Well, this young man put down one debt after
another, until they made a long column. The total completely
disheartened him; and he just put at the bottom of his figures, "Who is
to pay this"? He laid his head upon his desk wearied, and fell asleep.
That night the Czar, according to his custom, was walking through the
barracks while the soldiers slept, and happened to come to that spot
where the young soldier slept. He saw upon the desk the column of debts,
and when he came to the bottom saw the question: "Who's to pay them?"
and wrote underneath the name "Nicholas." When the young man awoke he
took up the paper and found written at the bottom the signature of the
Czar of all the Russias. What did it mean? Had an angel dropped down and
canceled the debt? It was too good to be true. He couldn't believe it.
But by and by the money came from the Emperor himself. This story may be
true or not. I don't care whether it is or not; but there is one thing I
do know is true, and that is that the great Emperor of heaven is here,
and if you put down all your sins and multiply them by ten thousand, He
will pay it and shelter you underneath the blood of Jesus Christ, which
cleanseth us from all sin.
The Artist and the Beggar.
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