. A leisurely journey . XVIII. RELIGION IN GERMANY. AM now just bringing seven monthsof residence in Germany to a close, —four and a half of them in Protestant,two and a half in Roman Catholic religious movements in this latter divisionI can report nothing, for I am not at all in aposition to see and understand the religiousworkings of a Roman Catholic in Tyrol the people are called very su-perstitious, or very religious, according tothe point of view taken. Certainly there is noend of the ringing of church and monasterybells, beginning, as far as from my observationI
. A leisurely journey . XVIII. RELIGION IN GERMANY. AM now just bringing seven monthsof residence in Germany to a close, —four and a half of them in Protestant,two and a half in Roman Catholic religious movements in this latter divisionI can report nothing, for I am not at all in aposition to see and understand the religiousworkings of a Roman Catholic in Tyrol the people are called very su-perstitious, or very religious, according tothe point of view taken. Certainly there is noend of the ringing of church and monasterybells, beginning, as far as from my observationI can determine, at two oclock in the morningand continuing indefinitely all day, making achurch or monastery a real trial of patience tothose who happen to live in its 130 A LEISURELY JOURNEY. But aside from this I see and know nothing;there are the usual spectacles of RomanCatholic countries, — much church-going,great and solemn processions, images of theVirgin and Child and of the Saviour along allt
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