Show O I o I AND NI I Count Tolstoi Tol thought though under the tho l ban a of ot the church or perhaps o on account fit ut f that Illat ban Is III exciting is liB muc much stir a as over ever In lii Kurop l and Ills IlIA religious and ami philosophical views view are arc beIng analyzed end and his sayings ar lire are listened to with unabated Interest In answer to a l series o or of questions by buy 1 n U representative of Dt th tile the New Nell ew York World he takes occasion t to criticize the of ot the tho world lie He saye ay l the law systems arc aro all nil bad had but l legal IMal al tyranny Is H enforced by b the most enlightened clil citi sells zens To Illustrate what ho lie means 4 he lie sup BUp supposes supposes poses poSts that a n man opposed 1 to th the tho should refuse to pay vay taxes Ii In France for Cor Instance where some soune o othe cut the revenues ore ire used for tor the support of ot Catholic priests Protestant minis ministers ministers and Jewish The conn conse would be ho that he hue would be lm inn In the tile United States Slates tho tin consequence would be tho same should a n man refuse to pay taxes for milItarY purposes Men he says attempt t to live according to their own Ideas am and conscience but bitt cannot The I borall were driven from Hussla because of their desire to live In accordance with a II scriptural injunction This Is a 1 key hey to the famous present position He lie considers al nil forms torms of government Inasmuch Ina much as 1111 thc necessarily Impose restrictions on In Individual Individual liberty tyranny He lie evidently holds that every Individual should have havi freedom to conform or not as ns lila his con conscience cr conscience science dictates to general rules and regulations It should hould be bo optional with will all al to obey obe laws lairs whether given by IJ autocrats Or r agreed upon by a 1 majority of tho the representatives en J of or the people Civil laws lairs should no more tie he enforced than the hue regulations of ot a mu club The paying of ot taxes military service etc should hould be lie voluntary OR DB ar nr are l the tho lie con contributions contributions to a I missionary society toelt This Thill may ma bo be b an 1111 Ideal condition but would It not riot under present conditions mean the lie dissolution of or ev every ry govern gONn government ment and the prevalence of or contusion confusion and nil all kinds kInd of or crime The Idea Is III certainly contrary to the tho Scriptures which Tolstoi studies with much macli toy rev erenee for tor there the existing author authorities are arc recognized as having divine sanction and that notwithstanding the lie fart tOll that the tIme government to which the he Now Testament writers ow owe owed allegiance l wa wal pagan and arid The fhe followers of ot the Nazarene were vure en In enJoined enjoined Joined to offer other un u prayers even een for tor forNero fornero Nero tto and to be subject to civil enact went macate as n a to 10 the decrees of ot the time Al AI Almighty Almighty mighty In all 1111 things s not contrary to the divine commandments And they followed these Instructions to the Ihl Id let letter ter ler So that tI t the lie Koman floman emperors emperor final hr h came caine to 10 acknowledge e that they hail had no braver bram soldier no more lI I worthy worth nail Mil no more loval loyal etti cili ten zeni than lion till lie Christians In furl feel this thU trait trail more than anything doe elu won for tor their lh lr religion the admiration of or the an and anI the lie Influence lOud Hud they the acted on all Tol vlen and nile refused to pay taxes tales and to take lake their In the legions legion of ot the tire army arm the probability Is III that they would hava been t en exterminated before th they V could have hae made known their mission as fol tol followers lowers of ot thi th Ih Master Human Humn governments or are of or course not Infallible They are nr tot riot ideal Nor Nordo Nordo do they Ihy deal with an Ideal condition of ot mankind Their mission InI lon It is educatIon al at And they are slowly fulfilling tul that flint mission and anil us liS years earl roll by a n condi conill condition lion tion will be b created In which the high eat government of ot all nil that of at the tho Son on ot of God Gild will 1111 b be possible pOl among all nil the nations of the earth Then Thon thero there will he tie no rue tyranny no rio oppression of lh tins In Hut But to so o tar far Cr the tire world has hn been b n passing through the preliminary stages it sea over ever drawing dra wIng nearer to the per nor feet tet Ideal If It Tolstoi sees pea only the Irn m of ot human government and andall falls all to perceive perellI what wha is being heln Dished notwithstanding not all nil imper fee Ions tiong through the Supreme Power r that thatis is 15 s ever guiding the destiny of nina man In Inward ward perfection life his pessimism In Is easily willy aCO for tor Through Ii human Ii or n mu ii I this cannot be he clearly perceived In n revelation alone l one lie tho solution of ot the tire of oC life maoist muni be sought has haA had a n most mo t wonderful WUll career In lu his hll early earl youth he sought a i rule rull of Qt moral conduct that lint could lie he applied to tu everyday life lite He lie tiled tried It II In III Inh intile tile h of ot his Iris estate but little lie He raw MW army life lICe awl arid travels led extensIvely 11 but bu t wun but In Thus freed from prejudices dices dl 6 he commenced to write but perplexed him on un every humid and arid his hili literary creations creation became he be herow berow row and arid heroines struggling with tIre the problem that racked his own soul Through a n long lon search for tor truth he lie has hair ha apparently not pot yet et found the Rock nock on which to rest ret hit his faith Hu HIS has Iia still F to Warn learn t faith fulth aloiv alun ran Ian an gra the i In 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