но я на всякий случай приложил 70 рублей. Радуюсь слышать, что жизнь ваша идет хорошо. Если и есть ошибки и слабости среди молодежи, то вы не унывайте, а с любовью обличайте и помогайте слабым примером доброй жизни.
Только бы мы не закрывали глаза на свои грехи, а не переставая старались становиться хоть немного лучше: разумнее и любовнее, и всё будет хорошо в нашей жизни здесь и там, за гробом.
1901. 30 мая.
Печатается по копировальной книге № 4, лл. 85—86.
Адресаты — канадские духоборы. Их письмо, на которое отвечает Толстой, неизвестно.
1901 г. Июня 7. Я. П.
Dear Sir.
I have received your letter and your sermon on my excommunication, as well as your books for which I thank you.
I was very glad to know that I had co-religionists of which I did not know anything till now. I knew about the Unitarien but not about the Theistic Church. I have read some of the books and leaflets that you sent me to see that your belief is nearly the same as mine. I say nearly, because I do not regard Christ as an impostor as one of your co-religionists wrote to me some time ago1 and do not lay at his door all the bad things that are included in the Gospel.
All that I read in your books is quite congenial to me and especially your sermon on «The Philosophy of Human life».
I am very sorry not to be able to send you my complete answer to the «Excommunication», but I wrote to my friend in England — V. Tchertkoff (Christchurch, Hants) begging him to send to you
