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rbook (General Conference, 1924), pp. 62-64. 27. Yearbook (General Conference, 1939). p. 51. 28. Ibid. 29. Although the origin of the term "conscientious objector" (CO) remains obscure, it was used during World War I to designate persons whose conscience forbade them to perform military service. 30. See "Civilian Public Service," ME, 1 , 604. A complete list of CPS camps and units [151) is also given in ME. 1, 607-609. 31 . As given by Gingerich. op. cit.. p. 91 . 464 HISTORY OF THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH 32. As given by Hershberger in The Mennonite Church in the Second World War [Scottdale: Mennonite Publishing House, 1951), p. 39. 33. Gingerich, op. cit., p. 92. 34. Ibid., p. 354. 35. Information supplied by Lynn Roth, United States, M.B. Conference Office. 36. Yearbook (General Conference, 1948), p. 104. 37. Yearbook (General Conference, 1954), p. 121. The full report of the "mission to Washington" is found on pp. 114-121. 38. See report, ibid., p. 120. 39. Yearbook (General Conference, 1951), p. 124. 40. Cf. J. A. Toews, Alternative Service .... p. 15. 41. Ibid., p. 16. 42. Cited in ibid., p. 41. 43. See The Winkler Mennonite Brethren Church, p. 7. 44. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1934), p. 77. 45. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1936), p. 80. 46. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1939), p. 62. See Toews, Alternative Service . . . , pp. 32-33 for an account of the debate at an inter-Mennonite conference in Winkler. 47. A comprehensive account of the service of conscientious objectors is given in Alternative Service .... 48. See Alternative Service . . ., pp. 35-36. 49. See Gingerich, op. cit., p. 414. The favorable response by "Jimmy" Gardiner to their petition was considered by the delegates as a definite answer to prayer. 50. Alternative Service .... p. 49. 51. Ibid., p. 99. 52. The author served in this capacity in the ASW camps of B.C. for almost six months in 1943, and for shorter periods in Alberta in the years following. 53. Yearbook (Canadian Conference, 1942), p. 30. 54. Ibid. 55. Alternative Service . . ., p. 111. 56. Yearbook ICanadian Conference, 1946), p. 159. 57. Belated to VS, but not identical to it, is "Pax Service," actually an alternative to I -W Service, a program of overseas service by young men serving as conscientious objectors under the United States Selective Service Act, who volunteer for service abroad under MCC. 58. Yearbook (General Conference, 1957), p. 102. 59. Yearbook (General Conference, 1960), p. 131. 60. Yearbook (General Conference, 1966), p. 45. CHAPTER XXI 1. Jantz in Mennonite Brethren Herald, IX:3 (Feb. 1, 1970). 2. 2. Cf. Franz Isaac, op. cit., pp. 193-195. 3. The 1902 Confession of Faith is the first confession written by Mennonite Brethren and officially adopted by the whole conference. 4. Confession of Faith (American Edition), p. 5. 5. Ibid., pp. 46-47. 6. For the earlier period of M.B. histor