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With such strong counter^currents against them, not only in Russia but in Holland, Germany, Switz erland and France, the Mennonites of Europe either emigrated or largely lost their nonresistance. Tak ing any kind of service a few decades ago meant noncombatant service for their children and com batant service for their grandchildren. It meant compromise on a Gospel principle, and while that may be a seeming advantage for the time being, it invariably means disadvantage in time to come. True nonresistance is not a matter of taste, ease, or trial, but of obedience to the teachings of Christ and His apostles on this subject.