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Here was a new problem. The Church had been vitally and prayerfully concerned for the brethren in Canada, whose country had already been in the war more than two and a half years. She could not forfeit her position, nor did she waver. But to make immediate, wise, and practical applications of the principles of nonresistance to the rulings of congress and the war department which came in such rapid succession required a careful study of the subject. She sought to go just as far as she could in complying with the demands of government without violating a Gospel principle. With the best of care she realized that there were trials ahead.