WITH COUNT TOLSTOY 69 



need no more assistance during the season and that 

 he now regretted having done so because there 

 was increased suffering and want caused by sick- 

 ness, I telegraphed to Riga for a carload of flour 

 to be shipped to him. After my return to Phila- 

 delphia I received a letter from him thankfully 

 acknowledging receipt of it. A photographed 

 copy of this latter is on page 



In answer to a question whether he was engaged 

 in writing a book, "Yes,' he replied. As to its 

 subject, he said, 'I think that the title will be, 

 'The Kingdom of God is in You, ' ' asking me at 

 the same time if he had given the right English 

 translation of the Bible text. 



His talk was chiefly about the sad condition 

 of the peasantry, and the great progress of the 

 Christian religion, of which the sending of these 

 relief ships from America to Russia was a sure 

 evidence. 'The time seems to have come,' he 

 said, "when the Fatherhood of God and the 

 brotherhood of man are being universally acknow- 

 ledged." 



Connected with the Count's study was a large 

 room with a rough old plank floor. At a table in 

 a corner sat an aged man, of over four score years, 



