KNEELING IN STREETS.
RELIGIOUS CONVERTS TAKEN
TO HOSPITAL
GLASGOW, Dec. 21. Scenes of religious enthusiasm verging cn fanaticism continue to bo enacted in’ the coast towns and villages of Aberdeenshire and tho Aloray Firth in connection with the revivalist movement among the fisher folk. Processions of old and young march through the streets singing the •‘Glorv Song” and other hymns. At intervals the processions conic to a. stand, and impassioned appeals arc made to the onlookers. Ihe converts kneel anil pray in circles in tlie public streets.
Doctors are stated to have many patients under treatment suffciing from mental aberration and hysteria. Sonic eases have had to be removed to mental hospitals.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6320, 24 February 1922, Page 7
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112KNEELING IN STREETS. Gisborne Times, Volume LVI, Issue 6320, 24 February 1922, Page 7
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