Perilous Journey: The Mennonite Brethren in Russia 1860-1910, John B. Toews, 1988

tood its own perimeters. Each knew on what levels cooperation was possible and where it was not. By 1914 such a modus vivendi set the stage for widespread cooperation and goodwill, but not reunification. NOTES Some of the material in this Chapter was previously published as "Brethren and Old Church Relations in Pre-World War I Russia: Setting the Stage for Canada," Journal of Mennonite Studies, II (1984), 42-59. I want to thank the journal for permission to use this material. 1 P.M. Friesen, Die Alt-Evangelische Mennonitische Bruederschaft in Russland 1789-1910 (Halbstadt, Taurien, 1911), 268-269. 2 Jacob Epp Diary (Mennonite Heritage Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba), May 12, 1862. See also Friesen, 269-272. 3 Jacob Epp Diary, June 11, 1962; also Friesen, 275-278. * Friesen, 269, 276. 89 5 D. Epp, "Wie kann das moeglich sein?" Der Botschafter VIII (1910), no. 53, 2-3; no. 54, 3. 6 A few of the reports of itinerant ministers were published by P.M. Friesen. Many more can be found in the Zionsbote, which published them on a regular basis. See for example Hermann Neufeld, "Russland, Nikolaijewka, im Maerz, 1895," Zionsbote, XI (1895), no. 17, 2; Heinrich Friesen, "Reisebericht," Zionsbote, XI (1895), no. 18, 2. 7 D. Epp, "Wie kann das moeglich sein?" Der Botschafter VII (1910), no. 53, 2-3; no. 54, 3. s Isaak Fast, Friedensstimme, VU907), no. 40, 514-515. 9 "Gljaden, Siberia," Friedensstimme, XI (1913), no. 10, 6. 10 Ibid. 11 W. Neufeld, "Eine Sibirienreise," Friedensstimme, VK1908), no. 34, 537. 12 G. Fast, In den Steppen Sibiriens (Rosthern, Sask., n.d.), 74-79. 13 Gerhard Lohrenz, Sagradowka (Rosthern, Sask., 1947), 64-81. 14 Isack Ediger, "Was machen wir mit unsern Forsteien?" Friedensstimme, VII (1909), no. 30, 4-6. 15 See Josef Reinhart, Heinrich Pestalozzi (Basel, n.d.). 16 See for example "Protokoll der Konferenz der Zentralschullehrer in New York am 2. und 3. August 1910," Friedensstimme, VIII (1910), no. 64, 3-5. 17 "Protokoll der 12. allg. Versammlung des M.M. Lehrervereines am 14. Mai 1911 in Rueckenau," Friedensstimme, DC (1911 ), no. 43, 3-4. See also Protokoll der Lehrerkonferenz in Schoenfeld am 11. September 1910," Friedensstimme, VIII (1910), no. 8, 7. 18 Protokoll der allgemeinen Mitgliederversammlung des Mennonitischen Mittelschulvereins am 6 August, 1910," Friedensstimme, VIII (1910),no. 63, 6. 19 "Protokoll der 10. allgem. Versammlung... des M.M. Lehrervereins am 19. und 20. August 1910 in Rueckenau," Friedensstimme, VIII (1910), no. 68, 2-3. 20 Protokoll ueber die Schlusskonferenz der Lehrer des Schoenfelder Gebietes am 6 Mai, 1910 in Schoenfeld," Friedensstimme, VIII (1910), no. 24, 4-5. 21 H.J. Braun, "Mennoniten oder Baptisten?" Friedensstimme, VIII (1910), no. 3, 3-5. 22 Ibid., 5. 23 "Offener Brief des Aeltesten H. Dirks," Der Botschafter, VQ910), no. 91, 3-4. 24 "Tauffreiheit und Taufzwang," Der Botschafter, VI (1911 ), no. 64, 3-4. 28 D. Epp, "Ta