Jon Bjarnsason. of Winnipeg. This Icelandic church was liberal in comparison with some fundamentalist churches of Norwegian and German extraction. but it was orthodox compared with the "New Theology" Church of Iceland or the Unitarian church of Boston. A grim tug of war developed between these forces for the custody of the immigrants souls. But if the churches sowed the dragons seed of dissent. they also gave the immigrants something to live and fight for and lifted them intellectually out of the dust. And the church was not only a guardian of the immigrants religion. but also. as long as possible. of their nationality. The Icelanders had another national heritage. a strong literary tradition. going back to their Eddas and Sagas. and their love of learning. The literary tradition came to a brilliant flowering in the poetfarmer Stephan G.
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