Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1885 — Russian Ribera. [ARTICLE]

Russian Ribera.

The territory of Russian Siberia, one and a half times as large as the United States, has belonged to Russia three centuries, vet of the 4,000,000 inhabitants Aearly one-half are pagans. Paganism is fostered by the home government. The pagan priests are allowed to oollect and burn the copiea of the Bible with which the missionaries supply the converts, and no missionary may baptize without the authority of the pagan civil authorities, who are allowed to do almost anything to drive Christianity from the country.