. In the land of Tolstoi; experiences of famine and misrule in Russia . bore all without giving way or renouncing hisopinions. After a terrible scourging in one of the Siberianprisons, he was taken by force to the convict mines. All thetime he was driven forward by a cudgel, but when he got to the Older Eussian Sects. 223 place lie lay on the ground, and tlie fiercest blows could notmake him get up. The time came to return to the prison; themilitary guard had to carry him in a wheel-barrow, as if hewere celebrating a triumph, to the huge delight of all theprisoners. One way or another he alway
. In the land of Tolstoi; experiences of famine and misrule in Russia . bore all without giving way or renouncing hisopinions. After a terrible scourging in one of the Siberianprisons, he was taken by force to the convict mines. All thetime he was driven forward by a cudgel, but when he got to the Older Eussian Sects. 223 place lie lay on the ground, and tlie fiercest blows could notmake him get up. The time came to return to the prison; themilitary guard had to carry him in a wheel-barrow, as if hewere celebrating a triumph, to the huge delight of all theprisoners. One way or another he always had the best of it. It should be mentioned that there are some Nje Nashi whodo believe in a God, but utterly deny the Orthodox God. Inthis they will probably have the sympathy of many. To rejectthe caricature of the All Father that is frequently put forwardby those who arrogate to themselves the name of Orthodox is not to deny God, but the devil. But the care with which theseNje Nashi conceal their views makes it extremely difficult todiscover what they do 15 CHAPTER XY. LATER SECTS. Close Connection between Social Conditions and Religious Development—The Upper Classes and the People—The Schalaputi—Religious Tenets—Communism—Conscience the Sole Lawgiver—Molokhani and Bu-hhobortsi—The Stundists; their Origin—Letter from a PersecutedAdherent—Testimonies to the Moral Life of Stundists—The MissionaryGatherinsT in St. Petersburg—Bishop Nikanor—Outrages in Kiev—Prince Khilkovs Letters—General Ustimovitchs Protest—CharacterSketches—Ivan Tchaika—Ustim Dolgolenko—Panass PantilimonovitchTolupa. When writing of the older sects, such as the Nje Nashi,Skoptsi, and Samoistrehitjeli, we had occasion to remark onthe close connection between the social, economic, andgovernmental conditions of Russia, and the rise and develop-ment of these persecuted religionists. The student of RussianISonconformitj will find that this inter-relation holds goodwit
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