Issue No. 21, December 2002
-being the Magazine/Journal of the Hanover Steinbach Historical Society Inc. Preservings $20.00 No. 21, December, 2002 “A people who have not the pride to record their own history will not long have the virtues to make their history worth recording; and no people who are indifferent to their past need hope to make their future great.” — Jan Gleysteen The Ältesten - Faithful Servants of God Since the time of the Reformation, the Lord,...Hence apply to them oil and wine, as We are proud to feature the biographies of Ältesten of the Flemish Mennonite faith have did the true Samaritan to the wounded two Ältester: Isaak G. Dyck (1847-1929), stood valiantly as guardians on the battlements man.....be faithful to Him that esteemed you Chortitza, Rosenthal, Russia, and his cousin’s of Zion defending their flocks from the on- faithful, and accepted you as His ministers, grandson, Peter S. Wiebe (1888-1970), slaughts of Satan. The courage and spiritual and stewards of His mysteries....Hence be dili- Eigengrund, East Reserve, Manitoba. They integrity of the Ältester was critical in a com- gent labourers of the Lord in His vineyard, served their Lord and Saviour on two conti- munity continually facing persecution, flight and faithful builders in His house,” Martyrs’ nents and over two centuries. Their valiant and resettlement in search of religious free- Mirror, page 689. labours in the vineyard of Jesus Christ speak dom. The vital role of the Ältester holds promi- In the words of Kleine Gemeinde theolo- of the outstanding dedication, courage and nent place in the cannon of Mennonite devo- gian Heinrich Balzer (1800-46), Tiege, Rus- steadfastness which has characterized the tional literature.
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