Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1900 — Siberia a Land of Churches. [ARTICLE]

Siberia a Land of Churches.

.The three great luxuries in Siberia kre churches, theaters aud museums. Even the smaller villages can usually be sighted from afar by means of the white walls and the towering domeshaped cupolas of the,„churches. These are all amply supplied .with bells, whose rich tone's roll in majestic harmony over distant hill and vale and break the monotony of the peasants' daily toil. Inside, these churches are highly ornamented with paintings, and they are presided over by married priests, who take a deep and genuine interest in even the poorest of the flock.