. The religion of Russia. A study of the Orthodox Church in Russia from the point of view of the Church in England. oned above. 54 THE RELIGION OF RUSSIA Ordinary life dulled them, caused their repetition to be in-frequent, and he began, without knowing why perhaps, tovisit neighbouring monasteries. There he caught his sweetvision again. But the ordinary things of life defeated himagain, and even at the monasteries he felt seldom. So hewent further afield. He went to far shrines, to Solovetsk, toS. Seraphim. He left home and went from village to village,and from monastery to monastery, ever fu
. The religion of Russia. A study of the Orthodox Church in Russia from the point of view of the Church in England. oned above. 54 THE RELIGION OF RUSSIA Ordinary life dulled them, caused their repetition to be in-frequent, and he began, without knowing why perhaps, tovisit neighbouring monasteries. There he caught his sweetvision again. But the ordinary things of life defeated himagain, and even at the monasteries he felt seldom. So hewent further afield. He went to far shrines, to Solovetsk, toS. Seraphim. He left home and went from village to village,and from monastery to monastery, ever further and furthertill he reached the holiest place on earth—the Holy City,and Golgotha, where the redemption of mankind was accom-plished. Further on the earth there was no-whither; itseemed that the soul had found what it wished—though ithad not. Satisfied for the time he returns to his native land,but again in a little while appears once more the uncon-querable wish to go to that place where were experiencedsuch sweet minutes. In that, it seems to me, is containedthe psychology of the Russian VI PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS From my diary I select a few narratives which will serve toillustrate and vivify what has already been written. Thefollowing extract is a little sketch of our parish priest, abroad-minded and earnest man about thirty-five years ofage. Very soon after my arrival in his parish he came tocall on me, and with the help of another Russian friend wehad a long conversation. He was much interested in theChurch of England, and asked me many intelligent questionsabout the training of our clergy. Could they marry, andwere they regarded with respect? What were our churcheslike? And our music? To the best of my ability I playedand sang to him some typical hymns, including some set toplainsong melodies. It was a little disappointing to find thathe preferred tunes of the slum mission type rather than theseverer ecclesiastical music. The former he thought veryRuss
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