THE MENNONITE BROTHERHOOD IN RUSSIA (1789 - 1910), P. M. Friesen, 1911

ions and had various experiences in doing so. During the day we travelled to Andreasfeld where on Saturday the 4th we made more home visitations and took part in a meeting of the brotherhood in the afternoon. Sunday the 5th was a glorious day of blessings. We enjoyed the riches which God even here gives to His own as a reminder of what He has done for them. In the evening we experienced with joy how the Spirit of the Lord convicted several youths, who, as a result of this conviction, pleaded for the forgiveness of God and man. A song service, at which glorious choir songs resounded, formed the conclusion of this lovely day. Monday, September 6th, Brother Peter Froese took us to the steamer at Alexandrovsk. In Nikopol we looked up Br. Johann Wieler [who at that time had a private school there], conversed about the Word of God and remained with him for the night. Tuesday we came to Sergeievka. Thursday the 9th Br. Warkentin brought us to Gr. Lepaticha from where we continued our journey by steamer, and during the course of the day became acquainted with two persons, who regarded themselves as believers. They were a school teacher, Davidson, from Novopoltavka and a pastor, Julius Peters, from Alt-Schlangendorf. We could, however, not converse much, for just when we became well acquainted, we were already near to Kherson and became almost lost in the crowds. Friday on September 10th we arrived in Odessa in a good state of health in spite of storm and rain, looked up Brother and Sister Wuensche, and also found Br. Liebig [at that time pastor of the congregation in Odessa and surrounding region, living in the colony Annental] present in Odessa, and in the evening we went to the suburb Moldavanka where together we led in an evening Bible study. Sunday the 12th we attended the meeting of our Baptist brethren and sisters, where Br. Liebig (using the same text in the morning and the afternoon) delivered an anointed message from which I received rich blessings. Monday September 13th we travelled 40 versts by wagon to Ovidiopol to a Russian market place. Here we met a converted German, Matthias Klein, and because we waited for the arrival of the steamer, with which one has to cross the 10 versts-wide Liman, we, seated in an old boat, could recount much of the grace and love of our Lord, being also reminded of how our Savior, seated in a boat taught and preached. In the evening in Ackermann, a city in Bessarabia, in a German station we got into a somewhat heated discussion particularly regarding baptism. Those people belonged to the Lutheran confession and tried to prove the blessings of child-baptism with great zeal, whereby they naturally stumbled upon follies, which were not difficult for us to refute, since we had the whole Word of God on our side. Tuesday, September 14, we travelled to Mologa, to German Danielsfeld, which was really the goal of our journey. 520 THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH Here we visi