The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-20

works OF love rs no could perform He
looked upon his past life IN tae light OF his
new love. and he fcit profoundly dsgusted
with H. was Il possible 70 love his neigh
Dor rs himself and 10 on living IN luxury
while his neighbors we're overwhelmed by
poverty Was Il consistent with chrlsts
teaching for him to live as one Of small
society OF rich aud aris,ocratc people, scoru-
ing nne-tenths OF mankind as their infe-
riora refusing 20 sit at table with them or
to regard them as brothers. and these. too,
the very people who provided them with the
necessities and iuxuries OF lifeg No. II was
not lilo would have done with Il all. He
would cease to separate himself from the
mass Of his fellows by his dress, his man
ners and his occupations. and he would adj
init himself 70 be what God made him. a
simple human being like all tho rest. Ao-
oordlngly. ho began to simplify his way OF
living to wear PEASANTS clothes. to work
with his hands, to do without the luSurics
to witch he had been Accustomed. His love
ex ended beyond men 10 the animal world.
ue did not take Mp shooting again, for he
would not fnd pleasure Ia causing pan, and
there are so many pleasures which hurt no
onel He stopped eating meat, for he did
not Ike tho idea Of slaughtering animals.
and he soon found, rs many othcrs have
done. that he was lust as well and strong
on vegetarian diet as he had been before
on flesh diet. lie went on writing as q
literary man. but no longer for fame or for
money. but rather 10 mako his new discovery
known 10 tho worid-namcly. that people
would be happy il they oheyed the com
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had the great pleasure Of visiting him at
his country home in 1894, when no had az
ready been leading this life for dozen
years, In bis peasants blouse. with his
patrarchal beard, his kindly, searching eyes,
his frank and sincere manner, his gchiallty
and his seriousness withal, ne looked as tht
early Christians must have looked, and The
love which had become tho essence OF hi,
| life was evident in every word and gesture
little story OF an event which occurred q
day or two before my arrival will show how
| he asserts his influence IN his own family
II was told mo by tho eoveruess ~, WA
living with the rolstoi family, and who saw
| II with her own eyes. His little daughter
| Sacha, 10 years old. had been out In from
OF tho house playing with one OF the peasau
boys from the village They had auarrelcd
and tho boy struck her with a stick on TIN
arm. making n quito black and blue. sh'
came running 10 20 her father to complain
TO him, the tears eoursing down her face.
"oh, papa, whip this naughty boy"
The count took her up on his lap an,
wiped her eyes and reasoned with her.
why sacha, what good would &c do 4
whip him2 He strucl, you because he wa
angry-hated you. II | whip him no vii
hato you moro than ever and hato me. too
wouldn't Il be better 10 make him lovo us
tell YOU what I would do n were you
would 20 TO the pantry and get some q
that raspberry lam that wo had for lucl
and take II out TO him"
And this She actually ala. and n ] tno,
anything of human nature there was IA
more chance OF that boys turning out goo
man than II he had received tho whppin
which no doubtless deserved.
IL Is true that Tolslol has used stout Ian
suaso in crtioising the church; hut. trie
by The standard Of love. did H. not dosolv
It? II no receives the same treatment fror
tho church that the apostles received VIII
were soourgcd and put out Of tho syna
sosues' 10 IL not proof that no IS rcall
walking in the steps of Jcsus9
Ernest II. Crosby