The expectation of the righteous is gladness,
but the hope of the godless comes to naught.
Proverbs 10:28 as quoted in Willem’s Warning (September 1, 1568)
Our fortress is in Christ,
Our defense is patience,
Our sword is the Word of God,
And our victory is the sincere, firm,
Unfeigned faith in Jesus Christ.
Spears and swords of iron we leave to those
Who, alas, consider human blood and swine’s blood
Well nigh of equal value.
—Menno Simons
From John Horsch’s “The Principle of Non-Resistance as Held by the Mennonite Church,” 1927.