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 of the Reformation period having fled from Holland to Prussia and Poland whence they emigrated to Russia. Yet a number of the Russian Mennonite churches in America are of Swiss origin.

Today Mennonite churches are found in many of the states and in provinces of Canada. The main body of Mennonites comprises fifteen distinct conferences reaching from ocean to ocean, and an organized conference in India. Mennonite Publishing House, located at Scottdale, Pa., takes care of the publishing interests of the Church. The Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities has its headquarters at Elkhart, Ind. Organized mission and charitable work is carried on in many places in the home land, and there are flourishing missions in India and Argentina, S. A. The educational centers of the Church are at Goshen, Ind., Hesston, Kans., and Harrisonburg, Va.

The history of the Mennonite Church is the story of an imperfect attempt to give first place to God and His will, to accept His revelation and precept in its entirety regardless of the cost. Human imperfections will cling to human endeavor, but God and His Word never failed. This was the faith of the martyrs; it is the faith that will bring victory in our day.