Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
WORK WHILE YE HAVE THE TIGHT
\ Tale OF the Ear1S- Christians.
BY LEON ToLSToI.
Translated from the Original Manuscript by j. Dillon Pr
Christians.

more in what is perishable Teach thy bildra,
rom o tnelr tender years to fear God. Command
nor tiny servants r'thy slaves in anger, tina
Iney should not cease to fear 6 cd who rules ove
YOU ootn; for lie com n not to call people ac
corning TO their looks, but he calls those whom
the spirit has prepared
And the way of death is this First Of all it i:
G'iI ana III OF curses; and there's murder upor
u ana adultery, lust, fornication, robbery,
iaoIatry, sorcery, poisoning, repacity false
UItness, hypocrisy, double dealing cunning,
price, malice, haughtiness, greed, foul Lam
EEuase' envy, insolence, arrogance. self-love;
nsFe are to be found the prosecutors
of me ne. Just; the haters Of truth and lovers
be eNard for the lust. they who mold aIoof
irl m what is right and from the Just judgment;
NOSE VINO are wakeiul not for righteousness but
ior evlI purposes, who are strangers to meek
ness and to patience; here are they w, O del ght
IN vanity and yea n for rewards. who feel no
PITY Tor the poor, who work not for the over
| SorIea, VINO know not their Or, ator; the muir
uefers OF children, who shatter Gods image to
! pieces, who turn away from the needy who
uan PIE on the oppressed, defenders OF the rich
unjust Judges of the poor, sinners in all things
ae On your guard, my children, with all such
Long before he had read the manuscript
through he felt himself in the position in which
many persons find themselve when they read a
Do1k. mat Is to say, other peoples Thoughts,
with sincere desire of seeking for truth; their
souls enter into communion with those who sug-
gested the thoughts. He kept on reading
No, uott mn, beforehand what was to follow, d
not only asserting to the ideas put forward but
hiInseIi as 1t WERE giving them expression.
mere then occurred to him something 90 nm
uSuaI and seemingly so commonplace that il
Eeherdiiy escapes our notice, and is vet one of
the most mysterious most momentCus phe-
nomena OF our lives! 1t consists in the circum-
sauces mat so-called living mgn becomes
truly awe when he enters into communion
uhltes himself with the so-called dead, living
one NE WIN them. Julius soul merged Itself
~ those OF the writers of these thoughts and
AFTER TINS intimate communion he contemplated
HIHseil, surveyed his own life Ana ne himself
ana ms whole life seemed to him terrib e mis-
hnt hp ho1 h,,, l,5,
cares ana anzieties about life and all the tempt
acions ne had succumbed to, destroyed the very
possibility of life.
- / do not wish to trample upon and quench
my me- he exclaimed to himself, 81 wish TO
HEei 70 'ake the road that leads to life
All that Psmphilius had told him in their for
!ner conversations rose up before him now with
the vlvidness and force of ten years before. and
IL III seemed SO clear and obvious that he was
asto hlsheo that he could have given heed to the
MU[us OF the stranger and foregone his intention
OF becoming Christian. One piece of advice
tn lii6 had given him also required
70 nm nm when you have tasted life, then, if
you WtiI, go over to the Christians
..as nave nave tasted liie," he SAID to himself,
'and have found it void of attraction. void of
substance He likewise called to nina pam
Pnlius promise that whenever he came to the
GArlsu ans he would be sure OF cordial recep-
uoh. Enough, - he exclaimed, II have
erred and suffered long enough; will now leave |
everything and become Christian and live ac- |
SoralnS TO the rules laid down here.'' He in
IoTntd ms wife OF his intention, and she was |
delighted to hear of his excellent intention
HIS wife was ready to follow him in ali this |
The only question now was how to set ahont
executing his plan. What was to be done with
the children? Should they too be taken and |
baptIsed or left behind with their Pagan grand
mothei! Would ii be advisable would IL he
human to make them Christians and thus expose
mem aiter years OF comfort and luxury to ali the
NJ rs; Fps ana privations, in which the members
OF TINS sect delighted. The female slave offered
to go with them and watch over them as Chris
tlans. But the mother 8 heart would not allow
ne d, 10 consent 10 this She insisted leaving
proved OF this arrangement, removed the oniv |
serionr obstacle in the way; and this satisfac-
were at once begun by Pamph Illus and his wife
ior taking the most momentous step in their
lives.
