The Emperor and Empress of Russia have been visiting Moscow
to pray in the ancient churches. The Czar appears to have been greatly moved by his religious exercises, and on Easter Day published a letter which be had addressed to the Grand Duke Sergins, Governor of Moscow. We have com- mented on this letter elsewhere, but it is so interesting that we subjoin its text. " The fervent wish of myself and the Tsaritsa Alexandra that we should be enabled to pass the Holy Week and the Festival of Festivals and to receive the Holy Communion with our children in the shadow of the Kremlin in Moscow, surrounded by the most sacred objects of our people, has, through the grace of God, been fulfilled. Here, in the cradle of the autocracy, where saints repose un- disturbed amid the resting places of the crowned builders and expanders of the Russian Empire, our prayers rise with increased strength to the Lord of Lords, and here a calm joy fills the soul in prayer. United with my people, I derive fresh strength to work for the welfare and fame of Russia, and it affords me special joy to express to your Imperial Highness and, through you, to beloved Moscow the feelings which fill my breast."
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