352 A BUSY WEEK ON THE KUREIKA 



priests are absolutely useless ; their offices, in the Greek 

 Church, are so mechanical that they might be performed 

 almost equally well by machinery. In many cases the 

 priests are worse than useless ; they have nothing to 

 do, and, under the pretext of keeping certain days holy, 

 they encourage the people in drinking to excess, and in 

 idling away valuable time. Russia stands sorely in need 

 of an Isaiah to proclaim the truth that the "holy days and 

 the feast days are an abomination," 



BRONZE FROM ANCIENT GRAVE NEAR KRASNOYARSK 



