The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-07-10

+ Bible they consider as imporfe
childish, and the only trinity
/ recognize Is the human triad Of men4
DRY, reason and VIII. They oomma
none Of their doctrines 10 paper. bus
teach them orally. For them there Isl
neither resurrection nor life beyond
the grave Relieving It to be sinful
to Gear physically defective children.
Il - said they practices infantlelde.
They treat children vita the came re-
spoct that they show 10 sldera. and 4
case q immoral conduct the man. no
the woman Is tire party sasgracad.
The Molokany denomination look for
the coming of the Empire Of Ararat."
just as some other sects better known
to Americans look for the end Of the
world When Napoieon's star arose.
they hailed him as their dellVerer. un-
tiI later events Convinced Ghem shat
they must look for another. ley
practice community of goods and Nlold
labor to be- religious duty. God be-
ing spirit, they condemn all outward
worship as sinful, and believe that
even the establishment Of churches Is
wrong
The tramp instinct 10 strong I'm Rus
sia. II runs in the blood of the Tartar
element of the nation, whose religion
lists who are aYerse to labor as a nlous
duty naturally take to the ruad
become Runners" t-eir oBtensible ID
ject being to spread the gospel Leave
thy father and thy mother, and take
up thy cross and follow me-" Is their
scriptural authority
So they tramp from village to- viz
lage, begging as they go, Ike mendl-
cant monks Of the Middle Ages. There
are two classes of these, people. the
actual tramps, or the "elect" and the
residents who aid them in their jour
neys. The residents sometimes e
found collected into villages, and ks b
regular Quitting stations for the re-
lief of their wandering brethren and
sisters-fcr women religious tramps
are almost as numerous as the male
nomads. Sometimes they travel in
couples, man and woman.
The Jumpers" constitute the show
ing, hysterical nervous, emotional ele-
ment in Russian religious life. They
believe in the Holy Ghost and. look for
HIS presence in. the form of Religions
and nervous, ecstacy. This physical
exaltation they induce BY chanting
and whirling, and dancing. for all the
world like the bowling dervishes of
Egypt. Sometimes a worshiper whfrls
so rapidly that he looks stationary
like spinning top, until like a top.
he sinks to the floor, utterly exhausted
to dream himself into communion with
the Holy Ghost, They look upon any
vice or excess committed during these
paroxysms of ecstacy as being prof
ed by the spirit. and. therefore, ill.,,
cent. When THIS physical ecstacy Is
aroused by seIf-chastisement. the de-
votes are, called "F1agellants," or
'switchers."
The, Mutes think that all cummunica-
ton by words is sinful, and therefore
remain silent, even under torture, For
self-prutection they frequently Gnu-
late fdiocy.
The Sabbatarians, or Judafsts. reject
the New Testament, and cling to the
old, and, Of course, deny the trinity,
the divinity of Christ, and redemp-
ton. They are polygamists.
The Adamites teach that God, the
Father; was born in the form of mar
in Peter the Greats time and t
each one Of His numerous deseenf
at the present day is a Christ. y
The choicest farming region in the
Russian empire, namely, the southern
part of the coast of the Black sea, is
largely pecpled by Germans. One Of
the most important dissenting faiths is
that of the Stundists. the majority of
them of German blood. whose reed
and organization somewhat raa bibles
those of the Lutherans.
1t is said that the rise Of the Stund-
ist sect was political trick of Prince
Bismarck to embarrass the czar's gov
eminent for the benefit of Germany.
Like the other dissenters, they partake
OF no sacraments as such, although
they observe the communion, and SUBJ
nit to baptism by immersion. I'M
mersion is always In running We
and in the dead of winter VII
hole must be cut in the ice for til
pose theoretically they are oppv
to taxation, but in practice they SUBJ
nit to it.
Before leaving this subject let us re-
call the religious revival mo- vt