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With such strong counter^currents against them, not only in Russia but in Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France, the Mennonites of Europe either emigrated or largely lost their nonresistance. Taking any kind of service a few decades ago meant noncombatant service for their children and combatant 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.