Life. On the urbanization of Mennonites in general, and especially of the General Conference Mennonites, see the January, 1964, issue of the same periodical. 21. The survey was made by students of the Mennonite Brethren Riblical Seminary during the winter quarter, 1972. It may not be accurate in all details, but indicates the dimension of this problem. 22. See Leo Driedger in "A Perspective on Canadian Mennonite Urbanization," Mennonite Life. XX1IL4 (October. 1968), 149. 23. Harder, op. cit.. p. 9. 24. The division between urban and rural churches is somewhat arbitrary. Churches located in cities with a population of 10,000 or more have been classified as urban. 25. Information gathered from Yearbook (General Conference, 1951). pp. 222-242, and the Calendar of Activities (1971). pp. 30-42. 26. See study by Peter Letkemann, "Mennonites in Vancouver — A Survey." Mennonite Life, XXI 1 1 :4 (October, 1968), 161. 27. "Die Stadtgemeinde in der Mennonitischen Bruderschaft," The Voice, V:4 (19561 by J. A. Toews, attempts to answer this question. 28. Quoted by J. Richard Burkholder in a review entitled, "From Farm to City, in Mennonite Life. XIX: 1 (January, 1964), 46. 29. Konferenzberichte (1883), p. 9. 30. Ibid., p. 153. Of some significance is the fact that specially designated gifts for foreign missions were almost twice as high that same year. 31. Yearbook (General Conference. 1951), p. 20. 32. Yearbook (General Conference, I