If the question seems clearly solved by the texts, it is decided; if not, it is left open.
As in many young sects, there exists among the Molokanye a system of severe moral supervision.

If a member has been guilty of drunkenness or any act unbecoming a Christian, he is first admonished by the Presbyter in private or before the congregation; and if this does not produce the desired effect, he is excluded for a longer or shorter period from the meetings and from all intercourse with the members.

In extreme cases expulsion is resorted to.

On the other hand, if any one of the members happens to be, from no fault of his own, in pecuniary difficulties, the others will assist him.

This system of mutual control and mutual assistance has no doubt something to do with the fact that the Molokanye are distinguished from the surrounding population by their sobriety, uprightness, and material prosperity.
Of the history of the sect my friends in Alexandrof-Hai could tell me very little, but I have obtained from other quarters some interesting information.