Persecution of the Stundists
CAN it be that, so near the close of the nineteenth century, nothing can be done to put a stop to the shameful persecution perpetrated upon the Stundists of Russia because of their religious faith? The English papers are publishing the details of the barbarous conduct of the authorities and local priests who are trying to stamp out throughout the empire all dissent from the Greek Church. The Stundists are an inoffensive and quiet people, who never disturb the peace or raise mobs; their only offense is that they will read the Bible and worship God without the forms of the established church. For this they are driven from their homes and subjected to most frightful indignities, yet with sublime faith and steadfastness they hold to their faith and die rather than recant.—Missionary Review.