Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1894 — A Wealthy Church. [ARTICLE]

A Wealthy Church.

The Pittsburg Catholic says that the Orthodox Church of Russia is so wealthy that it could easily cancel the national debt of Russia, which amounts to one thousand million dollars, and hardly feel it. Its ways of getting this wealth are unique. - One is the sale of consecrated wax candles. For example, the cathedral of Hasan, in St. Petersburg, sold during the last Easter season more than 88,000 of these consecrated candles.