Since both acts were done in defiance of state law and against the wishes of Zwingli's Reformed Church, they marked the beginning of a "free church" as a body of Christians distinct from either the Catholic or Reformed state churches.2 Within a few years of the appearance of this circle of Anabaptists in Switzerland, similar movements surfaced in Moravia to the east and in the Low Countries to the [...] Near the end of the seventeenth century the first of the descendants of the Swiss Brethren crossed the Atlantic to settle in William Penn's colony in America. [...] It was not appropriate for a follower of Christ to "pass sentence in disputes and strife about worldly matters" (Matthew 20:25-27).13 Nor was it proper that the Christian "should use the sword against the wicked for the protection and defense of the good, or for the sake of love."14 Like Luther, the Swiss Brethren saw a radical distinction between the church of Christ and the world. [...] In imposing sentences (fines, incarceration, public labour, corporal punishment) on offenders, however, it was necessary to obtain consent of the Schulze of the village to which the guilty person belonged.25 This was the system of government that the Mennonites in Russia used until the emigration of the 1870s. [...] They indicated their intention to begin the migration in the spring of 1874 and expressed the hope that another location might be available to them should the soil of the present reserve prove unsuitable.23 John Lowe, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, responded to their letter a few days later, outlining in fifteen points the advantages and immunities offered to the Mennonites by the Can
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- List of Maps 9
- List of Tables 10
- Acknowledgments 12
- Introduction 14
- The Mennonites: A Brief Historical Sketch 14
- Anabaptist-Mennonite Concept of the State 16
- Mennonite Church Relations with the State in Prussia and Russia 17
- The Canadian Experience to 1925: An Overview 20
- Chapter I: Settlement in Canada 24
- Negotiating a Privilegium 25
- Group Migration 34
- The Reserves 35
- The Mennonite Loan 37
- Non-Mennonite Intruders 40
- Homestead Rights 44
- Hamlet Privilege 48
- Naturalization and Land Patents 51
- Termination of the Reserve 54
- Mennonites and the "High" Government: A Summary 57
- Chapter II: Adjusting to Manitoba, 1876–1890 74
- Public Schools: External Resources 75
- Municipal Government: External Authority 79
- Mennonite Solidarity Broken: Unequally Yoked 88
- Chapter III: Westward Expansion, 1890–1910 98
- The Reserves 99
- Government Loan 104
- Non-Mennonite Intruders 105
- Homestead Rights 106
- Hamlet Privilege 107
- Naturalization and Land Patents 109
- Termination of the Reserves 109
- Immigration from Russia and the U.S.A 110
- Chapter IV: The Rift Widens: The Education Issue in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, 1890–1920 118
- Manitoba Education Legislation to 1916 118
- Higher Education: Alliance of Church and State 121
- School Developments, 1890–1916 123
- The "National Schools," 1916 129
- The Zwangsschulen, 1918 136
- Compulsory Attendance: Boycott and Court Enforcement 151
- The Petitions: Articulating the Issues 166
- Chapter V: The War Issues 184
- Military Exemption Provisions 185
- The Early Years of the War 186
- The National Service Registration, 1917 186
- Implementing Mennonite Exemption: Military Service Act, 1917 188
- U.S. Mennonite Immigrants and the Military Service Act 193
- The 1918 National Registration 194
- Financial Involvement: Red Cross and Victory Loans 196
- Press Censorship 198
- Chapter VI: Emigration and Accommodation 212
- The Postwar Situation 213
- The Emigration Option 214
- Reinländer 216
- Bergthal Groups 222
- The Accommodation Option 229
- Conclusion 244
- Appendixes 250
- 1. Order-in-Council of April 26,1872 250
- 2. Order-in-Council of September 25, 1872 252
- 3. Capital Brought into Canada by Russian Mennonite Immigrants, 1874–1880 254
- 4. Sample Homestead Entry Receipt 255
- 5. National Service Registration Card, 1917 (Front) 256
- National Service Registration Card, 1917 (Back) 257
- 6. Mennonite Identification Certificate, World War I 258
- 7. Canada Registration Board Cards, 1918 (Card for Females) 259
- Canada Registration Board Cards, 1918 (Card for Males) 260
- 8. Excerpts of the Paraguayan Mennonite Privilegium 261
- 9. Sommerfelder Mexican Privilegium 263
- Bibliography 266
- Books 266
- Periodical Articles 271
- Theses and Dissertations 272
- Index 274
- A 274
- B 274
- C 274
- D 275
- E 275
- F 275
- G 275
- H 275
- I 276
- J 276
- K 276
- L 276
- M 276
- N 277
- O 277
- P 277
- Q 277
- R 278
- S 278
- T 278
- U 279
- V 279
- W 279
- Z 279