CHAPTER VII
At last all the preparations were concluded
ana everything hnally settled, the only remain
ing ditnculty being julius health-his wounds
lad not yet healed-which compelled him TO
put on for a few days, or it might be weeks. the
asi formal act that would sever the t es that
o ~ MN 70 me religion traditions and ways
d thinking OF his iath RS and introduce him to
me new life he had chosen. One night he fell
asleep IN the same resolute mood as usual and
'h awaklng next morning WAS informed that |
lever physician, who CHANGED to be passing |
hrough the town, had expressed a desire to see |
nm ana undertake to restore him speedily to
health and strength. Julius was delighted said |
lie would see the physician at once and a few |
moments later was exchanging salutations with |
ne laenleal stranger whom he had met and
o the Christians. ~ ""'
Having carefully examined his wounds; the
octor prescribed decoction of certain simnIes
which, he promised, would fortify his patient
nd hasten his recovery.
shall l ever be able to work with my hand?'
ulus inquired.
oh, certainly. You will be able to drive a
nafio1 as oet ~ as ever You did, and to write,
Yes, but mean hard work; digging for in.
.ances'' ss-As' LUZ III
"Nell, confess had not that kind of work c
! mind said the physici n '.because a man t
! tn 10 m ], |
Iat kind. - - Z
On the contrary, that is precisely the kind OF t
Dor snail be engaged in,' replied julius t
nd he thereupon told the stranger how he had O
,rupulously acted upon his advice and tasted
ie. mad found all its promises deceitful, and G
ow, iull OF disappointment and dissatisfaction h
as hrmly resolved 10 carry the inten ion he b
al conceived several years before and JOIN the 8
hristian commu nity. 81
well, they must have spun a verv nre,,v u
eo OF charming falsehoods for you have en-
ceG -ou into tend holds you now nicely fas- W
ned up. II you, man occupying such a high a.
CHI position, with onerous and honorable du- Il
es and esponsibilites-espeoiall in respect to m
,1r chlldren-are unable to penetrate the mask ell
Id discern their errors. - | w
. Will you kindly read this?'' said Julius siv m
hcantly In reply, handing him the Greek man ii
cript which he had himself pondered o er
me days before, with such wonderful results r
me physlt Ian took the scroll, glanced at it, W
- know this fraud he exclaimed s'The tie
iIy thing that surprises me is that man OF va
ur intellect should SO easily fall into such a pG
are -A 70
- confess do not understand YOU What fl
are?'' 'AA' -
The pith and essence of the whole thing lies bI
ones conception of human life; and here are | w,
ese sophlsts and rebels against men and gods | w,
caring that one way of life leads to happiness Or
defining i as kind of life organized In such su
way that all men are to be happy that there | tn
: to be no wars, executions nor poverty in
immortality, nor quarres, nor malice And
IN they go on to affirm that all these condi- re-
ms VIII be realized soon as )eople carry ne
Christ's commandments not to quarrel not
commit tornlcation not to swear not to do co
fence, not TO egg nation to rise up against an
ton. But the TACT is that they are deceiyine WI
ople by taking the end for the means The ms
u aim ana object is to keep from quarreliug. tn,
m wearing. from dissoiu eness ETC. ex
the only way of attaining il is by am, | hi
ying the means afforded by social life sc,
cir way of presenting the facts is about as | Tor
ural and logical as would be that of a teacher lee
archery who would say to his pupil: "You ca.
easily hit the very center of the TARGET IL | fnl
only let your arrow fly along in perfeetlv az,
aight line from the bow to the point to he n;r
- The question is how to make the arrow | ssro
along this perfectly straight line-that ia tn. M.
blem, and to re-state it is not to solve In ne,
hery the question is solved by fulfilling Oh
ny conditions, such as having your how me
ng tight. your bow elastic, your arow q
light, etc. 1t is even so with life. The hest 8
d OF life-which will exclude or greatly les act
ouarrels, dissoluteness, murders-is also az for
ID At by having your string tirht viz. | I'm,
rulers; your bow elastic, viz: power in | 70
sed In the authorities and your arrow straight abs
the laws just and impartial. They under wa,
text of organizing the st way of LIVING de- | yon,
ash all that has heretofore bettered and ;s | No.
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