. Thirty-five years in Russia . l Todleben, the hero ofthe defence at Sebastopol, was sent down armed withfull powers to settle matters. This ended in a com-promise arrangement, under which they could not becalled to the fighting ranks, but must serve three yearsin the Forestry Department, and be trained as bearersof the wounded and in the art of giving first aid. The present adherents of the sect number about250,000, of which 80,000 are in the United States,75,000 in Russia, 60,000 in Holland and 25,000 inCanada, the remainder being spread in small com-munities in Germany, Poland, Switzerland
. Thirty-five years in Russia . l Todleben, the hero ofthe defence at Sebastopol, was sent down armed withfull powers to settle matters. This ended in a com-promise arrangement, under which they could not becalled to the fighting ranks, but must serve three yearsin the Forestry Department, and be trained as bearersof the wounded and in the art of giving first aid. The present adherents of the sect number about250,000, of which 80,000 are in the United States,75,000 in Russia, 60,000 in Holland and 25,000 inCanada, the remainder being spread in small com-munities in Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Galicia,and France. Shortly after the Crimean War, an agitation tookplace among the more earnest Christians of the de-nomination, in consequence of their opinion that therehad been a serious backsliding of the community, asa whole, from the principles for which they movement led to the formation of a brotherhoodamong them, which eventually attracted the attentionof the priestly authorities. Year by year, during the. SCHAMYL AND THE CIRCASSIAN LEADERS, 1858. 64] IN RUSSIA 65 time of harvest, there was a great immigration ofRussian labourers from the villages of the interior forthe ingathering. These usually returned annually tothe same Mennonite household, and joined with themin their evening meditations, known as the Gebet-stunde, or hour of prayer. From this name eventuallyarose that of the Stundists. These labourers, with thewell-known impressibility of the Russian peasant inreligious matters, became missioners of the newdoctrines in their various villages, and to so great anextent that the priesthood were greatly affected intheir material interests through losing their fees formarriages, christenings, burials, etc. On this theecclesiastical authorities took action, and sent roundcommissioners, comprising priests, deacons, andsuperior members of the clergy, to report as to thenumber of Stundists in the various villages of theirdistricts. A German Mennonite friend
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