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

(i.e., “Don”) since 190?. Donskaia District, region Taganrog. Postal Address: Millerovo, District of Donskaia. A group of Mennonite landowners, tenants, and industrialists. Leadership around 1910: Minister, Wilhelm Dyck (see Jasykovo above). . . . Deacon: (?). 2) Alexeifeld, since 190?. Province and District of Kherson. Postal Address: Apostolovo, Province of Kherson. Leadership (around 1908): Minister, Johann Thiessen. Deacon: (?). 3) Schenscharevo, since 190?. Where? Postal Address: Tatar ka, Province of Kherson. Leadership (about 1908): Minister, Peter Voth. Deacon: (?). 4) Novo-Nikolaifeld, since 190?. Province and District of Kherson. Postal Address: Tigenka, Province of Kherson. Leadership (about 1905): Ministers, Jakob Epp, Abram Ratzlaff. Deacon: (?) 5) Durilino, since 190?. Where? Postal Address? Leadership (about 1910: (?). 6) Trubetzkoie, since 1904. Province and District of Kherson. Volost of Kasatzkaia. Postal Address: Kazatzkoe, Province of Kherson. Leadership: (?). VI. The Mennonite Brethren Church of Spat-Schoental, in the Crimea until 1910 (See above if 229, 2) Postal Address for Spat: Sarabus, Province of Taurida. Postal Address for Schoental: Kurman-Kemeltschi, Province of Taurida. 1. For details about the founding and the extension of this chinch we Eire indebted to Elder David Duerksen emd Minister Jakob Kroeker. A report which they submitted in February of 1902 follows, abbreviated and supplemented, by generous permission of the authors. §251 552 THE MENNONITE BRETHREN CHURCH In the year 1883-84 fairly large revivals occurred in the villages of Spat and Tokultschak and several other localities. Several persons in Spat had received an initial prompting toward their conversion during visits to the Molotschna, where the Lord at that time was bringing about great revivals through the work of several evangelists. Some of these evangelists also visited several localities in the Crimea where they preached the Word of the Cross and distributed tracts. Particularly effective were the following tracts distributed by the beloved brother Dr. Baedeker: “Instant Salvation,” “The Savior and the Sinner,” "Law and Grace,” and others. The sermon of the Minister Johann Neufeld of Sagradovka on the text, “Prepare, O Israel, to meet thy God!,” also exerted a powerful effect on a number of individuals. At this time, and shortly thereafter, a number of persons found forgiveness and peace through faith in the blood of the Lamb. At the time, too, the school teacher at Spat was a believer and a Mennonite minister. (Br. Abram Wall; see above in regard to Friedensfeld, Miloradovka.) The new converts sought to guard and nurture their spiritual life by meeting in homes for mutual edification in addition to the regular worship services. These meetings often took place in “holy disorder,” in part because of ignorance, and in part because of immediate needs ; but these were hour