ut to quote were actually
written and published by this eminent doctor of divinity, and people
have almost refused to believe me. Therefore I specify that the
article may be found in the "Outlook", the bound volumes of which are
in all large libraries: volume 94, page 576. The words are as follows,
the bold face being Dr. Abbott's, not mine:

My radical friend declares that the teachings of Jesus are
not practicable, that we cannot carry them out in life, and
that we do not pretend to do so. Jesus, he reminds us, said,
'Lay not up for yourself treasures upon earth;' and
Christians do universally lay up for themselves treasures
upon earth; every man that owns a house and lot, or a share
of stock in a corporation, or a life insurance policy, or
money in a savings bank, has laid up for himself treasure
upon earth. But Jesus did not say, "Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth." He said, "Lay not up for
yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth
corrupt and where thieves break through and steal." And no
sensible American does. Moth and rust do not get at Mr.
Rockefeller's oil wells, nor at the Sugar Trust's sugar, and
thieves do not often break through and steal a railway or an
insurance company or a savings bank. What Jesus condemned
was hoarding wealth.

Strange as it may sound to some of the readers of this book, I count
myself among the followers of Jesus of Nazareth. His example has meant
more to me than that of any other man, and all the experiences of my
revolutionary life have brought me nearer to him. Living in the great
Metropolis of Mammon, I have felt the power of Privilege, its scourge
upon my back, its crown of thorns upon my head. When I read that
article in the "Outlook", I felt just as Jesus himself would have
felt; and I sat down and wrote a letter--

#To Lyman Abbott#

This discovery of a new method of interpreting the Bible is one of
such very great interest and importance that I cannot forbear to ask
space to comment upon it. May I suggest that Dr. Abbott elaborate this
exceedingly fruitful lea, and write us another article upon the extent
to which the teachings of the Inspired Word are modified by modern
conditions, by the progress of invention and the scientific arts? The
point of view which Dr. Abbott takes is one which had never occurred
to me before, and I had therefore been completely m