, 1875-07-04

Surround themselves With the luxnri&. =.
efn Life. With the Masterpieces Of n.' ao
: ing and sculpture, with fov.-, rS.a ~
! BOOKS. The only thing that dis,;ns-,,.. -
taoS from the Orthodox il their tastn :. ~
exclusive patronage OF Russian talent wa 'a
sae eacct OF the growing wealt, Of thc R,".l ~,
nlks Will be on their festh or supers.it;or. :"
eanoos subject OF inquiry but it s.ern, =. .
eot not improbable that it vii, nro,oIN "s !.
modify It. With wealth viii coma en,oa =
nens and as enlightenment Increases .rn.a%u 's.s
uon Will inevitably decay. The Rasxol vi, ~ ~
heal itself. VIZ &acl
Ii must not be imagined. however th., -
ntas'olnlk is inferior in poiut Of lntel;.,..:s =.
information to the rest OF his coun.rrm'n -
Tue contrary 1t is rass thing to ind R..lo, ~
lux VINO cannot read. The alhe:ents Of tb. o1s
falth nre among tho foremost pronot.,. ". :.
| elementary education. And their M. ~ y
| education IS directly connected with nv ~.
position IN an'asoDism to the R,,ss4
Church The Raskolniks have been n1,c.a ~
the defensive, aod have had t. rely mon a1u,s
aon for arms iE their struggle with O:tbota-.
but, although they can read. they pen.t +
reading only old books and books Of ,,avo..A ~
Books in the Slavonic language and s1.,oss.
letters are their special delight Bot til. h..
that can be said Of these Russian sect,,i.. -
that they have books,-thay have no scieDe, -
real knowledge. ~
Tha Popovtsy accept their clerpv f,,,. H.
Orthodox Church, having themselves =. ~
confess, lost tue thread Of A,ostopo ancc...i. s1
but before admitting an Orthodox prisst ,mon,
them they subject him to humiliatinp .h,...
ton. As rule, the clergy thus 1ecsi7ed b, ~.
Popovtsy have been Expelled fr,u tbs orthoda-
Church on accoant OF Irregularities n thar -
OF hVanS. They inspire no very great respac& ~
are looked upon ~ merceuarles On whom ao,,.,
astical ordination has conferred = mononot~ :,
performing the divine sesyica. They srs co,,.
pletely dependent On the laity. in whose b.cd,,
the entire management Of the aoa,1a a, ~.
sect. ~A'
The fundamental principle OF the second ~.
IL the abrogation Of tho priesthood. Henca H..
have found it exceedingly dil6cult 10 maint.jn ..
ecclesiastical organization, OF to press,y, II.
uuity OF their belief. There il, indeed .mo,.
them no curb to the fancy Of their uemba,. nd
no barrier erected against innovation Of oyar,
s1nd. The dlsintegration continually Ro;ne M
among them is something alarming to tn aoet..
ries themselves.
In lieu Of priests, the Eezpopov.sy hare tbe4r
"aoctents," OF presbytera, who pretend 70 "a
aacerdotal character. Their functions m
the reading vt the Scriptures and IN.
baptism OF children They somesimaa a].o
recelve the confessions OF their COMMITMENTS,
Sometimes women exercise these ottices. snita
or the TACT that the "ancients" ara davoid NJ
Ill sa:erdotal character, they exercise R1a,.sr
influence over their peopIs than do the pr1extx
among the PopoVtsy: aod they ara, not uufna,
Iuensly. the superioza OF the latter in s.crad
earning. They retain moat Of the p1acticse OF
be Russian Orthodox Church, their supe,sti-
ions reverence TOR pictures aud relics, the Oh
sFVPtson Of. fast daEs. and all the iormalism
'hich gave risa to the Raskol. They are mueh
lven to ceremonies One Of the eects or1aioa
90 inclinations Of the body to ctfecs tho pura.
alton Of the meat purchased ia the market; 40
burial. The neophyte is required to min
ooo day for 3 week.
They relig1ously abhor tobacco, sugar. certain
'eats and animals-the hare, for tnssspoa.
here Ire monks. II no priests, among ths
ozpopovtsy. and they have hermitages for 10th
'xas. These hetmitages are the only centss
bout which the organization groups itself Il
'mmon with the Popovtsy, they teach that Rns-
4 has fallen into the hands Of Satan since tht
ne Of Peter the Great. The lengths to which
is superstition has carried eome Of the sxutmaf
visions is horrible to contemplate. Many hAya ;
EN- known 70 burn themselves aliYe in ordas b !:
cape the service OF tho sat.aps ol
. Devil And there ara those, srsa ::
Y, who, to escape all communication /
Ii the Government ignore every civil tA
: long time they looked upon ths Empaw !:
satan's vicar on earth- At present thers IT.
dency to explain the reign Of anti Christ ioB ?
ritual sense. Tho Russian Government N !:
ger pezsecutes these sects as it was wont toi !:
:. to make sure that they hA:bor no sinister d. :.
ns a2ainst 1t, it requires them to give N A. =
aas mark Of their submisston, prayer for tn );
pezor, which they seom to otfar under %. !:
he clergy in Russia are tho proper partieA I
have been from time immemor,al. to admin. I
: the matElmonialrite, for among the Ruseian1 !
1imony is not = simple civil contract; nus j
amens. When the Bezpopovtay lost tbdf !:
sdotal class, they lost the only authorized ::
lstars Of matnmony; and With characteristics !,
ssiveness to the past, beg.n 10 inquire xhatar +
lavins no ministers to administer it, they could +:
ully have any marriage or copiuzal union
re- were thoBe who advocated the absoluss
ition OF the marriage relation, and insisssa
celbacy was henceforth of universal obltgs~
Theirs we're others who claimed that God,
is mercy, authorized them 10 find something
Institute for the lost sacrament Aud both
ries were carried out in practice. lhs mots
crate caused the parties contracting to Kin
cross, the Gospel, and to receive the blssarps
heir parents. Others insiated that sbs n
'ment having been abrogated, conssatsluns Il
necessary to the oonjugal union, md tbs
. was legitimate only while the consent last.
Henca divorce uas easily obtained. sne
immortality reigned among the sexes. Ths
lark blot On the otherwise, good reputsa;ea
9 RaskolDiks for morality. The most e1
, Of the sect consider any union Of shs nj
cit, and preach 3 doctrine which hss bes1
led up in These words: II you Are mar
cease to Be married If you arc not uas- II
do not marry" When. they say chihb Il
iged. bis soul comes not now from God, 7
ON the Devil 1nfanucide Is = common
among those Of this latter saet vho ~
eak 10 live MP to its rigid principles, andh
ed to u co7eE for thait violations Of - !.
Begouny, or pilgrims, casrJ ont tho p7tne~ :
I the sect to their logical consequences
en@ frafG Ga}o in Inn xxfa o$ thi8