Show GO 00 TO CHURCH BY BOAT divine service made social affair in finland and largo large parties travel together attending divine service in certain parts of bf finland Is a social affair since the church boat Is an institution in that northern possession of the czar this craft Is of such size site that in some eoma cases no fewer than persons may so rowed to church at the same time twenty or thirty take the oars to gether and it Is deemed the proper thing for everyone to serve his turn at them since the church chu ach Is frequently quite a distance from the houses of the parishioners in the event that the boat has a long distance to travel it is not unusual for a party to start on saturday night then may be seen the peasants going down to the waterside in the even evening ingIn in order that they may be ready at the time appoint ed with them they carry little bun dies in which are contained their best clothes service lasts some hours and when it Is ended the women turn up their skirts or more often take them off and make up the little bundles again and the church boat starts for home |