Smyrna times., 1892-06-29
The Stundists.
ONE OF THE OBJECTS OF R1Iss1AN D,n
SECUTION.


Inc name Stundst is a little ro,o1
IenC; IL IS as senseless as the ,rorS,
SuaKer' Methodist, and other tor,1S
Iiiat nave come to pOpularlv dasi0nat1 ,,ts > .
varying forms of Christian wnEsbis. tiv0
otunde IS the German word for on p
tba a =. Instruction, and of itself hints at
o. " igih oI TINS Puritan community
arc - q laIse part OF Southern Russia
Iio " oe found isolated colonies of
r1e'olioIah Germans, whose fathers
tbo 9' + Ioat attracted into the country during
tne le9I century, not only by the nrone
HI lEI VI lahd put of local liberty as we'll
Ahey rapidly made an oasis of crItnno
"a tHe desert Of Russian serfdom and
quay the traveller who suddanI,,
9.ulloIes 9,'. upon a German VILLAGE ~
'1uS9ia' recognizes it immediateiv NV
VIC cream Ilhess OF its streets. the suI
sI"u'lai character of its houses ond |
upoVe all by the intelligent cbarocter
IL Is crime in Russia for a Protes
!anC TO read the bible to an Ortbodow
II Is crime for Russian to giva
OeIhg an Orthodox it is even . o,;,aP
lor a frotestant congregation to ailo11
an orthodox Russian to he nraaa,'
" nen iett Russia in the fall of 1901
eis1y Protestant clergymen wera
unGer sentence of Siberia. havino booo
ueciared parties to the crime of nreooL
ing the gospel. - - 0''cu-
ne Russian peasantrv in oonou,I }
are dlspoSed to hate the Germans aa T
All shlitless people dislike those tbat I
a. are Ihrlity and successful. Bnt amor" 9
Dheh were many upon whom Garn,oS g
example made a deep impression L
me-Of them began to in0uire int ~ a
secret OF German success. and as wo n
may well believe, received ali nossibIo n
ild from their Lutheran feIIow o,,h a
; . oSi;, Iey began to feel ashamed of n
IHoiIuaI bini. - u[uhkenness; they began TO
aad - V1aU children should learn to ST
eau eau and write. They noted the fact is
ba a' ,nSII ~eIlnans worked hard six days of gi
'at,S ne week. Kept away from the brandy E
chOol. 'H'luFeh TO Ie
When the Russian peasant got TINS an
~ ne could not stop there. He saw W,
"a la' Ine German clergyman did not
eI drunk, did not go about in dirtv ra
oVnes, repeating incOherent words E.
~ ~, IhaV ne read to his people from the ms
ole ana encouraged them to read II Gel
AT TINS point the peasant ceased 70
orthodox. AS soon as he Con-
eneed TO read the bible in secret 70
llCe IN prayer with others and 70 l
no[e church festivals, he became an IL
Ject OF active persecution on the mart I
the clergy. - '"0 pAr' wb
wenty years ago there were kpo,vn
De ABOUT 1000 Stundists in ali !
1sSla. ona Now there are probabIv "hl
',OOo' although it is impossible ~ Ii
certain on such point. The hniE falls
Ihem are scattered between tba
lck Sea and Poland, though tbair II
'trlne hnds an echo in every nroU 1901
e in the empire. prov II
hey are vitalizing Christian foroo Ions
! are uOlng vastly more to revoln. =.
lize hussla than the Nihilists. Tbev II
spreading popular education amono "ea
Grass that needs iG most. and are It
-tIng inquiry in the minds of DeonIe wha
oSe fathers never questioned the T.
unity of the Car. 'ne Ii
he Russian Co,,o stant
rd TO ignore these people for man irlen
rs, especially as the police renortaS 1t
u as uniformly industrious. sober alone
est ana prompt in the payment of terfel
ss' The Church however. had to T..
doctrine fbot LIZ Sn otuh0lsts held worlC
,n-denial of Orthodoxy. Non No. IoS
Iormlng peasants were dragged -"'''
Gnelr homes, charged with heresv
ed In Jail, fogged, tortured, sent
lie In pestilential mines-all to No The
pose. The Russian suffers cheer. ercise
Ior ais religion, and in the record will
,e clerical courts it is rare to read usual
victim betraying his friend. w ating
le same loyalty that makes the ChurC
san soldier march for davs on had ing, S
VnaC makes him reckless of aan- In the
ana that keeps him on his sentrv pastor
ne is frozen to death-this lovaIty delphi
S out with equal force when Ss school
: judicial torture at the hands of the mi
clergy. " the AC
e Russian government is f0btiD,. held n
lists and SkOptzi with the sans E. d.
worn weapons of old-msdioned Baltim
eSutiOns, and no one need be sur. the Sc
that Professionalism is making evenin
nous strides in consequences the Re
Ihe CyGr's Western FrOntiey - of Dick
l"It"ey RigelOV, in Harper's address
q. The co
- held in